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  • SAIC Receives Industry Award for Navy Training Support Services; Josh Jackson Quoted
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    SAIC Receives Industry Award for Navy Training Support Services; Josh Jackson Quoted

    Military Simulation and Training Magazine has recognized Science Applications International Corp. for the company’s training support for U.S. Navy fleet personnel. SAIC said Friday it received the publication’s Industry Award for Excellence in Outstanding Service and Support Program in recognition of its work under the service branch’s Fleet Forces Command Fleet Training Support/Fleet Deployment Training Program. The company has […] More

  • Air Force Seeks Industry Proposals to Update Pilot Training Program
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    Air Force Seeks Industry Proposals to Update Pilot Training Program

    The U.S. Air Force has asked industry to suggest specific adaptations of commercial off-the-shelf systems for the second round of the service’s training program for pilots, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. The Air Force’s AFWERX innovation hub seeks prototypes or fielded technologies in data science, artificial intelligence, biometrics, simulator development, virtual reality and adult education […] More

  • Cubic Named Preferred Bidder on San Francisco Bay Area’s Fare System Modernization Project
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    Cubic Named Preferred Bidder on San Francisco Bay Area’s Fare System Modernization Project

    The San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Commission has selected Cubic as the agency’s preferred contractor to update the fare collection system in California’s Bay Area. Cubic said Friday its transportation systems business aims to modernize the Clipper electronic fare payment being used by 22 transit agencies across the region if the commission awards the project to the company after a three-stage approval […] More

  • Northrop to Produce Software for Navy Electronic Navigation System
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    Northrop to Produce Software for Navy Electronic Navigation System

    Northrop Grumman has won a potential $17.2M contract to produce and engineer a software platform for integration into the U.S. Navy’s primary computer-based navigation plotting system. The company will provide the software as part of a project to modernize the hardware and cyber operating system of the Electronic Chart and Display Information System, the Defense […] More

  • Intel’s Asha Keddy: Government Action Needed to Facilitate 5G Wireless Network Transition
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    Intel’s Asha Keddy: Government Action Needed to Facilitate 5G Wireless Network Transition

    Asha Keddy, a group vice president at Intel, has urged the Federal Communications Commission to authorize the use of mid-band spectrum for 5G wireless systems. “FCC must expeditiously establish the rules to open new bandwidth for 5G use in this crucial spectrum,” Keddy wrote in an opinion piece published Thursday on The Hill. “This is a make-or-break […] More

  • DISA Eyes AT&T for Connectivity Services Contract
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    DISA Eyes AT&T for Connectivity Services Contract

    The Defense Information Systems Agency plans to award AT&T a contract to provide global network connectivity services to Pacific Air Forces. A FedBizOpps notice posted Sunday says the company would assess networks; establish a diverse communication virtual private network; perform integrations with FirstNet and NorthStar/LTEspeed networks; and provide tools for waveform capture and conversion through the proposed sole-source contract. FirstNet […] More

  • Cybercom, Nonprofit Form Cyber Tech Prototyping Partnership
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    Cybercom, Nonprofit Form Cyber Tech Prototyping Partnership

    U.S. Cyber Command and the nonprofit organization Maryland Innovation and Security Institute have established a new partnership that seeks to facilitate collaboration among government, industry and academic institutions to build new cyber platforms, Fifth Domain reported Friday. DreamPort “provides a venue for robust collaboration, problem solving and innovation; includes prototyping; and provides many contracting options,” […] More

  • Fluor JV Helps Build N.Y. Bridge Replacement Over Hudson River
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    Fluor JV Helps Build N.Y. Bridge Replacement Over Hudson River

    A Fluor-led consortium has completed the final segment of a 3.1-mile bridge construction project to connect New York’s Rockland and Westchester counties over the Hudson River. The company said Friday the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge features a new traffic monitoring system, two emergency shoulders and space for a bus-dedicated lane, in addition to the four […] More

  • Army Seeks Training Simulation Software for Military Investigators
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    Army Seeks Training Simulation Software for Military Investigators

    The U.S. Army intends to procure software for students from the service’s The Inspector General School to practice and refine their verbal and non-verbal communication skills for investigation purposes. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday stated the chosen vendor will provide system and design engineering, hardware and software, personnel and other support services required to produce […] More

  • Engility Wins 2 Army Software Support Task Orders; Scott Whatmough Quoted
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    Engility Wins 2 Army Software Support Task Orders; Scott Whatmough Quoted

    Engility has won a pair of task orders under a potential five-year, $45M contract for support services to the U.S. Army’s Armament Software Engineering Center. The company said Friday it seeks to help the center develop and sustain software as well as provide process assurance support for military weapons, training and combat support platforms. Scott Whatmough, senior vice […] More

  • In-Q-Tel, Contrast Security Partner to Help Gov’t Clients Protect Software Apps
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    In-Q-Tel, Contrast Security Partner to Help Gov’t Clients Protect Software Apps

    Contrast Security and In-Q-Tel have formed a strategic partnership that aims help customer agencies protect software applications from cyber threats with the use of technology. IQT said Thursday it invested in the security company as part of efforts to address the U.S. government’s cybersecurity requirements. Contrast designed its technology to detect and mitigate vulnerabilities as well as to […] More

  • DLT Selected for Nationwide Purchasing System Contract Vehicle
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    DLT Selected for Nationwide Purchasing System Contract Vehicle

    DLT Solutions has received access to a national purchasing medium that includes Google and Amazon Web Services among its members. The company will now be able to offer a wide range of technology services to state and local public sector customers via competitive contracts acquired through The Interlocal Purchasing System vehicle, DLT said Thursday. The Herndon, […] More