Posts from GovCon Daily for 10/22/2015

Unisys-Led Consortium Wins eu-LISA IT Support Contracts; Mark Forman Comments

A Unisys-led consortium in Belgium has received two four-year contracts worth $53 million combined to support the European Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice…

Army Seeks Potential Unmanned System Sensing Tech Sources

The U.S. Army wants information on potential vendors that can help build and demonstrate autonomous unmanned vehicle sensing platforms intended to operate in GPS-challenged locations. The Army’s Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center is interested in acquiring architectures and services for the Autonomous Unmanned Systems Teaming and Collaboration in GPS Denied Environments project, the military branch said in a sources sought notice posted Tuesday on FedBizOpps…

Citrix Executive Chair Robert Calderoni to Add Interim President, CEO Roles

Robert Calderoni, executive chairman of the board of directors at Citrix (Nasdaq: CTXS), will serve as the company’s interim president and CEO as Mark Templeton steps down to assume an advisory role…

New WH Innovation Strategy Includes Advanced Manufacturing, Precision Medicine, Supercomputing Projects

The Obama administration has updated its strategy to help public and private organizations to address the most pressing challenges and boost economy of the U.S. through innovation. The White House said Wednesday its Strategy for American Innovation outlines federal investments in the advanced manufacturing, precision medicine, neuroscience, autonomous vehicle, smart cities, clean energy, space, education and computing areas…

CyrusOne Completes Virginia Data Center Expansion; Laramie Dorris Comments

CyrusOne has expanded its Northern Virginia data center campus in an effort to meet the customers’ growing colocation demand. CyrusOne added 30,000 square feet and 6 megawatts of power capacity to its Sterling, Virginia-based facility, the company said Wednesday…

John McHugh: Army Should Put Force Readiness as Top Priority

U.S. Army Secretary John McHugh believes the service should put force readiness as its top priority amid current challenges in the budget and threat environments, Defense News reported Wednesday. Michelle Tan writes that McHugh indicated the Army is at a “ragged edge” and near its limits as it faces a potential downsizing while current threats grow and potential ones emerge…

Lockheed Kicks Off Environmental Tests on NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft; Mike Donnelly Comments

Lockheed Martin’s space systems business has begun the environmental testing phase on NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer spacecraft at its facilities in Denver…