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  • BAE Named Among ‘Top Workplaces’ in Utah; Pete Trainer Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Named Among ‘Top Workplaces’ in Utah; Pete Trainer Quoted

    BAE Systems has been selected for The Salt Lake Tribune’s 2018 list of “top workplaces” in the state of Utah, based on results from anonymous employee surveys. “This is an outstanding honor that can only be earned after being critiqued by the toughest, and most meaningful, critics – our own employees,” Pete Trainer, vice president […] More

  • BayFirst to Help DOT Develop Business Intell, Data Modeling Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BayFirst to Help DOT Develop Business Intell, Data Modeling Tools

    BayFirst Solutions has secured a task order to help the Transportation Department create data modeling and business intelligence prototypes for the department’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. The company said Monday it will support PHMSA in efforts to develop tools intended to determine patterns, generate forecasts to identify areas for improvement in the office’s current functions. Work […] More

  • General Dynamics’ Seth Abrams: IT System Owners Must Evolve Cyber Defenses - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics’ Seth Abrams: IT System Owners Must Evolve Cyber Defenses

    Seth Abrams, federal civilian cyber manager at General Dynamics’ information technology business, has recommended methods and tools for IT system operators to keep up with the changing cybersecurity landscape and stay ahead of potential risks. He wrote in a blog entry posted Friday a “zero trust” approach can help government agencies avoid exploits that attempt to manipulate […] More

  • Kratos Unveils Oklahoma Facility for Tactical UAS, Target Drone Production - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Unveils Oklahoma Facility for Tactical UAS, Target Drone Production

    Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has opened a facility at the Will Rogers Business Park in Oklahoma City to manufacture unmanned aerial and target drone systems designed for military use. Kratos said Friday it seeks to address current and projected demand for the company’s jet-powered Tactical UAS and MQM-178 Firejet threat representation platforms through the new 100K-square-foot […] More

  • AM General Invests in Artillery Tech Firm Mandus - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AM General Invests in Artillery Tech Firm Mandus

    AM General has invested in Rock Island, Ill.-based artillery products and support services provider Mandus Group in a move accelerate the delivery of vehicle-mounted weapons systems to the U.S. Army. AM General said Thursday it aims to expand its integrated mission systems portfolio and  leverage manufacturing and technology platforms centered in the state’s Quad Cities region through the partnership with Mandus. […] More

  • Tom Longstaff Named CTO of Carnegie Mellon’s Software Engineering Institute - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tom Longstaff Named CTO of Carnegie Mellon’s Software Engineering Institute

    Tom Longstaff, formerly a program manager and principal cybersecurity strategist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory’s asymmetric operations sector, has returned to Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute as chief technology officer. He will be responsible for formulating a technical strategy and overseeing an SEI-funded research program based on technology, industry and government trends, the institute said […] More

  • General Dynamics Demos Nano Mobile Encryptor for Tactical Communications - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Demos Nano Mobile Encryptor for Tactical Communications

    General Dynamics’ mission systems business has unveiled a small encryption technology built to help military customers secure video, data and voice communications. TACLANE-Nano is designed for mobile users and has passed live traffic such as streaming videos in real time with other high-assurance internet protocol encryptors, General Dynamics said Wednesday. The small form-factor device works to integrate with flyaway […] More

  • DOT Releases Transport Safety Data System RFI - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOT Releases Transport Safety Data System RFI

    The Transportation Department has issued a request for information on potential industry sources of technology platforms that can work to integrate, analyze and visualize safety-related data on multimodal surface transportation. DOT said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday it will collect public comments in an effort to determine whether and how to advance data systems and analysis the department needs to […] More

  • Raytheon's Barbara Borgonovi Calls for New Talent Mgmt Approach to Address STEM Employment Gap - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon’s Barbara Borgonovi Calls for New Talent Mgmt Approach to Address STEM Employment Gap

    A Raytheon vice president has urged defense companies and agencies to modify their approaches to recruit, identify and retain employees who possess science, technology, engineering and math skills, Signal Magazine reported Wednesday. “For years, we’ve heard about the challenge that we don’t have enough college students that are going to study … STEM,” said Barbara […] More

  • CGI Helps USAID Adopt Hybrid Cloud IT Infrastructure - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI Helps USAID Adopt Hybrid Cloud IT Infrastructure

    CGI has helped the U.S. Agency for International Development transition USDA’s information technology infrastructure to a hybrid cloud computing environment in an effort to comply with the White House’s Federal Cloud First Policy. The company said Tuesday used its Unify360 suite of IT management tools and services to migrate more than 900 agency physical and virtual servers into the […] More

  • Cisco Public Sector CTO Dan Kent Predicts Increase in Cloud-Based Data Migration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco Public Sector CTO Dan Kent Predicts Increase in Cloud-Based Data Migration

    Dan Kent, chief technology officer of Cisco‘s public sector business, has estimated that organizations will migrate 75 percent of data into cloud infrastructure over time, Federal Times reported Saturday. Kent said at federal cloud event held Wednesday he predicts cloud providers will look to help government customers transfer multipurpose information technology applications. “You’re not going to find […] More

  • Northrop Wins Contract to Build, Sustain 'Unified Platform' for US Military Cyber Ops - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Wins Contract to Build, Sustain ‘Unified Platform’ for US Military Cyber Ops

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a potential three-year, $54.6M contract to continue development work on a joint cybersecurity system for military services. Northrop will also integrate, field and sustain the Unified Platform as its systems coordinator, the Defense Department said Friday. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center received six offers for the labor hour-and-cost contract […] More