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  • Bill Rowan: DISA Issues Security Technical Implementation Guide for VMware Mobility Mgmt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bill Rowan: DISA Issues Security Technical Implementation Guide for VMware Mobility Mgmt Platform

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has released a Security Technical Implementation Guide for the latest version of VMware’s enterprise mobility management platform. DISA’s STIG for VMware AirWatch 9.X seeks to provide cybersecurity policies and guide agencies on how to install the platform for use on Defense Department-run networks, the company said Thursday. Bill Rowan, vice president of federal sales at VMware, said […] More

  • Rockwell Collins, Nippon Form Border Security Partnership in Japan; Christopher Mackey Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins, Nippon Form Border Security Partnership in Japan; Christopher Mackey Comments

    Rockwell Collins and Nippon Automated Cargo and Port Consolidated System have inked a strategic agreement to offer border security services to Japan. The companies seek to integrate NACCS Center’s electronic processing of inbound and outbound cargo and passenger data and Rockwell Collins’ ARINC border management system in an effort to help Japanese government officials review passenger information, Rockwell Collins […] More

  • Lockheed Invests in CarteNav for ISR Product Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Invests in CarteNav for ISR Product Development

    Lockheed Martin has invested $1.4 million in CarteNav Solutions through Canada’s Industrial and Regional Benefits Investment Framework program to support the latter company’s development work on its flagship intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance product. CarteNav said Wednesday the investment covers two years of development efforts on CarteNav’s AIMS-ISR mission system software that works to deploy hosted sensing, computing and communication technologies on aircraft, vehicle […] More

  • Woolpert-RS&H JV Chosen for Army Engineers Design Support IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Woolpert-RS&H JV Chosen for Army Engineers Design Support IDIQ

    A Woolpert and RS&H joint venture has received a five-year, $9 million contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers‘ Louisville district to provide design support services for a nationwide U.S. Air Force Reserve Command construction program. Woolpert said Friday the contract covers work such as administration, education, assembly, storage, special training and other support spaces along with design […] More

  • OGSystems, Prescient to Collaborate on Location-Based Intell Platform Devt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OGSystems, Prescient to Collaborate on Location-Based Intell Platform Devt

    OGSystems has teamed up with Prescient to integrate the latter’s intelligence products and threat alerting services into the former’s BlueGlass location-based intelligence platform. BlueGlass is designed to help users obtain insights in real time through situational awareness, anomaly alerts and incident reports that might pose a threat to user operations, OGSystems said Thursday. The platform comprises remote sensing, big data and […] More

  • Leonardo-Finmeccanica Receives Radar Systems Order from China - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo-Finmeccanica Receives Radar Systems Order from China

    Leonardo-Finmeccanica will supply four new radar systems for air traffic control to China under a contract with the country’s National Instruments Import and Export Corp. Instrimpex will use the four ATCR-33S NG primary radars during flight departure and landing phases and extended terminal area surveillance, Leonardo said Wednesday. The radar system is developed based on […] More

  • General Dynamics Orders Comtech Universal Satellite Modem for Canada WGS Access - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Orders Comtech Universal Satellite Modem for Canada WGS Access

    General Dynamics’ mission systems business in Canada has placed a $1.2 million order for a Comtech Telecommunications-built universal satellite modem to support Canada’s armed forces. Comtech said Thursday its Comtech EF Data Corp. subsidiary will manufacture DMD2050E WGS-certified universal satellite modems for Canada’s Mercury Global project to connect soldiers with wideband military satellite communications. Three anchor sites located in Eastern, Central and Western Canada […] More

  • IEEE, IAEA Partner to Create Nuclear Safety Documents, Standards - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IEEE, IAEA Partner to Create Nuclear Safety Documents, Standards

    The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has partnered with the International Atomic Energy Agency to develop standards and share best practices for nuclear safety and energy. IEEE said Thursday the Practical Arrangement agreement establishes a platform for the two organizations to avoid duplication and conflicts between the groups’ technical publications. “Safety is an overriding concern in the nuclear energy field, […] More

  • Dynetics Lands Tennessee Info Security Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dynetics Lands Tennessee Info Security Services Contract

    Dynetics has been awarded a five-year, $2 million contract to provide information security assessment and consulting services for government agencies in the state of Tennessee. The company said Monday it will perform source code reviews, penetration tests and vulnerability/compliance and risk assessments under the contract with Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration. Work will also include information security program assessment, system design, data […] More

  • Express Mobility Partners to Fund, Build Interstate 66 Express Lanes in Virginia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Express Mobility Partners to Fund, Build Interstate 66 Express Lanes in Virginia

    Express Mobility Partners, a consortium of four companies, has been selected to fund, design, build and operate express lanes on Interstate 66 in northern Virginia. Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said in a news release posted Thursday the state received two bids for the I-66 Outside the Beltway project and made the selection through the state’s updated […] More

  • Harris to Update Air Force's Ground-Based Counter Comms System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Update Air Force’s Ground-Based Counter Comms System

    Harris has been awarded a potential $53.1 million contract to update a ground-based counter communication system for the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Thursday that Harris’ space and intelligence systems business will convert Block 10.1 systems to the Block 10.2 configuration, deliver the upgraded systems along with depot spares and conduct engineering studies. The company will perform work in Palm […] More

  • NASA Puts Webb Telescope’s Primary Mirror Through 1st 'Center of Curvature' Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Puts Webb Telescope’s Primary Mirror Through 1st ‘Center of Curvature’ Test

    Engineers have completed the first “Center of Curvature” test on the primary mirror of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in order to measure the shape of the mirror before the telescope goes through a series of launch environment tests. NASA engineers collaborated with technicians from Ball Aerospace & Technologies and the Space Telescope Science Institute to conduct […] More