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  • Evernym Secures DHS Grant to Develop Key Mgmt System for Blockchain Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Evernym Secures DHS Grant to Develop Key Mgmt System for Blockchain Tech

    Salt Lake City, Utah-based Evernym has received a $749,000 Small Business Innovation Research grant from the Department of Homeland Security to create a decentralized mechanism to manage public and private keys used to deploy blockchain technology. Evernym aims to develop a cryptographic key management system to help bolster online authentication and verification functions through the Applicability […] More

  • PAE CEO John Heller Joins Kogod Advisory Council - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PAE CEO John Heller Joins Kogod Advisory Council

    PAE CEO John Heller has been appointed to the Kogod Advisory Council, which offers mentorship and professional advice to American University’s Kogod School of Business. Heller told KSB in an interview that he plans to prepare new graduates for employment by providing advice to the university on how it can help build up the hiring […] More

  • Tiag Appoints Elizabeth Ahrens, David Balser to Director Roles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tiag Appoints Elizabeth Ahrens, David Balser to Director Roles

    Elizabeth Ahrens, a 17-year health information technology professional, has been promoted to a new director position at Reston, Virginia-based management and technology services provider tiag to oversee health IT initiatives for federal government and commercial clients. She will direct mission-critical health IT programs and related projects, implement the firm’s strategic goals and manage work with the […] More

  • Industry Execs Launch New Institute to Address Private-Sector Cybersecurity Risk Management - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Industry Execs Launch New Institute to Address Private-Sector Cybersecurity Risk Management

    Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, former IBM CEO Samuel Palmisano and other industry leaders from two nonprofit and nonpartisan organizations have launched an initiative that aims to advance cyber risk management in the private sector. The Center for Global Enterprise and the Center for Responsible Enterprise And Trade formed the Cyber Readiness Institute to establish best practices and […] More

  • DOT Taps Evans for Volpe Center Mgmt Consulting Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOT Taps Evans for Volpe Center Mgmt Consulting Services

    The Transportation Department has awarded Evans one of four prime contracts worth a combined $34 million to provide management consulting services to DOT’s Volpe National Transportation Systems Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Evans said Thursday its team members on the contract are Grant Thornton, Infina, Regulus Group, CSSI and InDev. Task areas encompass budgeting, cost accounting, financial reporting, business […] More

  • Report: Navy Updates Draft RFP for MQ-25A Stingray Unmanned Tanker Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Navy Updates Draft RFP for MQ-25A Stingray Unmanned Tanker Program

    The U.S. Navy has sent its latest draft request for proposals on the service branch’s future operational carrier-based unmanned aerial refueling tanker to four potential contractors, USNI News reported Thursday. The draft RFP for the MQ-25A Stingray program was delivered to Boeing, General Atomics, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman ahead of the scheduled release of a […] More

  • Leonardo Subsidiary Secures $53M in Army Ruggedized Computing System Orders - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo Subsidiary Secures $53M in Army Ruggedized Computing System Orders

    A subsidiary of Leonardo has received orders worth more than $53 million in total to deliver combat computing systems to the U.S. Army. Leonardo DRS said Thursday it will supply dismountable tablets, processor units, docking stations, interconnecting cables and ruggedized sunlight-readable touch-screen display units, which make up the Army’s Mounted Family of Computer Systems. MFoCS units are designed for […] More

  • NASA Seeks Industry Info on Deep Space Power, Propulsion Technologies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Seeks Industry Info on Deep Space Power, Propulsion Technologies

    NASA has posted a request for information on power and propulsion concepts that can help the agency meet deep space exploration objectives. The space agency said Tuesday seeks information on conceptual designs; current industry capabilities and development methods; and potential commercial applications of deep space power and solar electric propulsion technologies. “Through the RFI, we hope to better understand […] More

  • Australia's GPS Cubesat Payload Deploys From Space Station Into Orbit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Australia’s GPS Cubesat Payload Deploys From Space Station Into Orbit

    The International Space Station has delivered a cube satellite with a global positioning system payload, developed by Australia’s space engineering research center and the University of New South Wales, to orbit using a NanoRacks deployer. The Australian defense department said Tuesday the Namaru GPS technology on board the U.S.-built Biarri-Point cubesat will support on-orbit research activities. Australia’s defense science and technology […] More

  • Cylance Endpoint Security Platform Gets FedRAMP Authorization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cylance Endpoint Security Platform Gets FedRAMP Authorization

    Cylance has obtained Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification to deliver its artificial intelligence-powered endpoint security platform to U.S. government agencies through a cloud-managed architecture. The company said Thursday it achieved FedRAMP certification at the moderate-impact level for its CylancePROTECT platform through a partnership with an independent third-party assessment organization that continuously monitors the product and reports to […] More

  • Veracity Supplies Initial SDN Tech for DOE Network Security Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Veracity Supplies Initial SDN Tech for DOE Network Security Program

    Veracity Industrial Networks has completed the first phase of a software-defined networking infrastructure under an Energy Department project that aims to boost industrial network security. The company said Thursday DOE’s Chess Master initiative seeks to research, build, test and commercialize security validation and policy enforcement applications that can integrate with a flow controller to manage all field networks. Paul […] More