Amyx has been awarded five additional Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) J6 Enterprise Technology Services task orders to continue support for the agency. “These contract wins are a testament to the critical role they serve in protecting DLA’s infrastructure and in supporting DLA’s logistics support mission," said William Schaefer, president and CEO of Amyx.
Read More »Parsons Enters $300M Deal for BSTG; Chuck Harrington Quoted
Parsons has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Braxton Science & Technology Group (BSTG) and its subsidiaries for $300 million. With the purchase, Parsons will enhance its solutions, products and capabilities across the space, cyber and intelligence markets. BSTG has a large portfolio of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products and government off-the-shelf products, which have provided mission critical solutions across spacecraft ground control and spacecraft integration.
Read More »Industry Execs Cite Commercial Efforts to Help Address Army’s IT Network Challenges
Some industry executives discussed how to help the U.S. Army develop an information technology network designed to support warfighters in bandwidth- and power-constrained environments, C4ISRNET reported Thursday.
Read More »Engineering Vet Lorne Graves Joins Abaco Systems as CTO
Lorne Graves, a two-decade engineering veteran, has joined Abaco Systems as chief technology officer. Rich Sorelle, president and CEO of Abaco, said in a statement released Wednesday Graves’ leadership and experience in the embedded computing market will help advance the company’s presence in the field of open architecture commercial-off-the-shelf platforms.
GrammaTech Secures DARPA Contract to Develop Autonomous Cybersecurity Tool
GrammaTech has landed a potential four-year, $8.4M contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to create a platform intended to perform autonomous and rapid deployment of protected configurations for commercial off-the-shelf equipment.
Read More »FBI Solicits Proposals for Enterprise Business Process Mgmt. Software
The FBI seeks proposals from vendors that can provide commercial off-the-shelf enterprise business process management software. The bureau said Tuesday in a FedBizOpps notice that its existing Enterprise Process Automation System is based on an OpenText-built BPM platform that will no longer be supported beyond fiscal year 2018. The agency …
Read More »DLA Issues RFI on Cloud-Based Document Scanning Platform
The Defense Logistics Agency has issued a request for information on cloud-based software designed to scan electronic documents with the use of thin client. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says DLA requires an electronic scanning platform that can be hosted at a Defense Information Systems Agency-run enterprise computing center DLA looks to acquire …
Read More »DEA Seeks Info on Potential Lab Info Mgmt Tech Sources
The Drug Enforcement Administration wants information on potential vendors that can provide a laboratory information management system. DEA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday it seeks an LIMS platform to modernize, streamline and manage all processes related to the handling of drug evidence at DEA laboratories. The agency wants a commercial …
Read More »Symantec’s Greg Clark: Govt Should Adopt Custom-Built Security Platforms for Cyber Defense
Greg Clark, CEO of Symantec, has said government agencies should advance the development of “custom, purpose-built security tools” designed to protect its national security systems from potential cyber attacks. Clark wrote in an opinion piece published Wednesday on The Hill that such tools should be unique and unknown to cyber …
Read More »CSRA to Test Navy HR Mgmt System on AWS Cloud
CSRA has obtained authorization from the U.S. Navy to test a new integrated pay and personnel system for the service branch on Amazon Web Services‘ cloud platform. The Interim Authorization to Test permits CSRA to assess the viability and flexibility of running a commercial off-the-shelf human resource management platform on AWS cloud, CSRA said Wednesday. …
Read More »Army Wants Info on Longwave IR LIDAR Sources
The U.S. Army‘s Edgewood Chemical Biological Center seeks information on potential industry and government sources of light detection and ranging technologies that can detect chemical vapors and biological aerosols. ECBC is surveying commercial and government off-the-shelf longwave infrared LIDAR tools that can perform chemical and biological standoff detection in mobile or fixed …
Read More »Lockheed Martin Taps Harris to Update F-35 Mission System Avionics; Ed Zoiss Comments
Lockheed Martin has chosen Harris to update mission system avionics systems used on the F-35 Lightning II aircraft in support of a program that aims to boost the platform’s data storage, display processing and throughput capacity. Harris said Monday that it will offer Aircraft Memory System and Panoramic Cockpit Display …
Read More »L3 Subsidiary Unveils ISR Kits for Fixed- and Rotary-Wing Aircraft
L3 Technologies‘ Wescam subsidiary has introduced a set of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance system kits designed for fixed- and rotary-wing platforms. Matrix ISR kits consist of commercial off-the-shelf technologies built to support multiple aircraft ISR systems for defense and security missions, L3 said Tuesday. Wescam President Mike Greenley said that the kits contain …
Read More »ARServices to Provide Staffing Support for DLA’s Data Center Optimization, R&D Programs
ARServices has received contracts to provide staffing and management support services for the Defense Logistics Agency’s three new projects. The company said Tuesday it will designate 20 subject matter experts and personnel to work on the three programs with DLA across 10 locations. Under the first project, ARServices will help …
Read More »Divine Imaging Wins $60M DLA COTS Item Supply IDIQ
Malibu, California-based Divine Imaging has won a potential five-year, $60 million contract to supply commercial off-the-shelf items to the Defense Logistics Agency for use by the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and other service branches. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a one-year base term and four option years, Divine Imaging said Wednesday. DLA received …
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