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  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 6.2 Gets Common Criteria EAL4+ Certification; Paul Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Red Hat JBoss EAP 6.2 Gets Common Criteria EAL4+ Certification; Paul Smith Comments

    Red Hat has received Common Criteria certification at Evaluation Assurance Level 4+ for its JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.2 offering, indicating its capability to meet international security standards. The company said Wednesday third-party assessor atsec information security evaluated the Red Hat product against the standards indicated in the Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation. “Common Criteria accreditation is a high watermark for security […] More

  • Ross Lindman: HII Eyes Navy Undersea Ops With New Proteus Submersible - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ross Lindman: HII Eyes Navy Undersea Ops With New Proteus Submersible

    Huntington Ingalls Industries unveiled its new submersible named Proteus, which was developed in partnership with Battelle and Bluefin Robotics, at the recent Sea-Air-Space Exposition in Maryland, the Daily Press reported April 13. Hugh Lessig writes that HII highlighted Proteus’s “flexible” design as the company seeks to potentially deploy the submersible to support the U.S. Navy‘s undersea naval operations and warfare. […] More

  • Selex ES to Supply Surveillance Radars for Australian Maritime Authority - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Selex ES to Supply Surveillance Radars for Australian Maritime Authority

    Selex ES has been selected to deliver surveillance radars for Cobham’s search and rescue aircraft set for delivery to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority. The Seaspray 5000E active electronically scanned array radars will be installed in Cobham’s Challenger aircraft, Selex said Thursday. Cobham’s aviation services in Australia will provide search and rescue services to the Australian […] More

  • Lockheed, Marinette Marine Get $232M Navy Contract Modification for LCS 21 & 23 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Marinette Marine Get $232M Navy Contract Modification for LCS 21 & 23

    Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri subsidiary Marinette Marine have received a $232 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to build two new littoral combat ships, plus another LCS if the added contract option is exercised. Fincantieri said Thursday Congress has appropriated full funding for LCS 21 and advanced procurement funding for LCS 23, while funding for LCS 25 under the […] More

  • L-3, Rockwell Collins Partner to Update Argentina C-130 Avionics System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L-3, Rockwell Collins Partner to Update Argentina C-130 Avionics System

    Rockwell Collins has been selected to provide an avionics architecture for the Argentine military’s fleet of C-130 military transport planes. L-3 Communications serves as the prime contractor in Argentina’s C-130 systems modernization program and partnered with Rockwell Collins to integrate new avionics into the aircraft, Rockwell Collins said Wednesday. The contract covers upgrades to C-130 flight […] More

  • Jan Hamby Joins Cubic’s Board of Directors; Walter Zable Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jan Hamby Joins Cubic’s Board of Directors; Walter Zable Comments

    Jan Hamby, a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral, has joined the board of directors of Cubic Corp. She also serves as chancellor of the National Defense University’s information resources management college, Cubic said Monday. Walter Zable, executive chairman of Cubic’s board, said the company sought Hamby’s cybersecurity and information technology background to aid in how Cubic deals […] More

  • Juniper's Brian Roach: Federal IT Pros Should Factor Automation, Security Into Network Upgrades - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Juniper’s Brian Roach: Federal IT Pros Should Factor Automation, Security Into Network Upgrades

    Many federal agencies have embarked on programs to modernize their information technology networks due to a growing use of mobile devices in their organizations, Juniper Networks executive Brian Roach wrote in a GCN opinion piece published Thursday. Roach, vice president of the federal business and managing director for worldwide government at Juniper, has proposed four […] More

  • Booz Allen’s Angela Messer: Connectivity, New Threats Come With Internet of Things - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen’s Angela Messer: Connectivity, New Threats Come With Internet of Things

    Booz Allen Hamilton, ISC, Cyber 360 Solutions and NRI Secure Technologies have jointly unveiled the findings of a study that examined concerns about technology sprawl among security professionals as the threat landscape expands. Frost & Sullivan conducted the seventh global information security workforce study between October and December 2014 to gauge the views of nearly 14,000 […] More

  • Satair Group to Distribute Exelis Aircraft Waste Tank Components - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Satair Group to Distribute Exelis Aircraft Waste Tank Components

    Exelis and Satair Group have partnered to distribute Exelis-made components for commercial aircraft waste and water tanks. Satair Group said Thursday it will also provide aftermarket sales and support services to aerospace customers of Exelis waste storage tank products globally under a five-year distribution agreement between the companies. Exelis unit EDO Corp. has produced composite […] More

  • Verizon’s Mike Denning: ‘Sizable Gaps’ in Enterprise Threat Responses Continue - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Verizon’s Mike Denning: ‘Sizable Gaps’ in Enterprise Threat Responses Continue

    A new Verizon cybersecurity report has highlighted what the company describes as a continuing gap between the time a data breach occurs and when a company detects the cyber attack. Mike Denning, vice president of global security for Verizon enterprise solutions, said Wednesday that the company continues “to see sizable gaps in how organizations defend […] More

  • NASA's Messenger Spacecraft to End Nearly 4 Years at Mercury's Orbit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA’s Messenger Spacecraft to End Nearly 4 Years at Mercury’s Orbit

    NASA‘s Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging spacecraft has uncovered several key information about the planet Mercury during its nearly four years of on-orbit operations. NASA said Thursday the Messenger spacecraft is now anticipated to crash-land on Mercury by the end of the month as it runs out of helium gas propellant following a series of orbit correction maneuvers. “While spacecraft […] More

  • Northrop Demos Waveform Space Processor; Tim Frei Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Demos Waveform Space Processor; Tim Frei Comments

    Northrop Grumman has completed tests for a protected tactical waveform space processor intended to help improve battlefield communications for soldiers. The processor established communication through the U.S. Air Force’s tactical waveform during the demonstration at the MIT/Lincoln Labs test facility, Northrop said Wednesday. The tactical waveform platform incorporated multichannel demodulators, Ethernet-based packet switching, high-data-rate modulators and control […] More