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  • Comtech Unit Receives Order for Army Network Hardware - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Comtech Unit Receives Order for Army Network Hardware

    A business unit of Comtech Telecommunications has been awarded $5.8 million in incremental funds to manufacture terminal hardware for the U.S. Army’s warfighter network infrastructure. The company’s government solutions segment will supply Secret Internet Protocol Router and Non-secure Internet Protocol Router Access Point VSAT hardware to the Army under the order, Comtech said Wednesday. This delivery order falls under the Army’s […] More

  • Raytheon Helps Install UAV Mission-Control Tech Aboard Navy Littoral Combat Ship - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Helps Install UAV Mission-Control Tech Aboard Navy Littoral Combat Ship

    Raytheon and the U.S. Navy have installed a mission control system for Northrop Grumman-built unmanned helicopter MQ-8 Fire Scout on a naval ship designed for littoral missions. The Navy combined its control hardware with control software developed by Raytheon to produce the command-and-control system of Fire Scout aboard the USS Coronado, Raytheon said Wednesday. USS Coronado is designed to operate near […] More

  • Spyrus to Launch New Hardware Product Line for 'Internet of Things' Use; Tom Dickens Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Spyrus to Launch New Hardware Product Line for ‘Internet of Things’ Use; Tom Dickens Comments

    Spyrus will launch a new product line the company designed to incorporate what it calls “military strength cryptography” to the Internet of Things and related applications. The company said Monday it will roll out a family of hardware, software, and supporting development kits that include the Rosetta microSDHC, a self-encrypting storage device with public key infrastructure functionality, and the Rosetta Micro, […] More

  • Honeywell’s Hardware Gets FAA Approval for Boeing 757 In-Flight Internet on Inmarsat GX - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Honeywell’s Hardware Gets FAA Approval for Boeing 757 In-Flight Internet on Inmarsat GX

    Honeywell’s aerospace business has obtained approval from the Federal Aviation Administration for its JetWave hardware for use onboard Boeing 757 aircraft. JetWave is a wireless system that works to allow aircraft to establish Internet connectivity with Inmarsat’s Global Xpress broadband satellite network through GX Aviation service, Honeywell said Thursday. Jack Jacobs, vice president of safety […] More

  • General Atomics Taps General Tool for Aircraft Carrier Hardware Supply Subcontract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Taps General Tool for Aircraft Carrier Hardware Supply Subcontract

    Defense and aerospace contractor General Tool Co. will provide hardware equipment for the U.S. Navy’s second Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier under a $48 million subcontract from General Atomics, the Cincinnati Business Courier reported Friday. Andy Brownfield writes the contract covers trough covers, motor support parts and other safety components for the USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) […] More

  • DoD Puts Dell Firewalls on Approved Products List; Patrick Sweeney Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Puts Dell Firewalls on Approved Products List; Patrick Sweeney Comments

    Dell has received a certification from the Defense Department that allows it to deploy its SonicWall series of firewalls across DoD-operated computer networks. Dell said Wednesday its firewall platform received the department’s Unified Capabilities Approved Products List certification after it passed the Security Technical Implementation Guide tests that seek to ensure the secure maintenance and installation of hardware […] More

  • Intel: Cyber Attacks to Target Firmware, Hardware, Cloud Services in 2016 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intel: Cyber Attacks to Target Firmware, Hardware, Cloud Services in 2016

    A new report from Intel predicts that cyber threat actors will likely cause attacks on firmware and hardware, wearable devices that store personal data, cloud services as well as automobile systems in 2016. The McAfee Labs Threat Predictions Report also forecasts the growth of ransomware driven by the adoption of ransomware-as-a-service offerings by cybercriminals and the launch of an […] More

  • David King: Dynetics Makes Progress in Hardware Push - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    David King: Dynetics Makes Progress in Hardware Push

    David King, the newly-appointed CEO at Dynetics, said the company has been “making great progress” on its initiative to enter the hardware market, AL reported Wednesday. “I want us to continue to do great work for our customers,” he told AL’s Lucy Berry in a discussion of his priorities and goals for Dynetics. “Maintaining the way we do business and […] More

  • David Donatelli Joins Oracle as Converged Infrastructure Executive VP; Mark Hurd Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    David Donatelli Joins Oracle as Converged Infrastructure Executive VP; Mark Hurd Comments

    David Donatelli, formerly executive vice president and general manager of the enterprise group at Hewlett-Packard, has joined Oracle as EVP of the company’s converged infrastructure division. He will report directly to Oracle CEO Mark Hurd and will oversee the firm’s server, tape, networking, storage, engineered systems and hybrid cloud-based hardware platforms, the company said Thursday. Oracle CEO […] More

  • Oracle Introduces New Virtual Compute Appliance; Wim Coekaerts Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oracle Introduces New Virtual Compute Appliance; Wim Coekaerts Comments

    Oracle has unveiled a new integrated infrastructure product that will aim to consolidate data workloads into tolerant and manageable platform for users. With the Virtual Compute Appliance, the company intends for customers to get a product that will integrate compute, network and storage infrastructure into one system, Oracle said Tuesday. According to Oracle, application and service deployment is […] More

  • ThreeWire Systems Releases White Paper on IT Asset Mgmt Offering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ThreeWire Systems Releases White Paper on IT Asset Mgmt Offering

    ThreeWire Systems has published a white paper detailing the different options and insights provided by its information technology asset management offering. The ITAM offering brings together procurement, finance and IT so that a business can better purchase, distribute and deploy its hardware and software assets. The tool builds a complete inventory of all hardware and […] More

  • Romy Olaisen: Harris to Start NOAA Satellite Part Deliveries This Year - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Romy Olaisen: Harris to Start NOAA Satellite Part Deliveries This Year

    Harris Corp. has started to deliver hardware and software systems for installation in a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite network after the equipment passed a pre-shipment review. Those systems will be used to build the ground segment for NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite – R series program, Harris said Thursday. “We have worked closely with NOAA […] More