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  • SAIC Deploys Customer Training Materials Through Blackboard System; Josh Jackson Comments
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    SAIC Deploys Customer Training Materials Through Blackboard System; Josh Jackson Comments

    Science Applications International Corp. has signed up for the Blackboard Partnerships program to deploy the company’s training materials to clients through Blackboard’s learning management system. SAIC customers will have access to coursework, experimentation, war-gaming, analysis services and education tools tailored for various requirements through the Blackboard Learn portal under the partnership, SAIC said Tuesday. Josh […] More

  • NIST, NTIA Seek New Public Safety Communications Research Industry Partners
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    NIST, NTIA Seek New Public Safety Communications Research Industry Partners

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology and National Telecommunications and Information Administration plans to award a new series of contracts for testing and evaluation work for the Public Safety Communications Research program. NIST said Tuesday the program currently has 39 telecommunications companies contracted for five years public safety communications equipment and software through the use of the Public Safety Broadband Demonstration […] More

  • Cerner to Refresh Military Anatomic Pathology Lab System; Travis Dalton Comments
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    Cerner to Refresh Military Anatomic Pathology Lab System; Travis Dalton Comments

    Cerner has been contracted to refresh the Military Health System’s anatomic pathology laboratory information system for the Defense Health Agency. The company will install its server hardware, peripheral equipment and services in the Defense Department’s anatomic pathology laboratories worldwide and issue the company’s CoPathPlus software licenses, Cerner said July 8. DHA intends to implement CoPathPlus to help the […] More

  • Scott Smith: Iridium Subjects NEXT Satellite Network to Compact Antenna Range Test
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    Scott Smith: Iridium Subjects NEXT Satellite Network to Compact Antenna Range Test

    Iridium Communications has moved closer to the launch of the Iridium Next satellite network after the completion of the Compact Antenna Test Range test phase for the satellite constellation. The company said Wednesday it conducted the CATR test to evaluate the functionality of feeder link, crosslink and mission antennas of the satellites through a radiated environment. “The CATR testing ensures […] More

  • Industry Coalition Opposes Commerce Dept’s Proposed Cybersecurity Tech Export Rule
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    Industry Coalition Opposes Commerce Dept’s Proposed Cybersecurity Tech Export Rule

    A cross-section of U.S. cybersecurity firms has set up a coalition to stop the enactment of a new Commerce Department rule governing the overseas sale of some information technology security products. The Coalition for Responsible Cybersecurity said Tuesday it aims to educate the U.S. government on how the department’s proposed cybersecurity technology export policy could […] More

  • Red Hat Honors Carahsoft as Public Sector Distribution Partner for 2015; Paul Smith Comments
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    Red Hat Honors Carahsoft as Public Sector Distribution Partner for 2015; Paul Smith Comments

    Red Hat has named Carahsoft Technology its 2015 Public Sector Distribution Partner of the Year for supporting sales of Red Hat products and services in the public sector. “We value our relationships with our public sector channel partners and the award winners who were chosen based on their success delivering innovative open source solutions to customers,” Paul Smith, […] More

  • NVTC Unveils FY 2015-2016 Board Roster
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    NVTC Unveils FY 2015-2016 Board Roster

    The Northern Virginia Technology Council has announced the roster of its board of directors for the trade association’s 2015-16 fiscal year. NVTC also announced Tuesday the election of 27 new and returning board members, and 16 three-year-term members to the board. Officers of the board of directors include: Chair: Todd Stottlemyer, CEO of Inova Center for […] More

  • Craig Ravenell Joins Secure Communication Systems as Business Development Director
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    Craig Ravenell Joins Secure Communication Systems as Business Development Director

    Craig Ravenell, a retired U.S. Army colonel, has been appointed director of business development at Secure Communication Systems. He will be based out of Orlando, Florida, and help the company build partnerships with defense and commercial organizations, Secure Communication Systems said Tuesday. Ravenell will also oversee the company’s programs to build live fire audio/video training […] More

  • Pakistan Orders Additional F-16 Sniper Targeting Pods from Lockheed Martin; Rich Lovette Comments
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    Pakistan Orders Additional F-16 Sniper Targeting Pods from Lockheed Martin; Rich Lovette Comments

    Lockheed Martin has been awarded a follow-on contract to build additional Sniper targeting pods for the Pakistan Air Force‘s F-16 fleet under a foreign military sales agreement. The company will also work to upgrade 22 Sniper ATPs in addition to the production of 15 pods, Lockheed Martin said Tuesday. The pods are scheduled for delivery […] More

  • HP to Resell Seagate’s ClusterStor With High-Performance Computing Portfolio
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    HP to Resell Seagate’s ClusterStor With High-Performance Computing Portfolio

    Hewlett-Packard and Seagate Technology have expanded their alliance to include the reselling of Seagate’s ClusterStor 1500 and 9000 storage appliances with HP’s Apollo portfolio of high-performance computing products and services. Seagate said Tuesday the combined technologies work to bolster storage and computing capabilities in support of academic, medical, industrial and government research activities. “Aligning our expertise is more […] More

  • ImageWare Systems Licenses Biometrics Platform to Lockheed
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    ImageWare Systems Licenses Biometrics Platform to Lockheed

    ImageWare Systems‘ biometrics platform will be incorporated into Lockheed Martin’s Identity as a Service offering in the cloud as part of a three-year licensing agreement between both companies. Lockheed will offer its IDHaystack IDaaS offering with ImageWare’s Biometric Engine platform ifor identity management to government and commercial clients through SolaS cloud, ImageWare said Tuesday. The SolaS cloud platform is designed […] More

  • IDC: Defense IT Spending to See 1.6% Increase in FY 2016 to $30B
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    IDC: Defense IT Spending to See 1.6% Increase in FY 2016 to $30B

    A new report by International Data Corp. projects Defense Department spending on information technology to grow at a 0.5-percent compound annual growth rate from fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 2019. The company said Tuesday its latest IDC Government Insights report indicates that the forecasted 1.6-percent increase in defense IT spending from $29.9 billion in fiscal 2015 to $30.5 billion […] More