Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 10/22/2014

Engility to Build, Test Navy Shipboard Electronics; Tony Smeraglinolo Comments

Engility Holdings (NYSE: EGL) has been awarded a $42.9 million contract to design and evaluate shipboard and shore-based electronic systems for the U.S. Navy. The contract contains a one-year base period and two option years and covers work in areas such as system engineering, prototype and testing, Engility said Wednesday…

Sudhakar Kesavan: ICF’s $295M Buy of Olson Targets Digital Tech Market

ICF International (NASDAQ: ICFI) has agreed to purchase marketing technology and digital services firm Olson from KRG Capital Partners and other shareholders in a $295 million cash transaction nearly one year after ICF acquired CITYTECH and Mostra…

Tom Frana: ViON to Operate USPTO’s Private Cloud Storage

ViON Corp. has won a seven-year, $139 million contract to operate the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office‘s enterprise cloud storage platforms. The company will implement storage managed services across three data centers of the USPTO for business continuance and resiliency functions, ViON said Tuesday…

NGA Releases Gamification Software Code on GitHub; Robert Cardillo Comments

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has published a gamification software code on its official GitHub account. Released earlier this month, the standalone application works to generate badges and awards for users based on the context of their performance, NGA said Oct…

Air Force Seeks White Paper on Space Command, Control Tech

The Department of the Air Force is seeking industry white papers on technologies to command and control space forces. The Air Force Materiel Command released a broad agency announcementon Friday to acquire ideas for the development and demonstration of concepts the branch hopes can help bolster its space dominance…

Marine Corps Selects 6 Firms for Tactical Research Support IDIQ

Six companies have been selected to compete on a potential $70 million contract for combat research, analysis and operations support services to the U.S. Marine Corps. The base period is slated to run through Oct…