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  • Cecile Willems: Cisco Unveils New Cloud-Based Data Stream Mgmt Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cecile Willems: Cisco Unveils New Cloud-Based Data Stream Mgmt Tool

     Cisco has launched a new cloud-based tool designed to provide a centralized mechanism that will manage data streams and help cities capture, analyze and share data across organizations, sectors and residents. Cecile Willems, a director at Cisco’s global public sector business, wrote in a blog post published Wednesday, the Smart+Connected Digital Platform uses integrated smart […] More

  • Vencore to Extend GSA Public Building IT Service Support; Mac Curtis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vencore to Extend GSA Public Building IT Service Support; Mac Curtis Comments

    Vencore has landed a potential five-year, $27 million re-compete contract for continued support on the General Services Administration‘s Public Buildings Information Technology Service. Vencore said Tuesday the contract covers services such as J2EE, .NET and database work, program management, project management, applications operational and maintenance support, GSA Enterprise Quality Program standards compliance and applications development. “We […] More

  • Boeing Unveils Defense Segment Facility, Workload Consolidation Plan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Unveils Defense Segment Facility, Workload Consolidation Plan

    Boeing will consolidate facilities and move workloads across Los Angeles County, St. Louis and Huntsville, Alabama as part of a realignment within the company’s defense segment. The company said Tuesday it plans to reduce 4.5 million square feet by the end of 2020 and move positions from Kent, Washington to Tukwila while work from Huntington Beach will transfer to […] More

  • Elbit Systems Subsidiary Details New Anti-Drone, Protection & Neutralization System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Elbit Systems Subsidiary Details New Anti-Drone, Protection & Neutralization System

    An Elbit Systems subsidiary has introduced a new anti-drone, protection and neutralization system in response to what the business views as growing global demand for airspace protection platforms against hostile unmanned technologies. The company said Tuesday that its Elbit Systems EW and SIGINT Elisra business will display the ReDrone system at the Israel HLS & Cyber […] More

  • Lockheed Performs Collaborative Demo Between Optionally-Piloted Helicopters and Small UAS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Performs Collaborative Demo Between Optionally-Piloted Helicopters and Small UAS

    Lockheed Martin has carried out an demonstration on optionally-piloted helicopters to evaluate small unmanned aerial systems’ capacities to collaborate on search-and-rescue, fire extinguishing and retrieval operations. The defense contractor said Tuesday the exercise involved Kaman K-Max optionally-piloted helicopters and Sikorsky Autonomy Research Aircraft as well as Indago quadrotor and Desert Hawk 3.1 fixed-wing UAS. SARA commercial helicopters were […] More

  • IRS Taps Synack to Develop Govt, Taxpayer Data Security Model - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IRS Taps Synack to Develop Govt, Taxpayer Data Security Model

    Redwood City, California-based security company Synack has secured a $2 million contract to help the Internal Revenue Service for the development of a pioneer model to protect government and taxpayer data. The IRS awarded the sole-source contract after the agency conducted a thorough market research into the crowdsourced security market and a trial of Synack’s security testing platform, […] More

  • NIST Taps Gemalto for Digital Driver's License Pilot Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST Taps Gemalto for Digital Driver’s License Pilot Program

    Gemalto has received a two-year government grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to team up with Colorado, Idaho, Maryland and Washington D.C. on a pilot program for the development of digital driver’s licenses. Gemalto said Monday the grant requires the company to support the jurisdictions on the creation of a smartphone-based credential and the […] More

  • Eastern Shipbuilding Group Taps Northrop to Design Coast Guard Cutters' C4ISR & Machinery Control Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Eastern Shipbuilding Group Taps Northrop to Design Coast Guard Cutters’ C4ISR & Machinery Control Systems

    Northrop Grumman has secured a contract from Eastern Shipbuilding Group to design C4ISR and machinery control systems on U.S. Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutter ships for future vessels with updated weapon systems, electronics, range and endurance capacities. Northrop said Monday the design will also have a larger flight deck to accommodate aircraft operations in severe weather and new systems will […] More

  • Vormetric's Wayne Lewandowski: Cloud Encryption Gateways Can Help Agencies Address Cloud Security Issues - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vormetric’s Wayne Lewandowski: Cloud Encryption Gateways Can Help Agencies Address Cloud Security Issues

    Wayne Lewandowski, vice president of federal operations at Vormetric, has said that cloud encryption gateways can help address security concerns on the delivery of agencies’  sensitive data to third-party cloud service providers. Lewandowksi wrote in guest piece published Monday on GCN he also believes cloud encryption gateways can help drive rapid deployment of cloud technology in the government. […] More

  • FireEye, Thomson Reuters, Pillsbury Form Cyber Risk Mgmt Alliance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FireEye, Thomson Reuters, Pillsbury Form Cyber Risk Mgmt Alliance

    Thomson Reuters, FireEye and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman have forged an alliance with the goal to help corporations comply with new regulations and address risks associated with cybersecurity. FireEye said Monday the alliance will offer resources from a multi-pronged approach to cybersecurity risk and assessment and due diligence that merges legal counsel, technical assessments and managed services to aid compliance […] More

  • Northrop Grumman's Australia-Based Business Receives MRO&U Assignment from F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program Office - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Grumman’s Australia-Based Business Receives MRO&U Assignment from F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program Office

    Northrop Grumman‘s subsidiary in Australia has received an assignment from the multinational F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program office to oversee maintenance, repair, overhaul and upgrade work on the multi-role aircraft. Northrop said Friday it will offer six MRO&U services out of 10 repair technology categories that the JSF program office has assigned for the sustainment […] More

  • SOM-Turner Construction Team to Build US Naval Academy's Cyber Research Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SOM-Turner Construction Team to Build US Naval Academy’s Cyber Research Facility

    A team of comprised of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Turner Construction has been selected to design and build the U.S. Naval Academy’s academic building for cyber studies, computer science and other related disciplines. SOM said Thursday the Hopper Hall will be built to support the Naval Academy’s programs on the knowledge, study and research of cyber warfare and designed to boost  project-based […] More