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  • ACT I CEO Michael Niggel Elected to PSC Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ACT I CEO Michael Niggel Elected to PSC Board

    Michael Niggel, CEO of Advanced Concepts and Technologies International, has been appointed as a member of the Professional Services Council’s board of directors. PSC said Monday Niggel is one of 11 newly-elected members who will each serve a three-year term on the council’s board effective Jan. 1. He will collaborate with other board members to provide policy […] More

  • WidePoint, Silent Circle Collaborate for Federal Mobile Comms Security - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    WidePoint, Silent Circle Collaborate for Federal Mobile Comms Security

    WidePoint and Silent Circle have entered into an agreement to jointly offer security products to federal government agencies. The companies have formed a strategic partnership to deliver systems leveraging Silent Circle’s mobile communications security technology through WidePoint’s blanket purchase agreement with the Department of Homeland Security for cellular wireless management services, WidePoint said Thursday. Jin Kang, […] More

  • CTC to Provide Research Support to FEMA Disaster Preparedness Unit; Ed Sheehan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC to Provide Research Support to FEMA Disaster Preparedness Unit; Ed Sheehan Comments

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. has won a potential 21-month, $7.66 million contract from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide communications and research support services for FEMA’s individual and community preparedness division. CTC said Wednesday it will work with small business partners Action Research and Motivf to provide outreach, analysis, program and administrative services to ICPD under […] More

  • Navy Taps Ultra Electronics for Air Defense Systems Integrator Support, Sustainment IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps Ultra Electronics for Air Defense Systems Integrator Support, Sustainment IDIQ

    Ultra Electronics has secured a potential nine-year, $49.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy to sustain AN/TSQ-214 Air Defense Systems Integrator products and ancillary equipment. The Defense Department said Monday the company’s advanced tactical systems unit will support for the ADSI platforms of the Navy, joint DoD forces and the Department of Homeland Security. ADSI works to deliver situational awareness […] More

  • Jeh Johnson, James Taiclet Elected to Lockheed Board of Directors; Marillyn Hewson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeh Johnson, James Taiclet Elected to Lockheed Board of Directors; Marillyn Hewson Comments

    Jeh Johnson, former secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, and American Tower CEO James Taiclet Jr. have been elected to join Lockheed Martin‘s board of directors effective Jan. 1. “Jeh’s experience in acquisition and government operations and Jim’s aerospace and global perspective will help advance our ability to anticipate and exceed our customers’ expectations,” Marillyn Hewson, Lockheed […] More

  • TSA Taps Govplace to Deploy Sqrrl Threat Hunting Software for Cyber Compromise Detection - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TSA Taps Govplace to Deploy Sqrrl Threat Hunting Software for Cyber Compromise Detection

    Govplace has received a contract from the Transportation Security Administration to utilize Sqrrl-built threat hunting software designed to analyze information technology networks and determine potential cyber compromises. Govplace said Wednesday the TSA intends to merge the Sqrrl Threat Hunting Platform with current security platforms and distribute Sqrrl-generated data to Department of Homeland Security personnel. The […] More

  • DXC's Earl Matthews: DoD Could Address Cyber Workforce Shortfall Through Civilian Reserve Corps - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DXC’s Earl Matthews: DoD Could Address Cyber Workforce Shortfall Through Civilian Reserve Corps

    Earl Matthews, vice president of DXC Technology‘s enterprise security solutions group, has said that the U.S. government and Defense Department should consider establishing a civilian reserve cyber corps to address the shortage of cyber personnel. Matthews wrote in an article posted Friday on SIGNAL magazine that the civilian cyber corps can be modeled after the Civil Reserve Air Fleet […] More

  • DHS, NASA, SBA Chiefs to Deliver Keynote at Senior Executives Association's Leadership Summit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS, NASA, SBA Chiefs to Deliver Keynote at Senior Executives Association’s Leadership Summit

    Leaders of the Department of Homeland Security, NASA and the Small Business Administration will serve as keynote speakers at the Senior Executives Association’s 2017 Presidential Rank Awards Leadership Summit on Dec. 7. DHS Acting Secretary Elaine Duke, NASA Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot Jr. and SBA Administrator Linda McMahon will headline the inaugural event, which aims to recognize the service of […] More

  • WidePoint to Continue USCIS Wireless Mgmt Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    WidePoint to Continue USCIS Wireless Mgmt Services

    WidePoint Corporation has received a one-year, $4.4 million task order option to provide managed wireless services to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The company said Nov. 20 the exercised option falls under the Department of Homeland Security‘s Cellular Wireless Management Services Blanket Purchase Agreement. Jin Kang, CEO of WidePoint, said the company designed its Trusted Mobility Management platform to […] More

  • ViON to Help DHS Directorate Implement Data Storage & Disaster Recovery Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ViON to Help DHS Directorate Implement Data Storage & Disaster Recovery Tech

    The Department of Homeland Security has selected ViON to deploy a data storage and disaster recovery platform to DHS’ National Protection and Programs Directorate. ViON said Thursday it will supply the company-built DataAdapt platform to add compute and processing power to systems that support NPPD data analytics tools. DataAdapt will work to help NPPD move its existing data […] More

  • DHS Funds 4 Baggage Scanning Tech R&D Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Funds 4 Baggage Scanning Tech R&D Projects

    The Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate has distributed $6.8 million to four research-and-development projects that aim to update threat detection features in current baggage detection systems. Integrated Defense and Security Solutions, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and TeleSecurity Sciences received the grants through a Broad Agency Announcement published in December 2016 as part of DHS’ Checked Baggage […] More

  • Leidos Gets DHS Emergency Comms Support Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Gets DHS Emergency Comms Support Order

    Leidos has secured a potential five-year, $34 million task order to provide scientific, engineering and technical services to the Department of Homeland Security‘s Office of Emergency Communications. The company said Monday it will support OEC programs that offer special telecommunications services to national security and emergency preparedness organizations in the event of a critical situation. Leidos will also […] More