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  • Spaceflight Added to GSA’s Consolidated Professional Services Schedule
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    Spaceflight Added to GSA’s Consolidated Professional Services Schedule

    The General Services Administration has awarded Spaceflight a spot on the agency’s consolidated professional services contract vehicle, allowing the company to offer small-satellite launch services to the federal government. Spaceflight said Wednesday agencies can request for quotations for microsat or cubesat launch service offerings from the company and place orders electronically via the GSA Advantage‘s eBuy online platform. […] More

  • Patrick Gallagher: Carahsoft, HPE Form Info Governance Partnership for Big Data Clients
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    Patrick Gallagher: Carahsoft, HPE Form Info Governance Partnership for Big Data Clients

    Carahsoft and Hewlett Packard Enterprise have partnered in a bid to help government clients manage risks associated with big data through the companies’ information governance strategy. Patrick Gallagher, a vice president at Carahsoft, wrote in an article published Wednesday that information governance refers to technologies and functions that organizations implement in order to obtain value from […] More

  • ULA Makes 2nd Launch in 2016 With NRO Payload Mission
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    ULA Makes 2nd Launch in 2016 With NRO Payload Mission

    A National Reconnaissance Office payload lifted off Wednesday onboard a United Launch Alliance-built Delta IV rocket as part of the NROL-45 mission in support of national defense. The payload’s launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California marks the Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint venture’s second launch this year, ULA said Wednesday. The Delta IV rocket used in the mission consists of a composite […] More

  • ULA, Tyvak Ink CubeSat Rideshare Agreement; Tory Bruno Comments
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    ULA, Tyvak Ink CubeSat Rideshare Agreement; Tory Bruno Comments

    United Launch Alliance has selected Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems to serve as an auxiliary payload customer on ULA’s CubeSat rideshare program under a memorandum of understanding between the two companies. Tyvak will be able to provide commercial and U.S. government CubeSat customers, as well as science, technology, engineering and math CubeSat customers access to ULA’s Atlas V […] More

  • ManTech Receives Navy Sub, Surface Ship Acoustic Test Contract; Daniel Keefe Comments
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    ManTech Receives Navy Sub, Surface Ship Acoustic Test Contract; Daniel Keefe Comments

    ManTech International has received a $47 million task order from the U.S. Navy to support its submarine and surface ship acoustical tests. The company will assist in the Navy’s work to collect, analyze and report acoustics trials data, ManTech said Wednesday. The contract contains a 12-month base period of performance, two 12-month options and two 12-month […] More

  • Cubic Awarded Army Europe Simulation Training Support Contract; Bill Toti Comments
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    Cubic Awarded Army Europe Simulation Training Support Contract; Bill Toti Comments

    Cubic’s global defense unit will continue to provide simulation training support to two U.S. Army Europe centers in Germany under a potential five-year, $33.7 million contract. Cubic said Wednesday it will work to help USAREUR’s joint multinational simulation center and joint multinational readiness center perform mission rehearsal exercises through the integration of live, virtual, constructive and gaming simulation systems and mission […] More

  • Army Contest Seeks Micro-Cloud Mgmt Tech for Defensive Cyber Ops
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    Army Contest Seeks Micro-Cloud Mgmt Tech for Defensive Cyber Ops

    The U.S. Army plans to launch a third iteration of its Cyber Innovation Challenge to identify micro-cloud management technology that can support the military branch’s cyber threat defense missions. The competition will be open to commercial and academic organizations and calls for the development of software-based prototypes that will work to manage disparate cloud computing architectures for […] More

  • Jeffrey Cohen Named WBB Capture & Proposals VP; Robert Olsen Comments
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    Jeffrey Cohen Named WBB Capture & Proposals VP; Robert Olsen Comments

    Jeffrey Cohen, a 26-year U.S. Air Force veteran, has been appointed vice president of capture and proposals at government services contractor Whitney, Bradley & Brown. Cohen has over three decades of proposal management and business development experience in both public and commercial sectors, WBB said Tuesday. “We are proud to have [Cohen] on the team […] More

  • Michael Johnson to Lead Parsons’ Infrastructure Business
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    Michael Johnson to Lead Parsons’ Infrastructure Business

    Michael Johnson, formerly executive vice president and global business development manager at Parsons‘ transportation group, has been named president of the company’s infrastructure business unit. He succeeds Donald Graul, who has served in the role on an acting basis and will now focus on leading the construction unit as its president, Parsons said Wednesday. Johnson will […] More

  • FCW: DHS Calls Off $675M Competition for Cyber Services Contract
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    FCW: DHS Calls Off $675M Competition for Cyber Services Contract

    The Department of Homeland Security has informed vendors that it has cancelled the agency’s $675 million Cyber Centric Mission Support Services acquisition program, FCW reported Tuesday. Mark Rockwell writes the contract would have covered administrative and technical support to DHS’ Office of Cybersecurity and Communications as well as its National Protection and Programs Directorate. A DHS contracting officer told […] More

  • CAE to Proceed With MH-60 Training System Tech Refresh; Ray Duquette Comments
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    CAE to Proceed With MH-60 Training System Tech Refresh; Ray Duquette Comments

    CAE‘s U.S. business unit has received authorization from the U.S. Navy to begin technology refresh work on simulator and training systems for the service branch’s fleet of MH-60 Seahawk helicopters. The company said Wednesday the Navy gave the signal for CAE to proceed following the Government Accountability Office‘s decision over a bid protest on the MH-60R/S Tech Refresh […] More

  • General Dynamics to Build Prototype Unit for Navy’s Ohio Replacement Submarine
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    General Dynamics to Build Prototype Unit for Navy’s Ohio Replacement Submarine

    A General Dynamics subsidiary has received a $23.6 million contract modification to develop a prototype unit for the U.S. Navy’s Ohio Replacement submarine. General Dynamics Electric Boat will also design an air-conditioning unit and develop technical manuals for the new ballistic missile submarine under the modification, General Dynamics said Tuesday. The award is part of a […] More