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Intelligent Automation has been awarded a $1.2 million contract to carry out research and development work on mobile security for the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate. The award calls for Intelligent Automation to assess several methods in an effort to safeguard operating systems, identity, firmware and other mobile device layers from malicious […] More
Northrop Grumman has demonstrated a live, virtual and constructive system the company built to help aircrew members operate virtual planes alongside live aircraft through a network of simulation tools. The company presented its LVC Experimentation, Integration and Operations Suite platform at the Northern Edge 2015 joint-training exercise held at the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex in June, […] More
The Defense Department’s increasing use of “lowest price-technically acceptable†procedures to buy information technology systems and services has raised some concerns among some IT defense contractors, National Defense reported Wednesday. Sandra Erwin writes DoD’s use of LPTA bids to award contracts rose from 26 percent of total awards in fiscal year 2009 to 36 percent in fiscal year 2013. Kevin […] More
Science Applications International Corp. has signed a three-year agreement to advise RLM Communications on business development and proposal processing through the U.S. Army‘s mentor-protege program. SAIC said Thursday the program offers small businesses an opportunity to participate more in federal contracts by establishing relationships with prime contractors. “We are proud to help RLM achieve its […] More
A Research and Markets report has forecast a 26.5 percent compound annual growth rate for the healthcare analytics market over the next five years to reach a total market value of 18.7 billion by 2020. The research firm said Thursday medical cost and care management programs, the use of electronic health records and big data, […] More
U.S. Cyber Command plans to acquire tools from cyber arms vendor Endgame for the military military to test security and find vulnerabilities in the “dot-mil” network domain, Nextgov reported Thursday. Aliya Sternstein writes Endgame offers software products designed to exploit bugs in a network. The U.S. Air Force has issued a proposed contract action for potential purchases Tuesday and […] More
PreTalen Ltd. has won a $15 million contract with the U.S. Air Force to develop software and hardware extension meant to assess the threat response of the service’s global navigation satellite receivers. PreTalen will apply cognitive effects-based analysis on the position navigation and time autonomous negotiator under the indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Thursday. […] More
IBM plans to acquire medical image management provider Merge Healthcare for $1 billion in a move to further help physicians diagnose and treat patients. IBM plans to integrate Merge Healthcare’s medical image processing platform into the Watson image analytics and cognitive system, IBM said Thursday. “Healthcare will be one of IBM’s biggest growth areas over […] More
Bechtel has started construction work on a natural gas-fired power plant in Loudoun County, Virginia for Panda Power Funds clients. Bechtel will oversee the engineering, procurement, construction and startup services, and Siemens will handle the natural gas and steam turbines, generators and waste-heat-recovery boilers, Bechtel said Thursday. The 778-megawatt, Stonewall power plant is scheduled to operate in […] More
The Boeing-built KC-767A tanker from Italy has completed its first foreign aerial refueling test with the U.S. Air Force’s F-35A fighter plane, Breaking Defense reported Thursday. Colin Clark writes the Italian tanker completed the certification refueling test in California on July 29. The F-35A fighter aircraft received 16,000 pounds of fuel from the KC-767A tanker […] More
Jennifer Roseman, senior vice president of VetAdvisor services at Three Wire Systems, has been chosen as president-elect of the National Association for Rural Mental Health‘s board of directors She will officially assume the NARMH board president role in 2017, Three Wire said Wednesday. “I feel my advocacy and experience in addressing mental health issues faced […] More
Tom Sheridan, senior vice president and general manager of Vencore‘s space group, has received the Von Braun Award for Excellence in Space Program Management for 2015 from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The company said Thursday the award, named after space flight pioneer Wernher von Braun, recognizes Sheridan’s contributions in space program or project management. […] More
