The Defense Information Systems Agency cleared a Project Hosts cloud computing service to host controlled unclassified information for Department of Defense and federal customers. Project Hosts received a 12-month provisional authorization at impact level 5 for the Federal Private Cloud, a platform-as-a-service offering for DoD personnel to manage applications deployed on the department network, DISA said Tuesday.

American Systems will compete to provide training services to U.S. Marine Corps operating forces under a potential 10-year, $245M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.

American Water received a $49.1M contract modification from the Defense Logistics Agency to help the U.S. Army operate wastewater and water utilities at the Fort Polk installation in Louisiana.

A ThinKom Solutions-built phased array antenna completed a test series that demonstrated in-flight connectivity on a high-altitude long-endurance aircraft via Inmarsat's broadband satellite network.

Burns & McDonell will provide engineering and architectural services to the U.S. Army under a five-year, $48M firm-fixed-price contract.

Moog secured a three-year, $84.8M contract from the U.S. Navy to repair three V-22 Osprey aircraft items.

United Technologies Corp.'s Collins Aerospace business received an potential five-year, $83.1M contract to provide sustaining engineering and technical support for the avionics systems of U.S. Coast Guard aircraft.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is inviting potential vendors to submit ideas on how to develop an artificial intelligence process that would help computers to acquire language.

Voyager Maritime Alliance Group has collaborated with Simrad Yachting to install a navigation system on the lead guided missile destroyer ship of the U.S. Navy's Zumwalt class.

Hensel Phelps Construction has won a potential $71.5M firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to build the East Campus Building 3 facility at Fort George G. Meade in Maryland.

Arlington, Va-based information technology company eGlobalTech has updated an open source platform designed to help government customers automate the process of deploying applications onto a cloud computing environment.

The Department of Transportation is looking for potential vendors that can support DOT personnel in enterprise risk management and internal controls assessment efforts.

Boeing has landed a four-year, $71.3M contract from the U.S. Navy to perform engineering and integrated logistics services to support T/AV-8B Harrier maintenance efforts.

LSI and SAP National Security Services have partnered to offer the latter's Secure HANA Cloud platform to local and state government agencies as well as higher education customers.

Amazon Web Services has unveiled an object-based storage designed to help government and commercial clients retain data in cloud computing environments.