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Perspecta to Help DARPA Secure 5G Networks; Petros Mouchtaris Quoted

Perspecta's applied research unit has booked a pair of potential four-year awards worth $25M combined to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency develop and demonstrate a 5G network security architecture. Perspecta Labs will conduct design, development and integration efforts under DARPA's Open, Programmable, Secure 5G initiative with the goal of protecting technologies such as connected sensors and servers.

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October 23, 2020, 8:50 am
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Former DHS Official Brian Harrell Named to CyVision Advisory Board

Brian Harrell, former assistant secretary for infrastructure protection at the Department of Homeland Security, has joined the board of advisers of Bethesda, Maryland-based cybersecurity firm CyVision Technologies. He served as the first assistant director for infrastructure security at DHS' Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and is the chief security officer at energy company Avangrid.

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October 23, 2020, 7:29 am
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Microsoft Launches Virtual Desktop for Azure Gov’t Customers

Microsoft has made desktop virtualization service generally available to customers of the Azure Government cloud platform in an effort to help agencies manage remote workload. The Azure Gov Team wrote in a blog post published Wednesday the Windows Virtual Desktop supports a zero-trust approach for securing remote workforce, devices, data and applications.

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October 22, 2020, 7:25 am
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Pratt & Whitney to Study F-35 Propulsion Tech Upgrade Options; Matthew Bromberg Quoted

Raytheon Technologies' Pratt & Whitney business has received a $1.5M contract from the Department of Defense's F-35 Joint Program Office to explore propulsion system development requirements for the fighter aircraft's next configuration.

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October 22, 2020, 6:43 am
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Air Force Vet Enrique Oti Joins Second Front Systems as CTO

Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Enrique Oti has been named chief technology officer of San Francisco-based software developer Second Front Systems.

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October 22, 2020, 6:14 am
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Navy Intell Office Plans Engineering & Technical Support Procurement

The U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command's Fleet Logistics Center has indicated its intent to solicit proposals for five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covering engineering and technical services to the Office of Naval Intelligence, according to a presolicitation notice published Tuesday.

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October 21, 2020, 10:41 am
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Don Brown: Telesat’s US Subsidiary to Help Lockheed, SDA Test Commercial-Gov’t Space Network Interoperability

A Telesat subsidiary will participate in a Lockheed Martin-led team that won a $187.5M contract from the Space Development Agency to provide 10 space vehicles with communication links to explore interoperability between commercial and government satellites.

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October 21, 2020, 7:26 am
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Technology Security Associates Wins $83M IDIQ to Help Secure Navy Airborne Platforms

Technology Security Associates has won a five-year, $83.3M contract to provide platform security services to Naval Air System Command and Naval Air Warfare Centers. The U.S. Navy received two offers for the cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract via a small business set-aside competition, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.

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October 21, 2020, 6:46 am
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LexisNexis Risk Solutions Releases Cloud-Based Incident Reporting Platform

LexisNexis Risk Solutions has introduced a cloud-based technology offering for law enforcement organizations to manage reports on vehicle crashes, citations and incidents. The Coplogic Ethos platform is designed to work with the company's eCrash and eCitation products to help customer agencies simplifyÂ the reporting process, LexisNexis Risk Solutions said Monday.

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October 21, 2020, 12:34 am
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SambaNova, NNSA Partner on AI Computing Initiatives at Two National Labs

SambaNova Systems has entered into a partnership agreement with the National Nuclear Security Administration to help two NNSA-sponsored laboratories integrate artificial intelligence platforms into the facilities' computing infrastructure.

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October 20, 2020, 12:10 pm
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Fluor Plans to Support NuScale Reactor Project Through Potential $1.35B DOE Funding Vehicle

The Department of Energy has cleared a funding vehicle worth potentially $1.355B for a public power consortium-led project that includes construction of a small modular reactor plant by NuScale Power, which Fluor holds a majority stake in. Fluor said Monday it plans to support Utah Associated Municipal Power SystemsÂ and NuScale in establishing a clean-energy SMR system through UAMPS' Carbon Free Power Project.

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October 20, 2020, 5:57 am
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Report: Number of SpaceX Broadband Satellites Deployed to Orbit Hits 835

The number of Starlink satellites SpaceX has deployed to orbit reached 835 following Sunday's launch of an additional 60 units from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, CBS reported Monday.

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October 19, 2020, 9:40 am