News

Latest stories

  • Ashish Khot: Technomile to Integrate Caroll Publishing Data Into GovCon Suite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Featured, General, News, Products & Service

    Ashish Khot: Technomile to Integrate Caroll Publishing Data Into GovCon Suite

    Technomile and Carroll Publishing have partnered with the intent to offer contact and account data products for government contractors. McLean, Virginia-based Technomile said Wednesday it aims to help the company’s GovCon Suite customers use data in their capture and contract lifecycle management processes. GovCon Suite comprises cloud-based applications for vendors to track contracts and task orders, gather agency spending […] More

  • SAIC, Community DNS Jointly Offer DDoS Protection Services; Paul Welch Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Cybersecurity News, Featured, General, News

    SAIC, Community DNS Jointly Offer DDoS Protection Services; Paul Welch Comments

    Science Applications International Corp. has partnered with Community DNS to introduce a suite of cybersecurity and intelligence service offerings designed to protect information technology platforms from distributed denial of service attacks. SAIC said Wednesday the services will work to help clients avoid DDoS and other domain name system-based attacks without requiring them to purchase software or hardware. […] More

  • FBI Releases Cloud Computing Service RFI - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Big Data & Analytics News, Government Cloud, News

    FBI Releases Cloud Computing Service RFI

    The FBI has issued a request for information on potential vendors of cloud-based  infrastructure as-a-service, platform as-a-service and software as-a-service offerings. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says the bureau plans to acquire PaaS and SaaS platforms from a cloud service provider with a large-scale commercial offering in an effort to comply with the government’s “Cloud First” policy. The […] More

  • Comtech Subsidiary to Produce Mobile Satellite Transceivers for Army Blue Force Tracker - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Products & Service

    Comtech Subsidiary to Produce Mobile Satellite Transceivers for Army Blue Force Tracker

    A Comtech Telecommunications subsidiary has received an $11.7 million initial order to supply mobile satellite transceivers for a U.S. Army system built to help commanders and troops obtain situational awareness in the battlefield. Comtech Mobile Datacom will provide thousands of MT-2025 transceivers in support of the military branch’s Blue Force Tracking-2 system, the company said Wednesday. BFT-2 is part of the […] More

  • Red Hat’s David Egts: Microservices Tech Could Help Simplify App Deployment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Featured, General, Industry News, News

    Red Hat’s David Egts: Microservices Tech Could Help Simplify App Deployment

    David Egts, chief technologist for Red Hat’s public sector, told MeriTalk in an interview published Wednesday that the microservices technology works to help the developer split complex, large applications into small components and share them with other members of the DevOps team. “Instead of one big hulking team working on one big hulking application, you can have […] More

  • Red Hat Releases New Decision Management Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Products & Service

    Red Hat Releases New Decision Management Platform

    Red Hat has unveiled a technology platform designed to help enterprise customers build applications to automate business decision management processes. Red Hat Decision Manager 7 is built to support traditional or cloud-based information technology applications as well as simplify the development and implementation of rules-based platforms, the company said Wednesday. The platform works to help users […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Develops Airborne Radio Mount for Iridium Satcom Network Access - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Products & Service

    Rockwell Collins Develops Airborne Radio Mount for Iridium Satcom Network Access

    Rockwell Collins has unveiled a mount technology designed to offer satellite communications capacities for tactical airborne radio users through an Iridium-managed satcom network. The “smart” mount works to help ARC-210 radio customers transmit voice, data and location data via Iridium’s 66 satellites currently in low-Earth orbit, Rockwell Collins said Wednesday. Ken Flowers, vice president of Iridium’s government solutions unit, […] More

  • SRI International to Support Army Battlefield Tech Security Research Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Cybersecurity News, News

    SRI International to Support Army Battlefield Tech Security Research Initiative

    A research team that includes SRI International has received five-year, $25 million grant from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to develop analytic tools and services intended to secure cyber-physical systems in the battlefield. SRI said Wednesday the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will lead the Alliance for IoBT Research on Evolving Intelligent Goal-driven Networks. ARL, Carnegie Mellon University, […] More

  • ACT I Gets 10 Military Healthcare Mgmt Support Orders; Michael Niggel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Products & Service

    ACT I Gets 10 Military Healthcare Mgmt Support Orders; Michael Niggel Comments

    Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has received 10 task orders worth $15 million combined for healthcare management services to the Defense Health Agency and the U.S. Air Force Medical Operations Agency. The company said Wednesday the orders were awarded through pool 1 of the General Services Administration‘s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Small Business contract vehicle. “Together with […] More

  • UTC Subsidiary, Air National Guard Complete DB-110 Sensor Operational Assessment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in C4ISR News, News

    UTC Subsidiary, Air National Guard Complete DB-110 Sensor Operational Assessment

    A United Technologies Corp. subsidiary and the Air National Guard have wrapped up an operational evaluation of an airborne reconnaissance platform aboard the General Atomics-built MQ-9 Reaper drone. The 174th attack wing of the New York Air National Guard conducted the assessment of UTC Aerospace Systems’ DB-110 aerial sensor in fall 2017 to evaluate the platform’s use in delivering […] More

  • 4 Firms Win Spots on DoD POL Facility Architect-Engineer Services IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    4 Firms Win Spots on DoD POL Facility Architect-Engineer Services IDIQ

    Four companies have won positions on a potential $49 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide architectural and engineering services for Defense Department petroleum, oil and lubricant facilities. DoD said Wednesday the service branch received 21 offers for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and subsequently made a total of 13 awards. The four initial awardees are AMEC Foster Wheeler […] More

  • ASRC Federal CEO Mark Gray Named Greater Washington Region Heart Walk Chair - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News

    ASRC Federal CEO Mark Gray Named Greater Washington Region Heart Walk Chair

    Mark Gray, president and CEO of ASRC Federal, has been appointed by the American Heart Association as chair of the 2018 Greater Washington Region Heart Walk. “AHA and the broad government contracting community work tirelessly together to raise funds for, and awareness of, cardiovascular-related illnesses,” Gray said in a statement published Feb. 13. “In November […] More