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  • DARPA Taps Rockwell Collins to Help Secure Military Platforms with Math-Based Methods - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps Rockwell Collins to Help Secure Military Platforms with Math-Based Methods

    Rockwell Collins has received a contract to apply mathematics-based development methods in efforts to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency defend various military platforms against cyber threats and address system vulnerabilities. The company said Monday it will initially incorporate technologies developed under DARPA’s High Assurance Cyber Military Systems into U.S. Navy programs under the contract. The HACMS project aims to build cyber-physical systems that works to […] More

  • Raytheon Opens Missile Tech Warehouse on Navajo Nation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Opens Missile Tech Warehouse on Navajo Nation

    Raytheon has completed a $5 million warehouse at the company’s facility on the Navajo Nation near Farmington, New Mexico. The three-hectare warehouse is part of Raytheon’s 9.5-hectare Dine facility that was established on the Navajo Nation more than 25 years ago, the company said Monday. Taylor Lawrence, president of Raytheon’s missile systems business, said the project was supported by […] More

  • Boeing, Saab Test-Fly 2nd Joint T-X Model Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, Saab Test-Fly 2nd Joint T-X Model Aircraft

    A team comprised of Boeing and Saab has flown a second production-ready aircraft that both companies built for the U.S. Air Force‘s T-X trainer competition. Boeing said Monday its T-X aircraft model completed a one-hour flight test that demonstrated  the key features and performance of the platform. The Boeing-Saab alliance completed the first flight of an initial trainer offering for the Air Force in December. “This aircraft was built to Air Force requirements […] More

  • CenturyLink’s Glen Post: Public-Private Partnerships Key to Cybersecurity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink’s Glen Post: Public-Private Partnerships Key to Cybersecurity

    Glen Post, president and CEO of CenturyLink, told attendees of the NITEC17 conference that public-private partnerships could help advance efforts against cyber threats. “We have found that our trusted partnerships play a critical role in combating the cyber threat, since we all bring different assets, approaches and specialized knowledge to the table,” Post said during his […] More

  • BAE Launches Aircraft Threat Detection Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Launches Aircraft Threat Detection Tool

    BAE Systems has introduced a new platform designed to help aircrews detect incoming threats to aircraft and launch countermeasure defense operations against such threats. The company said Monday the 3-Dimensional Advanced Warning System suite is a modular platform built to work with the U.S. Army’s rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft and can be integrated with laser-warning tools […] More

  • Coast Guard Looks at Commercial EHR Platform Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Coast Guard Looks at Commercial EHR Platform Sources

    Interested vendors have until May 26 to respond to a U.S. Coast Guard request for information on the possibility of replacing the service branch’s paper-based health data documentation system with an electronic health records system. USCG currently explores potential industry sources of an integrated Electronic Health Record Acquisition platform that can work to secure personally identifiable information and personal health information, according to […] More

  • AECOM Subsidiary to Maintain Taiwan's F-16 Fleet Under $65M USAF Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AECOM Subsidiary to Maintain Taiwan’s F-16 Fleet Under $65M USAF Contract

    AECOM‘s URS Federal Services subsidiary has won a $65 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to maintain the Taiwanese air force’s fleet of F-16 fighter jets. The contract was issued under a foreign military sales deal and work will occur at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, through July 31, 2023, the Defense Department said Monday. The 338th Specialized Contracting Squadron […] More

  • EPAY Systems Obtains FedRAMP Certification for Human Capital Mgmt Offerings - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    EPAY Systems Obtains FedRAMP Certification for Human Capital Mgmt Offerings

    EPAY Systems has gained Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification to offer its human capital management platforms to government agencies. The company said Monday it aims to support government “Cloud First” initiatives and help federal customers manage and secure information. EPAY Systems implemented measures to reduce cyber risks as well as increase uptime and resistance to data exfiltration in the company’s products […] More

  • Lockheed-Built MUOS-5 Delivers Beyond-Line-of-Sight Comms Service to Soldiers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Built MUOS-5 Delivers Beyond-Line-of-Sight Comms Service to Soldiers

    The fifth Mobile User Objective System satellite that Lockheed Martin built for the U.S. Navy has begun to provide beyond-line-of-sight communications capability to warfighters with ultra-high frequency radios. Lockheed said Monday the Navy collaborated with the Army Forces Strategic Command to configure the UHF payload of the MUOS-5 satellite to provide UHF narrowband communications services to troops […] More

  • MacB Subsidiary Adds Cloud Deployment Feature to Cyber Defense Platform for Govt Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MacB Subsidiary Adds Cloud Deployment Feature to Cyber Defense Platform for Govt Clients

    MacAulay-Brown‘s Enlighten IT Consulting subsidiary has updated its proprietary cyber defense environment in a push to help government clients implement, manage and secure cloud-based technology. Version 2.5 of the Rapid Analytic Deployment and Management Framework provides an option for potential federal customers such as the Defense Department to deploy more than 40 open source technologies at production scale to aid their analytics development […] More

  • Former Acting OPM Chief Beth Cobert Appointed CEO of Markle Foundation’s Skillful Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Acting OPM Chief Beth Cobert Appointed CEO of Markle Foundation’s Skillful Initiative

    Beth Cobert, former acting director of the Office of Personnel Management, has been named CEO of the Markle Foundation’s Skillful program. Cobert will work with Andi Rugg, Skillful’s Colorado executive director, and Denis McDonough, former chief of staff at the White House who moved to Markle in February, to oversee Skillful’s efforts to provide employment […] More

  • Former Army, GDIT Exec Robert Wren Named IT Transformation, EA Director at MetroStar Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Army, GDIT Exec Robert Wren Named IT Transformation, EA Director at MetroStar Systems

    Robert Wren, a former chief information officer of the U.S. Army‘s medical department and a General Dynamics information technology business sub-unit, has joined MetroStar Systems as director of IT transformation and enterprise architecture. MetroStar said Tuesday the enterprise IT and healthcare technology professional will lead company efforts to address the innovation needs of commercial and federal healthcare customers. […] More