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Vertosoft Partners with D3 Security to Deliver SOAR Technology; Jason Wiele, Chet Hayes Quoted

Vertosoft has partnered with D3 Security, a leader in advanced Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) technology, to assist government agencies in security operations, incident response and threat hunting. â€œWorking alongside Vertosoft has given us an expert partner to support our Federal clients as we bring D3 SOAR to government agencies who are looking to bolster their cybersecurity posture,â€ said Jason Wiele, senior director of enterprise cybersecurity solutions at D3 Security.Â

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by Sarah Sybert November 23, 2020, 10:47 am
in Contract Awards, News

AECOM Selected for Air Force Cadet Dormitory Renovation Project; Lara Poloni Quoted

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded AECOM a $25 million design contract to renovate the U.S. Air Force Academyâ€™s Sijan Hall, marking the first modernization project at the dormitory since it was built in 1968. AECOMâ€™s design work will cover residential, academic, courtyard and recreational spaces.

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by Sarah Sybert November 23, 2020, 10:22 am
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BWXT, DOE Collaborate on Additive Manufacturing for Reactor Components; Kenneth Camplin Quoted

BWX Technologies and the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have teamed up to develop 3D printing technology for the production of metallic compounds needed to build a nuclear reactor system.

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by Mary-Louise Hoffman November 23, 2020, 10:07 am
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Government Acquisitions Obtains SBA HUBZone Program Certification; Jay Lambke Quoted

Cincinnati, Ohio-based company Government Acquisitions Inc. has been accredited by the Small Business Administration under a program that seeks to provide economic benefits to government contractors from historically underutilized business zones.

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by Matthew Nelson November 23, 2020, 10:03 am
in Government Technology, News, Space News

SpaceX Launches Satellite for Multinational Ocean Observation Effort

SpaceX has sent to space a satellite designed to monitor sea levels across the globe under a U.S.-U.K. partnership. The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base on a mission to collect sea level data, support ship navigation and inform weather forecasts, NASA said Sunday.

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by Nichols Martin November 23, 2020, 9:26 am
in Contract Awards, News

KBR Gets $65M Navy Contract Modification for Base Support Services

KBR has received a one-year, $64.8M contract modification to carry out base operating support services at various U.S. Navy installations in Djibouti and Kenya.

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by Matthew Nelson November 23, 2020, 8:52 am
in Contract Awards, News

Cambridge-TSS Team to Update Air Combat Command Radar Transmitter

A team comprised of Cambridge and TSS Solutions will update technology subassemblies of the Air Combat Command's AN/TPS-70 radar system under a service life extension task order.

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by Matthew Nelson November 23, 2020, 8:49 am
in Executive Moves, News

Daniel Brunk Promoted as Martin Defense Group CEO

Daniel Brunk, a 30-year U.S. Navy veteran, has succeeded Martin Kao as CEO of Martin Defense Group. Brunk has also taken the role of manager at the Honolulu, Hawaii-based government contractor as part of his promotion, the company said Friday.

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by Matthew Nelson November 23, 2020, 7:55 am
in Government Technology, News

Steve Orrin, Cameron Chehreh: Agencies Should Embrace Hybrid Cloud as Operating Model

Steve Orrin, chief technology officerÂ atÂ Intelâ€™s federal arm, and Cameron Chehreh, CTO ofÂ Dell Technologiesâ€™ federal business, wrote in a joint article published Friday on Nextgov that federal agencies should look at hybrid cloud not as a destination but as an operating model to realize the benefits of artificial intelligence and 5G.Â

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by Jane Edwards November 23, 2020, 4:30 am
in Government Technology, News

Raytheon Technologies Aiming to Help Military Pilots Respond to Threats via ‘Converged EW’ Approach

Raytheon Technologies' intelligence and space unit has embarked on a project to develop a threat detection approach for military aircraft operators that will fuse electronic warfare, cyber and signals intelligence tools into a single open-architecture system, dubbed Converged EW.

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by Mary-Louise Hoffman November 23, 2020, 2:56 am
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ViaSat Awarded $51M Air Force Space System Prototyping Contract

ViaSat has secured a potential $50.8M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help the Air Force Research Laboratory build and demonstrate prototype space systems.

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by Mary-Louise Hoffman November 23, 2020, 2:09 am
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SAP NS2’s Mark Testoni: Election Security Awareness Drove Federal-State Collaboration

Mark Testoni, CEO of SAP National Security Services and a five-time Wash100 Award recipient, said the heightened awareness about election security fueled collaborative efforts between federal and state agencies to protect voting systems, SearchSecurity reported Thursday.

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by Mary-Louise Hoffman November 23, 2020, 1:29 am