“The goal of the government contracting world should be to provide goods and services to the federal government in the most convenient, cheapest, effective manner…That is a noble goal…” ExecutiveBiz: Please tell us about your background and previous experience and how it prepared you for your current position with Merlin. Jones Tallent: I’ve been fortunate […] More

Merlin International and Wickr have formed a partnership to help federal customers protect communications and sensitive data through the use of cybersecurity technology platforms.

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Atos and Merlin International have partnered to offer managed services intended to help government and healthcare organizations defend against sophisticated threats. The agreement covers artificial intelligence and digital transformation platforms and service offerings, the companies said Wednesday. David Phelps, chairman and chief executive officer of Merlin, said both companies have strong experience helping businesses meet […] More

Englewood, Colorado-based cybersecurity firm Merlin International has made a $10 million investment in Centerity, a Newton, Massachusetts-based provider of performance analytics and business services management offerings. Merlin said Tuesday Centerity will use the funds to expand its research and development center as well as its sales, marketing and distribution organizations. Centerity developed its software to help […] More

Merlin International has won a five-year contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide antivirus, host intrusion prevention and anti-spyware/malware services and supporting technologies through its partnerships with McAfee, NetApp, Cisco and F5 Networks. Merlin said Thursday that the VA may also procure $21 million in solution, infrastructure and storage components from Merlin’s partners, as well […] More

Merlin International holds a prime position on a potential seven-year, $22 billion contract to help the Department of Homeland Security acquire information technology commodities from original equipment manufacturers. The $3 billion DHS FirstSource II contract has a five-year base period with two one-year option periods, Merlin announced Monday. FirstSource II is intended to connect DHS […] More

Pete Brady, a U.S. Army Veteran and former senior vice president at BlueWater Federal Solutions, has been named chief growth officer at Reston, Virginia-based information management technology company TekSynap.

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The U.S. Navy awarded software company Chesapeake Technology Inc. a $35 million contract to continue developing electronic warfare simulation and visualization platforms until March 2028. The project is part of the third phase of a Small Business Innovation Research program on EW systems advancement, the Department of Defense said Friday. Under the cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity […] More

The University of Alabama at Birmingham has been awarded the Cold Stowage II contract from NASA. Under the potential $48.3 million, single award, cost-no-fee contract, the university will deliver a suite of freezers that will maintain a controlled temperature environment for science samples aboard the International Space Station (ISS), as well as to and from low-Earth orbit.

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SpaceX has completed a hot-fire test for a Falcon 9 rocket that will support a scheduled in-flight abort test for the Crew Dragon spacecraft, Space.com reported Sunday.

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SpaceX conducted a static fire test for the Falcon 9 rocket’s nine Merlin engines and is on track for the rocket’s rescheduled launch on Wednesday as part of the company’s cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station, Spaceflight Now said Friday.

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SpaceX has delayed the scheduled first test launch of its Falcon Heavy rocket from December to January, Spaceflight Now reported Tuesday. The company expects to field the rocket to its launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the static fire test of the space vehicle’s 27 Merlin 1D engines in December. […] More