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  • McKean Defense Books $70M in Contracts With Naval Surface Warfare Center
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    McKean Defense Books $70M in Contracts With Naval Surface Warfare Center

    McKean Defense has secured two contracts worth up to $70M combined from the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Philadelphia Division to support certain U.S. Navy and U.S. Army ships. The company said Wednesday it will engineer and provide technical services for electrical power and generation systems on Navy surface ships, submarines and assault aircraft under a $41M contract. […] More

  • Dell EMC Launches New Software, Services for Data Protection; Beth Phalen Quoted
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    Dell EMC Launches New Software, Services for Data Protection; Beth Phalen Quoted

    Dell EMC has introduced new software and services designed to defend and protect data from ransomware and other cyber attacks. The company said Wednesday its Cyber Recovery software includes security analytics, workflow and automation tools to help users isolate critical data in the event of a cyber incident and facilitate data retention within the CR Vault. “Malicious […] More

  • Dave Maxwell Promoted to Dewberry Operating Unit Manager for Southeast Region
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    Dave Maxwell Promoted to Dewberry Operating Unit Manager for Southeast Region

    Dave Maxwell, formerly senior vice president of Dewberry’s southern Virginia and North Carolina offices, has been promoted to operating unit manager of the company’s more than 20 offices in southeast U.S. He will supervise more than 500 employees across Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, and central and southern Virginia, as well as oversee growth and operational strategies in […] More

  • Boeing Secures $56M ICBM Cryptography Upgrade Contract From Air Force
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    Boeing Secures $56M ICBM Cryptography Upgrade Contract From Air Force

    Boeing has received a $55.6M undefinitized contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide program management support and components for the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Cryptography Upgrade Increment II effort. The company will produce eight digital components and 75 message processor drawers in compliance with the government’s minimum requirement for the ICBM modernization program, the Defense […] More

  • NCI to Participate in FCC’s Technology Modernization Effort
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    NCI to Participate in FCC’s Technology Modernization Effort

    NCI Information Systems has been selected to assist Incentive Technology Group in sustaining up to 75 of the Federal Communications Commission’s aging assets under a potential five-year, $25M procurement vehicle. NCI said Wednesday it will be in charge of installing modern security systems on legacy technologies and employing agile development methods to update FCC’s information […] More

  • ULA’s Tory Bruno: Air Force Eyes Flexibility in Military Satellite Launches
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    ULA’s Tory Bruno: Air Force Eyes Flexibility in Military Satellite Launches

    Tory Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance, told SpaceNews in an interview published Wednesday that he thinks the competition in the market for military space launches “is good for the country.” “We’re seeing a broadening of the lift industrial base,” he said. ULA is one of the three companies the U.S. Air Force selected […] More

  • NASA Taps DigitalGlobe to Provide Satellite Imagery for Earth Observation Studies
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    NASA Taps DigitalGlobe to Provide Satellite Imagery for Earth Observation Studies

    Maxar Technologies‘ DigitalGlobe business has received a potential five-year, $7M contract from NASA to provide high-resolution commercial electro-optical and synthetic aperture radar satellite imagery for Earth observation studies. Under the blanket purchase agreement, the space agency will leverage DigitalGlobe’s 100-petabyte imagery library and Geospatial Big Data platform and satellite data from the WorldView constellation, Maxar said Wednesday. […] More

  • D13, XiDrone Forge Counter-UAS Tech Partnership
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    D13, XiDrone Forge Counter-UAS Tech Partnership

    Department 13 International and XiDrone Systems have teamed up to pursue intellectual property development related to counter-unmanned aerial systems, wireless communications and autonomous platforms. The partnership will provide patents rights to D13 to integrate its MESMER counter-UAS system with radar, electro-optical/infrared, radio frequency, acoustics and other sensors to build a platform designed to mitigate commercial […] More

  • FEMA Seeks Identity Verification, Authentication System for Disaster Relief Applications
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    FEMA Seeks Identity Verification, Authentication System for Disaster Relief Applications

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency has issued a draft solicitation for identity verification and authentication services to attend to disaster survivors in need of government assistance, NextGov reported Wednesday. FEMA said in a performance work statement that it seeks to incorporate IV&A products and services in the registration process of individuals seeking disaster relief and […] More

  • Eight Companies Enter Into DIA Mentor-Protege Agreements
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    Eight Companies Enter Into DIA Mentor-Protege Agreements

    The Defense Intelligence Agency has approved four three-year partnership agreements under a program meant to encourage large contracting firms to guide smaller businesses in capability improvement efforts. Teams under the Mentor-Protege Program will focus on technological and application areas such as artificial intelligence, counterintelligence, analysis, mission support and organizational effectiveness, DIA said Tuesday. The Defense Department launched […] More

  • Grey Ops Selected for ‘Opportunity Zone’ Defense Tech Funding Vehicle
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    Grey Ops Selected for ‘Opportunity Zone’ Defense Tech Funding Vehicle

    Grey Holdings Group has introduced the Opportunity Zone Fund investment vehicle used primarily for defense technology as part of a tax incentive program under the 2017 Tax Reform Act. Brian Gamble, director of finance at Grey Holdings Group, said the group selected Qualified Opportunity Zone firm Grey Ops as its first Defense Technology Transfer investment due to […] More

  • NSA Licenses Computer Port Protection Tech to PadJack
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    NSA Licenses Computer Port Protection Tech to PadJack

    The National Security Agency has developed and licensed a tool that works to prevent unauthorized access to computers, routers and phones. NSA said Tuesday it granted PadJack licensing rights to the open port protector through agency’s Technology Transfer Program. The tool functions as an anti-tamper seal and offers physical proof if an intruder attempts to break into the […] More