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  • Decision Lens Obtains FedRAMP Certification for Cloud-Based Software; John Kealey Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Decision Lens Obtains FedRAMP Certification for Cloud-Based Software; John Kealey Comments

    Decision Lens has received agency authorization under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its cloud-based software. The company said Wednesday it obtained the FedRAMP certification through sponsorship from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Decision Lens’ Software-as-a-Service platform is deployed in a public cloud environment and works to help government and commercial clients analyze, prioritize […] More

  • Carahsoft Adds Liferay’s Open Source Portal to GSA Schedule, SEWP Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Adds Liferay’s Open Source Portal to GSA Schedule, SEWP Contracts

    Carahsoft Technology will market Liferay’s open source-based portal platform and related products to U.S. government agencies through its General Services Administration schedule and Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement contracts. Liferay Portal works to help organizations perform collaboration and content management operations as well as develop websites and mobile applications, Liferay said Tuesday. “We’re a firm believer that innovative open […] More

  • Military Health System to Adopt McKesson Clinical Decision Support Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Military Health System to Adopt McKesson Clinical Decision Support Tool

    McKesson has been selected to deploy its evidence-based clinical decision support tool at military hospitals and clinics worldwide for the Military Health System. The Military Health System selected McKesson’s InterQual system to complement its military treatment facilities’ clinical judgment tool, McKesson said Thursday. The InterQual incorporates peer reviews from clinical experts across the U.S. McKesson […] More

  • General Atomics to Develop Air Force Drone Software Line - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics to Develop Air Force Drone Software Line

    General Atomics has received a $34 million order to develop and deploy a new software line for the Air Force Special Operations Command’s MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems will field the MQ-9 medium-altitude long-endurance tactical lead-off hitter software line under the basic ordering agreement with the U.S. Air Force, the Defense Department […] More

  • GrammaTech to Develop DARPA Software Assurance Assessment Tools; Eric Schulte Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GrammaTech to Develop DARPA Software Assurance Assessment Tools; Eric Schulte Comments

    GrammaTech has been selected to develop a software assurance assessment system for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in an effort to help software users determine the effectiveness of their tools. Under the Grafting Vulnerabilities for Configurable Cyber Defense project, GrammaTech’s research intends to create benchmarks for evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of software tools, […] More

  • Vencore to Research DARPA Program Obfuscation Methods; Steve Omick Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vencore to Research DARPA Program Obfuscation Methods; Steve Omick Comments

    The research subsidiary of Vencore has been awarded a $3.7 million contract to develop cryptographic obfuscation techniques for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Vencore Labs will work with the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Raytheon‘s BBN Technologies subsidiary to create program obfuscation methods designed to protect software from reverse engineering attacks under DARPA’s SafeWare program, Vencore said Friday. […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Demo Flight Mgmt Software Under NAVAIR Contract; Troy Brunk Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Demo Flight Mgmt Software Under NAVAIR Contract; Troy Brunk Comments

    Rockwell Collins has secured a contract to develop a set of interfaces intended to help the Naval Air Systems Command meet future Required Navigation Performance Area Navigation requirements and comply with the Future Airborne Capability Environment technical standard. The company will demonstrate its Flight Management System software offering on military computer hardware across various configurations […] More

  • A-P-T Research Wins $30.5M Ballistic Missile Defense System Safety Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    A-P-T Research Wins $30.5M Ballistic Missile Defense System Safety Contract

    A-P-T Research Inc. has won a $30,456,367 contract to help the Missile Defense Agency develop and implement safety policies for the ballistic missile defense system. The company will work to identify and manage BMDS risks and assist the agency in system flight and ground tests under the contract, the Defense Department said Tuesday. A-P-T will […] More

  • Teresa Weipert: Robotic Process Automation a Trend in Government - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Teresa Weipert: Robotic Process Automation a Trend in Government

    Teresa Weipert, executive vice president and leader of Sutherland Government Solutions, sees a growing trend of robotic process automation in the public sector as RPA offers several benefits to government. Weipert wrote in an opinion piece for Nextgov published Friday that RPA tools could help to simplify and augment an agents’ ability to perform tasks and […] More

  • DoD Puts Dell Firewalls on Approved Products List; Patrick Sweeney Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Puts Dell Firewalls on Approved Products List; Patrick Sweeney Comments

    Dell has received a certification from the Defense Department that allows it to deploy its SonicWall series of firewalls across DoD-operated computer networks. Dell said Wednesday its firewall platform received the department’s Unified Capabilities Approved Products List certification after it passed the Security Technical Implementation Guide tests that seek to ensure the secure maintenance and installation of hardware […] More

  • GCC Innovative Technologies Unveils Govt Contract Pursuit Mgmt Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GCC Innovative Technologies Unveils Govt Contract Pursuit Mgmt Tool

    GCC Innovative Technologies has launched a web-based platform intended to help companies view and explore contracting opportunities in the public sector. The company said Tuesday that ProDash works to automatically review solicitations from electronic commerce platforms such as FedBizOpps, GovWin and SeaPort-e and match government projects with the interest of contractors. The business development software is also designed to […] More

  • ManTech Receives $34M Army Intell System Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech Receives $34M Army Intell System Services Contract

    ManTech International Corp. has received a $34 million contract to support a U.S. Army initiative to modernize its intelligence component. ManTech said Tuesday it will develop software, certify information assurance and provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support to the Distributed Common Ground System-Army programs. The contract contains a 12-month base period of performance and one 12-month option. More