Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
Data Networks Corp. has won a contract from the Food and Drug Administration to provide enterprise architecture services to the agency’s Office of Information Management following best practices and government and industry standards. The company will support the development, implementation and integration of an EA program that is expected to guide FDA decision-makers on business and information technology matters, […] More
Northrop Grumman has begun construction on a 220,000 sq ft office and research facility at its Melbourne International Airport campus in Florida, the Orlando Business Journal reported Wednesday. The building is part of the first phase of the company’s planned $500 million, 720,000 sq ft expansion of the campus, Anjali Fluker writes in the exclusive report. The completed […] More
NASA has awarded five U.S. academic institutions with a $100,000 grant each and opportunities to conduct research and development work aboard the International Space Station as part of its Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research. The agency said Wednesday the research coverage, including ultrasonic sensor and self-healing polymers technology, is crucial for NASA missions as well […] More
CACI International has won a three-year prime contract potentially worth $31 million from the Bureau of Naval Personnel to provide business processing reengineering, requirements analysis and enterprise architecture services for the bureau’s personnel and pay systems. As one of the three awardees of the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, CACI will also develop workflow and organizational processes to update the systems’ […] More
Totara LMS announced on Monday that they have received the the U.S. Army’s Certificate of Networthiness, working with ASM Research to blend their learning management software with Army systems to market for federal clients. ASM Research, an Accenture Federal Services company, was selected to aid in the development of Totara’s Solution Partner Network, providing technical […] More
IBM is celebrating a decade in Costa Rica Wednesday with the opening of a new IT Security Operations Center. The goal of the new center is to address the growing security needs of clients in the area, IBM said. The SOC, aiming to be open 24/7, will allow IBM to offer services such as cloud, […] More
With support from the USAID-funded Health Policy Project, Futures Group and the Ministry of Public Health Afghanistan have partnered on an initiative to establish the Public-Private Dialogue Forum, to engage public and private sectors in discussions on health concerns, policies and regulations. The Forum represents development in Afghanistan’s efforts to improve healthcare for citizens, maximizing […] More
Following a recent Defense Department announcement that it is developing a laser weapon against enemy drones, The Telegraph listed Tuesday 10 other “weird” U.S. military weapons and gadgets in the pipeline. Rosa Prince reports on the following equipment that will soon be used in the battlefield, leveraging technologies that range from robotics to advanced weaponry and […] More
Cubic Worldwide Technical Services today announced they have been awarded a task order under the U.S. Navy‘s Fielded Training Systems Support contract. The five-year program has a value of $65 million to provide operations and maintenance support of training devices for aircraft like the MH-60S helicopter. Al Sargeant, senior vice president and general manager of […] More
CH2M HILL has won a five-year contract to provide operations, maintenance, repair and replacement services for the water and wastewater systems and other public infrastructure of Ontario, Oregon. Ontario Mayor LeRoy Cammack said Monday the public-private partnership with CH2M HILL provides the city access to the company’s resources and expertise while maintaining full ownership of the facilities. He […] More
Oracle Corp. is close to making a deal with Micros Systems, Inc. to buy the company for $5 billion, Bloomberg reported Monday. Alex Sherman and Dina Bass write that Larry Ellison, Oracle CEO, is in talks with restaurant and hotel software provider, Micros systems about acquiring them in hopes of spurring growth into the cloud software […] More
Cisco announced Tuesday their intention to acquire privately held Tail-f Systems for $175 million, a plan set in motion by AT&T to reshape and virtualize telecommunications networks in the cloud. Cisco aims to incorporate Tail-f into its cloud and virtualization group to increase marketability in telecom infrastructure, the company said in the release. Hilton Romanski, […] More
