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  • Mark Testoni: In-Memory Computing Tools Can Help CIOs Detect, Respond to Cyber Attacks in Real Time - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mark Testoni: In-Memory Computing Tools Can Help CIOs Detect, Respond to Cyber Attacks in Real Time

    Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services, has said the adoption of in-memory computing platforms can help chief information officers detect and respond to cyber threats as they happen. Testoni, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2016,  wrote in an article published Monday on The Guardian that corporate CIOs should understand that data breaches and other forms of […] More

  • Acendre to Offer Talent Management Platforms to USDA Finance Hub - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Acendre to Offer Talent Management Platforms to USDA Finance Hub

    The Agriculture Department has awarded Acendre a spot on a potential five-year, $92 million blanket purchase agreement to provide human resources platforms for USDA’s national finance center. NFC supports more than 170 federal agencies as a certified shared services center of the Office of Personnel Management, Acendre said Tuesday. Under the BPA, Acendre will offer […] More

  • Navy Taps BAE-Rockwell Collins JV for $52M MIDS JTRS Supply Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps BAE-Rockwell Collins JV for $52M MIDS JTRS Supply Contract

    A joint venture of BAE Systems and Rockwell Collins will produce and provide U.S. and allied forces with lot 4 Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System terminals under a potential $51.8 million contract with the U.S. Navy. Data Link Solutions will perform work in Iowa and New Jersey through August 2017 under the award from […] More

  • UK Navy Tests BAE Systems-Built C2 Platform on Astute-Class Submarine Torpedo - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UK Navy Tests BAE Systems-Built C2 Platform on Astute-Class Submarine Torpedo

    The U.K. navy used a BAE Systems PLC-built command-and-control platform to test-fire a torpedo onboard Artful, an Astute-class nuclear-powered submarine. BAE’s submarines business designed and integrated the Common Combat System in partnership with Dell, VMware and Aish Technologies, BAE said Monday. The submarine crew members used the system to process data from the vessel’s sensors, analyze sonar […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Adds LogRhythm to Cybersecurity Alliance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Adds LogRhythm to Cybersecurity Alliance

    Lockheed Martin will work with LogRhythm on cybersecurity systems integration pilot programs after the latter signed up for the Lockheed Martin Cyber Security Alliance. LogRhythm also agreed to offer its security intelligence platform and share cybersecurity-focused best practices with Lockheed as a member of the alliance, Lockheed said Monday. The LogRhythm-built security intelligence tool works to […] More

  • Lockheed-Led Team Lands NASA Supersonic Transport Plane Task Order; Charles Bolden Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Led Team Lands NASA Supersonic Transport Plane Task Order; Charles Bolden Comments

    A Lockheed Martin-led team has been awarded a potential 17-month, $20 million task order to perform preliminary design work on NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Transport X-plane aircraft. NASA awarded the task order for the “low boom” flight QueSST passenger jet under the Basic and Applied Aerospace Research and Technology contract and as part of its New Aviation Horizons […] More

  • Army Taps SAMS for CECOM Systems Engineering Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Taps SAMS for CECOM Systems Engineering Support Contract

    Strategy and Management Services has received a contract to continue to provide systems engineering and technical support services for the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command. The contract covers lifecycle management of post-deployment and post-production software for CECOM’s intelligence support division in support of the software engineering center’s Defense Department clients, SAMS said Friday. This award marks […] More

  • Randy James: CSRA Eyes Managed Cyber Framework Adoption by Federal Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Randy James: CSRA Eyes Managed Cyber Framework Adoption by Federal Clients

    Randy James, line of service executive at CSRA, has said the company plans to introduce its in-house managed cybersecurity framework to federal government customers in an effort to help them protect their networks from cyber threats, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday. James Bach writes CSRA’s cybersecurity model involves the use of cyber tools acquired […] More

  • CAE Lands Helicopter Flight Simulator Supply Contract With Canadian Coast Guard - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE Lands Helicopter Flight Simulator Supply Contract With Canadian Coast Guard

    CAE has secured a contract to supply the Canadian coast guard with a simulator for both Bell 412EPI and Bell 429 helicopters. The contract awarded by Public Works and Government Services Canada covers the CAE-built 3000 Series simulator equipped with two cockpits for the two Bell Helicopter-built aircraft, CAE said Thursday. The Canadian coast guard uses […] More

  • Upsite Technologies’ Data Center Airflow Mgmt Tools Offered via Access Floor Systems GSA Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Upsite Technologies’ Data Center Airflow Mgmt Tools Offered via Access Floor Systems GSA Contract

    Upsite Technologies has teamed up with Access Floor Systems.com to offer federal agencies a line of airflow management systems for data centers through a General Services Administration schedule contract. The Upsite Technologies-built AisleLok suite of modular containment platforms and airflow management tools will be available for purchase on the GSA Advantage ordering system, Access Floor Systems said Tuesday. […] More

  • Air Force Seeks Research Proposals on Resilient Autonomous Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Seeks Research Proposals on Resilient Autonomous Systems

    The U.S. Air Force has asked industry to submit white papers for a potential four-year, $7 million program that aims to develop autonomous systems that will work to demonstrate resiliency in contested environments where communications may be denied. The service branch said in a broad agency announcement posted Feb. 19 the program will focus on the development of […] More

  • Boeing Teams Up With Aeromexico, Research Institutes on Mexico’s Aviation Biofuel R&D Program; Marc Allen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Teams Up With Aeromexico, Research Institutes on Mexico’s Aviation Biofuel R&D Program; Marc Allen Comments

    Boeing will work with Mexico’s airports and auxiliary services agency and Aeromexico on a program to research and develop aviation biofuel resources in Mexico. The Potosinian Institute of Scientific and Technological Research will oversee the four-year biofuel initiative that will involve nine research centers and 17 companies and other institutions, Boeing said Wednesday. Research work will […] More