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  • NASA, Industry Partners Resume Vibration Tests on James Webb Space Telescope - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Industry Partners Resume Vibration Tests on James Webb Space Telescope

    NASA has restarted vibration tests on the James Webb Space Telescope after demonstrations shut down early on Dec. 3, 2016, due to sensor readings that went beyond predicted levels. The space agency said Wednesday an investigation revealed that the incident was caused by small motions of launch restraint mechanisms that keep one of JWST’s mirror wings folded-up. “Now […] More

  • Unisys Introduces Cyber Wargaming Services for Public, Private Sector Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys Introduces Cyber Wargaming Services for Public, Private Sector Clients

    Unisys has launched a set of cyber resilience services intended to help government and commercial clients develop threat management policies and procedures through simulation. The company said Wednesday its new service offering incorporates the Defense Department‘s cyber wargaming methodology and standards established by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. John Bone, ‎global director of wargaming and exercises at Unisys, leads the […] More

  • Raytheon Tests James Webb Telescope's Flight Operations System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Tests James Webb Telescope’s Flight Operations System

    Raytheon has conducted factory acceptance tests on a flight operations system for NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope. The tests occurred at Raytheon’s Aurora, Colorado-based facility and aimed to verify 800 requirements on JWST’s ground control system, the company said Wednesday. Raytheon built the space observatory’s ground control system on the campus of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, under a contract […] More

  • BAE, O2 Partner to Offer 'Device-to-Cloud' Security Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE, O2 Partner to Offer ‘Device-to-Cloud’ Security Service

    BAE Systems and digital communications firm O2 have partnered to offer a managed  security service for enterprise clients to protect internet-enabled devices against cyber threats. The device-to-cloud cybersecurity offering is designed to support customers’ network and processes as a stand-alone platform or in combination with the O2 Gateway integrated network, BAE said Tuesday. O2 Gateway works to integrate mobile, fixed and Wi-Fi […] More

  • Galois Seeks Submissions to DARPA-Sponsored Software Reverse Engineering Prevention Challenges - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Galois Seeks Submissions to DARPA-Sponsored Software Reverse Engineering Prevention Challenges

    Galois seeks submissions to two benchmark challenges that work to support the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s efforts to prevent software reverse engineering. Submissions should describe existing theories or new approaches to identify security vulnerabilities in program obfuscation technology, Galois said Monday. One challenge focuses on order-revealing encryption while the other targets point-function obfuscation, with both security […] More

  • N&C Unveils IBM Watson-Based Regulatory Analytics Platform; Andras Szakal Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    N&C Unveils IBM Watson-Based Regulatory Analytics Platform; Andras Szakal Comments

    N&C has launched an analytics platform intended to help public and private organizations analyze regulatory documents from the Federal Register. Regendus is based on the natural language processing platform of IBM‘s Watson cognitive computing system, N&C said Monday. IBM helped build the Regendus prototype as N&C’s technology partner and the platform was further developed through collaborations with the White House and 23 […] More

  • DCS to Support Navy Air Vehicle Test & Evaluation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DCS to Support Navy Air Vehicle Test & Evaluation

    DCS Corp. has won a one-year, $10.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide a range of technical services to the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s air vehicle test and evaluation division. The Defense Department said Tuesday the contract covers up to 166,848 man-hours of test engineering, test support, ground and flight test conduct, test […] More

  • Boeing-Built ABS Communications Satellite Begins Commercial Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing-Built ABS Communications Satellite Begins Commercial Service

    A communications satellite that Boeing built for ABS has begun to provide services to customers in Africa, Middle East, Russia and Asia. Boeing said Monday ABS-2A is the second all-electric propulsion satellite that the company delivered to ABS following the launch of ABS-3A in 2015. “We have completed our three-satellite build investment in launching three satellites in three consecutive years, […] More

  • Specmat Technologies Wins Air Force Contract to Deliver Personnel Locator Beacons - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Specmat Technologies Wins Air Force Contract to Deliver Personnel Locator Beacons

    Specmat Technologies has won a potential $22.3 contract to supply personnel locator beacons to the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Monday the military branch will use the beacons to help locate downed aircrew after ejection or bailout. Work will occur in Rockford, Tennessee through July 31, 2018. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center received three proposals […] More

  • AAR to Supply NATO Storage & Shipping Containers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AAR to Supply NATO Storage & Shipping Containers

    AAR has secured a potential five-year, $12.6 million contract to provide storage and shipping containers, shelters, air cargo pallets and accessories to NATO. The company said Monday the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract serves as a tool for NATO countries and allies to procure AAR’s rapid deployment products. Jeffery Jackson, vice president of sales and marketing at AAR’s mobility systems business, said […] More

  • SafeNet Assured Technologies Unveils Cryptographic Key Mgmt Tool for Govt Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SafeNet Assured Technologies Unveils Cryptographic Key Mgmt Tool for Govt Customers

    SafeNet Assured Technologies has launched a technology platform intended to help U.S. government customers manage cryptographic keys in physical, virtual or public cloud environments. The data security company said Monday its KeySecure for Government platform works to consolidate cryptographic keys from multiple third-party encryption platforms. “Encrypted data is only as secure as the system managing the cryptographic keys generated by the encryption process,” said […] More