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Lockheed Develops Disaster Response Portal Based on DigitalGlobe Satellite Imagery

Volunteers fromÂ Lockheed Martinâ€™s space systems business haveÂ developed an online portal that works to provideÂ post-disaster information from the ground with the use of DigitalGlobe satellite imagery, Denver Business Journal reported Wednesday. Greg Avery writes that the HelpNowMap.com website is currently in beta version and usesÂ open source software code. The service works with various computers and mobile […] More

by Jay Clemens May 5, 2016, 7:20 am
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Lynn Dugle: Engility to Continue Support for TSA’s Security Screening Program

AnÂ EngilityÂ subsidiaryÂ has been awarded a potential five-year, $90 million contract to help evaluate the security screening processes and equipment and information technology systems of the Transportation Security Administration. Engility said TuesdayÂ its unit TASC will perform test planning and execution as well as provide data management and analysis servicesÂ under the recompete contract. Lynn Dugle, CEO at Engility, […] More

by Jay Clemens May 3, 2016, 10:21 am
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Vencore to Launch Updated Flight Data Software at Army Aviation Mission Solutions Summit; Mac Curtis Comments

Vencore will launch version 7.0 of its flight data applications at the three-day Army Aviation Mission Solutions Summit that kicked off Thursday in Atlanta, Georgia. Vencoreâ€™s FlightVizÂ and FlightAnalyst applications work to determine trends, events and deviation through analysis and visualization of both real and simulated flight information, the company said Friday. Mac Curtis, president and […] More

by Jane Edwards May 2, 2016, 7:01 am
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Genband, Polycom Receive DISA JITC Certification for Unified Comms Tech; Sean Berg Comments

Genband‘s Application Server and Polycom‘sÂ VVX voice and video portfolio have both achieved aÂ Joint Interoperability Test Command certification from theÂ Defense Information Systems Agency to offer unified communications for U.S. militaryÂ networks. The application server works to help agencies and departmentsÂ create secure private clouds and deliver video and voice communications through Polycom-built media phones under the joint system, […] More

by Ramona Adams May 2, 2016, 6:32 am
in C4ISR News, Featured, General, News

General Atomics’ Chris Pehrson: C4ISR Sector Should Address RPA Technology Gaps

Chris Pehrson, a senior executive at General Atomics, has told Bloomberg Government that the vast amounts of intelligence data that remotely piloted aircraftâ€™s sensors collect pose a challenge to the command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissanceÂ sector. Pehrson said in an interviewÂ published Thursday that General Atomicsâ€™ aeronautical systemsÂ business seeks to address that challenge through […] More

by Jane Edwards April 28, 2016, 8:17 am
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Rebranded, Renamed Janus Global Targets Worldwide Stability Operations, Austere Markets

Global logistics and stability servicesÂ contractor Janus Global OperationsÂ adopted its newÂ name earlier in April from the former Sterling Global Operations brand to complete a two-year process that included a restructuring initiative andÂ changes to the company’sÂ operating model. Alan Weakley, who joined the 7,000-employee company as chief operating officerÂ inÂ September 2013, toldÂ ExecutiveBiz in an interview and said the business […] More

by Ross Wilkers April 25, 2016, 5:59 am
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Orlando Figueredo on HPE’s Entry to GovCon Market & Tech Trends in US Public Sector, Intell Agencies

Orlando Figueredo leads the intelligence community and public sector consulting services business segments at global information technology company Hewlett Packard Enterprise, one of the two companies that formed through the November 2015 separation of the former Hewlett-Packard. TheÂ 15-year veteran of HPE and itsÂ predecessorÂ who manages business performance for ICÂ accounts and integration of consulting services for U.S. […] More

by Ross Wilkers April 22, 2016, 10:14 am
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Riverbed WAN Optimization System Achieves DISA STIG Certification; Davis Johnson Comments

Riverbed Technology‘s wide-area network optimization system SteelHead has received certification for compliance withÂ the Defense Information Systems Agency‘sÂ Secure Technical Implementation Guide standards. The companyÂ said WednesdayÂ SteelHead works to support government agencies’ network operations in line withÂ security protocols. The DISAÂ approvalÂ allows the company to offer SteelHead across Defense Department and civilian agencies, Riverbed noted. “DoD and civilian personnel rely […] More

by Ramona Adams April 21, 2016, 7:35 am
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Air Force Demos UTC Sensor Onboard General Atomics Avenger UAV; Chris Pehrson Comments

The U.S. Air Force has completed a flight demonstration of a United Technologies Corp.-built sensor onboard a General Atomics-made unmanned aerial vehicle, Flightglobal reported Monday. Chris Pehrson, senior director of strategic development for General Atomicsâ€™ aeronautical systems business,Â told Flightglobal reporter James Drew that the service branch performed seven flights between January and February to demonstrate […] More

by Jane Edwards April 19, 2016, 9:23 am
in Cybersecurity News, Featured, General, News

Cisco Seeks to Support DoD Cyber Strategy Through NIST Risk Mgmt Framework Compliance

Cisco has moved to align its cybersecurity platforms with the National Institute of Standards and TechnologyÂ Risk Management Frameworkâ€™s process for the selection of security controls. Steve Caimi, industry solutions specialist at Cisco, wrote in a blog entry posted Thursday that such effort seeks to support of the Defense Departmentâ€™s cybersecurity strategy. â€œSelecting the security controls […] More

by Jane Edwards April 15, 2016, 9:33 am
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HPE’s Earl Matthews: Leadership, Culture Key for Public-Sector Cybersecurity Programs

Earl Matthews, a vice president at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, has said agencies and companiesÂ should create aÂ workplace culture that will encourage employees to be more aware of cybersecurity risks atÂ the organizations, GCN reported Wednesday. Derek Major writes Matthews, VP ofÂ enterprise security solutions for HPE’s U.S. public sector business, toldÂ FireEye‘s Insider Threat SummitÂ Tuesday he believes thatÂ a cybersecurity […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman April 14, 2016, 11:07 am
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WWT, HPE to Collaborate on DISA Enterprise Storage Services II Contract; Joe Ayers Comments

World Wide Technology will work with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to provide on-demand data storage support for enterprise environments of the Defense Information Systems Agency under a potential six-year, $427 million contract. The Enterprise Storage Services II contract awarded to WWT has a base term of four years and two option years, WWT said Wednesday. WWT […] More

by Jane Edwards April 14, 2016, 8:38 am