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  • Unisys’ Casey Coleman: Agencies Should Pursue IT Modernization Amid Federal Hiring Freeze - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys’ Casey Coleman: Agencies Should Pursue IT Modernization Amid Federal Hiring Freeze

    Casey Coleman, vice president of the federal civilian business group at Unisys, has said the White House’s implementation of a federal hiring freeze may provide government agencies an opportunity to reassess priorities and advance information technology modernization efforts. She wrote in a Federal Times article published Monday that agencies should work to “take legacy systems and hollow them out […] More

  • NASA to Deploy Autonomous Rendezvous Tech on SpaceX-Built Cargo Spacecraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA to Deploy Autonomous Rendezvous Tech on SpaceX-Built Cargo Spacecraft

    NASA plans to launch a technology module with an unmanned SpaceX-built cargo spacecraft in a bid to demonstrate autonomous rendezvous in space. The Raven module will be deployed aboard Dragon spacecraft as part of SpaceX’s 10th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station, NASA said Tuesday. Raven will test technologies that could facilitate development of a relative navigation system for future NASA missions such […] More

  • SAP NS2's Mark Testoni: Education, Tech, Cooperation Key in Ransomware Mitigation Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP NS2’s Mark Testoni: Education, Tech, Cooperation Key in Ransomware Mitigation Efforts

    Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services, has said he believes public sector agencies can mitigate ransomware attacks through innovation, education and collaboration with companies. Testoni wrote in a guest post published Tuesday on GCN that data from human sources and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems must be incorporated in real time to help prevent ransomware […] More

  • Teracore Secures TSA Systems Engineering, Technical Assistance Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Teracore Secures TSA Systems Engineering, Technical Assistance Contract

    Teracore has received a $31.5 million contract to provide systems engineering and technical support to the operations and engineering division of the Transportation Security Administration‘s information technology office. The company said Tuesday the contract covers quality assurance, oversight, technical and business operations support for cloud, as-a service, data center migration and business and management activities. Luis Perez, Teracore […] More

  • Virginia Selects Magellan Health Subsidiary for Complex Care Service Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Virginia Selects Magellan Health Subsidiary for Complex Care Service Program

    A Magellan Health subsidiary has secured a contract from the Commonwealth of Virginia to support a statewide healthcare program designed for individuals with complex needs. Magellan Complete Care of Virginia is among six companies that won contracts under the state’s Commonwealth Coordinated Care Plus program, the company said Monday. The CCC Plus program falls under Medicaid’s Managed Long Term Services […] More

  • Orbital ATK's Abu Dhabi-Based Defense Venture to Co-Locate With Al Tuff International; Mike Kahn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK’s Abu Dhabi-Based Defense Venture to Co-Locate With Al Tuff International; Mike Kahn Comments

    Orbital ATK will co-locate its joint venture with Al Tuff International at the Addax Commercial Tower in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, as part of the rocket manufacturer’s regional defense market push. Both companies organized the Orbital ATK Middle East business to offer defense products and services to clients across UAE in the areas of ammunition production, precision and strike munitions, Bushmaster cannons and special […] More

  • Vectrus Awarded US Airfield Support Task Order; Chuck Prow Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vectrus Awarded US Airfield Support Task Order; Chuck Prow Comments

    A Vectrus subsidiary has received a potential $14 million task order to provide  logistics services at a U.S. Air Force installation located in Bagram, Afghanistan. Vectrus Systems Corp. will support the Bagram Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron as part of the firm-fixed-price order that was awarded through the Air Force Contract Augmentation Program IV, the company said Tuesday. “The AFCAP program supports the […] More

  • Sergio Farache: Avnet to Resell AWS Cloud Offerings to Public Sector Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sergio Farache: Avnet to Resell AWS Cloud Offerings to Public Sector Clients

    Avnet has joined Amazon Web Services’ Government Reseller Program to provide AWS cloud offerings to public sector clients. Avnet said Tuesday its technology solutions business will resell AWS cloud platforms and services to state, local government agencies and education institutions through the Avnet Cloud Marketplace. Sergio Farache, senior vice president of strategy and specialist business […] More

  • ACT I to Provide Advisory and Assistance Services to PACAF's Command Surgeon General - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ACT I to Provide Advisory and Assistance Services to PACAF’s Command Surgeon General

    Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has secured a task order to provide advisory and assistance services to the Office of the Command Surgeon General at Headquarters Pacific Air Forces. ACT I said Tuesday the order was awarded under the pool 1 category of the General Services Administration‘s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Small Business contract and covers […] More

  • BAE Seeks to Build Up Workforce as UK Launches Cybersecurity Hub - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Seeks to Build Up Workforce as UK Launches Cybersecurity Hub

    BAE Systems plans to add 80 additional cyber graduates to its workforce this year and collaborate with CyLon in a push to develop cyber capabilities in the British aerospace and defense company’s supply chain. BAE said Tuesday the move seeks to address future demand in cyber skills with the launch of the U.K. government’s National Cyber Security Center. The center […] More

  • Michael Daniel Joins Cyber Threat Alliance as President - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michael Daniel Joins Cyber Threat Alliance as President

    Michael Daniel, former White House cybersecurity coordinator, has been named president of the Cyber Threat Alliance following CTA’s incorporation as an independent nonprofit organization in January. CTA said Tuesday it expects Daniel to bring to the alliance his experience in the development of strategic cyber programs and partnerships that span across industry and the public […] More

  • ThreatConnect Unveils New Threat Intelligence Product Suite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ThreatConnect Unveils New Threat Intelligence Product Suite

    ThreatConnect has released a new set of threat intelligence products designed to help security teams identify relevant threats, protect networks and carry out measurable incident response. The company said Monday TC Complete, TC Identify, TC Manage and TC Analyze are built on the ThreatConnect Platform that works to help organizations understand adversaries, automate security operations and mitigate threats. Andy Pendergast, vice […] More