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Leidos Forms Industry Team to Chase Navy NGEN Recompete Contract; Roger Krone Comments

Leidos has teamed up withÂ IBM, UnisysÂ and Verizon‘s enterprise solutions arm to bid on a U.S. Navy follow-on contract to deliver enterprise information technology services. TheÂ Next Generation Enterprise Networks Re-compete Service Management, Integration and Transport program will coverÂ IT and support services to the Navy Marine Corps Intranet, Marine Corps Enterprise Network and the Outside of the […] More

by Ramona Adams February 5, 2018, 9:41 am
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Hortonworks’ Shaun Bierweiler: Military Health Records System, Commercial Tech Integration ‘Not Impossible’

Shaun Bierweiler,Â vice president ofÂ Hortonworks‘ U.S. public sector business, has said it would require a “significant effort” to integrate commercial technology with health records from the Defense Department and the Department of Veterans Affairs, Federal Times reported Friday. Bierweiler told Federal Times in an interview that such effort is “not impossible.” He added thatÂ companies should be […] More

by Ramona Adams February 5, 2018, 7:40 am
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AT&T Joins DXC’s Navy NGEN Recompete Team; Marilyn Crouther, Mike Leff Comment

AT&T has been named a teammate onÂ DXC Technology‘s pursuit of the Next Generation Enterprise Network recompete contract for information technology services to the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. Virginia-based DXC, which currently holds the $3.5 billion NGEN contract, said in a press release it is forming an industry team to chase the follow-on award. […] More

by Joanna Crews February 2, 2018, 5:25 am
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ACT I Receives ISO Quality Management Certification; Claudio Monticelli Comments

Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has obtained independent third-party certification for meeting theÂ International Organization for Standardization’s quality management system standards. The ISO 9001:2015 certificate validates that ACT I delivers products and services that meet customer and regulatory requirements while protecting against quality deficiencies, the company said. “Corey Gomez, our Quality Assurance Manager, assembled the team, […] More

by Ramona Adams February 1, 2018, 10:17 am
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SSL to Conduct Tech Study for USAF Space Enterprise Vision; Richard White Comments

Maxar Technologiesâ€™ SSL subsidiary will work with the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center to conduct a study on new space architectures and related systems in support of the service branchâ€™s Space Enterprise Vision. SEV seeks to ensure resiliency in space defense capabilities through the development of new enterprise-level technology platforms designed to […] More

by Jane Edwards February 1, 2018, 9:44 am
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Unisysâ€™ PV Puvvada Cites As-a-Service Model as One of Federal Procurement Trends

PV Puvvada, president ofÂ Unisysâ€™ federal systems business, said in an interview that aired Tuesday on Federal News Radio that one of the trends he sees in federal procurement is the governmentâ€™s increasing interest in as-a-service business model. â€œItâ€™s generally leading toward if you want to be agile, provide me as service on an agile team […] More

by Jane Edwards February 1, 2018, 5:09 am
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Unisys: 64% of Federal Execs View Identity Mgmt Tech as Key to Cybersecurity; PV Puvvada Comments

AÂ Unisys-sponsored survey has found that 64 percent of federal information technology executivesÂ consider identity management platforms as critical to cyber threat detection prevention efforts within their agencies. Unisys said Wednesday it commissioned Market Connections to poll 200 federal IT leaders and found that only 20 percent said their agencies adopt biometrics for use in identity validation […] More

by Jane Edwards February 1, 2018, 4:36 am
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Kratos Hosts Congressional Town Hall Meeting in Colorado; Phil Carrai Comments

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions hosted a town hall meeting forÂ Rep.Â Doug Lamborn (R-Colorado) on Jan. 24 at the company’s facility located in Colorado Springs. Lamborn, who represents the fifth district of Colorado, also toured the Kratos campus that builds technology platforms intended for satellite communications and other space applications, the company said Tuesday. Phil Carrai, […] More

by Joanna Crews January 31, 2018, 12:31 pm
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SAP NS2’s Mark Testoni: App Developers Should Increase Transparency on Data Privacy

Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services, has said companies should give consumers more information on data collected by mobile applications they use, the New York Post reported Tuesday. Testoni added that apps should have labels describing data privacy practices in the same way that food products containÂ nutritional labels. “We have to […] More

by Ramona Adams January 31, 2018, 10:42 am
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Inmarsatâ€™s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch Talks Satcom as a Service, Wideband Global Satcom at Kratos Podcast

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy forÂ Inmarsat Government, said in a Kratos Defense & Security Solutions podcast aired Wednesday that satellite communications as a service works to provide military and commercial users with a â€œfull end-to-endâ€ communications capability. Cowen-Hirsch told Constellations podcast moderator John Gilroy that a satcom-as-a-service model is designed […] More

by Jane Edwards January 30, 2018, 8:14 am
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Inmarsatâ€™s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Industry Backs Military Via Protected Satcom Tech Investments

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy forÂ Inmarsat Government, has said warfighters seek and use protected tactical waveforms as adversaries target satellite communications through jamming. Cowen-Hirsch wrote in a two-part blog postÂ published Monday that the private sector continues to invest in new technology capabilities that seek to provide protected satcom and anti-jamming […] More

by Jane Edwards January 30, 2018, 12:42 am
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Matt Desch Talks Iridiumâ€™s Partnership With SpaceX, Growth of Internet of Things

Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications, told Motherboardâ€™s Daniel Oberhaus in an interview published Sunday about the companyâ€™s reason for partnering with SpaceX to launch its constellation of Iridium NEXT communications satellites into orbit. â€œIn many ways, the Falcon 9 was built around the Iridium payload because we were the first ones to work with […] More

by Jane Edwards January 29, 2018, 9:19 am