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  • Army NETCOM to Implement Plurilock Authentication Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army NETCOM to Implement Plurilock Authentication Software

    The U.S. Army‘s Network Enterprise Technology Command has selected a Plurilock Security Solutions-built cybersecurity platform to help warfighters defend against adversarial identity compromise. Plurilock said Thursday NETCOM will implement and evaluate the company’s BioTracker authentication software that works to analyze behavior patterns and verify workplace users. Ian Paterson, CEO of Plurilock, said the platform works to detect security […] More

  • SparkCognition to Help DoD's Innovation Unit Develop AI Tech for Air Force Enterprise Processes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SparkCognition to Help DoD’s Innovation Unit Develop AI Tech for Air Force Enterprise Processes

    SparkCognition has received a contract from the Defense Department‘s innovation office to provide artificial intelligence and machine learning tools to support the U.S. Air Force‘s planning, programming, budgeting and execution system. The company said Thursday it will carry out the first stage of Project Quantum to help quantitatively augment decision-making for senior officials under the contract with Defense […] More

  • Navy, SkySafe to Test Mobile Anti-Drone Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy, SkySafe to Test Mobile Anti-Drone Platform

    The U.S. Navy‘s Special Warfare Command has awarded SkySafe a $1.5 million contract to test the company’s counter-unmanned aerial systems platform, FCW reported Thursday. SkySafe CEO Grant Jordan told FCW that the company’s anti-UAS system is designed to support installation on vehicles and use early detection and radio signal jamming to protect against enemy drones. Jordan added […] More

  • DoD to Adopt Plurilock Cybersecurity Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD to Adopt Plurilock Cybersecurity Platform

    The Defense Department has selected a Plurilock-built technology platform to help secure DoD’s workplace computers from cybersecurity threats. Plurilock said Thursday that DoD will implement the BioTracker workplace continuous authentication technology the company designed for combat support missions. The Defense Innovation Unit Experimental organization will team up with Plurilock to help the department strengthen its information security through the […] More

  • Navy, DoD Vet Alan Haggerty Named Senior Adviser for Beacon Group's A&D, Govt Practice - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy, DoD Vet Alan Haggerty Named Senior Adviser for Beacon Group’s A&D, Govt Practice

    Alan Haggerty, a retired U.S. Navy captain and former deputy undersecretary of defense for international technology security, has joined The Beacon Group as senior adviser at the company’s aerospace and defense and government practice. Beacon said Wednesday that Haggerty has leadership experience in the naval technology development, system acquisition and innovation areas. “His knowledge in defense […] More

  • Sensofusion to Develop Counter-UAS Mobile System for Marine Corps - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sensofusion to Develop Counter-UAS Mobile System for Marine Corps

    The U.S. Marine Corps and the Defense Department‘s Defense Innovation Unit Experimental have awarded Sensofusion a contract to further develop a mobile platform designed to counter unmanned aircraft systems. Sensofusion said Thursday its Airfence mobile system will serve as the core of the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab’s mobile counter-UAS system as well as support Marines’ efforts to […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Facilitate Cross-Platform Data Link Comms Under DIUx Deal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Facilitate Cross-Platform Data Link Comms Under DIUx Deal

    Rockwell Collins has landed a Digitally Aided Close Air Support contract from the Defense Department‘s Defense Innovation Unit Experimental to facilitate cross-platform data link functions for mobile devices. Rockwell Collins said Tuesday it will offer an open source aggregation framework designed to support cross-platform data link communications on Android and Windows mobile devices in efforts to boost the […] More

  • DoD’s Innovation Org Taps Kratos to Integrate Sensors With UAS; Jerry Beaman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD’s Innovation Org Taps Kratos to Integrate Sensors With UAS; Jerry Beaman Comments

    A Defense Department organization has awarded Kratos Defense and Security Solutions a potential $12.6 million contract to integrate sensors with an unmanned combat aircraft system. The contract with Defense Innovation Unit Experimental would also require Kratos to demonstrate how the company’s UTAP-22 drone can perform autonomous and semi-autonomous tasks in support of fourth- and fifth-generation fighter jets, the company said […] More

  • Shield AI Chosen for Pentagon's Autonomous Tactical Airborne Prototyping Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Shield AI Chosen for Pentagon’s Autonomous Tactical Airborne Prototyping Project

    Shield AI has received a nine-month, $1 million “other transaction” agreement from the U.S. Army to develop an autonomous tactical airborne drone prototype. The Army’s Contracting Command-New Jersey awarded the OTA on behalf of  the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental and the Naval Special Warfare Command, according to a notice posted Thursday on FedBizOpps. San Diego, California-based Shield AI develops artificially intelligent robots […] More

  • Army Contest Seeks Micro-Cloud Mgmt Tech for Defensive Cyber Ops - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Contest Seeks Micro-Cloud Mgmt Tech for Defensive Cyber Ops

    The U.S. Army plans to launch a third iteration of its Cyber Innovation Challenge to identify micro-cloud management technology that can support the military branch’s cyber threat defense missions. The competition will be open to commercial and academic organizations and calls for the development of software-based prototypes that will work to manage disparate cloud computing architectures for […] More

  • DoD's Innovation Org to Host Small Biz Tech Forum in California - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD’s Innovation Org to Host Small Biz Tech Forum in California

    A Defense Department-formed organization will hold a town hall meeting on Feb. 18 to discuss funding opportunities for small businesses to research and develop national security technologies, DoD News reported Tuesday. Cheryl Pellerin writes the “Decoding DoD” forum will occur between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. at Defense Innovation Unit Experimental‘s headquarters in Mountain View, California. George Duchak, director of […] More