Posts from GovConWire for 01/27/2016

Politico: Ashton Carter, Service Chiefs Debate on FY 2017 DoD Budget Priorities

The Defense Department continues to deliberate the allocation of its upcoming $580 billion budget request for fiscal year 2017 amid different spending priorities between the service branches and Secretary Ashton Carter, Politico reported Tuesday…

Engility Lands $82M Engineering, Intell Contract; Tony Smeraglinolo Comments

Engility (NYSE: EGL) will continue to provide classified systems engineering, intelligence analysis and program management services to the Defense Department under a five-year, $82 million contract. The company said Tuesday the sole-source renewal contract also includes records and data management support, financial and technical analysis and geographic information systems services…

Denis Cashman Appointed EMC CFO; Zane Rowe Named CFO at VMware

Denis Cashman, chief accounting officer at EMC (NYSE: EMC) and chief financial officer of the firm’s information infrastructure business, has been appointed corporate CFO at the company. Cashman, a 28-year finance veteran at EMC, will succeed the departing CFO Zane Rowe on March 1 and will oversee all financial operations for the company’s consolidated business, EMC said Tuesday…

Cray to Upgrade European Weather Research Center’s Computer, Storage Systems

Cray has been awarded a $36 million contract to upgrade the high-performance computers and storage system at the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts. The company will update the XC supercomputers to Cray XC40 systems and provide additional Sonexion 2000 Lustre storage and a 32-node system to the weather research center, Cray said Monday…

Capstone to Produce Microturbines for Federal Govt Client; Jim Crouse Comments

Capstone Turbine has been selected to produce microturbines for installation in the combined heat and power plant of a U.S. federal government headquarters building in Washington, D.C. The government ordered C800 and C200 microturbines from E-Finity Distributed Generation, Capstone’s distributor for the mid-Atlantic and southeastern U…

AF Seeks Info on Commercial Weather Data Services for DoD Space-Based Environmental Monitoring

The U.S. Air Force has issued a request for information on commercial weather data services that could help address the Defense Department’s requirements for space-based environmental monitoring weather information…

Adam Vincent: ThreatConnect Releases Updated Cybersecurity Intell Platform

ThreatConnect has refreshed its cybersecurity platform that works to help enterprise users analyze and address sophisticated threats to their business operations. The company said Tuesday it designed ThreatConnect 4…

DHS Issues RFI on Open Source, Social Media Analytics Tools

The Department of Homeland Security is soliciting information on open-source and social media analytics technology that can be used to facilitate agency efforts to guard the U.S. against threats. DHS said Monday in a FedBizOpps notice its Science and Technology Directorate and Social Media Task Force are interested in deploying analytics tools to support criminal investigations, screening of travelers or organizations that seek government benefits, situational awareness, public affairs and outreach activities at the department…