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  • Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Satcom-as-a-Service Model to Address DoD Resiliency Requirements - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Satcom-as-a-Service Model to Address DoD Resiliency Requirements

    Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, a senior vice president at Inmarsat, has pitched the idea of a satellite communications-as-a-service model as key to help the Defense Department achieve an integrated architecture for military satellite communications. Cowen-Hirsch wrote in an guest piece for MilSat Magazine that military officials face budget challenges due to spending limits as they work to recapitalize space […] More

  • ERP International to Help Manage Defense Health Agency’s E-Commerce Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ERP International to Help Manage Defense Health Agency’s E-Commerce Program

    Enterprise Resource Planned Systems International has won a $7.7 million task order from the Defense Health Agency to maintain and operate the electronic commerce program of DHA. The order contains one base year, four option years and an 11-day transition period that will run through Sept. 27, the Defense Department said Monday. ERP International will also support DHA’s efforts to procure, manage and […] More

  • General Dynamics to Update Air Force 'Friend or Foe' ID Cryptographic Module - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Update Air Force ‘Friend or Foe’ ID Cryptographic Module

    General Dynamics has received $20 million in additional contract funds from the U.S. Air Force to update cryptographic modules for the service branch’s Air Identification Friend or Foe system. The company said Sept. 6 its mission systems unit will begin to deliver the updated AIFF Mode 4/5 KIV-78 combined interrogator/transponder applique to the Air Force in February next year. The KIV-78, certified by […] More

  • Tripwire Survey: Energy IT Professionals Confident in Data Collection Tools to Detect Cyber Threats - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tripwire Survey: Energy IT Professionals Confident in Data Collection Tools to Detect Cyber Threats

    A study conducted by Dimensional Research for Tripwire has said a majority of respondent energy information technology professionals are confident in their ability to gather data necessary for cyber threat detection efforts. The survey of 763 IT professionals sought to gauge participants’ trust in seven security controls that Tripwire says must be implemented to help identify an ongoing cyber […] More

  • DHA Picks System Plus for Global Military Health System Training Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHA Picks System Plus for Global Military Health System Training Services

    System Plus Inc. has won a $39.9 million contract to support the Defense Health Agency‘s global clinical system training mission as DHA prepares to implement the new Genesis military health system. The company will develop a training support concept for the agency’s enterprise systems not included in previous training contracts as well as provide applications support beyond the agency’s clinical portfolio, the Defense […] More

  • Leonardo-Finmeccanica to Supply UK Air Force With Missile Decoy System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo-Finmeccanica to Supply UK Air Force With Missile Decoy System

    Leonardo-Finmeccanica has received a $3.3 million contract from the U.K. defense ministry to produce a miniature decoy system that will work to help the British air force guard aircraft against missile threats. The Royal Air Force will adopt Leonardo-Finmeccanica’s BriteCloud system to disrupt radar-guided adversarial air-to-air and surface-to-air missile systems, MoD said Friday. RAF plans to conduct flight tests […] More

  • Jacobs Engineering to Manage EDF Energy’s Hinkley Point C Nuclear Site Construction; Alan Seywright Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs Engineering to Manage EDF Energy’s Hinkley Point C Nuclear Site Construction; Alan Seywright Comments

    Jacobs Engineering Group has been selected to manage the construction works for EDF Energy’s nuclear power station project in Somerset, U.K. EDF will kick off the building, marine and civil works on the construction site after it had reached a deal with the U.K. government for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, Jacobs said Monday. […] More

  • Report Predicts Anti-Tank Missile Systems Market CAGR of Nearly 4% by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report Predicts Anti-Tank Missile Systems Market CAGR of Nearly 4% by 2020

    A Technavio study, released by Research and Markets, forecasts the global market for tactical anti-tank missile systems will grow from 2016 through 2020 at a 3.98 percent compound annual growth rate. The 71-page market research report indicates that new updates to anti-tank missiles will fuel the market growth over the forecast period while thermal management of missile systems will present […] More

  • Report Forecasts Cloud Tech Demand in Financial Services Industry Through 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report Forecasts Cloud Tech Demand in Financial Services Industry Through 2020

    A Technavio study, released by Research and Markets, predicts the global private and public cloud market in financial services industry will experience a compound annual growth rate of 13.12 percent from 2016 to 2020. The 107-page market research report incorporates analysis and inputs from industry professionals and covers the market landscape and its growth forecast over the next […] More

  • General Dynamics to Help Air Force Researchers Develop Cloud-Based Threat Detection, Analysis Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Help Air Force Researchers Develop Cloud-Based Threat Detection, Analysis Platform

    General Dynamics has been awarded a $15 million contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory to prototype cloud-based threat detection and analysis software as part of efforts to automate the process for threat assessments. AFRL’s intelligence analysts will use the platform to correlate geospatial and signals intelligence, cyber indicator and warning data streams, General Dynamics said Thursday. General Dynamics’ mission systems unit will design, […] More

  • Galois-Guardtime Federal Team to Validate Integrity Monitoring System for DARPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Galois-Guardtime Federal Team to Validate Integrity Monitoring System for DARPA

    A team comprised of Galois and Guardtime Federal has received a $1.8 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to verify the effectiveness of a blockchain technology-based integrity monitoring system against sophisticated security threats. DARPA asked the companies to jointly test if Guardtime Federal’s Keyless Signature Infrastructure can detect advanced persistent threats hidden within computer networks, Galois said Friday. The goal […] More

  • Air Force Seeks Industry Feedback on UH-1N Replacement Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Seeks Industry Feedback on UH-1N Replacement Program

    The Department of the Air Force has posted a request for information in search of industry feedback and comment on the service branch’s plan to replace its current UH-1N Huey fleet with an off-the-shelf helicopter. A FedBizOpps notice issued Friday says the Air Force intends to procure up to 84 new helicopters of the same configuration as the […] More