Posts from GovConDaily for 05/23/2016

KBR CEO Stuart Bradie: Wyle Purchase Adds US Govt R&D Contracts as Complement to Overseas Work

KBR‘s (NYSE: KBR) move to purchase U.S. government engineering and technical services contractor Wyle Laboratories for $570 million aims to add a pipeline of domestic research-and-development services to federal agencies as a complement to work carried out overseas, KBR CEO Stuart Bradie told investors Monday…

General Dynamics Delivers 1st Zumwalt Class Ship to Navy

A subsidiary of General Dynamics has delivered the first of Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers to the U.S. Navy for the service branch’s multi-mission surface combatant force. The Navy said Friday it accepted delivery of the USS Zumwalt after a series of tests on the ship’s hull, mechanical and electrical, damage control, ballasting, navigation and communications systems…

Brig. Gen. Loretta Reynolds: Information Warfare Key to Access Adversaries’ Thought Process

Brig. Gen. Loretta Reynolds, commander of the Marine Forces Cyber Command, said the U.S. Marine Corps aims to build on information warfare to invade enemies’ networks and reveal their thought processes, Marine Corps Times reported Sunday…

MeriTalk: 79% of Federal IT Officials Doubt FedRAMP Process

A MeriTalk survey of 150 government information technology leaders has showed that nearly 79 percent of respondent officials are not satisfied with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to authorize cloud computing products for use at agencies…

NIST, Stanford University Enter Partnership to Foster Biotech Measurement Infrastructure

The National Institute of Standards and Technology will collaborate with Stanford University to develop measurement units for biotechnology products and services in sectors such as healthcare, energy and electronics…

DoD Org to Evaluate Potential ISR, Security Applications of Tethered AeroVironment UAS

A Defense Department organization is examining the potential use of an AeroVironment-built tethered unmanned aircraft system to facilitate intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and security operations…

FedRAMP Team Aims to Cut Readiness Assessment Time for Cloud Vendors; William Hamilton, Claudio Belloli Comment

The Federal Risk Authorization Management Program team seeks to revamp the readiness assessment process for cloud service providers in an effort to help reduce wait times for vendors seeking authorization, Federal News Radio reported Friday…

Army Develops Simulation System to Troubleshoot Aviation Communications Modem

The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center has developed a system that works to troubleshoot the Improved Data Modem software which supports digital message exchange for rotary-wing aircraft…

Raytheon Begins Turnover of Railgun Pulse Power Containers to Navy; Colin Whelan Comments

Raytheon has started to deliver the pulse power containers for the U.S. Navy‘s future railgun following the validation of power requirements for the next-generation directed energy weapon. The Navy will integrate the pulse power containers into its railgun test range to prepare for further development and testing under the program, Raytheon said Monday…

Fedscoop: William Lay to Depart Role as State Dept CISO

William Lay will retire from the State Department as deputy chief information officer for information assurance and chief information security officer, Fedscoop reported Friday. Shaun Waterman writes Lay will leave the department on May 27 and has held the roles since September 2012…