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    Iridium: 6th Batch of NEXT Satellites Functioning Nominally, Entering Testing Phase

    The five Iridium Communications satellites that Hawthorne, Calif.-based firm SpaceX launched Tuesday have entered the testing and validation phase. “Three of the [Iridium NEXT] satellites from this launch will be going directly in to service in our sixth orbital plane, where the other two will serve as spares,” Iridium Chief Operating Officer Scott Smith said in a […] More

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    MTSI’s Jeff Elder Recognized With National Defense Industrial Association’s Technology Award

    Jeff Elder, the current head of the lethality unit of Modern Technology Solutions Inc.‘s army and missile defense division, has received the Technology Award from the National Defense Industrial Association’s Tennessee Valley chapter. The award recognizes Elder’s technical contributions to the fields of lethality analysis, modeling and simulation and the effectiveness of kinetic energy weapons […] More

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    GSA to Host HASC Stakeholder Event on June 18

    The General Services Administration will host an interactive event on June 18 to showcase its current work on its Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services special item numbers and modernization plan. The HASC Stakeholder Event will provide discussions featuring speakers from the Office of Management and Budget, Department of Homeland Security and GSA, according to a GSA […] More

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    HighPoint Global Wins 2018 Corporate Growth Award

    HighPoint Global has received recognition in the 2018 Corporate Growth Awards for the company’s acquisition of Primescape Solutions. The acquisition activity has been named Deal of the Year Under $50 Million, HighPoint said Thursday. Primescape’s acquisition created a digital transformation service component in HighPoint’s citizen experience expertise. The expanded company will offer a wide range of communications services connecting […] More

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    Ivanti Recognizes Carahsoft Technology with Distribution Partner of the Year Award; Craig Abod Comments

    At the 2018 Ivanti Partner of the Year Awards, Americas during the Ivanti Interchange18,  Ivanti recognized Carahsoft Technology as Distribution Partner of the Year. Carahsoft Technology helped Ivanti develop and implement strategies for targeted marketing and sales, resulting in 24 percent growth in new business. “Carahsoft is honored to be recognized as a valued partner for a third year […] More

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    Report: IT Govt Spending Could Surge as End of Fiscal Year Nears

    Federal agencies awarded approximately $1.25 billion in information technology products and services contracts in the last month of fiscal year 2017 through NASA’s Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V contract vehicle, Bloomberg Government reported Thursday. BGOV’s analysis shows that approximately one third of all contract obligations made through SEWP V in fiscal 2017 were awarded in […] More

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    Mike Lawrie: DXC Eyes ‘Tuck-In’ Acquisitions

    Mike Lawrie, chairman, president and CEO of DXC Technology, has said the company plans to close more “tuck-in” acquisitions as part of efforts to build up its digital offerings, CRN reported Thursday. “We have a pipeline of things we are looking at. … Most of what we do classifies more as tuck-ins that are very consistent […] More

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    Orbital ATK’s Cygnus Spacecraft Reaches ISS for 9th Cargo Resupply Mission

    An Orbital ATK spacecraft has completed berthing maneuvers with the International Space Station as part of the company’s ninth resupply mission with NASA. The company said Thursday the Cygnus spacecraft dubbed “S.S. J.R. Thompson” carried 7,400 pounds of cargo consisting of supplies and experiments to ISS. The spacecraft launched Monday from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia aboard an Antares rocket. ISS crew secured the […] More

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    Boeing Names 8 Potential International Block III Super Hornet Customers

    Boeing has named Bulgaria, Canada, Finland, Germany, India, Japan, Poland and Switzerland as potential clients for the latest configuration of its F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter aircraft, National Defense reported Wednesday. Dan Gillian, vice president of F/A-18 programs at Boeing, said Wednesday at a media day in Virginia potential orders from those international customers could be a […] More

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    Red Hat’s David Egts, Unisys’ Peter O’Donoghue Outline DevOps Challenges in Public Sector

    David Egts, chief technologist for Red Hat‘s public sector business, has said public sector organizations may encounter challenges in adopting DevOps in their information technology systems due to a culture that focuses on long-term initiatives. TechTarget reported Tuesday that Egts believes the procurement culture in government is used to multiyear programs supported by a waterfall approach. Peter […] More

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    Northrop Grumman Gets USAF Reimbursement Modification for Satellite Sustainment

    Northrop Grumman has received a $7.1 million U.S. Air Force contract modification for reimbursements concerning satellite sensor sustainment services. The increase stems from an exercised option tasking the company to sustain sensors of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program on-orbit constellation and raises the contract’s value to $14.1 million, the Defense Department said Wednesday. USAF obligates entire the modification amount that was […] More

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    United Technologies to Add 35,000 Jobs; Invest $15B in R&D Through 2022

    United Technologies has announced it will add 35,000 jobs and invest over $15 billion for research and development, as well as well as capital expenditures, in the United States through 2022. The company said Wednesday it also launched a new website www.utcinvestingintheusa.com aimed at highlighting UTC’s U.S. investments. These new investments are intended to boost support for customers in […] More