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  • in News, Products & Service

    Gentex Wins $51M Marines Combat Helmet, Data Report Delivery Contract

    Gentex has won a potential five-year, $51.4 million contract to provide 84,376 updated combat helmets and data reports to the U.S. Marine Corps. The Marine Corps Systems Command received three proposals for the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract and obligated nearly $10 million in fiscal 2017 operations and maintenance funds.to cover the first delivery order, the Defense Department said Friday. Work will […] More

  • in Industry News, News

    Onvia Survey Shows Increase in Govt Contractor Sales Expectations

    A new study by Onvia says government contractors expect an increase in sales in 2017 to 2018 compared to their performance in 2016. Onvia said Thursday its market research team created the 2017 Onvia Government Contractor Confidence Index using survey responses from 424 companies that sell to federal, state, local and education agencies. The GCCI is based on […] More

  • in Government Cloud, News

    AWS Adds Serverless Computing Service to GovCloud Region

    Amazon Web Services has begun to offer a serverless computing service in the company’s GovCloud isolated cloud region for U.S. government customers. AWS said Thursday the AWS Lambda computing service is designed to help developers run code in GovCloud without provisioning or managing servers. Lambda works to execute code when needed and charge users only for the compute time […] More

  • in Industry News, News

    SES Launches Boeing-Built Satellite to Provide In-Flight Connectivity Service

    SES has launched a Boeing-built satellite aboard a Soyuz rocket from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana to deliver internet service to commercial, maritime and government customers. The SES-15 satellite is designed to support inflight connectivity and entertainment service providers such as Global Eagle Entertainment, Gogo and Panasonic Avionics as well as provide live TV coverage on flight routes across U.S., Canada, […] More

  • in Industry News, News

    Northrop Unveils South Australia-Based Aircraft Countermeasure Tech Support Facility

    Northrop Grumman has established a new facility in Adelaide, South Australia, to provide in-country support services for laser-based aircraft countermeasure systems. The facility is located at the Australian air force’s Edinburgh base and will support repair and maintenance efforts for Northrop-built Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures systems that work to detect, identify and defeat air-launched missile threats, the company said Thursday. […] More

  • in Industry News, News

    Leidos to Deliver IED Removal Aircraft Under Army Contract Modification

    Leidos has received a $21.1 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to design, build, test and deliver an aircraft designed to help neutralize improvised-explosive devices. The Defense Department said Thursday Leidos will provide one Saturn Arch configured aircraft to support ongoing operations, sustainment and the Integration Quick Reaction Capability program. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency launched the Saturn […] More

  • in Government Cloud, News

    Dell EMC’s Steve Harris Foresees ‘Integrated Hybrid Cloud’ as Federal Spending Priority Area

    Steve Harris, vice president and general manager of Dell EMC‘s federal business, has told MeriTalk in an interview published Wednesday he forecasts that agencies will prioritize investments in integrated hybrid cloud platforms in the next three years as part of information technology modernization efforts. Harris, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2017, said he believes agency chief information officers should have […] More

  • in Industry News, News

    KeyW Gets ISO Quality Management Certification for Engineering, Technology Services

    National security services provider KeyW has obtained an International Organization for Standardization certificate for the company’s quality management processes at its headquarters and supporting facility located in Hanover, Maryland. Platinum Registration issued the ISO 9001:2015 certification that covers KeyW’s cybersecurity, cloud, data analytics, engineering services and analysis and operations, KeyW said Wednesday. ISO 9001:2015 outlines criteria for quality […] More

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    ViON, Kaminario Partner on Flash Storage Offering for Federal Agencies

    Information technology company ViON and all-flash storage provider Kaminario have forged a partnership to offer flash storage to federal agencies. ViON said Wednesday it will implement the Kaminario K2 all-flash storage array with an as-a-service model to support agencies’ cloud migration efforts. The joint offering is designed to support agencies’ IT modernization projects and aid compliance with the Federal Risk […] More

  • in Big Data & Analytics News, News, Products & Service

    IBM-Nutanix Alliance to Offer Hyperconverged Infrastructure for Enterprise Workloads

    IBM and Nutanix have entered into a multi-year partnership agreement to develop and offer an integrated infrastructure system for large enterprise customers to manage workloads. The alliance plans to integrate Nutanix’ Enterprise Cloud Platform and IBM’s Power Systems server in an effort to bring new workloads to hyperconverged deployments, IBM said Tuesday. Nutanix CEO Dheeraj Pandey said the joint initiative […] More

  • in Industry News, News

    Sikorsky to Overhaul Tail Rotor Blades of Army UH-60 Helicopters

    Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has received a $37.6 million contract from the U.S. Army to repair 381 tail rotor blades of the service branch’s UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. The Defense Department said Wednesday contract work will run through March 31, 2019 in Dallas, Texas. The Army Contracting Command obligated $18.4 million at the time of award from fiscal 2017 “other” […] More

  • in Cybersecurity News, Featured, General, News

    CACI to Extend NAVFAC Cybersecurity Support; Ken Asbury Comments

    CACI International has secured a two-year, $21 million task order from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic to perform cybersecurity systems support for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command. The company said Wednesday it will support NAVFAC’s efforts to meet Defense Department information assurance standards for providing cybersecurity to the U.S. Navy‘s industrial control systems. CACI president and CEO Ken Asbury, an […] More