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  • Utah State Govt Awards Carahsoft Cloud Tech Reseller Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Utah State Govt Awards Carahsoft Cloud Tech Reseller Contract

    Carahsoft has secured a contract from Utah’s state government to offer participating states, educational and local government agencies access to cloud technologies from the company and its authorized resellers such as SAP and ePlus. Carahsoft said Tuesday the potential 10-year NASPO ValuePoint Cloud Solutions contract was awarded through a competitive solicitation and evaluation process launched by the state of Utah. “Carahsoft and […] More

  • Lockheed Breaks Ground on Minuteman III ICBM Replacement Program Mgmt Facility in Utah - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Breaks Ground on Minuteman III ICBM Replacement Program Mgmt Facility in Utah

    Lockheed Martin has kicked off construction of a program management facility at  the Falcon Hill National Aerospace Research Park in Utah to support the U.S. Air Force‘s project to develop a follow-on intercontinental ballistic missile system. Lockheed said Friday it will move into the company’s program management office at Falcon Hill by August 2017 as part of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent competition and seeks […] More

  • Engility to Exhibit HPC Platforms at Supercomputing 2016 Conference; Kirk Dye Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility to Exhibit HPC Platforms at Supercomputing 2016 Conference; Kirk Dye Comments

    Engility will present its high-performance computing platforms at the six-day Supercomputing 2016 conference that will kick off Nov. 13 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Kirk Dye, senior vice president of Engility’s federal civilian business, said in a statement released Tuesday that the company works to help clients address big data challenges through HPC platforms as well […] More

  • Collab9 Lands State Cooperative Purchasing Contract for Unified Comms Cloud Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Collab9 Lands State Cooperative Purchasing Contract for Unified Comms Cloud Service

    Collab9 has secured a contract from the state of Utah to offer the company’s unified communications-as-a-service platform to participating U.S. states under the NASPO ValuePoint Cooperative Purchasing Organization. The company said Monday its Cisco-powered UCaaS cloud service works to facilitate voice and video calls; provide mobility, customer care applications and E911 functionality; and support integration with Microsoft 365, Skype […] More

  • NASA to Assess 2nd Ground Qualification Test for SLS Rocket Booster Via Teleconference - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA to Assess 2nd Ground Qualification Test for SLS Rocket Booster Via Teleconference

    NASA will subject the booster for a Boeing-built rocket to a second ground qualification test on June 28 at an Orbital ATK facility in Utah. The space agency will broadcast Tuesday the live coverage of the two-minute booster test for the Space Launch System via NASA Television and then conduct a media teleconference to evaluate the live-fire […] More

  • NIC Partners With Utah, Mississippi to Unveil Amazon Echo Govt Apps - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIC Partners With Utah, Mississippi to Unveil Amazon Echo Govt Apps

    NIC has partnered with Utah and Mississippi to unveil a new series voice-activated state government apps for the Amazon Echo designed to allow users to receive license alerts and take practice exams through the Alexa Voice Services. NIC subsidiary Utah Interactive worked with the Utah’s departments of public safety and technology services to create a voice-based app that works to […] More

  • Mark DeYoung: ATK's Spinoff Firm Vista Outdoor to Build Utah-Based Headquarters - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mark DeYoung: ATK’s Spinoff Firm Vista Outdoor to Build Utah-Based Headquarters

    Vista Outdoor, a sporting goods company that will spinoff from ATK, is considering several possible sites in Utah to be its global headquarters. ATK said Thursday Vista Outdoor aims to employ as many as 5,800 workers globally and to have a manufacturing presence in approximately 10 U.S. states. Mark DeYoung, ATK president and CEO, said the […] More

  • ViON Opens Support, Services Facility in Utah; Tom Frana Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ViON Opens Support, Services Facility in Utah; Tom Frana Comments

    ViON Corp., a veteran-owned information technology company based in Herndon, Virginia, has opened a support and services facility in Utah as part of the company’s series of infrastructure, facilities and personnel investments. Tom Frana, president and CEO of ViON, said Thursday the company aims to bolster clients’ business and missions through this round-the-clock service and support coverage. ViON designs, delivers and maintains IT […] More

  • Lockheed Employees Donate $123K to 17 Nonprofits - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Employees Donate $123K to 17 Nonprofits

    Lockheed Martin has selected 17 charities in locations where the company operates to receive monetary donations that total $123,000. The donations were given in check by the company’s employee-run charity AERO Club, Lockheed announced in three separate releases on Monday and Tuesday. The AERO Club donated $18,000 to the United Way of Northern Utah, a nonprofit […] More

  • URS Adds Army Facility Environmental Remediation Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    URS Adds Army Facility Environmental Remediation Contracts

    URS Corp. has won two separate environmental remediation contracts to help clean U.S. Army Corps of Engineers facilities in Utah and Kansas. For the Kansas-based McConnell Air Force Base, URS will use in-situ remediation technologies to treat chlorinated and petroleum-related contaminants, the company announced Feb. 20. URS will also provide the Utah Test and Training Range and […] More