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  • DHS Taps Kiana Analytics to Update CBP Passenger Screening Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Taps Kiana Analytics to Update CBP Passenger Screening Tech

    Kiana Analytics has been awarded a $179,800 contract by the Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate to update the passenger screening technology of the Customs and Border Protection agency. DHS said Tuesday the company will use its real-time location and analytics platforms to help CBP process more than a million travelers that arrive in the country via air, land and […] More

  • GSA Seeks Feedback on Proposed IT Schedule 70 Special Item Number for CDM Products - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Seeks Feedback on Proposed IT Schedule 70 Special Item Number for CDM Products

    The General Services Administration has asked industry to provide feedback on the new special item number for continuous diagnostics and mitigation platforms to be offered under IT Schedule 70. GSA said in a FedBizOpps notice published Wednesday the proposed SIN seeks to create a government-wide contracting platform for the continuous delivery of CDM products, develop […] More

  • General Atomics Subsidiary to Produce MQ-9 Block 5 Installation Kits for Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Subsidiary to Produce MQ-9 Block 5 Installation Kits for Air Force

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has landed a two-year, $12.3 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to fabricate installation kits for the Block 5 configuration of the service branch’s MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles. The Defense Department said Monday that GA-ASI will produce 10 each of MQ-9 Block 5 extended-range, Barrett Asymmetric Digital Datalink Computer and VORTEX installation kits. GA-ASI […] More

  • IBM-SecureKey Alliance to Create Digital Identity & Attribute Sharing Network for Consumers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM-SecureKey Alliance to Create Digital Identity & Attribute Sharing Network for Consumers

    IBM has partnered with SecureKey Technologies to develop a blockchain-based digital identity and attribute sharing network for consumers. The network will work to help consumers instantly validate their identity for services such as new bank accounts, driver’s licenses and utilities, IBM said Monday. Marie Wieck, general manager of IBM’s Blockchain service, said IBM and SecureKey work with members of Canada’s […] More

  • Applied Visions to Develop Unified Threat Mgmt System for DHS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Applied Visions to Develop Unified Threat Mgmt System for DHS

    Applied Visions has secured a $16.3 million contract to help the Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate create a unified threat management system for developers to detect potential cyber vulnerabilities in software codes. DHS said that Applied Visions and its partners will develop and integrate UTM system components such as application threat modeling, attack simulation and countermeasures modeling, hybrid […] More

  • GrammaTech to Help DHS Test, Update Software Analysis Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GrammaTech to Help DHS Test, Update Software Analysis Tools

    GrammaTech has secured an $8 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate for the creation of a repeatable methodology to test, evaluate and modernize analyze tools used to detect software vulnerabilities. DHS said the company will support the Static Tool Analysis Modernization Project that seeks to mitigate potential weaknesses in software programs before a developer  implements the platform. […] More

  • DHS Requests Info on Data Center Support Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Requests Info on Data Center Support Sources

    The Department of Homeland Security has begun to seek information on potential industry sources that can provide data center support services for the Customs and Border Protection’s office of information technology. CBP said a FedBizOpps notice published Friday the request for information for DCSS is in line with the agency’s plan to release a draft […] More

  • DHS, GSA Seek Info on Continuous Diagnostics & Mitigation Support Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS, GSA Seek Info on Continuous Diagnostics & Mitigation Support Sources

    The General Services Administration and the Department of Homeland Security have issued a request for information that seeks to identify GSA Alliant Small Business governmentwide acquisition contract holders that have potential to provide continuous diagnostics and mitigation support, Federal News Radio reported Monday. Jason Miller writes the release of the RFI comes as the CDM […] More

  • Microsoft Uses DHS-Built Visualization Software in Disease Mitigation Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Uses DHS-Built Visualization Software in Disease Mitigation Effort

    Microsoft has adopted a Department of Homeland Security-developed visualization platform to sequence mosquito DNA as part of efforts to mitigate disease. DHS said Thursday the Krona software is designed to help users analyze big data such as millions of DNA sequences in a mosquito sample. Microsoft uses Krona to analyze complex DNA in blood samples collected by mosquitoes that can serve as an early […] More

  • Esri to Offer DOE Lab Access to Spatial Analysis Tools via Enterprise Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Esri to Offer DOE Lab Access to Spatial Analysis Tools via Enterprise Agreement

    Esri is poised to sign an enterprise agreement with an Energy Department-funded laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to provide some federal research and development projects access to the company’s geographic information system. DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory can leverage a full set of ArcGIS-based spatial analysis tools and add licenses on an as-needed basis as part of the agreement with Esri, the […] More

  • DHS Seeks Counter-UAS Platforms for Tech Assessment Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Seeks Counter-UAS Platforms for Tech Assessment Program

    The Department of Homeland Security has kicked off a search for developers of counter unmanned aerial systems technologies to participate in technology assessments. DHS released a sources sought notice on FedBizOpps in efforts to engage industry, academia and government organizations to take part in the 2017 Technical Assessment of Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems Technologies in Cities program, the […] More

  • Altamira Secures Intell Community Mission System Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Altamira Secures Intell Community Mission System Support Contract

    Altamira Technologies has secured a five-year, $18 million contract to perform classified full life cycle development, engineering and sustainment work on a mission critical system that supports the U.S. intelligence community. The company said Friday the contract will expand the company’s portfolio in Chantilly, Virginia, the reach of its business in other mission areas. “This award represents a deepening relationship with one of […] More