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  • Lockheed Commences Environmental Tests on GOES-R Weather Satellite; Tim Gasparrini Comments
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    Lockheed Commences Environmental Tests on GOES-R Weather Satellite; Tim Gasparrini Comments

    Lockheed Martin has begun the environmental testing phase for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R series following completion of assembly work on the spacecraft. The environmental testing aims to assess the capability of GOES-R to withstand launch and extreme environmental conditions in space, the company said Wednesday. Lockheed said it will […] More

  • Technavio Sets 8% CAGR for Enterprise IT Security Market
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    Technavio Sets 8% CAGR for Enterprise IT Security Market

    An analysis by Technavio predicts the worldwide market for enterprise information technology security platforms will achieve an average growth of 7.83 percent from 2015 to 2019. Technavio has observed more government and commercial organizations adopting tools to prevent theft and unauthorized access of their enterprise data as well as to mitigate sophisticated threats, Market Research […] More

  • GSA to Seek Input on Health IT, Cyber Special Item Numbers
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    GSA to Seek Input on Health IT, Cyber Special Item Numbers

    The General Services Administration plans to include special item numbers for health information technology and cybersecurity offerings on the IT Schedule 70 acquisition vehicle, Federal Times reported Wednesday. Aaron Boyd writes Soundjata Carty, a contracting officer at GSA’s Office of Integrated Technology Services, said the agency could publish a request for information in the coming […] More

  • Tony Frazier: DigitalGlobe to Co-Host Hackathon with Geospatial Intelligence Foundation
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    Tony Frazier: DigitalGlobe to Co-Host Hackathon with Geospatial Intelligence Foundation

    DigitalGlobe and the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation will co-host a hackathon event that focuses on geospatial intelligence. Tony Frazier, DigitalGlobe senior vice president of U.S. government solutions and one of the contest judges, wrote in a blog post published Wednesday that the event would take place at the company’s Herndon, Virginia-based office from June 12 to 14. The hackathon […] More

  • Raytheon Gives Engineering Grant to Calvert Schools; Christine Cunningham Comments
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    Raytheon Gives Engineering Grant to Calvert Schools; Christine Cunningham Comments

    Raytheon has chosen 25 elementary school teachers in Maryland’s Calvert County Public Schools district to receive a $37,000 grant in an effort to promote engineering concepts and activities to students. The award is part of Raytheon’s $2 million scholarship program with Boston’s Museum of Science that aims to advance science, technology, engineering and math education in schools through the Engineering is […] More

  • Kip Compton: John Oberon Takes Internet of Things Software VP Role at Cisco
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    Kip Compton: John Oberon Takes Internet of Things Software VP Role at Cisco

    John Oberon, formerly chief architect, general manager and vice president of engineering at Mashery, has joined Cisco as VP of Internet of Things software platforms. Kip Compton, VP of Cisco’s systems and software group, said Wednesday that Oberon would be responsible for developing platforms designed to provide developers access to Cisco’s IoT infrastructure. “John’s hiring is significant […] More

  • Air Force Orders Additional Orbital ATK Proximity Sensors; Cary Ralston Comments
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    Air Force Orders Additional Orbital ATK Proximity Sensors; Cary Ralston Comments

    Orbital ATK has received a $27 million production order for additional DSU-33D/B proximity sensors under a follow-on contract to a 2013 full-rate production award from the U.S. Air Force. The company said Wednesday the sensor works to support precision detonation and maximize the weapon’s blast and fragmentation effects through a fire pulse to the FMU-139 and FMU-152 bomb fuzes and […] More

  • Oracle-SRA Team Updates Coast Guard’s HR, Payroll Mgmt Systems; Mark Johnson Comments
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    Oracle-SRA Team Updates Coast Guard’s HR, Payroll Mgmt Systems; Mark Johnson Comments

    Oracle and SRA International have collaborated to help the U.S. Coast Guard implement a single enterprise-wide infrastructure for managing human resource and payroll functions. The Direct Access system is built to run Oracle’s PeopleSoft Global Payroll software and consolidates multiple applications used by the Coast Guard, the Public Health Service and the National Oceanic and […] More

  • ThreatQuotient Offers ThreatQ Platform for Threat Intelligence; Wayne Chiang Comments
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    ThreatQuotient Offers ThreatQ Platform for Threat Intelligence; Wayne Chiang Comments

    ThreatQuotient has entered into the cybersecurity market with the release of its ThreatQ threat intelligence platform to help companies make informed decisions on security based on shared cyber threat data. “Enterprises are currently lacking the ability to effectively correlate and operationalize the massive volume of threat intelligence data that is readily available,” Wayne Chiang, CEO and co-founder […] More

  • Lockheed Hands Navy 3rd MUOS Satellite; Iris Bombelyn Comments
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    Lockheed Hands Navy 3rd MUOS Satellite; Iris Bombelyn Comments

    Lockheed Martin has turned over a third Mobile User Objective System satellite to the U.S. Navy after the company completed on-orbit testing on the spacecraft. MUOS-3 is part of a network of satellites and relay ground stations designed to provide secure mobile communications to military users, Lockheed Martin said Wednesday. “This latest satellite will expand the MUOS network’s coverage […] More

  • Army Taps MacAulay-Brown for EXPRESS BPA; Fred Norman Comments
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    Army Taps MacAulay-Brown for EXPRESS BPA; Fred Norman Comments

    MacAulay-Brown will provide logistics assistance for the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command as part of the Expedited Professional and Engineering Support Services blanket purchase agreement. The task order calls for the company to provide information technology support, training tools, manpower, computer resources and operational support for AMCOM, MacB said Monday. Fred Norman, senior vice president and general […] More