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  • Lookout Releases DHS-Funded Mobile Security Platform; Vincent Sritapan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lookout Releases DHS-Funded Mobile Security Platform; Vincent Sritapan Comments

    The Department of Homeland Security has announced the availability of a technology platform Lookout developed to help secure mobile devices against phishing attacks. DHS said Thursday it partly funded the development of Lookout’s Mobile Endpoint Security system, designed to help users block attempts to deliver malware or steal credentials in virtual messages and applications. Vincent Sritapan, program manager for mobile […] More

  • H.R. McMaster to Return to Hoover Institution as Senior Fellow - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    H.R. McMaster to Return to Hoover Institution as Senior Fellow

    H.R. McMaster, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general and former national security adviser, will return to Stanford University’s Hoover Institution in September as a Fouad and Michelle Ajami senior fellow. McMaster, who previously taught at the institution as a National Security Affairs Fellow from 2002 to 2003 and as a Visiting Fellow from 2003 to […] More

  • Four Firms Secure Winning Spot in Final ThunderDrone Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Four Firms Secure Winning Spot in Final ThunderDrone Competition

    Four companies have booked winning berths in a three-day prototyping competition held in June that sought technologies that could thwart enemy unmanned aerial systems, the National Defense Magazine reported. The U.S. Special Operations Command organized the event called Game of Drones, which is the third and final installment of the ThunderDrone competition. The winning counter-UAS prototype […] More

  • AT&T Launches Third-Party Distribution Program for FirstNet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T Launches Third-Party Distribution Program for FirstNet

    AT&T has launched a program that allows selected dealers of public safety systems to promote and sell the FirstNet communications platform to their fellow providers. The Texas-based company said Wednesday it developed the FirstNet Dealer Program to reach agencies that prefer to purchase FirstNet services through a dealer, as well as filter providers that can […] More

  • General Dynamics, NASA Install Equipment to Update Space Network Ground System; Manny Mora Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics, NASA Install Equipment to Update Space Network Ground System; Manny Mora Comments

    General Dynamics’ mission systems business has helped NASA install equipment needed to modernize the agency’s Space Network ground terminals at the White Sands Complex in New Mexico. The company said Wednesday it completed the Space Network and Ground Segment Sustainment program’s installation and initial checkout phase meant to prepare the terminals for a communications test slated to occur […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls, Virginia Partner for Naval Shipbuilding Workforce Expansion Initiative; Jennifer Boykin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls, Virginia Partner for Naval Shipbuilding Workforce Expansion Initiative; Jennifer Boykin Comments

    The Commonwealth of Virginia has partnered with Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division in efforts to recruit up to 7,000 shipbuilders over the next five years. HII said Tuesday it will coordinate with several state agencies and regional community colleges to facilitate hiring of new workers who can help build Ford-class aircraft carriers, Virginia-class submarines and Columbia-class […] More

  • Report: 2019 ANTX Will Focus on Human-Machine Interaction in Maritime Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: 2019 ANTX Will Focus on Human-Machine Interaction in Maritime Operations

    The U.S. Navy‘s 2018 Advanced Naval Technology Exercise will explore the potential of autonomous underwater systems for human-machine interaction, USNI News reported Tuesday. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport in Rhode Island will facilitate the event and enable participants to showcase their unmanned systems, as well as help the Navy assess technological potentials in artificial intelligence, […] More

  • Northrop Expands Aerospace Tech Production Hub in Mississippi; Kevin Mitchell Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Expands Aerospace Tech Production Hub in Mississippi; Kevin Mitchell Comments

    Northrop Grumman has added an operational area to its Moss Point, Miss.-based manufacturing hub for fixed- and rotary-wing autonomous platforms. The company said Monday the expanded production facility can now accommodate projects on manned aircraft systems and will bring new jobs to the region. Kevin Mitchell, vice president of global operations at Northrop’s aerospace systems sector, said […] More

  • Labor Department Seeks Technologies to Prevent Mining Accidents; Dave Zatezalo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Labor Department Seeks Technologies to Prevent Mining Accidents; Dave Zatezalo Comments

    The Labor Department’s Mine Safety and Health Administration has requested information on systems that could help gradually prevent mishaps involving mobile surface and underground mining equipment. The DOL said Monday its request for information is part of an effort to provide safer working conditions for miners in the U.S., as well as to gradually reduce […] More

  • Army Seeks Industry Designs for Future Reconnaissance Helicopter Prototypes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Seeks Industry Designs for Future Reconnaissance Helicopter Prototypes

    The U.S. Army has issued a draft solicitation for industry designs and development plans for the service’s future attack reconnaissance helicopter prototypes scheduled for launch in 2023, Defense News reported Saturday. The Army stated in its solicitation that it is seeking an optionally manned rotorcraft with reduced cognitive workload, increased operational tempo and advanced teaming […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne to Continue Rocket Engine Development for Air Force EELV Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne to Continue Rocket Engine Development for Air Force EELV Program

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has received a $69.8 million modification under the company’s “other transaction” agreement with the U.S. Air Force to produce engines for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program. The Defense Department said Friday it expects the engine manufacturer to complete work on the AR1 booster engine on Dec. 31, 2019, and the RL10CX upper stage […] More

  • ICF Receives $50M Air Force Cyber Support Order; Randy James Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF Receives $50M Air Force Cyber Support Order; Randy James Comments

    ICF has secured a potential $50 million task order to provide enterprisewide technical, programmatic and advisory services for the U.S. Air Force‘s cyber function realignment effort. The company said Thursday it will help transition the service branch’s primary cyberspace responsibilities from the Air Force Space Command to the Air Combat Command as part of the task order […] More