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  • Former Naval Research Chief Mat Winter Joins Secmation's Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Naval Research Chief Mat Winter Joins Secmation’s Advisory Board

    Secmation has added Mat Winter, a U.S. Navy veteran who has over 35 years of experience under his belt, to the advisory board of the agile engineering services firm.  The retired Navy vice admiral currently serves as president of Winter Strategic Solutions, a boutique independent private military and intelligence contractor, Secmation said Friday.  Winter functioned […] More

  • Sumo Logic Expands FedRAMP-Moderate Offering With Cloud SIEM; Boosts CloudHesive Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sumo Logic Expands FedRAMP-Moderate Offering With Cloud SIEM; Boosts CloudHesive Partnership

    Sumo Logic has brought in its cloud-based security information and event management services as part of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-Moderate offering as it seeks to support public sector agencies’ monitoring, privacy and safeguarding of critical data.  The latest designation comes after Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM obtained an Amazon Web Services security competency […] More

  • General Dynamics' IT Business Secures AWS Competency Designation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics’ IT Business Secures AWS Competency Designation

    General Dynamics‘ information technology business was awarded its 10th Amazon Web Services competency, provider and partner designation after obtaining an AWS level 1 managed security service provider competency. General Dynamics Information Technology is the first federal systems integrator to secure this designation in all six AWS specialized categories for managed security services, including data privacy […] More

  • Ermetic Taps Sales RVP Ben McGucken to Lead FedRAMP Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ermetic Taps Sales RVP Ben McGucken to Lead FedRAMP Certification

    Cloud security provider Ermetic has picked Ben McGucken, regional vice president of sales for US Federal and Latin America, to lead the company’s efforts to secure certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Ermetic has started the process to achieve a FedRAMP Authority to Operate status and has tapped engineering and advisory services […] More

  • DOD Receives Lockheed-Built Tactical Electric Laser System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOD Receives Lockheed-Built Tactical Electric Laser System

    Lockheed Martin has provided an electric 300 kiloWatt-class laser to the Department of Defense’s research and engineering office for implementation in military weapon testing efforts. DOD and the U.S. Army plan to incorporate the system into laboratory and field tests of the service branch’s Indirect Fires Protection Capability-High Energy Laser Demonstrator, a ground-based defense against […] More

  • Ericsson, National Science Foundation Partner to Propel 5G for Agricultural Drone Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ericsson, National Science Foundation Partner to Propel 5G for Agricultural Drone Operations

    Ericsson will work closely with the National Science Foundation-funded Aerial Experimentation and Research Platform for Advanced Wireless to foster research efforts on the use of 5G technology for smart agricultural drone operations.  The entities will collaborate with a consortium of industry partners to advance remote monitoring and assessment of fields, farms and livestock, the networking […] More

  • NASA Taps Universities for Orbital Debris Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Taps Universities for Orbital Debris Research

    NASA will provide research grants to three university teams over a 12-month period to examine the orbital environment and explore how the government can develop policies to tackle the problem of space junk. An expert panel chose the winning proposals that are in line with the agency’s goal to address the risks of defunct manmade […] More

  • Automation Company RoviSys Creates Federal Unit; Graham Staples Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Automation Company RoviSys Creates Federal Unit; Graham Staples Quoted

    RoviSys has established a business unit that will focus on helping federal customers automate government processes and manage data assets. The company said Tuesday RoviSys Federal Solutions employs a team of automation, project management and software engineering professionals to support agencies across various program areas such as cybersecurity. Graham Staples, who formerly led the company’s power and energy division, […] More

  • AWS to Mentor Startups Through Infrastructure-Focused Accelerator - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS to Mentor Startups Through Infrastructure-Focused Accelerator

    Amazon Web Services will offer cloud education and mentorship for startup companies that want to develop infrastructure management tools through the third iteration of the Sustainable Cities Accelerator program. Jeffrey Kratz, general manager of AWS’ worldwide public sector channels and alliances, wrote in a blog post published Monday the company teamed up with venture development […] More

  • Electrosoft to Support GSA Identity Management Strategy Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Electrosoft to Support GSA Identity Management Strategy Development

    Electrosoft has received a potential $11.7 million contract to help a General Services Administration unit responsible for helping federal agencies implement identity, credential and access management processes. The company said Tuesday it will provide subject matter expertise to GSA’s Identity Assurance and Trusted Access Division in developing a strategy to assess shared ICAM systems and […] More

  • VMD to Help Secure TSA IT Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VMD to Help Secure TSA IT Systems

    VMD will provide information technology cybersecurity services to the Transportation Security Administration under a potential five-year task order with a one-year base period. The company said Monday it will recruit information security professionals to collaborate with development, operational and infrastructure support teams and agency directors to identify approaches for protecting mission-critical systems against cyberthreats. Under […] More

  • Lockheed VP Danya Trent Assumes Oversight of F-16 Production Site in South Carolina - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed VP Danya Trent Assumes Oversight of F-16 Production Site in South Carolina

    Danya Trent, vice president of F-16 Programs at Lockheed Martin‘s aeronautics business, was tapped to take on an additional role as site lead for the defense contractor’s aircraft manufacturing facility in Greenville, South Carolina. Under Trent’s leadership, Lockheed said Monday the Greenville facility will seek to grow its F-16 production and maintain support for warfighter […] More