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  • 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

  • Navy Puts BAE-Made Coyote UAVs Through 'Swarm' Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Puts BAE-Made Coyote UAVs Through ‘Swarm’ Test

    The U.S. Navy‘s Office of Naval Research has demonstrated a platform that works to launch multiple unmanned aerial vehicles on a swarm-based mission to deter adversaries. ONR said Tuesday the military branch tested the Low-Cost UAV Swarming Technology with BAE Systems-built Coyote drones during a recent demonstration. The service also used the LOCUST system in […] More

  • IBM Offers Threat Intell Database Via X-Force Exchange; Brendan Hannigan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Offers Threat Intell Database Via X-Force Exchange; Brendan Hannigan Comments

    IBM has made its threat intelligence database available to customers and industry via the cloud-based IBM X-Force Exchange platform to drive information sharing and collaboration to mitigate potential cyber attacks. The company said Thursday the platform will provide access to more than 700 terabytes of information on malware, vulnerabilities, IP address and website reputation, spam and phishing attacks, and real-time threat indicators. […] More

  • GSA Seeks Industry Input on Business Model for Connect.gov Full Operational Capability - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Seeks Industry Input on Business Model for Connect.gov Full Operational Capability

    The General Services Administration is seeking information on potential sources of business models or procurement vehicles for the implementation of federated digital identity credential services for the Connect.gov program. In the notice posted Thursday on FedBizOpps, GSA said the project management office for cloud computing services within the Federal Acquisition Service aims to develop a shared service operating […] More

  • DRS to Install Voice Comms Systems in US Navy Aegis Ships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DRS to Install Voice Comms Systems in US Navy Aegis Ships

    DRS Technologies has been awarded a $55 million contract with the U.S. Navy to install voice communications systems in the Aegis cruisers and destroyers. The integrated communications systems will link to the ships’ announcement system, shore telephone lines, radio and sound-powered telephone circuits, DRS said Wednesday. DRS will begin the installation process in 2015. The IVCS […] More

  • Kathleen Alyce Waters to Lead Health Net’s Corporate Legal Functions; Jay Gellert Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kathleen Alyce Waters to Lead Health Net’s Corporate Legal Functions; Jay Gellert Comments

    Kathleen Alyce Waters, formerly a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, has joined Health Net as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary. She will lead the company’s corporate legal functions and report to President and CEO Jay Gellert when she starts on April 27, Health Net said Wednesday. Waters will succeed the retiring Angelee Bouchard. […] More

  • Lockheed Martin to Host Coding Tilt for Students; Anne Mullins Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin to Host Coding Tilt for Students; Anne Mullins Comments

    Lockheed Martin is set to host a computer programming contest on April 18 for hundreds of high school students. Participants will be divided into novice and advanced teams and and tasked to complete a series of coding challenges within two and a half hours, Lockheed said Thursday. The Code Quest challenge is part of the company’s […] More

  • Juniper VP Brian Roach: SDN Becoming a Key Modernization Tool for Federal IT - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Juniper VP Brian Roach: SDN Becoming a Key Modernization Tool for Federal IT

    Brian Roach, vice president of the federal business and managing director for worldwide government at Juniper Networks, says that the Defense Department and other agencies are increasingly using software-defined networking to streamline IT systems. Roach writes in a guest piece published Tuesday on Defense Systems that current government efforts in network consolidation, automation and security drive […] More

  • Information Builders, MapR Technologies Partner on BI, Hadoop Distribution Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Information Builders, MapR Technologies Partner on BI, Hadoop Distribution Services

    Information Builders has entered into an alliance with MapR Technologies to provide enterprise customers with a combination of the former’s business intelligence and analytics software and MapR’s Apache Hadoop distribution platform. The companies said Wednesday the partnership works to manage data integrity to generate insights from “impactful” analytics. Gerald Cohen, president and CEO of Information Builders, said the […] More

  • NASA Awards Mathematical Computing Software IDIQ to MathWorks - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Awards Mathematical Computing Software IDIQ to MathWorks

    MathWorks Inc. has been awarded a $30 million contract to train NASA engineers and scientists on using a mathematical computing software. The Natick, Massachusetts-based company will also provide fresh software licenses and perform maintenance services for the space agency, NASA said Wednesday. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract contains a one-year base period and four one-year options. MathWorks […] More

  • Raytheon Receives Exelis Ground Encryptors for US Air Force GPS; Joe Rambala Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Receives Exelis Ground Encryptors for US Air Force GPS; Joe Rambala Comments

    Exelis has handed Raytheon six updated ground encryptors built for installation in the operational control system of the U.S. Air Force’s global positioning system. The encryptors are designed to help secure data transmitted between OCX and navigation payloads aboard the Air Force’s GPS satellites, Exelis said Wednesday. Joe Rambala, Exelis vice president and general manager […] More

  • Booz Allen to Implement Cyber Tools at 8 Agencies for DHS' CDM Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen to Implement Cyber Tools at 8 Agencies for DHS’ CDM Program

    Booz Allen Hamilton will implement cybersecurity tools across eight government agencies under a $39.3 million task order contract for the Department of Homeland Security‘s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. Jason Miller writes that Booz Allen will implement cyber tools and services from ForeScout, Big Fix and others at Group B agencies as part of the General […] More