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  • FAA Records 1M Civilian Drone Users Through CSRA-Built Registry Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FAA Records 1M Civilian Drone Users Through CSRA-Built Registry Platform

    A CSRA-developed online registry platform has helped the Federal Aviation Administration document more than 1 million owners of civilian drones throughout the U.S. CSRA said Wednesday more than 870,000 of the registered drones are from hobbyists while the remaining 122,000 registrations are for individually documented commercial and public drones. The company helped FAA design, build and […] More

  • INSA Names 26 Members of Newly Formed Advisory Committee - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    INSA Names 26 Members of Newly Formed Advisory Committee

    The Intelligence and National Security Alliance has created an advisory committee to offer recommendations and guidance on events, policies and other matters related to INSA and its charitable organization. INSA said Tuesday the panel consists of 26 members who have held senior-level roles within the government or industry and previously served on former INSA advisory […] More

  • AWS Renews CSRA's Managed Service Provider Partner Status - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS Renews CSRA’s Managed Service Provider Partner Status

    CSRA has been re-certified as a partner under Amazon Web Services‘ Managed Service Provider program. The MSP Partner designation allows CSRA to offer proactive monitoring, automation and management of customers’ cloud environments, the company said Thursday. CSRA initially obtained the designation in February 2017 following an assessment of the firm’s application migration and cloud infrastructure offerings. An […] More

  • CSRA to Lead Supercomputing Capacity Expansion Effort for NASA Climate Simulation Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA to Lead Supercomputing Capacity Expansion Effort for NASA Climate Simulation Center

    CSRA will work with Supermicro Computer and Edge Solutions & Consulting to expand the computing capacity at NASA’s Center for Climate Simulation under a contract with the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center. CSRA said Wednesday it will update NASA’s Discover supercomputer to increase the system’s high-performance computing capacity to approximately 5 petaFLOPS as part of the […] More

  • Report: CSRA Eyes February Launch for DoD's milCloud 2.0 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: CSRA Eyes February Launch for DoD’s milCloud 2.0

    CSRA announced that it aims to introduce the second version of the Defense Department‘s cloud computing platform on February 1, three months ahead of the initially scheduled launch date. The unclassified sections of MilCloud 2.0 will be rolled out at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma and Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama, the Washington Business Journal reported Saturday. […] More

  • CSRA CEO Larry Prior Wins 'Tech Executive of the Year' Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA CEO Larry Prior Wins ‘Tech Executive of the Year’ Award

    CSRA President and CEO Larry Prior has been recognized as “Tech Executive of the Year” by the Northern Virginia Technology Council during an awards ceremony held Monday. Recipients of the annual award are selected based on executive leadership; the company’s financial growth; personal contributions to the local technology community; and the individual’s vision for the company’s […] More

  • CSRA to Develop Ship Mgmt Training Devices for Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA to Develop Ship Mgmt Training Devices for Navy

    CSRA has secured a potential five-year, $49.3 million contract to develop, support and update ship management training devices for the U.S. Navy. The company will provide equipment for the service branch’s Navigations Seamanship Shiphandling Trainers program, the Defense Department said Wednesday. DoD noted the Navy will obligate $3.4 million in fiscal 2017 “other” procurement funds at the […] More

  • Executive Spotlight: Interview with Jim Visich, Director of Operations Intel Group at CSRA Inc - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Spotlight: Interview with Jim Visich, Director of Operations Intel Group at CSRA Inc

    There is a method to the madness of preparing for future foes and threatening scenarios; when climbing a hill that appears insurmountable, the best way up is to keep climbing. In the intelligence community, industry leaders are utilizing all available resources to decrease costs and increase productivity, working in collaboration to find new solutions to […] More

  • NIH Supercomputing Cluster Lands Spot on Top500 List; CSRA’s Kamal Narang Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIH Supercomputing Cluster Lands Spot on Top500 List; CSRA’s Kamal Narang Comments

    A computing platform that CSRA upgraded for the National Institutes of Health has been named to the Top500 list of the world’s fastest supercomputers. NIH’s Biowulf cluster ranked 66th on the Top500’s 2017 list, CSRA said Monday. Biowulf works to process simultaneous computations related to genomics, statistical analysis, image processing and other areas in biomedical research. CSRA […] More

  • CSRA to Help Modernize Seahawk Helicopters of Navy, Foreign Military Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA to Help Modernize Seahawk Helicopters of Navy, Foreign Military Clients

    CSRA has received a $38.5 million task order from the U.S. Navy to help update various models of the H-60 Seahawk multimission helicopter. The company said Wednesday the order was issued under the Rapid Response–Third Generation contract vehicle and includes support for Seahawk helicopters of the Navy and foreign military sales customers. CSRA will work to design, fabricate, […] More

  • Supermicro to Help Expand Computing & Data Analytics Capacity for NASA Climate Simulation Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Supermicro to Help Expand Computing & Data Analytics Capacity for NASA Climate Simulation Center

    NASA has selected Super Micro Computer to help expand the capacity of computing and data analytics systems at the space agency’s Center for Climate Simulation. Supermicro said Monday it will provide a company-built Rack Scale platform that will offer 1.56 petaflops of additional computing capacity to NCCS. NCCS is located within the Computational and Information Sciences and Technology […] More

  • CSRA Launches Virtual Center to Offer Cyber Support for Public Sector Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Launches Virtual Center to Offer Cyber Support for Public Sector Clients

    CSRA has unveiled a new virtual center that seeks to deliver cybersecurity capabilities, innovation and consulting support to government clients. Keith Alexander, a retired U.S. Army general and former National Security Agency director, delivered a keynote speech Thursday during the launch of the company’s Cyber Center of Excellence in Tysons Corner, Virginia, CSRA said Friday. […] More