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Air Force SBIR, STTR Program to Launch First Call for FY 2021 Open Topics in Mid-January

The Air Force's Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer program announced at the AFWERX Accelerate event that it will release the first open topic for fiscal year 2021 on Jan. 14, in coordination with the Department of Defense. The first open topic will run through Feb. 18 and the second and third open topics will be released respectively in May and September next year and close 30 days after.

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by Jane Edwards December 10, 2020, 4:16 am
in Contract Awards, News

3M to Help DoD Deploy Coding Software for Military Health System

Leidos has chosen 3M's health information systems business to provide computer-assisted coding technology to support medical documentation work across the Department of Defense's Military Health System.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers November 19, 2020, 3:25 am
in Government Technology, News

BAE Systems Gets DoD’s OK for F-22 Friend or Foe Transponder

The Department of Defense has certified a BAE Systems-made transponder designed to help F-22 Raptor aircraft pilots distinguish teammates from enemies. The company said Tuesday it is integrating its F-22 Identification Friend-or-Foe transponder as part of an effort to update the U.S. Air Force's Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System terminal.

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by Nichols Martin November 18, 2020, 6:52 am
in Government Technology, News, Space News

Aerospace Corp. Study: National Security Agencies Should Consider Buying Commercial Space Services

A new study by the Aerospace Corp. says the increasing number of satellite-based services and other space capabilities offered by companies presents opportunities for national security agencies to acquire those services, SpaceNews reported Monday.

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by Jane Edwards November 17, 2020, 5:41 am
in News

Booz Allen’s Wes Haga, Courtney Crosby: DoD Needs More AI Acquisition, Deployment Strategies

Wes Haga and Courtney Crosby, solutions architects at Booz Allen Hamilton, have said that the government must adopt more acquisition techniques to accelerate the deployment of artificial intelligence and related technologies for future operating environments.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers November 17, 2020, 4:04 am
in Contract Awards, News

Honeywell Awarded $73M Navy Contract for V-22 Aircraft Assembly Repairs

Honeywell International has secured a five-year, $72.9M contract to repair six weapon assemblies of V-22 tiltrotor aircraft used by the U.S. Navy. Naval Supply Systems Command issued the award that provides for work in Torrance and San Diego, California; and Tucson and Tempe, Arizona, the Department of Defense said Thursday.

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by Nichols Martin November 13, 2020, 7:15 am
in Cybersecurity News, News

Tenable’s Robert Huber: DoD Cybersecurity Approach Should Keep Up With Tech Advances

Robert Huber, chief security officer at Tenable, has said the Department of Defense needs to do more to protect modern weapons from cybersecurity risks as the number of connected systems increases. “Technological advances that make these systems more efficient are not enough. We must also ensure that our cybersecurity approach keeps up with these advancements in every way," Huber wrote in a guest piece published Wednesday on Nextgov.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers November 12, 2020, 5:40 am
in Government Technology, News

John McDonald, Jeff Panebianco: DoD Should Provide Reliable, Secure Connectivity to Ensure Mission Readiness

John McDonald of CommScope and Jeff Panebianco of ID Technologies wrote in an opinion piece published Friday on C4ISRNET that the Department of Defense should prioritize the establishment of the flight line of the future by providing warfighters with reliable and secure connectivity everywhere to ensure mission readiness.

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by Jane Edwards November 9, 2020, 4:04 am
in Government Technology, News

Survey: 58% of Federal Defense Personnel Want Agencies to Look at Cloud Security as Top Priority

A Government Business Council survey sponsored by Cisco has found that 58 percent of federal defense agency employees said they think agencies should consider cloud security as the top priority as they advance cloud adoption.

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by Jane Edwards November 5, 2020, 4:29 am
in Cybersecurity News, News

Fortinet’s Jim Richberg: Controlled Unclassified Info Offers ‘Impetus’ to DoD Cybersecurity Standards

Jim Richberg, chief information security officer of Fortinet's federal business, said he believes the concept of controlled unclassified information served as an impetus of the Department of Defense's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers November 5, 2020, 4:16 am
in Contract Awards, News

GDIT’s Amy Gilliland: DEOS to Provide New Collaboration Tools to DoD Enterprise Users

Amy Gilliland, president of General Dynamics' information technology business and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said GDIT looks forward to continuing its partnership with the General Services Administration, Department of Defense and the Defense Information Systems Agency through the Defense Enterprise Office Solutions cloud contract as part of efforts to meet the goals stated in DoD's Cloud Strategy.

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by Jane Edwards November 4, 2020, 10:00 am
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Four Startups to Demo 5G Tech for USMC-Verizon Industry Competition; Andres Irlando Quoted

The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps have downselected four startups to receive prizes worth $200K combined to pilot their 5G technologies as part of an industry competition launched through the National Security Innovation Network.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers October 30, 2020, 3:41 am

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