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  • DHS Certifies Alion Risk Assessment Tool for Federal Facility Usage; Terri Spoonhour Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Certifies Alion Risk Assessment Tool for Federal Facility Usage; Terri Spoonhour Comments

    Alion Science and Technology has received a certification from the Department of Homeland Security’s Interagency Security Committee for the company’s risk assessment tool to use at federal facilities located outside a military base. Alion’s CounterMeasures has been approved to incorporate the DHS ISC standards for security measures and protection from insider threats, Alion said Thursday. “The […] More

  • Louis Berger to Support US Army Water Research Institute Under 5-Year IDIQ Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Louis Berger to Support US Army Water Research Institute Under 5-Year IDIQ Contract

    Louis Berger will work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers‘ Institute for Water Research to identify strategies to address water resources management challenges in the country under a potential $47 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The company said Thursday that contract covers most aspects of USACE’s Civil Works missions and extends Louis Berger’s support for the USACE IWR to more than 15 years. […] More

  • Ultimate Software Obtains Federal Certification for EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Compliance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ultimate Software Obtains Federal Certification for EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Compliance

    Ultimate Software has received certification from the Commerce Department that verifies the company’s compliance with a joint U.S.-European Union framework for data privacy protection. The company said Wednesday the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework is intended to replace the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor and requires companies to protect the personal data of Europeans. Ultimate Software also obtained the TRUSTe privacy certification that validates the company’s compliance […] More

  • Devon Engel Receives Executive Mosaic's Top General Counsel Executives Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Devon Engel Receives Executive Mosaic’s Top General Counsel Executives Award

    DEVON ENGEL VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS Devon Engel is Vice President and General Counsel of General Dynamics Mission Systems, which is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia.  With approximately 13,000 employees worldwide, Mission Systems connects users and protects their communications and information across land, sea, air, space and cyber domains. The company […] More

  • Naval Research Lab to Solicit Proposals for Shipboard Antenna R&D Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Naval Research Lab to Solicit Proposals for Shipboard Antenna R&D Program

    The Naval Research Laboratory plans to seek industry proposals for research and development of dual microwave and millimeter wave antennas with a capacity to transmit radio frequency in the 4 gigahertz to 40 gigahertz range. The R&D effort seeks to design, test, install and deliver 10 preliminary antennas as well as multiple pairs of forward and aft antennas, the U.S. Navy said in a […] More

  • Tenable to Support NIST Special Publication for Compliance Reports - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tenable to Support NIST Special Publication for Compliance Reports

    Tenable Network Security will support a National Institute of Standards and Technology special publication in an effort to aid systems integrators and non-federal organizations on reports with regards to compliance. The company said Thursday the NIST SP 800-171 offers federal contractors, service providers and non-federal organizations a capacity to continuously monitor, measure and communicate adherence to NIST’s technical […] More

  • US Coast Guard Picks Fairbanks Morse to Build Offshore Patrol Cutter Engines; Marvin Riley Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    US Coast Guard Picks Fairbanks Morse to Build Offshore Patrol Cutter Engines; Marvin Riley Comments

    The U.S. Coast Guard has selected Fairbanks Morse to produce diesel propulsion engines for the military branch’s offshore patrol cutter that is scheduled for sea deployment in 2021. Fairbanks Morse said Wednesday it will build FM-MAN 16V 28/33D diesel engines for the first OPC vessel that Eastern Shipbuilding Group will build for the Coast Guard. The 360-foot-long cutter will be built to provide a capability […] More

  • Report: Poland Seeks to Increase Spending on Space Sector Through New Strategy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Poland Seeks to Increase Spending on Space Sector Through New Strategy

    Poland has released a document that provides information on the country’s initial strategy to develop the space industry and related programs, Space News reported Wednesday. Jaroslaw Adamowski writes the space strategy aims to increase the Polish government’s spending on the space sector, develop the country’s first satellite and create a new economic model that would depend on […] More

  • Air Force Taps TEGAM for Updated RF Power Standards - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps TEGAM for Updated RF Power Standards

    TEGAM has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide radio-frequency power measurement technology to update RF power sensor calibators that the service branch’s precision metrology and electronics laboratories currently use. TEGAM said Wednesday it will provide 48 Model 2505A RF power standards for the 6 kilohertz to 18 gigahertz frequency that will each replace two legacy RF power […] More

  • Engility Lands Navy Tactical Afloat Network Support Extension; Lynn Dugle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility Lands Navy Tactical Afloat Network Support Extension; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Engility will provide software and networking support to the U.S. Navy‘s tactical afloat network under an 18-month, $16 million task order extension from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Atlantic. The company said Thursday it will help the service branch manage data, transport, voice and video services, systems and cybersecurity of the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services program. Engility will also […] More

  • Vecna Receives DoD Accreditation for Patient Check-In System; Bill Donnell Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vecna Receives DoD Accreditation for Patient Check-In System; Bill Donnell Comments

    Vecna has received a Defense Department accreditation and authorization to operate the company’s patient self-service check-in system on the DoD network. The DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process and ATO from the Defense Health Agency serve to clear Vecna’s system for DoD use with the department’s electronic health record and dental application, the company said Tuesday. The self-service […] More

  • Josh Walden: Intel Unveils Commercial Drone System for North American Markets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Josh Walden: Intel Unveils Commercial Drone System for North American Markets

    Intel has rolled out a commercial-grade unmanned aerial vehicle system for North American markets during the 2016 INTERGEO drone conference in Hamburg, Germany. Josh Walden, senior vice president and general manager of Intel’s new technology group, wrote in an editorial published Tuesday that the Intel Falcon 8+ system consists of the company’s Falcon 8+ UAV, Cockpit mobile ground station and Powerpack battery. He added the drone is also […] More