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    ICF Teams Up With Google Cloud to Expand Public Sector Services

    ICF has partnered with Google‘s cloud business in an effort to provide federal agencies and other public sector customers with expanded cloud and analytics services in support of their digital transformation initiatives. The firm said Tuesday new Google Cloud capabilities will be paired with ICF’s expertise in public sector domain and technology consulting to help […] More

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    NASA Soliciting Proposals for Enterprise Multimedia & Integrated Technical Services

    NASA is seeking offers to provide two of its offices with enterprise multimedia and integrated technical services needed to consolidate information technology-based communications. In a request for proposal published Tuesday on SAM.gov, NASA said its Office of Chief Information Technology and Office of Communications look to employ a single provider of digital multimedia and technical […] More

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    NASA Selects Ball, Raytheon for NOAA Ocean Color Instrument Study

    NASA has tapped Ball Aerospace and Raytheon Technologies‘ intelligence and space business to study the ocean color instrument for a new National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Earth observation satellite system. Each was awarded an approximately $5.2 million contract that covers the twenty-month Phase A Study under the Geostationary Extended Observations Program of NOAA, the space […] More

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    United Semiconductors Books NASA Contract for In-Space Manufacturing Efforts

    United Semiconductors, a New York-based small business that earlier received research sponsorship from the Air Force Research Laboratory, was awarded a spot on a three-year, $21 million contract from NASA for in-space manufacturing efforts. AFRL said Thursday United Semiconductors was tasked to create advanced materials or technologies under microgravity conditions to expand semiconductor crystal size […] More

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    DHA Awards $52M Bridge Contract to Peraton for Global Service Center Support

    Peraton has received a $51.8 million bridge contract from the Defense Health Agency to continue managing its Global Service Center while optimizing the performance of its infrastructure over a one-year period. The sole-source, firm-fixed-price contract will provide for non-personal services in support of the Defense Health Agency Global Service Center until May 14, 2023, to […] More

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    DOD, NTIA Name 5 Finalists of 5G Challenge for RAN Subsystem Interoperability

    Five companies have won in the preliminary event of the 5G Challenge hosted by the Department of Defense and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s Institute for Telecommunication Sciences. The initial stage of the multi-level prize competition was focused on Radio Access Network subsystem interoperability, DOD said Wednesday. Radisys Corp., Signal System Management, Capgemini Engineering, […] More

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    By Light Secures $82M VA My HealtheVet DevSecOps Contract

    By Light Professional IT Services has received a five-year, $82 million contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs to continue supporting the development and expansion of its electronic health portal for former military service members. The company said Thursday its help under the My HealtheVet DevSecOps contract is aimed at ensuring that veterans have access […] More

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    State Department OKs $117M FMS Deal With Netherlands for AIM-9X Block II Missiles

    The State Department has cleared a potential $117 million purchase request of the government of the Netherlands for additional Raytheon Technologies-made AIM-9X Block II missiles and related equipment. The NATO ally is seeking to procure 95 AIM-9X Block II tactical missiles, 43 AIM-9X Block II+ systems and one tactical guidance unit for the latter missile […] More

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    GitLab Launches Major DevOps Platform Iteration; Bob Stevens Comments

    GitLab has expanded its comprehensive DevOps platform with the release of a major iteration designed to support users’ development and collaboration on business-critical code for secure software delivery. GitLab 15, starting with the 15.0 first release version, works to modernize the capabilities of The One DevOps Platform and is planned to enhance a user-customer’s continuous […] More

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    Pavilion, Los Alamos National Lab Collaborating on Storage Server Analytics Offloads

    Pavilion Data Systems will employ its HyperOS storage operating system with HyperParallel Flash Array to help Los Alamos National Laboratory offload analytics functions from storage servers and move them to the array in an effort to minimize data movement. LANL looks to enable use of big data- or analytics community-made tools to perform data analytics […] More

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    Northrop Completes Loads Calibration Test of B-21 Aircraft

    Northrop Grumman has achieved positive and consistent results during the B-21 Raider bomber aircraft’s loads calibration test that validated its structural integrity and reaffirmed the company’s manufacturing approach and digital design capabilities. Calibrating aircraft instrumentation is part of the three-pronged ground test phase that seeks to ensure the B-21 flight readiness, Northrop said Wednesday. The […] More

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    Perikin Books Air Force Contract for Hypersonic T&E Advisory, Assistance Services

    Perikin Enterprises has won a five-year, $49.3 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide advisory and assistance services in support of the service branch’s hypersonic test and evaluation activities. The technical A&AS will be used on the High Speed Systems Test and Hypersonic Central T&E Investment Program portfolios, the Department of Defense said […] More