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  • Dell EMC’s Cameron Chehreh: Endpoint Protection Tech Key to Agencies’ Situational Awareness - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell EMC’s Cameron Chehreh: Endpoint Protection Tech Key to Agencies’ Situational Awareness

    Cameron Chehreh, chief technology officer of Dell EMC’s federal business, has said new technology platforms have emerged that work to help federal agencies build up their cyber “defensive postures” through endpoint protection, GCN reported Tuesday. Chehreh cited Dell EMC’s adoption of a technology tool in RSA’s Archer dashboards designed to detect anomalies in empirical data through risk management […] More

  • Cryptonite Unveils Moving Target Cyber Defense Tech to Protect Client Networks - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cryptonite Unveils Moving Target Cyber Defense Tech to Protect Client Networks

    Cryptonite has introduced a new moving target cyber defense technology designed to shield networks from cyber attacks and prevent potential adversary reconnaissance missions. The company said Thursday the CryptoniteNXT system was built to proactively suppress potential attacks before networks can implement traditional means to detect and remove such breaches. CryptoniteNXT, which was developed through funding […] More

  • Deloitte-Educause Report: NIST SP 800-171 Calls for Higher Education Institutions to Make Data Mgmt Changes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte-Educause Report: NIST SP 800-171 Calls for Higher Education Institutions to Make Data Mgmt Changes

    A new report by Deloitte and nonprofit organization Educause says higher education institutions that aim to maintain their federal research contracts and grants should introduce changes to their data management practices as they comply with the National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s federal data protection rules. NIST’s Special Publication 800-171 includes requirements that seek to […] More

  • Ardent Technologies Awarded DOE IT Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ardent Technologies Awarded DOE IT Support Contract

    The Energy Department has awarded Ardent Technologies a potential $4 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support information technology operations of DOE’s environmental management office. Ardent Technologies will help manage IT desktops and servers at the EM Consolidated Business Center and other facilities across the EM campus, DOE said Monday. The contract has a three-year ordering period and work also covers network infrastructure, […] More

  • CyrusOne Kicks Off Texas Data Center Construction - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CyrusOne Kicks Off Texas Data Center Construction

    CyrusOne conducted a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday morning to initiate the construction of a data center campus in Allen, Texas. The company said Tuesday the campus will consist of three data centers with more than 100 megawatts of allocated power and bring CyrusOne’s total footprint in the state to more than 1.7 million square feet. The first of three centers […] More

  • Farm Credit Administration Taps Xgility for System Devt Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Farm Credit Administration Taps Xgility for System Devt Support

    Information technology provider Xgility has received a task order from the Farm Credit Administration to perform systems development support. Xgility said Tuesday the order was issued through the General Services Administration‘s IT Schedule 70 contract vehicle. The Ashburn, Viginia-based company offers collaboration technologies and on-premise, hybrid and cloud-based IT services to government and commercial clients. Xgility has provided Microsoft services such as […] More

  • Report: Northrop to Deliver 2 Triton Drones to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Northrop to Deliver 2 Triton Drones to Navy

    Northrop Grumman is set to hand over this year two MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems to the U.S. Navy as the service intends to replace its fleet of P-3C Orion and EP-3E Aries II aircraft that work to perform maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday. The Navy will test the two Triton […] More

  • PSC States Position on Fiscal 2018 NDAA Provisions; David Berteau Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PSC States Position on Fiscal 2018 NDAA Provisions; David Berteau Comments

    The Professional Services Council has asked leaders of House and Senate Armed Services Committees to consider PSC’s position on some provisions in both chambers’ fiscal 2018 National Defense Authorization Act as conference members begin to reconcile the two versions of the bill. PSC detailed its recommendations through an Oct. 19 letter sent to heads of the congressional […] More

  • Leidos to Continue IT, Engineering Support for TSA Security Equipment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos to Continue IT, Engineering Support for TSA Security Equipment

    Leidos has secured a potential five-year, $17 million contract from the Transportation Security Administration to continue to provide engineering, management and information technology security services for transportation security equipment used at airports and TSA facilities. The company said Tuesday it will help TSA manage, redeploy and move Reduced-Size Explosives Detection Systems as well as update the agency’s current […] More

  • Poland Implements CAE, Airbus Co-Developed Simulator for C295 Transport Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Poland Implements CAE, Airbus Co-Developed Simulator for C295 Transport Aircraft

    Poland’s air force has accepted a full-flight simulator developed by CAE and Airbus Defense and Space to help train pilots of the military branch’s C295 transport aircraft fleet. C295 FFS is equipped with CAE’s True six degree-of-freedom electric motion technology, Medallion-6000 visual system and a computer-generated forces tactical environment, the company said Tuesday. The platform also features an architecture based on the […] More

  • Verizon Unveils Software-Based Wide Area Network Offering for Federal Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Verizon Unveils Software-Based Wide Area Network Offering for Federal Agencies

    Verizon‘s enterprise solutions business has launched a software-defined wide area network technology designed to help federal customers monitor internet traffic changes due to increased use of cloud and mobile platforms. The company said Tuesday it developed SD WAN for Government to support customer agencies’ efforts to modernize information technology systems. SD WAN is designed to comply with […] More

  • Northrop E-2D Aircraft Reaches Aerial Refueling Milestone - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop E-2D Aircraft Reaches Aerial Refueling Milestone

    A Northrop Grumman-built E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft equipped with an aerial refueling system completed its first in-flight fuel transfer mission in July alongside a U.S. Navy KC-130 Hercules tanker. Northrop said Tuesday pilots conducted 10 dry plugs and two wet plugs throughout the four-hour flight transferring approximately 1,700 pounds of fuel to the tactical airborne early […] More