Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 03/09/2016

Report: Sean McAfee Appointed DHS Silicon Valley Office Cyber Operations Chief

Sean McAfee, deputy director of the national cybersecurity assessment and technical services at the Department of Homeland Security, has been appointed to lead of the cyber operations division of DHS’ new office in Silicon Valley, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday…

CSRA Lands EPA R&D, Simulation Services Recompete; Larry Prior Comments

CSRA has won a seven-year, $54 million contract to help create simulations for research initiatives at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency‘s research and development office. The EPA re-competed task orders held by CSRA’s predecessor companies for the Scientific Models, Applications, Visualization, Computational Science and Statistical Support contract to support research at multiple locations, CSRA said Wednesday…

Cylance Approved as FedRAMP 3rd-Party Assessment Org; Stuart McClure Comments

Irvine, Calif.-based software company Cylance has been accredited to carry out independent reviews of cloud computing technologies for federal agencies as part of the government-wide Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program…

Jacobs Gets Telecom O&M Services Subcontract for DOE’s Savannah River Site

Jacobs Engineering Group has landed a subcontract from Savannah River Nuclear Solutions for telecommunications operations and maintenance services provided to the Energy Department‘s Savannah River Site facility…

Rockwell Collins Lands USSOCOM Contract for Engineering, Video Processing Module

Rockwell Collins has received a $41.3 million contract to provide an engineering and video processing module to the technology applications program office within U.S Special Operations Command. The Defense Department said Tuesday work for the non-competitive indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will be performed on a task order basis through March 7, 2023…

Drone Aviation to Provide 2nd-Gen Aerostat Systems to DoD; Jay Nussbaum Comments

Drone Aviation has landed a $780,000 contract to provide the second generation of its tactical aerostat systems to the Defense Department. The company said Monday DoD is its first customer for the upgraded Winch Aerostat Small Platform aerostat system…

Postal Service Seeks Industry Sources of Advanced Analytics Platform

The U.S. Postal Service has begun to solicit industry insights on potential sources to support the service’s needs with the acquisition of an advanced analytic capability platform in an effort to determine focus areas for new initiatives…

CyrusOne Finishes Steel Framework for New Northern Virginia Data Center

CyrusOne has completed the steel framework for the company’s future data center campus in Sterling, Virginia. The new building will cover an area of 230,000 square feet upon its scheduled completion in the third quarter of 2016 and operate with up to 30 megawatts of power, CyrusOne said Tuesday…