Lockheed-Built AEHF Military Satcom System Goes Live; Mark Calassa Comments U.S. Air Force Gen. John Hyten, head of the branch’s Space Command, declared initial operating capability Tuesday for a Lockheed Martin-built joint service satellite communications system. The Air Force said Thursday its 4th Space Operations Squadron operates the Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite, which is designed to help warfighters...

WSJ: L-3 Eyes Potential Separation of Nat’l Security Business L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) is looking into a potential separation of its national security solutions business that offers cybersecurity services to government and commercial agencies, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday… Read More Northrop Subcontracts Ferra Engineering to Produce Triton UAS Components; Ian Irving Comments Northrop Grumman...

Obama Signs Order to Encourage Public-Private Supercomputer R&D Efforts President Barack Obama has ordered federal agencies to collaborate with companies and academic organizations to research, develop and implement high-performance computing technology. The White House said Wednesday the order establishes a government-wide initiative aimed at accelerating discovery and adoption of computers that would process data about...

OMB Seeks Comments on Draft Federal Data Security Guidance The Office of Management and Budget will collect public comments on the agency’s draft guide for how to manage cybersecurity requirements in federal acquisition processes. OMB said in a notice posted Thursday on the Federal Register that cyber-related threats to federal data systems are on the rise...

ManTech Lands $278M DIA Logistics, IT Support Task Order; Bill Varner Comments ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) has been awarded a potential five-year, $278.5 million task order to provide logistics management and information technology modernization support services for the Defense Intelligence Agency… Read More Iridium Gov’t Revenue Up 12% in 2Q; Matt Desch Offers NEXT Program...

Leidos-Cerner-Accenture Team Wins Multibillion Dollar Military Health Record Contract A team of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), healthcare technology maker Cerner (Nasdaq: CERN) and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has beaten two other industry teams for the Defense Department‘s multi-year, multibillion dollar contract to integrate a commercial electronic health records system across the Military Health System… Read More US Navy Awards $232M C4I Systems Integration IDIQ to Five...

Leidos-Cerner-Accenture Team Wins Multibillion Dollar Military Health Record Contract A team of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), healthcare technology maker Cerner (Nasdaq: CERN) and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has beaten two other industry teams for the Defense Department‘s multi-year, multibillion dollar contract to integrate a commercial electronic health records system across the Military Health System… Read More July 29 Market Close: GovCon Index Extends Climb, US Stocks...

General Dynamics Reports 5% Revenue Jump for 2Q, Profit Up 39% General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has reported a 5.46-percent increase in revenue year-over-year for its fiscal year 2015 second quarter ended July 5, 2015 and a 39-percent jump in revenue for the quarter. Total revenue for the second quarter was $7… Read More NASA Taps...

DHS Signs Up for GSA OASIS Contract Vehicles; Tom Sharpe Comments The Department of Homeland Security has inked a memorandum of understanding with the General Services Administration to adopt GSA’s professional services procurement vehicle across the department. DHS will use the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services and OASIS Small Business contracts as part of...

Tom Callahan on SafeNet Assured Technologies’ Launch, Future of Cross Domain Tech Netherlands-based digital security firm Gemalto closed its $890 million purchase of SafeNet in January of this year and shortly afterward officially launched a new subsidiary focused on the U.S. federal market — SafeNet Assured Technologies… Read More OMB, CIOs to Assess Agencies’ FITARA Compliance; Richard...