Posts from GovConWire for 06/23/2016

Lt. Gen. James McLaughlin Briefs House Committee on Cyber Mission Force Structure

Air Force Lt. Gen. James McLaughlin, deputy commander of U.S. Cyber Command, has provided details of the Cyber Mission Force’s formation to lawmakers Wednesday during a House committee hearing, DoD News reported Wednesday…

NASA to Launch SpaceX’s Dragon for 9th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission in July

An uncrewed SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will launch to the International Space Station on July 18 or onward to carry out a cargo resupply services mission. NASA said Wednesday the company’s ninth mission under the space agency’s Commercial Resupply Services contract will bring almost 4,900 pounds of science research supplies and equipment to ISS…

Labor Dept Taps Booz Allen For $74M Shared Service Transition Support Task Order

The Labor Department plans to award a $74.2 million task order to Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) through the General Services Administration’s IT schedule to support DoL’s transition efforts to a shared service provider for financial management services, Federal News Radio reported Tuesday…

Fifth Lockheed-Built MUOS Satellite Set to Launch Friday; Mark Woempner Comments

Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy are scheduled to launch a fifth Mobile User Objective System satellite Friday at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida onboard United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V rocket…

NASA Seeks Next-Generation Spacecraft Onboard Computing Processor

NASA has kicked off its hunt for a processor based on the ARM architecture for use in the space agency’s and U.S. Air Force’s future manned and unmanned spacecraft, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Tuesday…

Parsons to Help Plan U.S. Military Infrastructure Projects in Europe

Parsons has been awarded a five-year contract to provide master planning and design services to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Europe District. The company said Wednesday that it will help USACE develop a facilities master plan, assess infrastructure and document programs within the military organization’s Europe District area of responsibility…

Reports: House, Senate to Begin Work on Fiscal 2017 NDAA Reconciliation

A conference committee of House and Senate members will meet to discuss reconciliation of the chambers’ defense policy bills for the 2017 fiscal year, Defense News reported Wednesday. Joe Gould writes Senate Armed Services Committee Staff Director Chris Brose and his House Armed Services Committee counterpart Bob Simmons said at an American Enterprise Institute-hosted event Tuesday that both House and Senate versions of the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act seek to increase agility, innovation and readiness of the U…

Mike Poth Offers Updates on FirstNet’s Acquisition Process for Public Safety Broadband Network at Senate Hearing

Mike Poth, CEO of the First Responder Network Authority, has testified before the members of a Senate Commerce subcommittee to discuss the procurement process for the proposed national public safety broadband network for first responders…

Curtiss-Wright Lands $80M in Contracts to Provide Ship Valves for Navy; David Adams Comments

Curtiss-Wright (NYSE: CW) has secured approximately $80 million in contracts to provide various valves for the U.S. Navy‘s Virginia-class submarines and Ford-class aircraft carriers. The company said Wednesday it received the contracts from business units of Bechtel and General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) as part of a ship construction support and spare parts procurement agreement…

Harris’ $1.7B Radio Systems FMS Contract Takes Effect

A $1.7 billion contract between the U.S. Army and Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) for the supply of company-built tactical radios to Afghanistan took effect Wednesday. The Defense Department said Wednesday it “inadvertently” announced the service branch’s award of the foreign military sales contract to Harris on June 16…

GSA Seeks to Collect Transactional Procurement Data Via Final Rule; Tom Sharpe, Anne Rung Comment

The General Services Administration has finalized a rule that requires federal contractors to report transactional acquisition data and eliminate disclosure and tracking requirements for contractors. GSA will implement the Transactional Data Reporting rule in an effort to collect data on prices paid by agency clients, product description, standard part numbers and quantity of all purchases that government agencies made through GSA’s acquisition vehicles, the agency said Wednesday…

June 22 Market Close: GCI, US Stocks End in Narrow Range on Last Pre-Brexit Vote Trading Day

The GovCon Index hit choppy trade in the afternoon after a strong open Wednesday and recorded a nominal gain of 0.004 points to 79.194 to mark its second straight day with a close in narrow negative range in the final full trading session for U…