• CLOUD COMPUTING

    No competition for private intell cloud contract

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded a $45 million contract to Alliance Technology Group for private cloud services for an intelligence agency without conducting a competition.

    In itsjustification document for the no-compete procurement, DISA describes a need for an ISR – intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance – cloud for large data object storage and that Alliance Technology, a small business in Hanover, Md., is the only company capable of meeting the requirements.

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  • Nick Wakeman

    Bjorklund hangs up consulting shingle

    Ray Bjorklund, the budget data guru of FedSources and Deltek, is now his own guru.

    Bjorklund’s last day at Deltek was Monday, and today he announced the launch of BirchGrove Consulting.

    His plan, he said, is to provide data analysis for individual clients.

    “Companies really need hard numbers today to justify their positions in the market,” Bjorklund said. “The market is going sideways, so they need hard numbers to make good business decisions.”

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  • Nick Wakeman

    Former GTSI execs reunited at new firm

    Two executives who you could argue pulled GTSI back from the brink have reunited at a new company.

    Sterling Phillips was brought in as the CEO of GTSI in 2010, in the aftermath of the company’s scandal involving small business contracts. The company’s revenue was plummeting.

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  • COMPANIES

    Former NASA CIO Linda Cureton opens consulting firm

    Former NASA chief information officer, Linda Cureton, has launched a new company called Muse Technologies Inc., which will provide IT consulting, strategy planning and program management to public and private-sector organizations throughout the lifecycle of IT projects, according to an FCW report Read More

  • NAVY

    SAIC scores $74M Navy security engineering services contract

    Science Applications International Corp. has won a three-year, $74 million contract with the U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command to provide security engineering services in support of its anti-terrorism program.

    The Anti-terrorism/Force Protection Ashore Global Sustainment Program provides a centrally managed life-cycle sustainment program to help Navy shore installations maintain their systems and equipment in accordance with operational requirements, SAIC said in a release.

    Of the contract, John Thomas, SAIC senior vice president and group general manager, said that "It is a significant milestone in expanding our AT/FP services and capabilities for the DoD worldwide."
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  • PEOPLE

    QinetiQ North America names new president and COO

    QinetiQ North America has named Gary Slack president and chief operating officer, marking the second high-profile promotion that the company has made in two months.

    In the middle of February, the company named JD Crouch CEO Read More

  • NAVY

    15 win $900M Navy C5ISR contract

    Fifteen contractors have won a $899.8 million task order contract with the Navy to for support services for interoperable command and control systems.

    The winners are:

    • Booz Allen Hamilton Engineering Services
    • Booz Allen Hamilton
    • CACI International
    • Centurum Information Technology
    • Computer Sciences Corp.
    • Glotech Inc.
    • Honeywell Technology Solutions
    • Engility Corp.
    • Lockheed Martin Corp.
    • M.C. Dean
    • QinetiQ North America, Services and Solutions Group
    • Science Applications International Corp.
    • Sotera Defense Solutions
    • Scientific Research Corp.
    • ManTech Systems Engineering Corp.
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  • UAVs

    Kratos wins $11.5M UAV contract

    Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’ Unmanned Systems Solutions division has won $11.5 million contract for specialty products to support unmanned aerial system and other programs.

    The company could not name its customer or be more specific about the products being sold.

    The division produces unmanned aerial systems and drones, electronics, avionics, ground control and support products and equipment.

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  • AIR FORCE

    EMC wins $22M Air Force test, instrumentation support contract

    EMC Corp. has won a four-year, $22 million task order contract to provide support and development services to the U.S. Air Force.

    These services will support instrumentation loading, integration, analysis and display, enterprise test data management system, Odyssey, and supplies to Air Force test customers.

    Work will take place in Irvine, Calif., and is expected to be completed April 2, 2017.

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  • NIH

    5 win $184M contract NIH IT support

    Five contractors have won a five-year, $184 multiple-award contract to provide information technology support services to the National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute .

    The winners are:

    • Science Applications International Corp.
    • Booz Allen Hamilton
    • Paragon
    • Sapient
    • SRA International
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