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  • Four Mitre Employees Receive 2016 BEYA Awards; Julie Gravallese Comments
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    Four Mitre Employees Receive 2016 BEYA Awards; Julie Gravallese Comments

    Four employees at the nonprofit technology and research organization Mitre Corp. have received the 2016 BEYA Awards for their professional accomplishments during a conference in Philadelphia sponsored by Career Communications Group. CCG presented the Senior Investigator Award to Mallik Rao and the Modern-Day Technology Leader Awards to Diane Hanf, Carla Kendrick and Gina Guillaume-Joseph during the […] More

  • FiscalNote Adds Former Army General Stanley McChrystal to Board of Directors
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    FiscalNote Adds Former Army General Stanley McChrystal to Board of Directors

    Stanley McChrystal, a retired U.S Army general, has joined FiscalNote‘s board of directors after prior service as an adviser to the Washington-based open data services company since 2014. “Stan’s remarkable military career and exemplified leadership skills will be invaluable resources to FiscalNote as the company grows and expands into the business compliance and international law sectors,” […] More

  • Intelligent Decisions Eyes Army IT Infrastructure Requirements Under ITES-3H; Joe Armstrong Comments
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    Intelligent Decisions Eyes Army IT Infrastructure Requirements Under ITES-3H; Joe Armstrong Comments

    Intelligent Decisions seeks to provide information technology infrastructure to the U.S. Army under the potential $5 billion Information Technology Enterprise Solutions 3 Hardware contract the service branch awarded in February. The company said Tuesday it will work to meet Army requirements for Unix-based and non-Unix-based servers, workstations, storage systems, networking equipment, network printers and scanners, cables and connectors, […] More

  • AT&T to Provide Comm Support Via DISA’s Global Networking Services Contract; Kay Kapoor Comments
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    AT&T to Provide Comm Support Via DISA’s Global Networking Services Contract; Kay Kapoor Comments

    AT&T plans to bid on task orders to provide communication services to the Defense Information Systems Agency as part of the $4.3 billion Global Networking Services contract the agency awarded in December. The company said Tuesday it can deliver software-defined networking, Ethernet, network integration as well as global and regional transport services through the contract. Kay Kapoor, president […] More

  • UK Navy Tests BAE Systems-Built C2 Platform on Astute-Class Submarine Torpedo
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    UK Navy Tests BAE Systems-Built C2 Platform on Astute-Class Submarine Torpedo

    The U.K. navy used a BAE Systems PLC-built command-and-control platform to test-fire a torpedo onboard Artful, an Astute-class nuclear-powered submarine. BAE’s submarines business designed and integrated the Common Combat System in partnership with Dell, VMware and Aish Technologies, BAE said Monday. The submarine crew members used the system to process data from the vessel’s sensors, analyze sonar […] More

  • FireEye Unveils Security Assessment Service for Industrial Control Systems
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    FireEye Unveils Security Assessment Service for Industrial Control Systems

    FireEye has launched a new cybersecurity assessment system for intended use by industrial control systems operators for technical analysis functions and to model network architectures and dataflow. The company said Monday it designed the Mandiant ICS HealthCheck service to include threat model diagrams, ICS HealthCheck reports and technical and strategic recommendations. “Cyber security threats to (infrastructure control systems) are becoming more tangible as […] More

  • WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff Publishes Guide for Gov’t Regulation of Driverless Vehicles
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    WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff Publishes Guide for Gov’t Regulation of Driverless Vehicles

    WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff has released a guide that aims to give government officials perspective on the state of driverless vehicles and the infrastructure and policy changes that could be made in response to them. The company said Monday the guide, titled “Driving Towards Driverless: A Guide for Government Agencies” was authored by Lauren Isaac, WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff manager of sustainable transportation. […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Adds LogRhythm to Cybersecurity Alliance
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    Lockheed Martin Adds LogRhythm to Cybersecurity Alliance

    Lockheed Martin will work with LogRhythm on cybersecurity systems integration pilot programs after the latter signed up for the Lockheed Martin Cyber Security Alliance. LogRhythm also agreed to offer its security intelligence platform and share cybersecurity-focused best practices with Lockheed as a member of the alliance, Lockheed said Monday. The LogRhythm-built security intelligence tool works to […] More

  • State Department Picks Triple Canopy for Protective Services Contract
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    State Department Picks Triple Canopy for Protective Services Contract

    Triple Canopy, a Constellis company, will provide global protective services to the State Department under a contract awarded in Feb. 12. Triple Canopy said Sunday the task order contract aims to support the agency’s security programs around the world. The State Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security will receive assistance from Triple Canopy employees in protecting U.S. personnel, facilities and information in […] More

  • Tim Meehan: GSA Approves CenturyLink’s Cloud, Managed Hosting Contract Extensions
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    Tim Meehan: GSA Approves CenturyLink’s Cloud, Managed Hosting Contract Extensions

    CenturyLink Inc. has been awarded a three-year contract extension to continue its cloud and managed hosting services to federal agencies under the General Services Administration‘s Networx program. The company’s Networx Universal and Enterprise contracts will proceed through 2020 past their scheduled expiration date in 2017, CenturyLink said Monday. “We’re pleased that GSA has approved CenturyLink’s Networx contract […] More

  • BAE Systems to Develop New Navy Electronic Warfare Tech; Steve Hedges Comments
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    BAE Systems to Develop New Navy Electronic Warfare Tech; Steve Hedges Comments

    BAE Systems has received an $11 million contract from the Office of Naval Research to develop a new electronic warfare technology intended to help detect and determine radio frequency sources. The Full-Spectrum Staring Receiver will work to monitor the battlefield, track emitters, issue threat warning and cue countermeasure methods, BAE Systems said Monday. Steve Hedges, […] More

  • Invincea, Cloudburst Security Form Managed Security Partnership; Anup Ghosh Comments
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    Invincea, Cloudburst Security Form Managed Security Partnership; Anup Ghosh Comments

    Invincea and Cloudburst Security have formed a partnership to provide managed security, integration and professional services offering to customers. Cloudburst will combine its security monitoring and engineering services with the endpoint security technology from Invincea to deliver managed security to small, mid-size and large businesses, Cloudburst said Monday. “We are pleased to partner with Cloudburst […] More