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  • DoD Looks for New Cyber Tech Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Looks for New Cyber Tech Platforms

    The Defense Department‘s Rapid Reaction Technology Office will hold an event in October in McLean, Virginia to give selected companies an opportunity to showcase technology platforms in the cyber domain. DoD said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday it may select companies for pilot projects or experimentation during the Solutions Meeting if their technology offerings meet the department’s […] More

  • Vencore Presents Internet-of-Things R&D Projects at INSA Forum - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vencore Presents Internet-of-Things R&D Projects at INSA Forum

    Vencore‘s research arm has showcased three internet-of-things technologies to a group of U.S. government engineers, scientists and technologies at the Intelligence and National Security Alliance’s 2017 Innovators’ Showcase held in McLean, Virginia. Vencore Labs offered insights into its research efforts in IoT areas such as low-power networks, telematics and smart grid during the forum, the company said […] More

  • Matt Desch: Iridium ‘NEXT’ Satellite Constellation Supports FAA NextGen Program Through Aircraft Tracking - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matt Desch: Iridium ‘NEXT’ Satellite Constellation Supports FAA NextGen Program Through Aircraft Tracking

    Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch has said the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation works to help track the location of commercial aircraft across trans-oceanic routes in support of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Next Generation Air Transportation System program, NASASpaceflight.com reported Friday. Desch said the company has equipped its Iridium NEXT satellites with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast receivers designed to enable planes to communicate […] More

  • AWS Unveils 'City on a Cloud' Innovation Challenge Winners; Teresa Carlson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS Unveils ‘City on a Cloud’ Innovation Challenge Winners; Teresa Carlson Comments

    Amazon Web Services has selected 19 winners for its 2017 AWS City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge to highlight local and regional governments’ contribution to develop technologies for citizens around the world. The company said Wednesday it named winners across the Best Practices, Dream Big and Partners in Innovation categories during the AWS Public Sector Summit in Washington, D.C. Teresa […] More

  • Tom Keane: Microsoft Debuts Internet-of-Things Hub on Azure Govt Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tom Keane: Microsoft Debuts Internet-of-Things Hub on Azure Govt Cloud

    Microsoft has introduced an internet-of-things hub on the company’s Azure Government cloud platform in a push to help customer agencies connect, track and manage connected devices. Tom Keane, general manager of the Microsoft Azure team, wrote in a blog entry published Monday the IoT Hub is designed to help government users secure communications from  device to cloud and or vice versa. The […] More

  • Globecomm Extends Ku-Band VSAT Network Coverage to South Indian Ocean - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Globecomm Extends Ku-Band VSAT Network Coverage to South Indian Ocean

    Globecomm has expanded the coverage of its Ku-band very small aperture terminal network services to shipping vessels traversing the South Indian Ocean. The company said Thursday the South Indian Ocean serves as a shipping route between Australia and the southern end of Africa. Globecomm’s Ku-band VSAT network currently provides broadband communications services to vessel operators […] More

  • Accenture Report: 66% of Civil Service Tech Leaders Eye Public-Private Partnerships to Accelerate Service Delivery - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture Report: 66% of Civil Service Tech Leaders Eye Public-Private Partnerships to Accelerate Service Delivery

    A new Accenture report says 66 percent of technology leaders in public service agencies said they are willing to adopt public-private partnerships and new commercial frameworks to facilitate the delivery of services to citizens. Accenture said Thursday the Emerging Technologies in Public Service report is based on an online survey of 774 public service professionals across nine […] More

  • Cisco Unveils Cyber Threat Defense Tool for Connected Devices - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco Unveils Cyber Threat Defense Tool for Connected Devices

    Cisco has introduced a technology platform that works to protect internet of things-based devices from cyber threats through network segmentation. Cisco IoT Threat Defense is an architectural service offering designed to protect health care, power grid, manufacturing and other critical infrastructure from potential cyber attacks, the company said Tuesday. The platform uses a network segmentation […] More

  • UL Receives DARPA Grant to Test Internet-of-Things Gateway Security - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UL Receives DARPA Grant to Test Internet-of-Things Gateway Security

    Northbrook, Illinois-based security company UL has secured a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency grant to perform cybersecurity tests of internet-of-things gateways designed for industrial control system applications. UL said Wednesday it aims to identify the main areas of an industrial IoT gateway that can affect the cybersecurity of an ICS as well as data that traverses the gateway outside the ICS. […] More

  • DHS Awards Tech R&D Contracts to 12 Small Businesses - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Awards Tech R&D Contracts to 12 Small Businesses

    The Department of Homeland Security has issued 13 contracts with a combined value of $9.7 million to 12 small businesses for the second phase of DHS’ Small Business Innovation Research program. DHS said Tuesday each contract is worth up to $750,000 and covers the development of a prototype based on technologies demonstrated during the first phase of the SBIR program, which […] More

  • Cog Systems Seeks NIAP Certification to Offer Mobile Security Platform in Govt Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cog Systems Seeks NIAP Certification to Offer Mobile Security Platform in Govt Sector

    Cog Systems has applied for National Information Assurance Partnership certification to offer a mobile security platform designed with bare-metal virtualization technology to U.S. government agencies. The company said Monday its D4 Secure Platform is listed as eligible for use on a mobile device under the National Security Administration‘s Commercial Solutions for Classified program. Carl Nerup, chief marketing officer at Cog Systems, said the D4-based device is built to […] More

  • IBM Launches 4 US Data Centers in Cloud Footprint Expansion Push - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Launches 4 US Data Centers in Cloud Footprint Expansion Push

    IBM has opened four new cloud data centers in U.S. to address the demand for cloud infrastructure that can support access to services such as internet of things, blockchain, quantum computing and cognitive technology. The company said Wednesday it established two new facilities each in Dallas, Texas and Washington, D.C. as part of efforts to expand its global cloud footprint […] More