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  • Gryphon Technologies to Support Expeditionary Systems Unit at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gryphon Technologies to Support Expeditionary Systems Unit at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division

    Gryphon Technologies has secured a $25.5 million contract to offer support services for the expeditionary systems unit of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City division. The company said Monday that it will evaluate, test and fabricate prototypes of NSWC PCD’s landing craft air cushion and naval assault craft units. Gryphon will also perform special studies and […] More

  • National Government Services to Extend CDC Healthcare Payment Processing Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    National Government Services to Extend CDC Healthcare Payment Processing Support

    National Government Services has received a potential five-year, $4 million contract to help the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention process healthcare-related payments in support of the survivors and first responders of the 2001 World Trade Center attacks in New York. NGS said Monday it issues healthcare and pharmacy payments to the medical services providers of 77,000 individuals affected by the […] More

  • BAE Integrates Motion Sensor-Based Intell Function Into Geospatial Analysis Product Line - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Integrates Motion Sensor-Based Intell Function Into Geospatial Analysis Product Line

    BAE Systems has updated its suite of geospatial analysis software to include movement intelligence tools designed to help analysts identify threats among people, vehicles and other objects. The company said Monday its Geospatial eXploitation Products‘ new MOVINT functions that work to interpret movement and activity from motion sensors such as video and radar. Dana Poirier, general manager of BAE’s GXP […] More

  • Woolpert to Help Agencies Assess Cyber Risk Through FICO Enterprise Security Score - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Woolpert to Help Agencies Assess Cyber Risk Through FICO Enterprise Security Score

    Woolpert has partnered with data analytics firm FICO to help government agencies evaluate their cybersecurity risks through the latter’s Enterprise Security Score. Woolpert will integrate FICO’s ESS with its EC:Secure platforms and services portfolio under the partnership, FICO said Monday. “We’re taking FICO’s advanced analytics to the federal government and enabling agencies to benchmark their performance, […] More

  • IBM’s Keith Salzman: Health IT Platforms Should Be Designed With Cybersecurity in Mind - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM’s Keith Salzman: Health IT Platforms Should Be Designed With Cybersecurity in Mind

    Keith Salzman, chief medical information officer for global business services at IBM’s federal business, has said that health information technology platforms should be designed for users and should be equipped with cybersecurity tools and features that protect privacy in order to realize the benefits of health care digitization. Salzman told Dan Chenok, executive director of IBM’s Center for the […] More

  • VA Seeks Info on Potential Cloud Managed Services Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Seeks Info on Potential Cloud Managed Services Sources

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has asked information on potential industry sources of cloud managed support services as VA plans to move to the cloud to facilitate the delivery of services to military retirees. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says VA wants data on potential vendors that can provide professional, governance and operational support to […] More

  • NASA Taps Northrop Subsidiary to Provide Optics Tech for Future Space Observatory - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Taps Northrop Subsidiary to Provide Optics Tech for Future Space Observatory

    A Northrop Grumman subsidiary has received a contract from NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to develop an optical technology platform for integration with an infrared space observatory. Northrop said Monday Adaptive Optics Associates will design and produce an adaptive optics tool for the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope designed to capture images of exoplanets throughout the platform’s mission. AOX will integrate adaptive […] More

  • Lockheed: Japan Rolls Out 1st Locally Assembled F-35A Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed: Japan Rolls Out 1st Locally Assembled F-35A Aircraft

    Japan has unveiled its first locally-assembled, Lockheed Martin-made F-35A fighter aircraft at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries‘ F-35 final assembly and check out facility in Nagoya. Lockheed said Monday MHI operates the F-35 FACO in Japan with technical support from Lockheed personnel and oversight from U.S. government officials. The launch ceremony was attended by Japanese and U.S. government and defense industry […] More

  • DARPA Taps BAE to Develop Multifunctional RF Payload for Drones - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps BAE to Develop Multifunctional RF Payload for Drones

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded BAE Systems a pair of contracts to begin development work on a radio frequency technology platform that seeks to help unmanned aircraft systems carry out multiple missions and adapt to changing combat scenarios. DARPA awarded the contracts worth $5.4 million combined as part of the agency’s CONverged Collaborative […] More

  • Cubic Subsidiary Gets USSOCOM Networking Equipment Delivery Orders - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Subsidiary Gets USSOCOM Networking Equipment Delivery Orders

    A Cubic subsidiary has received two delivery orders to provide networking equipment in support of the U.S. Special Operations Command’s next-generation tactical local area network. DTECH Labs will deliver Mobile, Modular, Micro-Single Enclave systems for USSOCOM to build a distributed cloud architecture and increase the mobility and resiliency of information environment for special operation forces, Cubic said Monday. Mike Barthlow, vice […] More

  • Tech Industry Vet Praveen Asthana Joins Forcepoint as Chief Marketing Officer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tech Industry Vet Praveen Asthana Joins Forcepoint as Chief Marketing Officer

    Praveen Asthana, former senior vice president at Oracle, has joined cybersecurity company Forcepoint as chief marketing officer. Forcepoint said  Monday Asthana will oversee global marketing for the company and its four business areas including cloud security, network security, global governments and data and insider threat security. Asthana will also report to Forcepoint CEO Matthew Moynahan and support the […] More

  • ACT I's Michael Niggel Leads Panel Discussion at US-Japan Defense Tech Forum - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ACT I’s Michael Niggel Leads Panel Discussion at US-Japan Defense Tech Forum

    Michael Niggel, CEO of Advanced Concepts and Technologies International, delivered the leadoff remarks in a cybersecurity panel discussion that was part of the 28th U.S.-Japan Defense Technology Forum at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. His speech at the event covered security cooperation efforts between the U.S. and Japan, preparation strategies for potential security threats and security requirements in the […] More