Posts from GovConWire for 05/23/2016

Erin Andre Named SRI Chief People Officer, Greg Kovacs to Serve as Biosciences Division President

SRI International has appointed Greg Kovacs, a 25-year professor at Stanford University, as president of its biosciences division and named Erin Andre, former chief human resource officer of Convergys, as the company’s chief people officer…

Army Selects 12 Small Businesses for Follow-0n Direct Care Medical Services Program

The U.S. Army has selected 12 companies to provide physician, nursing or ancillary healthcare services under the potential four-year, $213 million Direct Care Medical Services-Generation Two contract vehicle…

Navy Picks L-3 to Supply RF Microwave Power Module Amplifier for Electronic Warfare Systems

L-3 Communications has received a potential three-year, $19 million contract to develop a Radio Frequency Continuous Wave Microwave Power Module amplifier for the U.S. Navy. The Naval Research Laboratory awarded the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract through a competitive procurement process with three bids received, the Defense Department said Friday…

DOE Exploratory License to Let Firms Test-Drive Pacific Northwest National Lab Tech

The Energy Department has launched an exploratory licensing program to allow companies to test-drive technologies at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory before they apply for a full license. Under the new commercialization option, companies will sign an agreement and pay $1,000 to assess a technology for six months in order to help them decide what product to develop out of the technology, PNNL said May 9…

Janet Haith: Navy to Hold Cyber Hygiene Contest for Workforce

The U.S. Navy plans to launch a contest to draw ideas on system modernization and cybersecurity from the service’s uniformed personnel, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. Nicole Ogrysko writes the Navy will coordinate with the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental, the innovation hub of the Defense Department, and Silicon Valley companies to kick off the contest and judge the entries in an effort to apply potential technologies in a real-world setting…

LMO to Provide Air National Guard Recruitment, Retention Support Under Army Contract

The U.S. Army has awarded advertising agency Laughlin, Marinaccio & Owens a firm-fixed-price contract worth $12.6 million to provide the Air National Guard with recruitment and retention services…

Northrop to Produce Inertial Navigation Systems for Saudi Navy Ships

Northrop Grumman has received an $8.3 million foreign military sales contract from the U.S. Navy to provide naval ship-based MK39 MOD 3A Ring Laser gyro inertial navigation systems to Saudi Arabia. The Defense Department said Friday the company will also produce MK39 MOD 3A components, spare parts and associated shore-based tools for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces under the contract…

Janet Hughes: UK Government Digital Service Identity Verification Platform to Go Live

The U.K.’s government digital service agency will launch its new identity verification platform for digital government services in the coming days. Janet Hughes, GDS identity assurance program director, wrote in a blog post published Thursday that the GOV…

Pentagon Swears in Army Secretary Eric Fanning

Eric Fanning took his official oath of office as the 22nd U.S. Army secretary during a ceremony held Wednesday at the Pentagon, the Army News Service reported Thursday. Gary Sheftick writes Fanning will oversee management, training and equipping of military personnel across the Army…

FAA Rolls Out Registered UAS Owner Location Database

The Federal Aviation Administration has rolled out a database that contains information on the location of each registered owner of small unmanned aircraft systems in response to several Freedom of Information Act requests…

May 23 Morning Report: GovCon Index, Major Markets Post Gains

The GovCon Index closed the week up 0.705 points to 77.776 to mirror major market indexes’ gains as fears of a June interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve subsided. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 65…