Posts from GovConDaily for 04/08/2016

Katherine Hammack: Army Eyes 2017 Base Realignment, Closure Authorization

Katherine Hammack, assistant secretary of the U.S. Army for installations, energy and the environment, has said one of the focus areas for the installation community is to authorize base realignment and closures in 2017, the Army reported Wednesday…

DARPA Christens Leidos-Built ‘Sea Hunter’ Autonomous Ship Demonstrator

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has christened an autonomous vessel demonstrator that a Leidos-led team designed and built for DARPA’s Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program…

Polycom’s Sean Berg: Public Sector Agencies Seek Collaboration Tools for Unified Communications, Workflows

Sean Berg, vice president for Polycom’s public sector business, has said a “workplace of the future” concept continues to evolve for public sector agencies as mobile device use grows and millennials enter the workforce…

Navy Issues RFI on Portable Bomb Detector Tech

The U.S. Navy has begun its search for industry sources of technology designed to detect unexploded ordnance and improvised explosive devices. In a FedBizOpps notice published Monday, the military branch said its Naval Surface Warfare Center in Indian Head, Maryland is interested in detection systems that ordnance disposal personnel can stow in backpacks or cargo pockets…

DHS Deploys User Verification Tool by Johns Hopkins APL-Queralt Team for Data Sharing

The Department of Homeland Security has begun to deploy a new system designed to help DHS facilitate data sharing and collaboration with other federal agencies and organizations through the Homeland Security Information Network…

General Dynamics Subsidiary Completes AF Space Fence Radar Ground Structure Construction

A General Dynamics subsidiary has completed its work to construct a 7,000 square-foot ground structure for a radar system that Lockheed Martin is currently building on a Pacific Ocean island for the U…

DoD Awards $162M to 23 FY 2016 Projects Under Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative

The Defense Department has chosen 23 multidisciplinary research projects to receive grants worth a total of $162 million over the next five years. DoD said Thursday 54 academic institutions will engage in the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative program for fiscal year 2016 through the selected science and engineering projects…

GSA’s 18F Assembles Open Source Code Repositories on GitHub

The General Services Administration‘s 18F organization has assembled repositories that contain open source code on its GitHub account in an effort to help federal government employees reuse the code for their work and personal use…

L-3 COO Chris Kubasik Joins The Wings Club Foundation Board of Governors

L-3 Communications President and COO Chris Kubasik has been elected to The Wings Club Foundation board of governors. Foundation President Mary Ellen Jones said in a statement released Wednesday that Kubasik brings aviation industry expertise to the nonprofit organization…

Lockheed Awards $166.3M to BAE for F-35 Engineering & Training Facilities

Lockheed Martin has awarded a $166.3 million subcontract to BAE Systems to construct three engineering and training facilities at a U.K. air force base in the country as Britain prepares to take in its first F-35 fighter jets aircraft in 2018…