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  • Inmarsat Obtains UAE Approval for Mobile Satcom Service Offering
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    Inmarsat Obtains UAE Approval for Mobile Satcom Service Offering

    Inmarsat has obtained a license from a United Arab Emirates-based telecommunications regulator to market the company’s mobile communication satellite service offering to the region’s public and private sectors. The General Authority for Regulating the Telecommunication Sector granted the public satellite service license to Inmarsat, the company said Wednesday. A license signing ceremony occurred at the UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi. […] More

  • NIST Seeks Public Input on Randomness in Data Encryption; Elaine Barker Comments
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    NIST Seeks Public Input on Randomness in Data Encryption; Elaine Barker Comments

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released the second draft of a document that aims to help computer security professionals assess whether an entropy source of randomness is capable to protect sensitive information. NIST will accept public comments on the latest draft of its publication “Recommendation for the Entropy Sources Used for Random […] More

  • Intelsat Launches Boeing-Built Comms Satellite
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    Intelsat Launches Boeing-Built Comms Satellite

    A telecommunications satellite that Boeing built for Intelsat lifted off Wednesday from a French Guiana spaceport aboard an Ariane 5 rocket. Intelsat 29e launched into space at 6:20 p.m. Eastern Time and began to transmit initial signals to a ground station nearly 40 minutes after liftoff, Intelsat said Wednesday. It is the first satellite in Intelsat’s EpicNG constellation […] More

  • CenturyLink Lands DISA Network Services Contract; Tim Meehan Comments
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    CenturyLink Lands DISA Network Services Contract; Tim Meehan Comments

    CenturyLink has won four task orders worth $10 million combined from the Defense Information Systems Agency to supply network and data transmission services to Defense Information Systems Network users in various regions across the U.S. The company will deliver Ethernet private line and Internet Protocol services to support networks in Colorado, Virginia, Alabama and Nebraska through […] More

  • L-3 Division Lands Air Force UAV Training Simulator Development Contract
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    L-3 Division Lands Air Force UAV Training Simulator Development Contract

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded an L-3 Communications division a contract to develop 34 units of Predator Mission Aircrew Training System simulators, DefenseWorld.net reported Wednesday. Vishwanath Patil writes L-3 Link will supply PMATS simulators that will be used to train the Air Force and Air National Guard pilots and sensor operator crews of General Atomics-built […] More

  • Microsoft, USDA Pick 7 Award Recipients for Food Data Analysis Online Tool Design Competition
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    Microsoft, USDA Pick 7 Award Recipients for Food Data Analysis Online Tool Design Competition

    Microsoft and the Agriculture Department have selected seven winners of a competition for the development of online applications that aim to help improve the U.S. food system’s resiliency to climate change. The USDA-Microsoft Innovation Challenge required participants to design new tools that work to analyze the agency’s open data on food production available on Microsoft’s […] More

  • Grant Thornton Accredited as FedRAMP 3rd-Party Assessment Organization; Dennis Bell Comments
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    Grant Thornton Accredited as FedRAMP 3rd-Party Assessment Organization; Dennis Bell Comments

    Grant Thornton has been authorized to assess cloud vendors that work with the federal government under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation administered the FedRAMP accreditation process for Grant Thornton, the company said Wednesday. As a third-party assessment organization, Grant Thornton will assist companies as they comply with FedRAMP […] More

  • NIH Awards Leidos $17M Software, Tech Support Task Order
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    NIH Awards Leidos $17M Software, Tech Support Task Order

    Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has received a potential $17 million task order to provide software development and technical support to the National Institutes of Health Center for Scientific Review. The company said Wednesday it will work on the maintenance of web-based, desktop and mobile-based applications, technical support for premise and remote access as well as hardware and software […] More

  • DigitalGlobe to Start WorldView-4 Satellite Imagery Service in Early 2017
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    DigitalGlobe to Start WorldView-4 Satellite Imagery Service in Early 2017

    DigitalGlobe plans to begin commercial operation of its WorldView-4 satellite next year to deliver high-resolution Earth imagery products and services to customers worldwide. The company said Wednesday it has received $335 million in commitments from international defense and intelligence agencies since last year’s third quarter for direct access capacity on WorldView-3 and WorldView-4. WorldView-4 is scheduled for a September […] More

  • DC Police Vet Steven Sund Joins Noblis as Business Development Director; Pat Brosey Comments
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    DC Police Vet Steven Sund Joins Noblis as Business Development Director; Pat Brosey Comments

    Steven Sund, a former commander for the Washington, D.C. city police department, has been named director of business development for national security and intelligence at Noblis. Sund will hold the title of subject matter expert for NSI-related missions such as intelligence-based emergency response plan development, event security planning, incident command and critical infrastructure protection, Noblis said Wednesday. […] More

  • AECOM Gets Industry Awards for Global Environmental Projects
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    AECOM Gets Industry Awards for Global Environmental Projects

    AECOM has won several awards from two publications in recognition of the company’s work on various environmental remediation and climate adaptation projects globally. The Climate Change Business Journal recognized AECOM with Climate Adaptation and Resilience industry leadership and project merit awards for its support of domestic and international 35 projects, including an effort to protect Florida’s Miami Beach from flood and rising […] More

  • AECOM to Develop ‘Hyperloop’ Test Track for SpaceX Transport Pod Competition
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    AECOM to Develop ‘Hyperloop’ Test Track for SpaceX Transport Pod Competition

    SpaceX has tapped AECOM to design and develop a Hyperloop test track for a SpaceX-hosted competition that aims to promote innovation among university students and speed up the development of Hyperloop prototypes. Hyperloop is a type of transport system that would travel up to 760 miles per hour through a network of air-cushioned pods and […] More