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  • DHS Seeks Industry Info on Updated Cyber Research Infrastructure - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Seeks Industry Info on Updated Cyber Research Infrastructure

    The Department of Homeland Security has posted a request for information in search for a new infrastructure for efforts to help meet future cyber research and experimentation requirements. A notice posted Wednesday on FedBizOpps stated the RFI is based on a 2015 National Science Foundation-funded report that called for new research infrastructure that could help develop and deploy future cybersecurity technologies. DHS is interested in […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL Gets DHS Under Secretary’s Award for Datacasting Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Johns Hopkins APL Gets DHS Under Secretary’s Award for Datacasting Program

    The Department of Homeland Security has awarded the 2016 Under Secretary’s Award to a team from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory’s asymmetric operations sector in recognition of its work on the datacasting program for first responders. John Contestabile, program lead at Johns Hopkins APL’s homeland protection mission area, accepted the award from DHS’ science and […] More

  • Imperva Firewalls Included in DHS Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program BPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Imperva Firewalls Included in DHS Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program BPA

    Two Imperva SecureSphere firewalls will be available to federal agencies through the Department of Homeland Security‘s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Tools/Continuous Monitoring as a Service blanket purchase agreement. Imperva said Tuesday federal agencies can use its SecureSphere Database Firewall and SecureSphere Web Application Firewall in efforts to identify cybersecurity risks, prioritize risks based on potential effect and help cybersecurity […] More

  • Ensco-PositiveID Team Selected for Phase 2 of DHS' Biothreat Detection Tech Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ensco-PositiveID Team Selected for Phase 2 of DHS’ Biothreat Detection Tech Program

    Ensco and PositiveID will collaborate to produce a biothreat detection system for the Department of Homeland Security under the second phase of DHS’ SenseNet Program. PositiveID said Monday it will provide the company’s Firefly Dx automated threat detector while Ensco will perform system integration and decision support services under the program. The Interior Department awarded the Phase II contract to the team on behalf of DHS. William […] More

  • Sevatec Opens New Office in Virginia in Push to Support DHS Component Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sevatec Opens New Office in Virginia in Push to Support DHS Component Agencies

    Sevatec has opened a new office in Crystal City in Arlington County, Virginia, in an effort to deliver information technology services to Department of Homeland Security operational and support components. The new office’s project delivery teams support the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Joint Engineering Teams-Sustainment contract and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement‘s Student Exchange and Visitor Program contract for optional practical training […] More

  • Ensco to Develop Environmental Health Hazard Sensor for DHS; Boris Nejikovsky Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ensco to Develop Environmental Health Hazard Sensor for DHS; Boris Nejikovsky Comments

    Ensco Inc. has been awarded a two-year, $4 million contract by the Department of Homeland Security to develop an integrated sensor system for the detection of biological and environmental health hazards in buildings. The company said Thursday it aims to build, test and integrate a tiered aerosol detection system with dedicated environmental monitoring sensors and emerging commercial sensors under the second phase […] More

  • DHS, DoD & NSF to Hold Cybersecurity Workshop for Small Businesses - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS, DoD & NSF to Hold Cybersecurity Workshop for Small Businesses

    The Defense Department, Department of Homeland Security and the National Science Foundation will hold a cybersecurity-focused workshop for small business awardees of the Small Business Innovation Research program. DHS said Monday the 2016 Government Cyber Security SBIR Workshop will allow active Phase II and III SBIR participants to feature their new research and offerings as well as partner […] More

  • DARPA Demos Radiation Detection Tools Network Under SIGMA Program; Vincent Tang Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Demos Radiation Detection Tools Network Under SIGMA Program; Vincent Tang Comments

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has conducted a demonstration to test a network of more than 100 mobile tools designed to detect radioactive materials as part of the SIGMA program. DARPA said Tuesday the pocket-sized detectors developed through the SIGMA program worked to detect the intensity and location of radiation sources during the one-month […] More

  • ManTech to Help CBP Build Data Aggregation Tool; Daniel Keefe Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech to Help CBP Build Data Aggregation Tool; Daniel Keefe Comments

    ManTech International has secured a potential three-year, $24 million task order from the Department of Homeland Security to prototype a joint service-oriented architecture for use in border security operations. The company said Tuesday it will develop the tool to help DHS’ Customs and Border Protection personnel integrate operational data and gain situational awareness in real time. Daniel Keefe, president and chief […] More

  • DHS Taps JGW International, Reamda to Develop EOD Robot Operator Control Unit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Taps JGW International, Reamda to Develop EOD Robot Operator Control Unit

    The Department of Homeland Security has awarded a $422,330 contract to JGW International to produce a universal operator control unit for four explosive ordnance disposal robotic platforms. DHS’ science and technology directorate will collaborate with JGW International and its  partner Reamda to create a system that will work to help bomb technicians operate multiple robotic platforms using a single standardized control unit console, the […] More

  • Applied Research Associates to Help DHS Build Roadway Safety Tech for First Responders - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Applied Research Associates to Help DHS Build Roadway Safety Tech for First Responders

    The Department of Homeland Security has awarded Applied Research Associates a two-month, $648,880 contract to develop a technology that would help increase first responders’ safety awareness during roadway operations. ARA and DHS’ science and technology directorate will collaborate to produce a two-pronged approach to minimize the risk of vehicles hitting emergency personnel when they respond to road incidents, the department said Friday. The approach seeks to reduce distraction, glare or […] More

  • DHS Taps DynCorp Subsidiary for Elicitation, Deception Detection Training Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Taps DynCorp Subsidiary for Elicitation, Deception Detection Training Contract

    A DynCorp International subsidiary has been awarded a potential $700,000 contract by the Department of Homeland Security to provide elicitation and detecting deception training services to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement‘s office of international operations. The company said Tuesday its Phoenix Consulting Group will train the department’s visa security program agents to identify applicants who could be a potential threat to the […] More