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  • GuidePoint Security Lands Spot on GSA IT Schedule 70 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GuidePoint Security Lands Spot on GSA IT Schedule 70

    GuidePoint Security will offer its information security services to government customers as it has received a position on the General Services Administration‘s Information Technology Schedule 70 contract vehicle. The company said Wednesday its spot on the contract is valid through September 2020. Michael Volk, managing partner at GuidePoint, said the team will work to provide information security services customized to […] More

  • Ashok Sankar: Firms Must Build New Resilience-Focused Security Strategy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ashok Sankar: Firms Must Build New Resilience-Focused Security Strategy

    Ashok Sankar, director of cybersecurity at Raytheon-Websense, has recommended organizations rethink their security strategies and refocus on resilience amid a changing threat environment, ComputerWeekly.com reported Thursday. Warwick Ashford writes that Sankar told an audience at the 2015 RSA Conference in the United Arab Emirates that security must adapt as companies adopt technologies such as mobile and cloud. “As technology innovations promise […] More

  • Army Eyes 'On-The-Move' Version of General Dynamics' WIN-T for Humvees - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Eyes ‘On-The-Move’ Version of General Dynamics’ WIN-T for Humvees

    The U.S. Army plans to give General Dynamics‘ Warfighter Information Network-Tactical system an on-the-move function as the company works to reconfigure WIN-T for the Humvee, Defense News reported Wednesday. Jen Judson writes the Army wants to develop a smaller version of the system, which currently fits on larger platforms and supports connectivity to the tactical network only when the vehicle is […] More

  • NRC Picks PPC for Emergency Response Data System O&M Support; Paul Strasser Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NRC Picks PPC for Emergency Response Data System O&M Support; Paul Strasser Comments

    Project Performance Company, a Virginia-based management and technology consulting firm, will provide management, operations and upgrade services for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission‘s Emergency Response Data System under a five-year, $4.5 million contract. The company said Friday it will work with partner OSIsoft to continue their software development, cybersecurity, drills and exercises, program management and O&M support to ERDS. […] More

  • Israel Aerospace Industries Unveils Drone Detection, Disruption System; Nissim Hadas Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Israel Aerospace Industries Unveils Drone Detection, Disruption System; Nissim Hadas Comments

    Israel Aerospace Industries launched a new drone detection, identification and disruption system at the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition in October in efforts to address the potential threat of drones. The company said Oct. 19 that Drone Guard features three-dimensional radars, electro-optical sensors and electronic attack jamming systems made by IAI subsidiary ELTA Systems to identify and disrupt enemy drones. “We believe that […] More

  • MorphoTrust's DoD ID Verification Contract Renewed; Bob Eckel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MorphoTrust’s DoD ID Verification Contract Renewed; Bob Eckel Comments

    MorphoTrust has received a $3.5 million contract renewal to extend its biometrics-based identity verification services for the Defense Department as part of a third-year option. The company said Tuesday it will continue to provide the MorphoTrust ABIS or automated biometric identification system to DoD in support of the national security mission. “Federal agencies need to be able to reliably verify the […] More

  • Tribalco Acquires Spot on GSA Alliant Vehicle; Michele Friedman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tribalco Acquires Spot on GSA Alliant Vehicle; Michele Friedman Comments

    Tribalco has received the General Services Administration‘s approval for the novation of Professional Software Engineering‘s spot on the $50 billion GSA Alliant governmentwide acquisition contract. Tribalco said Friday it will be able to offer its information technology products and services to military and federal civilian agencies through GSA Alliant. “This contract is a key element of Tribalco’s growth […] More

  • Air Force Launches Boeing-Built GPS IIF-11 Satellite Aboard ULA Rocket - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Launches Boeing-Built GPS IIF-11 Satellite Aboard ULA Rocket

    The latest Boeing-built Global Positioning System IIF satellite has launched over the weekend aboard United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V rocket, the Space and Missile Systems Center reported Saturday. The report said this is the 11th GPS IIF satellite Boeing built for the U.S. Air Force in support of the existing constellation’s navigation, positioning and timing services. Col. […] More

  • Vormetric: 89% of US Adults Overlook Medical Data Theft as Serious Threat - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vormetric: 89% of US Adults Overlook Medical Data Theft as Serious Threat

    A new survey from Vormetric says 89 percent of Americans are unaware of the serious threat from the theft of their medical data in the event of a data breach. The company said Thursday many of the respondents were more concerned about other information and did not put medical data among their top three concerns. Wakefield Research conducted the […] More

  • Navy Eyes Potential Purchase of Rockwell Collins Radio Comm Equipment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Eyes Potential Purchase of Rockwell Collins Radio Comm Equipment

    The U.S. Navy intends to purchase from Rockwell Collins‘ government systems business a set of radio receiver-transmitters and ancillary equipment under the ARC-210 family of communications products. A presolicitation notice posted Oct. 21 on FedBizOpps indicated that Naval Air Systems Command plans to send a delivery order for 12 RT-1747D/ARC receiver-transmitter and 12 C-11898A/ARC control and radio set. According […] More

  • Avaya to Help Update McConnell Air Base Network Infrastructure; Susan Keys Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Avaya to Help Update McConnell Air Base Network Infrastructure; Susan Keys Comments

    Avaya‘s government solutions business will deploy its Fabric Connect technology at McConnell Air Force Base in Kansas in support of that military facility’s efforts to modernize its network architecture. The company said Tuesday Fabric Connect utilizes IEEE-standard shortest-path bridging protocols as it operates in response to changing conditions and network traffic. Susan Keys, a vice president at Avaya Government Solutions, […] More

  • Raytheon-NCSA Survey: Gender Gap Widens on Cyber Career Interest - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon-NCSA Survey: Gender Gap Widens on Cyber Career Interest

    A survey Raytheon and the National Cyber Security Alliance jointly commissioned found that the gap between young adult men and women interested in cybersecurity careers has increased over the past year. Raytheon said Monday the current cyber gender gap is five times more than in 2014 and presents a challenge to efforts that seek to build […] More