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  • CSRA Cyber Institute Gets CompTIA Authorized Delivery Partner Designation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Cyber Institute Gets CompTIA Authorized Delivery Partner Designation

    The Computing Technology Industry Association has accredited CSRA‘s Cyber Institute as an authorized delivery partner. CSRA said Friday its Cyber Institute offers training for networks and systems development, maintenance, analysis and defense to commercial and government customers. The CompTIA authorization is given to training organizations that offer at least one CompTIA certification course; uses CompTIA-approved quality content; and employ […] More

  • GSA Unveils First Task Order for CDM Program Phase 3 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Unveils First Task Order for CDM Program Phase 3

    The General Services Administration has begun to solicit proposals for the first task order under the third phase of a governmentwide effort to protect civilian government agency websites from cyber attacks, FCW reported Friday. The initial task order under the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program Phase 3 will cover “Group B” agencies such as the […] More

  • Report: SpaceX to Establish Dragon Spacecraft Refurbishment Facility at Cape Canaveral Landing Zone - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: SpaceX to Establish Dragon Spacecraft Refurbishment Facility at Cape Canaveral Landing Zone

    SpaceX‘s proposal to build a temporary Dragon spacecraft processing and refurbishment facility at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida has secured approval from the state’s environmental regulatory agency, Florida Today reported Friday. Florida Today obtained permitting documents that say the St. Johns River Water Management District has given SpaceX authorization to make changes to […] More

  • SecurityScorecard Report: Public Sector Lags Behind Other Industries in Overall Cybersecurity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SecurityScorecard Report: Public Sector Lags Behind Other Industries in Overall Cybersecurity

    A new report by SecurityScorecard says the government sector ranked third to last in overall cybersecurity compared with 17 industries. The 2017 U.S. State and Federal Government Report evaluates the cybersecurity capabilities of more than 500 U.S. federal, state and local government agencies against the practices of industries such as transportation, finance, energy and healthcare, SecurityScorecard said Thursday. […] More

  • VA Intends to Procure Rivera Group's Modeling Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Intends to Procure Rivera Group’s Modeling Software

    The Department of Veteran Affairs plans to award Rivera Group a sole-source contract on Sept. 6 to deliver and maintain a modeling software. VA said Thursday in a FedBizOpps notice that Rivera Group will provide its Eagle6 software to help detect vulnerabilities in the department’s VistA electronic health record system. The software will support security remediation, standardization and virtualization efforts under an […] More

  • NGA Seeks Proposals for Geospatial Analytics Algorithms, Methods - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NGA Seeks Proposals for Geospatial Analytics Algorithms, Methods

    The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency wants proposals for “novel sources” that can help develop new geospatial analytics methods and processes. NGA said Thursday the solicitation serves as the sixth topic area of the agency’s three-year Boosting Innovative GEOINT broad agency announcement, which seeks white papers from traditional and non-traditional sources of basic and applied research. “NGA is looking […] More

  • PoinstStream to Resell Cybernance Risk Assessment Platform via GSA Schedule 70 Contract Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PoinstStream to Resell Cybernance Risk Assessment Platform via GSA Schedule 70 Contract Vehicle

    Cybernance has partnered with PointStream to offer a cyber risk assessment platform to government agencies through the latter’s position on the General Services Administration‘s Information Technology Schedule 70 contract vehicle. Cybernance Platform is a software-as-a-service offering that works to identify cyber risks facing organizations, the company said Thursday. The SaaS platform is designed to aid government clients’ compliance with […] More

  • Mike Lyons: Northrop Pitches Global Hawk UAV to Address F-22, F-35 Comms Gap - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Lyons: Northrop Pitches Global Hawk UAV to Address F-22, F-35 Comms Gap

    Northrop Grumman has proposed the use of its RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle for the U.S. Air Force to bridge a communications gap between the F-35 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor aircraft platforms, Defense News reported. The report said the service branch’s F-35 and F-22 planes currently are unable to exchange information because the former uses the […] More

  • CSRA to Test Navy HR Mgmt System on AWS Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA to Test Navy HR Mgmt System on AWS Cloud

    CSRA has obtained authorization from the U.S. Navy to test a new integrated pay and personnel system for the service branch on Amazon Web Services‘ cloud platform. The Interim Authorization to Test permits CSRA to assess the viability and flexibility of running a commercial off-the-shelf human resource management platform on AWS cloud, CSRA said Wednesday. The COTS HRM system will […] More

  • BAE Unveils 'Radiation-Hardened' Space Computer Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Unveils ‘Radiation-Hardened’ Space Computer Tech

    BAE Systems has introduced a single-board computer technology designed to support computing processes on board spacecraft and satellites. The company said Wednesday it developed the RAD5545TM computer to aid space missions such as weather monitoring, planetary exploration, communications, surveillance, tracking and national security. RAD5545TM components are designed to resist potential damage or malfunction caused by radiation exposure […] More

  • Harris to Supply EW Transmitter for Air Force C-130J Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Supply EW Transmitter for Air Force C-130J Aircraft

    BAE Systems has awarded Harris a contract to provide electronic warfare transmitter technology for integration into the U.S. Air Force‘s MC-130J Commando II and AC-130J Ghostrider aircraft platforms. Harris said Wednesday its phased array antennas will offer transmit capacity for BAE’s electronic warfare countermeasure systems. In 2016, BAE and Northrop Grumman secured separate contracts worth up […] More

  • Northrop to Extend Forensic & Biometric Tech Support for UK Agency - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Extend Forensic & Biometric Tech Support for UK Agency

    Northrop Grumman has received a two-year contract extension to continue to help a U.K. government agency operate and maintain forensic and biometric platforms used by the country’s law enforcement entities. The company said Tuesday work under the extended contract started in April and covers support services for the IDENT1 identity management system and the Forensic and Biometric […] More