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  • HPE-Built Continuous Security Monitoring Platform Enters Operational Readiness Review Phase; Marilyn Crouther Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HPE-Built Continuous Security Monitoring Platform Enters Operational Readiness Review Phase; Marilyn Crouther Comments

    Hewlett Packard Enterprise has moved forward to the operational readiness review phase of its cybersecurity platform for federal civilian agencies under a Department of Homeland Security-run continuous diagnostics and mitigation program. The company designed its automated CDM platform to help government users identify and categorize information technology security risk by priority, HPE said Tuesday. “HPE is proud to be a trusted partner with DHS […] More

  • Chemring Secures Initial Funds to Develop Army Surface Contaminant Locator Prototype - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chemring Secures Initial Funds to Develop Army Surface Contaminant Locator Prototype

    Chemring Group‘s detection systems business line has received initial funds on a potential $3.06 million contract to develop final prototypes for the U.S. Army‘s Next Generation Chemical Detector Surface Contaminant Locator program. The company said Thursday it will develop multi-sample identifier, surface contaminant locator and a platform/site air monitor variants that work to meet NGCD Technology […] More

  • Army Taps Georgia Tech Applied Research for Technical Support to Natl Ground Intell Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Taps Georgia Tech Applied Research for Technical Support to Natl Ground Intell Center

    The Georgia Institute of Technology’s applied research organization has secured a five-year, $35 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide offsite technical support for the foreign materiel division of the National Ground Intelligence Center. Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp. will analyze and exploit foreign military hardware in an effort to help the NGIC’s foreign materiel division access intelligence and […] More

  • DOE Selects 6 Projects to Develop Tech for Thermal Efficiency at Combined-Cycle Power Plants - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE Selects 6 Projects to Develop Tech for Thermal Efficiency at Combined-Cycle Power Plants

    The Energy Department‘s National Energy Technology Laboratory will invest $30 million in six selected Phase 2 projects to help develop technologies for gas turbine components and supercritical carbon dioxide power cycles. DOE said Wednesday it seeks technologies that work to help combined-cycle power plants meet a target thermal efficiency rating of 65 percent from its current efficiency rating of 61 […] More

  • BlackBerry Mobility Offerings Receive DISA STIG Approval for DOD Use; David Kleidermacher Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BlackBerry Mobility Offerings Receive DISA STIG Approval for DOD Use; David Kleidermacher Comments

    BlackBerry‘s latest operating system and its multi-OS enterprise mobility management platform have received the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s Security Technical Implementation Guides approval for use across the Defense Department. BlackBerry said Tuesday the STIG approval certifies its BES12 platform and BlackBerry OS 10.3.2 for smartphones as compliant with efforts to help government agencies and organizations prevent cyber attacks. “Security is one of the […] More

  • Dominion, Navy to Collaborate on Solar Facility Construction Project at NAS Oceana - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dominion, Navy to Collaborate on Solar Facility Construction Project at NAS Oceana

    Dominion Virginia Power and the Department of the Navy plan to jointly establish a 21-megawatt direct current solar facility at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia. The Navy said Tuesday Dominion will seek approval from the Virginia State Corporation Commission for the project this summer and expects the facility to be fully constructed and operational by late 2017. “Renewable energy projects, like […] More

  • Acendre to Help Fish & Wildlife Service Implement Automated Employee Performance Mgmt System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Acendre to Help Fish & Wildlife Service Implement Automated Employee Performance Mgmt System

    Acendre has secured a contract to provide a technology platform for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to automate the agency’s employee performance management process. FWS intends to use the Acendre Performance platform to conduct performance appraisals and publish the results of those assessments online as well as auto-populate the Interior Department‘s Employee Performance Appraisal plan. “In today’s human capital climate, federal […] More

  • Boeing's KC-46 Tanker Completes Required Tests for Decision on Initial Production - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing’s KC-46 Tanker Completes Required Tests for Decision on Initial Production

    The U.S. Air Force has conducted the final tests on a Boeing-built military aerial refueling and strategic transport aircraft for a Milestone C production decision. The Air Force said Monday the KC-46 Pegasus completed the last of six in-flight refueling demonstrations required prior to a request for approval from Frank Kendall, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, […] More

  • Army to Hold Cyberspace Prototyping Experiment to Help Address Warfighting Challenge - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army to Hold Cyberspace Prototyping Experiment to Help Address Warfighting Challenge

    The U.S. Army‘s Cyber Center of Excellence plans to launch an annual cyberspace operations, signal and electronic warfare prototyping experiment in July 2017 to assess emerging technologies that could help address a warfighting challenge. A notice posted Tuesday on FedBizOpps says the upcoming Cyber Quest seeks to gather technology concepts and examine the potential impact of the concepts on the Army’s doctrine, […] More

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    Tim Meehan: CenturyLink to Provide Managed Disaster Recovery Services to OCC

    CenturyLink has been awarded a potential six-year, $29 million contract to help the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency develop and manage a disaster recovery program for the agency’s mission-critical systems. The company said Monday it will also support the program’s testing, security, compliance, configuration management, emergency operations and documentation requirements. “CenturyLink is pleased to provide the OCC with disaster recovery […] More

  • Cubic-Led Team to Continue Training Services at Air Force Expeditionary Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic-Led Team to Continue Training Services at Air Force Expeditionary Center

    A team comprising Cubic, Fae Vectus, Language Directions and Marton Technologies has received a $6.2 million follow-on contract to develop education and training requirements for the U.S. Air Force‘s adviser academic services program. Team Cubic will also continue to provide classroom and scenario-based training on core skills, language, region and culture at the Air Force Expeditionary Center at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey, Cubic […] More

  • Oracle to Support White House's Wireless Networking Research Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oracle to Support White House’s Wireless Networking Research Project

    Oracle has joined a public-private research project introduced by the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy that seeks to examine the advantages and challenges of wireless networking. The company said Monday it will provide engineering and technology expertise as well as core network control, analytics and network orchestration tools to the Platforms Enabling Advanced Wireless Program. PAWR, led by the National Science Foundation, […] More