Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 10/06/2015

Tom Romeo: Maximus Extends 15-Year ‘Ticket to Work’ Program Support

A subsidiary of Maximus (NYSE: MMS) will extend its support for the U.S. Social Security Administration‘s Ticket to Work Program for up to five years under a potential $69.4 million contract…

Harris, GovTact Partner Under SBA Mentor-Protege Program

Harris Corp. and Government Tactical Solutions have formed a new partnership through the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) Business Development Mentor-Protege Program. Harris will offer developmental support to GovTact in an effort to help the latter create new business, be more competitive and gain business independence under the SBA program, Harris said Sept…

Latvia Purchases 3 Lockheed Air Surveillance Radars; Raimonds Bergmanis, Greg Larioni Comment

Lockheed Martin has secured a contract to supply three TPS-77 multi-role radars to Latvia for use in aircraft surveillance operations. The company said Monday the TPS-77 MRR consists of a single, multirole scan platform that works to allow users to choose specific flight surveillance functions for the radar and a Gallium Nitride system designed to reduce power consumption of the radar’s amplifiers…

Engility Helps Vricon Launch GEOINT App Through NGA Program; Tony Smeraglinolo Comments

The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and Engility have announced the availability of a Vricon-made application designed to help government users access satellite imagery-derived three-dimensional content…

FBI Calls on Businesses, Online Users to Adopt 2-Factor Authentication

The FBI has urged small- and medium-sized businesses and other online users to use two-factor authentication in order to protect their personal information from cyber criminals. Internet users should adopt TFA as more cyber threat actors use social engineering, password guessing, keyloggers and other technical tools to secure other individuals’ passwords, the FBI saidMonday…

John Casey: General Dynamics Team Awaits Navy Feedback on Submarine Construction Work-Sharing Plan

General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary and Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division are awaiting the U.S. Navy‘s decision on their proposed teaming arrangement for the Ohio-class submarine replacement program, Defense News reported Monday…

iRobot to Update, Produce New MK1 Robotic Systems for US Navy

iRobot Corp. (Nasdaq: IRBT) has received two contracts worth up to $96 million combined to update and manufacture new Man Transportable Robotic System MK1 robots for the U.S. Navy. The company is scheduled to complete work on the two contracts through September 2016, iRobot said Monday…

DOE, GSA Issue RFI for Green Building Tech

The Energy Department and General Services Administration has asked industry, academia and nonprofit organizations to provide data on green building technologies to support DOE’s High Impact Technology Catalyst program and GSA’s Green Proving Ground program…