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  • Northrop Completes BACN-Equipped Global Hawk for AF; George Guerra Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Completes BACN-Equipped Global Hawk for AF; George Guerra Comments

    Northrop Grumman has delivered an updated Global Hawk drone equipped with the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node to the Air Force, the company announced Tuesday. According to the company, the BACN is designed to bridge and extends voice communications and information sharing from several sources using a suite of computers and radio systems. “By pairing BACN […] More

  • Howard Schmidt Calls for Cyber Info Sharing Exec Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Howard Schmidt Calls for Cyber Info Sharing Exec Order

    Former White House cybersecurity chief Howard Schmidt said President Barack Obama should issue an executive order on securing computer networks as soon as possible, National Journal reports. That order, Schmidt said, should call for increased information sharing between the public and private sector and ensure agencies follow cybersecurity standards for procurement and contracting. According to […] More

  • NIST Accepting Comments on BIOS Server Security - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST Accepting Comments on BIOS Server Security

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology wants public input on a draft version of guidelines for securing servers. The agency said the servers run Basic Input/Output System software, which it says the first major program to run when one of its computers starts up. Areas NIST wants input on include securing BIOS update processes, […] More

  • Report: NSA Computers Calling Shots on Policy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: NSA Computers Calling Shots on Policy

    In an interview with Nextgov, National Security Agency Compliance Director John DeLong said computers autonomously make many legal and policy decisions for intercepting public communications. DeLong told writer Aliya Sternstein agents have limited time to observe the increasing number of messages and data patterns to analyze, with automated systems filling in that time gap. However, […] More

  • Intelligent Decisions Wins Commerce Dept. Computer Contract for Inventory Monitoring - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intelligent Decisions Wins Commerce Dept. Computer Contract for Inventory Monitoring

    Intelligent Decisions has won a Commerce Department contract to provide the department with computers, the Commerce department announced Thursday. Acting Commerce Deputy Secretary Rebecca Blank said Intelligent Decisions will monitor computer inventory and load custom images onto computers. Intelligent Decisions sells Dell-manufactured products. By awarding this contract to Intelligent Decisions, Blank said the department will increase […] More

  • Serco Named Prime on $34M SPAWAR IDIQ for C4I Engineering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Serco Named Prime on $34M SPAWAR IDIQ for C4I Engineering

    Serco Inc. has been awarded a prime position on a potential $34 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with the U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. The company will compete with eight other firms to provide engineering, testing and support services through the complete lifecycle of command, control, communications, computers and intelligence (C4I) programs. Serco said […] More

  • Northrop Team Delivers USO Vision, Strategy by Modernizing Computer, Phone Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Team Delivers USO Vision, Strategy by Modernizing Computer, Phone Services

    A Northrop Grumman team has donated hardware, software and technical expertise to upgrade the computer and phone services at USO locations in downtown San Diego, Calif., and at San Diego International Airport. “We’re extremely grateful to Northrop Grumman and its team for modernizing our computer and phone services,” said John Dooley, president and CEO of USO San Diego. “Thanks to their […] More

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