The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded 22nd Century Technologies a potential $146.4 million contract to provide information technology end-user support services to USPTO’s Office of the Chief Information Officer. USPTO announced the contract award through a notice posted Thursday on FedBizOpps. McLean, Virginia-based 22nd Century Tec...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 16, 2017 ” IBM‘s (NYSE: IBM) cognitive computing technologies will be integrated into the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International’s 9-1-1 guidance software in efforts to gain insight on emergency communications, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday APCO ...
DLT Solutions, a leader in public sector technology, announced Monday that former chief operating officer Brian Strosser will take on the role of president. Strosser will continue to be responsible for the growth of sales in key sectors like cybersecurity, big data and working to support the federal government through industry-leading partnersh...
Markets responded positively to July employment reports which beat expectation. The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) closed the week at 100.443 up 0.122 percent. At Friday’s close advancers outpaced decliners 18 to 12. The GCI was up 1.5 percent for the week. The major indices closed up on Friday. The S&P500 gained 0.19 percen...
Marines and sailors will field-test more than 50 new technologies, everything from swarming unmanned surface vessels to self-driving Amtracks. The resulting force of these technological capabilities will integrate operations across all domains to include information and cyberspace....
From the drone that crashed into a San Diego Padres baseball game earlier this year and nearly hit several fans, to the drone that invaded the lawn of the White House, it is clear that there is commercial viability for options that can prevent unwanted drone trespassing, as well as a need for legislation governing their use. A re...
Arlington, Virginia-based government information technology services contractor Subsystem Technologies has bought KMS Solutions for an undisclosed sum in a push to grow service offerings and customer base in the defense and intelligence markets. KMS will operate as a subsidiary of Subsystem and primarily offers C4ISR, systems eng...
The U.S. Navy has awarded 11 service-disabled, veteran-owned companies positions on a potential five-year, $92.3 million contract for information technology support services to the Naval Higher Education Information Technology Consortium. The Defense Department said Friday contractors will provide IT support to NHEITC member institutions such a...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index (GCI) closed the week on Friday at a new high while coming close to breaking the 98.00 mark. Advancers outpaced decliners 3 to 1 as the GCI closed at 97.971, up 0.450 percent. The major indices all closed up with the S&P500 and DJIA reaching a new highs. The S&P500 ended the...
In this episode of Voices from DARPA, get inside the full-spectrum engineering head of Dr. Troy Olsson, a program manager since 2014 in the Agency™s Microsystems Technology Office (MTO). Listen in as Olsson describes progress toward vanishing materials that can keep sensitive electronic components out of adversaries™ hands; unmanned air ve...
