Posts from GovCon Daily for 12/04/2015

Wayne Rehberger: Engility Seeks to Double Bid Size in Federal Contract Pursuits

Wayne Rehberger, chief financial officer of Engility, has said the company looks to double the bid size for government contracts that it pursues following its purchase of TASC in a $1.3 billion all-stock deal that closed in February, the Washington Business Journal reported Friday…

Leidos-Integrated Runway Mgmt System Deployed at Seattle-Tacoma Airport

A Leidos-integrated and Xsight Systems-developed automated runway management system has been deployed at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to detect foreign objects and debris at the airport’s new center runway…

NIST-Chorus Team Pilot Project Eyes Public Access to Federally Funded Research; Richard Cavanagh Comments

The National Institute of Standards and Technology and nonprofit organization Chorus have introduced a one-year pilot project that aims to improve public access to articles that contain results of NIST-sponsored studies…

Lockheed Wraps Up On-Orbit Test of 4th MUOS Satellite; Iris Bombelyn Comments

The U.S. Navy has moved forward in the process to take control of the Mobile User Objective System constellation’s fourth satellite after MUOS contractor Lockheed Martin completed a series of on-orbit tests Monday…

EPA Seeks Info on Environmental Digital Services Marketplace

The Environmental Protection Agency has moved to solicit ideas from industry for its effort to develop an environmental digital services marketplace. EPA released a request for information that seeks to evaluate vendors based on how they manage to settle environmental business issues and on their pattern of environmentally sustainable behavior, 18F said Thursday…

Army Demos Modular Detection, Response System Robots; Chuck Shoemaker Comments

The U.S. Army has tested autonomous robots to show how unmanned systems interact with and help commanders establish beyond line-of-sight communications. Two modular detection and response system robots performed autonomous navigation during the demonstration at the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey, the Army said Tuesday…

General Dynamics Showcases Live Combat Simulation Platform

General Dynamics has partnered with Troysgate to build simulation technology that seeks to help military and law enforcement personnel improve their shooting and decision-making skills, Defense News reported Thursday…