Posts from GovConDaily for 05/02/2016

Cubic Lifts FY 2016 Revenue Guidance on 2Q Beat; Earnings Forecast Narrowed

Cubic Corp. (NYSE: CUB) — one of 30 companies listed in Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index — has lifted revenue guidance for its 2016 fiscal year on new projections for contributions from two acquired businesses and exceeded Wall Street estimate for the company’s second quarter…

Reps. Steve Chabot, Nydia Velazquez Ask GSA for Updates on Small Business Contracting Efforts

House Small Business Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) and Ranking Member Nydia Velazquez (D-New York) have asked the General Services Administration for updates on the agency’s efforts to give small businesses opportunities in competitions for federal contracts…

AeroVironment Showcases Mantis i45 EO/IR Payload for UAS at Unmanned Tech Conference

AeroVironment will display its new electro-optical/infrared gimbal payload for small unmanned aircraft systems at the annual Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International XPONENTIAL conference Monday through Thursday in New Orleans…

AT&T’s Christopher Boyer to Chair NIST Information Security Board

Christopher Boyer, global public policy assistant vice president for AT&T ‘s services business, has been appointed chairman of the National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board…

NASA to Fund 27 Medical Research Proposals for Long-Duration Human Space Exploration

NASA and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute have picked 27 proposals from 19 research organizations that seek to examine the potential effects of long-duration spaceflight missions on astronauts’ health and performance…

Oshkosh Subsidiary to Display Unmanned Ground Vehicle Tech at XPONENTIAL Conference

An Oshkosh Corp. business unit will demonstrate its unmanned ground vehicle technology at the annual Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International XPONENTIAL conference Monday through Thursday in New Orleans…

Henry Finneral: Textron Works on 2 New Variants of Shadow Tactical UAS

Henry Finneral, vice president of tactical unmanned aircraft systems at Textron, has said the company plans to equip two upcoming variants of its Shadow TUAS with modern payload, communications and power systems in an interview with Defense News posted Friday…

Genband, Polycom Receive DISA JITC Certification for Unified Comms Tech

Genband‘s Application Server and Polycom‘s VVX voice and video portfolio have both achieved a Joint Interoperability Test Command certification from the Defense Information Systems Agency to offer unified communications for U…

Army Gen. Vincent Brooks Becomes US Forces Korea Commander

U.S. Army Gen. Vincent Brooks officially took the post of commander of U.S. Forces Korea, Combined Forces Command and United Nations Command in a ceremony held Saturday at Yongsan Garrison, South Korea…