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  • Fortinet, South Korean Agency Agree to Exchange Cyber Threat Info; Michael Xie Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fortinet, South Korean Agency Agree to Exchange Cyber Threat Info; Michael Xie Comments

    Fortinet has entered into a cyber partnership agreement with South Korea’s internet and security agency to facilitate two-way exchange of threat intelligence data. The deal allows the both parties to jointly research and analyze web security incidents in South Korea as well as identify appropriate technology and methods to increase the country’s resilience to cyber attacks, Fortinet said Tuesday. “Public and private sector partnerships are critical to […] More

  • Air Force to Complete F-35 Ejector Seat Equipment Modification Tests in September - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force to Complete F-35 Ejector Seat Equipment Modification Tests in September

    The U.S. Air Force will continue tests on two equipment modifications added to the Martin-Baker-developed ejection seat used on the service branch’s F-35 aircraft, Defense Tech reported Monday. Hope Hodge Seck writes the F-35 Joint Program Office has considered the addition of a lightweight crew sequencer switch and a head support panel between ejection seat risers to the US-16E ejection seat designs […] More

  • Lockheed, NASA Ink Lunar Imaging CubeSat Deployment Deal; James Russell Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, NASA Ink Lunar Imaging CubeSat Deployment Deal; James Russell Comments

    Lockheed Martin has signed an agreement to deploy a six-unit miniaturized lunar research satellite as part of NASA‘s Orion Exploration Mission-1 in 2018. Lockheed said Monday the SkyFire satellite is designed with an infrared camera that will work to capture high-quality images of the moon’s surface. NASA will receive SkyFire-gathered data during the EM-1 mission as part of the agreement. “The CubeSat […] More

  • Air Force Block 10 SBIRS Ground System Enters Integrated Test and Evaluation Phase - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Block 10 SBIRS Ground System Enters Integrated Test and Evaluation Phase

    A ground system for U.S. Air Force Space Command’s Space and Missile Systems Center and 460th Space Wing will enter the operational utility evaluation phase upon the completion of integrated test and evaluation work. The Air Force said Friday the Space-Based Infrared Systems Block 10 ground system will consolidate operational command and control of defense support program satellites, SBIRS Geosynchronous Earth […] More

  • Raytheon to Modify Israel-Developed Interceptor for US Army Defense Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Modify Israel-Developed Interceptor for US Army Defense Program

    Raytheon will offer an Americanized version of an interceptor platform designed by Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems that will be used to support a U.S. Army program that seeks to defend against a threat spectrum, Defense News reported Monday. Barbara Opall-Rome writes Raytheon looks to locally produce and transform the Iron Dome platform’s Tamir interceptors to meet U.S. standards […] More

  • Air Force Seeks Proposals for Radiation Detector Repair Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Seeks Proposals for Radiation Detector Repair Services

    The U.S. Air Force looks to issue a sole-source contract for repair work on the military branch’s radiation detector equipment. A notice posted Friday on FedBizOpps stated the Air Force seeks a contractor to inspect and fix three Cryo-Pulse 5 detectors as well as provide one coaxial field effect transistor for detector. Responses to the solicitation are due Aug. 9. Canberra, the original equipment manufacturer of the Cryo-Pulse 5 technology, […] More

  • Navy Conducts Final Tests on ARA, Chevron Lummus Co-Developed Renewable Diesel - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Conducts Final Tests on ARA, Chevron Lummus Co-Developed Renewable Diesel

    The Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division has completed final phase tests of an Applied Research Associates and Chevron Lummus Global co-developed 100 percent drop-in renewable diesel fuel on a U.S. Navy Self Defense Test Ship. ARA said Friday the ReadiDiesel 100-percent renewable biofuel was designed to serve as a drop-in replacement for petroleum F-76 marine diesel in […] More

  • Cubic Receives $52M Joint Readiness Training Center Support Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Receives $52M Joint Readiness Training Center Support Contract Modification

    Cubic‘s global defense business segment has received a new $52 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to support rotational and pre-deployment training exercise at the service branch’s Joint Readiness Training Center. The company said Monday it will continue to assist JRTC’s integration with U.S. and allied forces on training exercises through action-based and theater-specific operational environment scenarios […] More

  • Joshua Newman: Salesforce Health Cloud Meets FedRAMP Security Standards - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Joshua Newman: Salesforce Health Cloud Meets FedRAMP Security Standards

    Salesforce.com‘s health cloud platform has met FedRAMP security standards requirements and has been included on the company’s moderate Authority-to-Operate for the Government Cloud platform, Salesforce said in a post published Monday. Joshua Newman, Salesforce chief medical officer and general medical officer of healthcare and life sciences, wrote the Health Cloud platform has been authorized for deployment on […] More

  • General Dynamics, Army Select General Micro Systems Computer for WIN-T Increment 2 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics, Army Select General Micro Systems Computer for WIN-T Increment 2

    Rancho Cucamonga, California-based electronics manufacturer General Micro Systems‘ rugged computer has been selected for installation into the second increment of the U.S. Army‘s Warfighter Information Network-Tactical, Military & Aerospace reported Friday. John Keller writes General Dynamics and Army Program Executive Office Command Control Communications-Tactical officials will use the GMS S902R Golden-Eye III system in vehicle-mount, WIN-T Increment 2 […] More

  • DISA Grants STIG Certification to MobileIron Security Platform; Barry Mainz Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DISA Grants STIG Certification to MobileIron Security Platform; Barry Mainz Comments

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has issued its Security Technical Implementation Guide approval to a MobileIron-built mobile device management platform for deployment at the Defense Department. DISA cleared the MobileIron Core platform for use on iOS and Android devices in certain DoD-run networks, the company said Thursday. “The DoD Mobile Device Strategy encourages a highly mobile workforce for greater mission effectiveness,” said Barry […] More

  • Implant Sciences Eyes Zapata Industries Acquisition to Offer Hoverboard Tech for Defense Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Implant Sciences Eyes Zapata Industries Acquisition to Offer Hoverboard Tech for Defense Clients

    Implant Sciences is working to acquire France-based Zapata Industries to distribute the latter’s personal flight system to the defense, security and commercial markets, Defense News reported Thursday. Jen Judson writes Zapata Industries has passed a proof-of-concept milestone for its Flyboard Air system that seeks to bring an envisioned hoverboard concept into reality for possible military applications such as […] More