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  • EmeSec to Offer Training and Education Package to Help Clients Meet Controlled Unclassified Information Readiness - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    EmeSec to Offer Training and Education Package to Help Clients Meet Controlled Unclassified Information Readiness

    EmeSec has unveiled a new suite of training services established to help companies prepare for the compliance requirements of the Federal Acquisition Requirements and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations related to controlled but unclassified information. The company said Wednesday it will help government and private contractors assess CUI readiness, validate compliance to requirements mentioned on a National Institute of […] More

  • Mikros Systems to Support Maintenance of 8 LCS Under 5-Year Navy IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mikros Systems to Support Maintenance of 8 LCS Under 5-Year Navy IDIQ

    Mikros Systems will provide logistics and future development support to the U.S. Navy as part of a potential $48 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract the company received for the delivery of its condition-based maintenance system. The Adaptive Diagnostic Electronic Portable Test Distance Support Sensor Suite will work to support the first eight of the Navy’s 28 littoral combat ships, Mikros said Tuesday. The Navy will announce work […] More

  • Crest to Take Over NSA's Incident Response Assistance Accreditation Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Crest to Take Over NSA’s Incident Response Assistance Accreditation Program

    U.K.-based technical information security accreditation and certification body Crest will assume responsibility for the operation of the National Security Agency‘s Cyber Incident Response Assistance accreditation program under a memorandum of understanding with NSA. Crest said Tuesday it will collaborate with NSA’s Information Assurance Directorate to expand the CIRA program and maintain the integrity of the strict accreditation process. “The Crest relationship […] More

  • Navy Submarine Launches Lockheed-Built Ballistic Missile to Certify Crew, Weapon System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Submarine Launches Lockheed-Built Ballistic Missile to Certify Crew, Weapon System

    A U.S. Navy submarine has launched a Lockheed Martin-built unarmed ballistic missile unit in the Atlantic Ocean for a flight test in August as part of a demonstration and shakedown operation. Lockheed said Tuesday the Trident II D5 fleet ballistic missile flight test during DASO-27 worked to certify the USS Maryland submarine’s crew and weapon system to perform strategic outload and patrol. […] More

  • HII Newport News Continues Work on Navy's USS John F. Kennedy Carrier - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HII Newport News Continues Work on Navy’s USS John F. Kennedy Carrier

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division continues its work on a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier for the U.S. Navy with the placement of a 900-ton superlift into dry dock. HII said Monday work on the USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) is on track with the launch date slated for 2020 and delivery to the service branch in 2022 […] More

  • CGI to Continue Maine ERP Platform Support; Daniel Keene Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI to Continue Maine ERP Platform Support; Daniel Keene Comments

    CGI has secured a $39 million contract that extends the company’s enterprise resource planning system support services for Maine’s Office of the State Controller through 2026. The company said Tuesday it will continue to provide managed services and platforms designed to secure cloud computing systems, update financial management tools and simplify case workflow for 139 agencies across the state. […] More

  • Accenture's Cloud-Based ERP Platform Gains FedRAMP Approval; David Moskovitz Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture’s Cloud-Based ERP Platform Gains FedRAMP Approval; David Moskovitz Comments

    Accenture has obtained Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification for a cloud-based enterprise resource planning system designed for government customers. The company said Tuesday it helped the National Science Foundation implement and migrate NSF’s new financial system to Accenture’s Federal Cloud ERP platform. David Moskovitz, chief executive of Accenture’s federal services business, said the FedRAMP certification will help the company to […] More

  • OPM Taps 4 Companies to Support Federal Background Investigations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OPM Taps 4 Companies to Support Federal Background Investigations

    The Office of Personnel Management has chosen four companies to support employee background investigations of OPM’s current Federal Investigative Services organization and new National Background Investigations Bureau, which is scheduled to be operational in the first week of October. CACI‘s Premier Technology subsidiary, CSRA, Key Point Government Solutions and Securitas Critical Infrastructure Services submitted bids and won separate five-year […] More

  • MSi Secures Third Financing for Expansion and Patent-Pending Control Systems Protection Platform Dev't - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MSi Secures Third Financing for Expansion and Patent-Pending Control Systems Protection Platform Dev’t

    Mission Secure Inc. has closed a third round of financing that will be used to help the company’s expansion plans and support the development of a patent-pending platform. MSi said Thursday the funds will help the development of the Secure Sentinel Platform, designed to protect control systems and monitored processes from cyber attacks. “As security issues around defense and […] More

  • Inmarsat, L-3 Field Test Satellite Systems at NORAD, USNORTHCOM Exercise in Alaska - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat, L-3 Field Test Satellite Systems at NORAD, USNORTHCOM Exercise in Alaska

    Inmarsat‘s satellite system was field tested on a North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command exercise in Alaska that also involved the company’s value added reseller partner L-3‘s global communications solutions business unit. Inmarsat said Monday the test involved L-3 GCS’ Panther II, Cheetah II and Hawkeye III VSAT systems which were tested on the Global […] More

  • Navy Taps ICF to Assess Potential Infrastructure Risks at US Military Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps ICF to Assess Potential Infrastructure Risks at US Military Facilities

    The U.S. Navy has awarded a potential five-year, $34 million contract to ICF International to help the Defense Department identify strategies to increase the resiliency of DoD assets as well as examine potential risks to infrastructure at various U.S. military installations worldwide. ICF said Tuesday it will perform risk assessments on physical and cyber systems at DoD facilities globally, conduct studies on the resilience […] More

  • Kratos Unveils SpectralNet 1.2 Update Designed to Provide Automated Site Diversity Functions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Unveils SpectralNet 1.2 Update Designed to Provide Automated Site Diversity Functions

    Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has launched an update on its network interaction analysis tool that adds automated site diversity functionality to help satellite and network operators locate backup antennas and switch between antennas without affecting a network’s quality of service. Kratos said Wednesday SpectralNet 1.2 digitizes radio frequency signals for packetized transport over internet protocol networks to preserve frequency […] More