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    Carahsoft’s Government Contracts Now Include Livestream Learning Studio’s Virtual Platform; Tim Boltz Quoted

    Carahsoft Technology will use its reseller network and government contract vehicles to distribute a virtual live events portal from Livestream Learning Studio to U.S. primary schools. Educational institutions nationwide can subscribe to the virtual learning platform through Carahsoft’s reseller partners and NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V, E&I Cooperative Services Contract, National Association of State […] More

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    REI Systems, TechSur Form JV to Offer Government IT Services

    REI Systems has formed a joint venture with Herndon, Virginia-headquartered software company TechSur Solutions to provide information technology products and services to U.S. government customers. FusionEdge Solutions was established through the Small Business Administration’s Mentor-Protege Program as an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business supporting the civilian, defense and health sectors, REI Systems said Thursday. The […] More

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    Air Force Plans Base Pilot Run of Oklo’s Microreactor; Ravi Chaudhary Quoted

    The Department of the Air Force and the Defense Logistics Agency’s energy organization plan to initiate a contracting process with fission power plant developer Oklo to install a microreactor at Eielson AF Base in Alaska. Santa Clara, California-based Oklo could receive a potential firm-fixed-price contract once the Nuclear Regulatory Commission grants a license for the […] More

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    Accenture’s Federal Arm to Provide DLA With Professional Support Services

    Accenture‘s government business arm was tapped to deliver business development office professional support services to the Defense Logistics Agency over a five-year period. The Department of Defense said Thursday Accenture Federal Services will conduct services under a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a ceiling amount of $26.8 million. Work will be performed in Pennsylvania, with the […] More

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    NGA Extends Booz Allen’s Research Contract

    Booz Allen Hamilton will continue to provide subject matter expertise to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in research and development under a one-year, $52 million contract modification. NGA said Wednesday the company will explore pathbreaking technologies and transition innovations into the agency mission. The award represents a task order extension and brings the overall contract value […] More

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    Spire Global Secures Contract for NOAA Microwave Sounder Development Study; Chuck Cash Quoted

    Spire Global will vie with three other companies in the study phase of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration competition that aims to develop a radiometer for the observation of the Earth’s atmosphere. The company said Thursday it will seek to advance a microwave sounder for NOAA’s Near-Earth Orbit Network program through the $4.6 million Microwave-Based […] More

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    Lockheed Hands Over Initial Prototype OSIRIS 5G Testbed Variant to Marine Corps

    Lockheed Martin is set to kick off mobile network experimentation after delivering to the U.S. Marine Corps the Phase 1 prototype 5G testbed variant for the Open Systems Interoperable and Reconfigurable Infrastructure Solution. OSIRIS is a 5G communications network testbed for use in expeditionary operations experimentation in support of USMC and the office of the […] More

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    Space Officials Debate Proper Parameters for Satellite Communications Latency Delays

    U.S. government officials in the space arena are laser-focused on establishing and maintaining high-bandwidth, low-latency communications between satellite systems. These lines of communication are sent between ground stations and satellites in low-Earth orbit at about 1,000 km distance from the Earth and even as far as geostationary orbit, at about 35,700 km distance from the […] More

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    Deltek Welcomes Veteran Finance Exec Dean Tilsley as CFO

    Dean Tilsley has joined Deltek as its new chief financial officer, a role in which he will lead the organization’s financial management activities. Reporting to Deltek President and CEO Mike Corkery, Tilsley will work to grow the company by progressing its financial strategy and boosting operational efficiency, the Herndon, Virginia-based company announced on Thursday. Corkery said he is […] More

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    IBM Secures FedRAMP Authorization for Federal HR Shared Services Tool

    IBM has received authorization under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to offer its cloud-based human capital management platform to government customers. IBM Federal HR Cloud is a shared service tool designed to support core human resources management functions such as payroll, time entry and performance management and benefits administration, the company said Wednesday. […] More

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    Carahsoft to Distribute Trusona Authentication Cloud to Government Clients; Steve Jacyna Quoted

    Carahsoft Technology has agreed to offer Trusona’s cloud-based multi-factor authentication tool to public sector customers through its reseller network and government procurement vehicles. Under the partnership, Carahsoft will serve as the master government aggregator for Trusona Authentication Cloud, a passkey-as-a-service platform that allows government agencies to enable phishing-resistant authentication for their websites, the companies said […] More