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  • Thales e-Security's Wayne Lewandowski: Federal Govt Should Invest in Enterprise Asset Protection - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales e-Security’s Wayne Lewandowski: Federal Govt Should Invest in Enterprise Asset Protection

    Wayne Lewandowski, vice president of federal business at Thales e-Security, has said he believes the U.S. government should shift cybersecurity spending from endpoint or network security to enterprise-wide protection of possible targets such as data. Lewandowski told Federal News Radio in an interview that aired Monday the 2017 Thales Data Threat Report shows cyber budgets increased by 61 […] More

  • Sentar Gets SPAWAR Task Order for Security Engineering, Software Devt Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sentar Gets SPAWAR Task Order for Security Engineering, Software Devt Support

    Sentar has secured a five-year, $9.9 million task order from the U.S. Navy‘s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific for security engineering, software development and technical support services. SPAWARSYSCEN PAC awarded the order through the multiple-award Cyberspace Science, Research, Engineering and Technology Integration contract Sentar won a spot on in March, the company said Monday. Sentar will provide […] More

  • Raytheon, Army, USSOCOM Test High-Energy Laser Aboard Apache Helicopter - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Army, USSOCOM Test High-Energy Laser Aboard Apache Helicopter

    Raytheon has worked with the U.S. Army‘s Apache Program Management Office and the U.S. Special Operations Command to test a high-energy laser system aboard an Apache AH-64 attack helicopter. The company said Monday the HEL system worked to track and direct energy on various targets during the test at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The demonstration […] More

  • Textron's AAI Subsidiary to Extend UAS ISR Services for USSOCOM - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron’s AAI Subsidiary to Extend UAS ISR Services for USSOCOM

    Textron‘s AAI Corp. subsidiary will perform mid-endurance unmanned aircraft system intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services for the U.S. Special Operations Command under a $30 million contract modification. The Defense Department said Monday the award extends the contract period by up to 12 months and increases the contract value to a maximum of $105 million. AAI will extend […] More

  • Leidos-AT&T Team to Help DISA Implement Software-Based Network; Anthony Robbins Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos-AT&T Team to Help DISA Implement Software-Based Network; Anthony Robbins Comments

    A team of Leidos and AT&T has received a task order from the Defense Information Systems Agency to help transform the Department of Defense Information Network to a software-based network. Leidos said Monday the team will engineer and deploy software-defined networking controller technology into DoDIN’s backbone under the task order. The technology uses an AT&T-built open framework […] More

  • Strategic Mission Systems to Support Air Force E-4B Fleet Comms Under $73M IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Strategic Mission Systems to Support Air Force E-4B Fleet Comms Under $73M IDIQ

    Strategic Mission Systems has secured a seven-year, $73.1 million contract to provide national and nuclear communications support for the U.S. Air Force‘s fleet of E-4B command-and-control aircraft. The Defense Department said Friday the contract covers management, engineering services, field service representatives, facilities operations and management, software engineering services and material support. Work will occur at Offutt Air Force […] More

  • Fulcrum Receives FHFA Data Center Services Contract; Jeff Handy Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fulcrum Receives FHFA Data Center Services Contract; Jeff Handy Comments

    Fulcrum has secured a 10-year, $11.6 million contract to provide data center services to the Federal Housing Finance Agency. The contract was awarded through the General Services Administration‘s Alliant government wide acquisition contract and covers support for FHFA’s IT operations in Virginia, with an option for data center support to the agency’s facility California, Fulcrum said June […] More

  • INSA Recommends Public-Private Info Sharing Program to Boost Financial Sector Cybersecurity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    INSA Recommends Public-Private Info Sharing Program to Boost Financial Sector Cybersecurity

    A new report from the Intelligence and National Security Alliance suggests that real-time exchange of cyber threat data between government and financial institutions can help strengthen the cybersecurity of the U.S. financial sector. INSA said Wednesday its Financial Threats Task Force prepared a position paper that calls for the launch of a classified information sharing initiative based on the […] More

  • ASRC Federal's Mission Solutions Business Obtains CMMI Level 5 Rating - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ASRC Federal’s Mission Solutions Business Obtains CMMI Level 5 Rating

    ASRC Federal‘s mission solutions business unit has received Maturity Level 5 rating under the CMMI Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration for Development framework. The appraiser, Integrated System Diagnostics, did not discover weaknesses in AFMS’ operations and had no major recommendations for change, AFMS said Thursday. ASRC Federal has operated at CMMI Level 5 for more than […] More

  • iGov Mobile Comms System Completes Production Acceptance Test & Evaluation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    iGov Mobile Comms System Completes Production Acceptance Test & Evaluation

    Reston, Virginia-based information technology company iGov has wrapped up production acceptance test and evaluation on its mobile communications system that is designed to support the U.S. Air Force‘s tactical air control party. The company said Thursday the Tactical Air Control Party-Mobile Communications System was tested for more than 200 system requirements such as line-of-sight operations and range for […] More

  • BAE Unveils Cockpit Devt & Military Aircraft Training Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Unveils Cockpit Devt & Military Aircraft Training Facility

    BAE Systems has opened a new cockpit development and training facility designed to integrate gaming technologies with military aircraft simulators and Formula One engineering. The company said Thursday it worked with Williams Advanced Engineering to build the $2.9 million Training and Simulation Integration Facility at Warton village in Lancashire, England. TSIF is designed to provide simulation support for various aircraft types […] More

  • IMC Adds CyrusOne Data Center, Cloud Services on GSA Schedule Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IMC Adds CyrusOne Data Center, Cloud Services on GSA Schedule Contract

    Innovative Management Concepts has begun to offer CyrusOne‘s data center hosting and cloud management services to government agencies via the General Services Administration‘s Schedule contract vehicle. CyrusOne said Wednesday IMC will also take space in the former’s Sterling, Virginia-based data center facility under the strategic partnership. The two companies aim to help government agencies comply with the Data […] More