Report: House to Utilize Mobile Device Security App for Members, Staff The House of Representatives will deploy a new software application that will work to secure the mobile devices of lawmakers and their staff through a contract with cybersecurity company Lookout, The Hill reported Wednesday… Read More DoD Officials: Sequestration, Continuing Resolution Impede Efforts to...

SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Rocket With Reused Booster Into Orbit; Elon Musk Comments SpaceX has launched a Falcon 9 rocket with a reused lower stage to deliver a communications satellite into orbit from NASA‘s Kennedy Space Center, Space.com reported Thursday. Irene Klotz writes the launch was the first reflight of a used orbit-class rocket booster and the second...

Reports: Michael Flynn Willing to Testify in Russian Election Interference Probe President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn seeks “immunity from prosecution” to testify before House and Senate intelligence committees investigating Russia’s involvement in U… Read More AT&T Lands $6.5B FirstNet Contract to Deploy Public Safety Broadband Network; Kay Kapoor Comments The First...

Mike Lawrie: CSC, HPE Services Arm Eye ‘Digital Transformation’ as Post-Merger Priority DXC Technology, the company that will result from Computer Sciences Corp.‘s merger with Hewlett Packard Enterprise‘s enterprise services segment, targets digital transformation support for customers as one of its strategic priorities, CRN reported Wednesday… Read More Lockheed, Northrop Integrate Tech for Army Modular Active Protection System...

General Dynamics Unit Gets Potential $140M Deal for NATO IT Modernization General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology business will deploy a cloud-based platform to support NATO’s information technology infrastructure under a potential five-year, $140 million contract from the NATO Communications and Information Agency… Read More Aicha Evans Named Intel Chief Strategy Officer; Brian Krzanich Comments...

GE to Produce Super Hornet, Growler Aircraft Engines Under $115M Navy Contract General Electric (NYSE: GE) has received a two-year, $114.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy to supply 28 F414-GE-400 engines and associated devices for installation into F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler jets… Read More Parsons to Provide Engineering, Technical Services at NASA Goddard; Carey Smith Comments Parsons...

Riverbed’s WAN Optimization Tech Receives Common Criteria Security Certification; Davis Johnson Comments Riverbed Technology has obtained the Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 2+ certification for a wide-area network optimization technology designed to help federal customers address network security challenges… Read More MBDA to Support France-UK Missile Tech Development Effort The governments of France and the U.K. have...

Rockwell Collins to Help Update Navy’s Airborne Training System Under $142M Contract Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL) has won a potential $142.4 million contract from the U.S. Navy to help the service branch update an airborne training platform called Tactical Combat Training System. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will provide TCTS Increment II  participant and ground subsystems, remote...

Former Unisys Exec Casey Coleman Joins Salesforce in Senior VP Role Casey Coleman, formerly vice president of federal civilian business group at Unisys (NYSE: UIS), has joined Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) as senior VP of global government solutions, GovCon Wire has learned… Read More PR Software Firm Cision Buys Bulletin Intelligence to Further Media Cloud Strategy Public...

March 28 3:00 PM Market Report: GovCon Index and Markets Reverse Direction As of 3:00 PM (EST) the Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index reversed its three day downward trend to post positive gain of 0.846 to 91.969. The major indices were all up on the day with the S&P500 at 2,361… Read More GovCon Vet Mick Fox...