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  • WidePoint, Silent Circle Collaborate for Federal Mobile Comms Security - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    WidePoint, Silent Circle Collaborate for Federal Mobile Comms Security

    WidePoint and Silent Circle have entered into an agreement to jointly offer security products to federal government agencies. The companies have formed a strategic partnership to deliver systems leveraging Silent Circle’s mobile communications security technology through WidePoint’s blanket purchase agreement with the Department of Homeland Security for cellular wireless management services, WidePoint said Thursday. Jin Kang, […] More

  • Boeing Secures Dutch Chinook Helicopter Upgrade Deal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Secures Dutch Chinook Helicopter Upgrade Deal

    The Netherlands’ defense ministry has awarded Boeing a contract to modernize and deliver six Chinook multimission helicopters for the Dutch air force beginning in 2021. Boeing said Thursday it will convert the helicopters into the F-model configuration to ensure systems commonality in the Dutch air force’s 20-unit Chinook fleet. “Ever since their introduction in the mid-1990s, the Chinooks have been continuously […] More

  • Army Taps 4 Firms to Build Equipment Transport UGV - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Taps 4 Firms to Build Equipment Transport UGV

    The U.S. Army has selected four companies to move to the second phase of a program that seeks to develop unmanned ground vehicles for equipment transport, Defense News reported Thursday. General Dynamics‘ land systems business, HDT Expeditionary Systems, Howe & Howe and a team of Polaris Defense and Applied Research Associates will build 20 UGVs each […] More

  • AT&T to Provide Mobility Services to Navy, USMC Under $993M IDIQ; Mike Leff Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T to Provide Mobility Services to Navy, USMC Under $993M IDIQ; Mike Leff Comments

    AT&T will compete to provide mobility platforms and services for the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps under a potential five-year, $993.5 million contract awarded in October. The company said Thursday it will work to support the service branches’ modernization efforts through the delivery of AT&T’s Smart Base systems and Fleet Management and Asset […] More

  • Leidos, SecurityMatters to Combine Industrial Control System Mgmt, Threat Monitoring Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos, SecurityMatters to Combine Industrial Control System Mgmt, Threat Monitoring Platforms

    Leidos and SecurityMatters have partnered to add passive monitoring features into a technology platform designed to help operators monitor and secure industrial control systems. SecurityMatters said Thursday it will integrate its SilentDefense continuous threat detection and response platform with Leidos’ Industrial Defender Automation Systems Manager offering. Leidos will resell the integrated product to current and future Industrial Defender ASM customers. […] More

  • QTS Completes 2 Annual SOC Audits, Receives ISO Info Security Mgmt Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QTS Completes 2 Annual SOC Audits, Receives ISO Info Security Mgmt Certification

    Data center services provider QTS has received certifications from a public accounting and auditing firm after completion of two annual Service Organization Control audits. QTS said Thursday it completed American Institute of Certified Public Accountants SOC 1 and 2 Type II reports highlighting the company’s internal controls and procedures. The reports follow AICPA’s Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements and cover QTS […] More

  • Report: US Expresses Optimism on Germany’s Tornado Fighter Jet Replacement Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: US Expresses Optimism on Germany’s Tornado Fighter Jet Replacement Program

    A U.S. military official said the country is confident that there are U.S.-manufactured fighter jets that can compete to replace Germany’s fleet of 85 Tornado fighter aircraft, Reuters reported Thursday. The official’s statement came days after the German defense ministry said it considers the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft as its primary option to replace its Tornado jets by 2025. The […] More

  • Google Machine Learning Tool Aids Discovery of 8th Planet Around 'Sun-Like' Star - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Google Machine Learning Tool Aids Discovery of 8th Planet Around ‘Sun-Like’ Star

    NASA has discovered an eighth planet orbiting a Sun-like star named Kepler-90 using Google‘s machine learning tool. The space agency said Friday the machine learning platform identified the Kepler-90i planet by searching through data from the Kepler Space Telescope. Researchers Christopher Shallue and Andrew Vanderburg trained a computer, called an artificial neural network, to detect exoplanets in light readings recorded by […] More

  • Rubrik Gets Common Criteria EAL2+ Certification for Cloud Data Mgmt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rubrik Gets Common Criteria EAL2+ Certification for Cloud Data Mgmt Platform

    Rubrik has secured Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 2+ certification for a technology platform the company designed to help government customers secure data in cloud environments. The company said Wednesday its appliances met requirements during an information technology security evaluation that covered developer and independent tests, product lifecycle management and process assessment. Steve Alfieris, vice president and […] More

  • CSRA CEO Larry Prior Wins 'Tech Executive of the Year' Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA CEO Larry Prior Wins ‘Tech Executive of the Year’ Award

    CSRA President and CEO Larry Prior has been recognized as “Tech Executive of the Year” by the Northern Virginia Technology Council during an awards ceremony held Monday. Recipients of the annual award are selected based on executive leadership; the company’s financial growth; personal contributions to the local technology community; and the individual’s vision for the company’s […] More

  • Saab Opens UAE-Based Defense, Security Tech Production Hub - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab Opens UAE-Based Defense, Security Tech Production Hub

    Saab has inaugurated a development and production center for defense and security technology platforms in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, as part of expansion efforts. The company said Thursday it seeks to market product offerings from the new facility to UAE and international customers. Saab added the facility will initially manufacture sensor systems and may […] More

  • SecurityFirst Adds 3 Tech Firms to Partner Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SecurityFirst Adds 3 Tech Firms to Partner Program

    SecurityFirst has partnered with three other technology companies in a push to help government and enterprise customers protect assets with a data-based security platform. CMA, Sengex and First Nation Corp. will resell the DataKeep security software through the SecurityFirst Partner Program, SecurityFirst said Thursday. The program offers marketing support, sales enablement and channel pricing discounts meant […] More