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Scott Frohman, formerly enterprise federal sales manager of defense and intelligence at Google, has joined SAS as director of federal sales. He will manage a sales team that promotes company-built business intelligence, analytics and data management platforms in the federal civilian, defense and intelligence markets, SAS said Monday. “Scott will lead the charge to bring […] More
Carahsoft Technology will distribute Text2Them’s two-way text messaging platforms to the public sector. Text2Them said Monday its Text 2 Stop It system and other two-way messaging tools are designed to help students report incidents of bullying, drug abuse, suicides and assaults in their schools and colleges through anonymous text messages to school administrators and counselors. Carahsoft will work to offer Text2Them’s text messaging tools to […] More
Dell’s federal business has inked distribution agreements with information technology firms Synnex and Ingram Micro to sell Dell’s portfolio of enterprise platforms to providers that offer IT services and products to the U.S. government, CRN reported Monday. Michael Novinson writes the deals also cover the provision of sales, marketing and technical support services. Frank Vitagliano, vice […] More
AECOM will construct a gasification plant in North Dakota under a contract with Dakota Gasification Co. The facility will be built at Dakota Gasification’s Great Plains Synfuels plant in Beulah, AECOM said Monday. “AECOM is pleased to have been selected by Dakota Gasification Company to deliver this important project,†said Michael Burke, AECOM chairman and […] More
AeroVironment booked $47.1 million in contracts during the past two months to help the U.S. Army sustain small hand-launched unmanned aircraft systems. The contracts cover sustainment work on RQ-11B Raven and RQ-20A Puma drones the company built for the military service, AeroVironment said Monday. The Army uses the Raven to support low-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. […] More
Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division has laid the keel for the future USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier at a ceremony in Newport News, Virginia. Sponsored by former President Kennedy’s daughter Caroline Kennedy, the carrier will be the second ship of the Gerald R. Ford carrier class, HII said Saturday. The carrier is designated CVN 79 and […] More
CGI will provide outsourced information and communications technology services to the city council of Edinburgh in Scotland under a seven-year, $293.4 million contract in support of the council’s shift toward digital services. The company said Monday the contract is part of efforts to modernize the Scottish capital’s ICT infrastructure that includes the online delivery of public services and automation of back-office processes. […] More
Spain has awarded General Dynamics’ Spain-based branch company Santa Barbara Sistemas a $99 million contract for research-and-development work on an 8×8 armored vehicle prototype, Defense News reported Saturday. Esteban Villarejo writes Spain seeks a replacement for the 6×6 BMR armored vehicle and U.S.-made M-113 armored personnel carrier. General Dynamics has proposed its Piranha Class 5 platform for Spain’s armored vehicle […] More
Lockheed Martin has selected Orbital ATK to build propellant and pressurant tanks for Lockheed’s new A2100 satellite platform. Orbital ATK will supply a composite pair of liquid propellant tanks, titanium-lined pressurant tanks and titanium-lined ion propulsion xenon tanks to Lockhed under the five-year contract, Orbital ATK said Monday. Mike Cacheiro, vice president of global supply […] More
Federal information technology leaders can avoid the potential security risks of shadow IT activities within their agencies by implementing multiple strategies, Joel Dolisy, chief information officer and chief technology officer of SolarWinds, wrote in an opinion piece published Friday on GCN. Dolisy recommended that agency IT managers create a watch list of suspicious or unauthorized […] More
FireEye has disclosed findings pertaining to an advanced persistent threat group that it says is based in China and targets data on diplomatic issues in Asia. The group called Watermain has worked since 2011 to send spear phishing emails that contain a script designed to create backdoors in infected computers, FireEye said Thursday. “Collecting intelligence on India […] More
Fleet Management Solutions will continue its deliveries of systems designed to help government agencies handle their vehicle fleets under a new five-year contract from the General Services Administration. Shelley Lynch-Holmes, vice president of emerging markets at FMS, said Friday the Teletrac company will provide “GPS tracking and telematics for vehicles and heavy equipment.†Agencies will use the […] More
