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  • Boeing’s Insitu Subsidiary to Provide Sustainment Parts for Navy Blackjack UAS
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    Boeing’s Insitu Subsidiary to Provide Sustainment Parts for Navy Blackjack UAS

    Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary has received a $21 million order to supply spare and sustainment parts necessary to maintain an RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned aircraft system the U.S. Navy uses in naval special warfare fleet operations. Bingen, Washington-based Insitu is scheduled to finish work by June 2018, the Defense Department said Tuesday. DoD noted approximately $1.4 million of the full […] More

  • Altamira Receives NCMA Award for Support on Contract Personnel’s Certification
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    Altamira Receives NCMA Award for Support on Contract Personnel’s Certification

    Altamira has received a a Certification Support Award from the National Contract Management Association in recognition of the company’s efforts to support its employees in acquiring NCMA certifications. NCMA presented the award in Chicago during the World Congress 2017, the company announced Tuesday. “Our commitment to supporting the educational advancement of procurement and acquisition professionals extends beyond our own […] More

  • Maximus’ Andy Beamon a Panelist at DGI’s Govt Customer Experience Forum
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    Maximus’ Andy Beamon a Panelist at DGI’s Govt Customer Experience Forum

    Andy Beamon, senior director of Maximus‘ federal business, will join a panel discussion on citizen engagement centers during the Digital Government Institute’s annual Government Customer Experience Conference on Wednesday. He will discuss the potential impact of digital technologies such as artificial intelligence and virtual assistants on the evolution of public services, Maximus said Tuesday. “Citizens’ […] More

  • SimiGon to Supply Simulation Development Tools for FAA UAS Research
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    SimiGon to Supply Simulation Development Tools for FAA UAS Research

    SimiGon has received a $100,000 contract to provide the Federal Aviation Administration its SIMbox development tools for simulation and training for the agency’s unmanned aircraft systems research simulator. The contract serves to build on SimiGon’s effort to expand into the civilian aviation and UAS markets, the company announced Monday. SimiGon added FAA aims to use SIMbox as its primary platform […] More

  • Okta Partners With Palo Alto Networks to Integrate Identity Mgmt With Cybersecurity
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    Okta Partners With Palo Alto Networks to Integrate Identity Mgmt With Cybersecurity

    Okta will integrate its cloud-based user identity management platform with a Palo Alto Networks security tool with the goal to bolster network, cloud and endpoint security. The Okta Identity Cloud integration with Palo Alto’s Next-Generation Security Platform is designed to enable automated monitoring, analysis and response in efforts to strengthen cybersecurity, Okta announced Wednesday. “The security stack must evolve to account […] More

  • Orbital ATK, Air Force Enter Military Aircraft Sustainment Partnership
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    Orbital ATK, Air Force Enter Military Aircraft Sustainment Partnership

    Orbital ATK has partnered with the U.S. Air Force Sustainment Center to support the country’s military aircraft through complementary, composite aerostructure design, manufacturing and inspection services. Both parties aim to address future composite aerostructure requirements on new aircraft types as well as collaborate to maintain, repair and overhaul current platforms as part of the public-private partnership, […] More

  • CICP’s Applied Research Institute to Invest in Microelectronics R&D
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    CICP’s Applied Research Institute to Invest in Microelectronics R&D

    A newly established institute of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Foundation will invest approximately $3.5 million over the next two years to support research and development efforts on microelectronics, Government Technology reported Friday. The Applied Research Institute will look to create microelectronics technologies that can mitigate counterfeit challenges and cyber attacks to help members of the […] More

  • NASA Partners With 10 Firms to Advance Commercial Tech for Space Missions
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    NASA Partners With 10 Firms to Advance Commercial Tech for Space Missions

    NASA has entered collaborative partnerships with 10 private companies in a move to further space technologies built to grow the commercial space sector and support future space agency missions. The space agency said Friday its space technology mission directorate forged the alliances via the Announcement of Collaborative Opportunity solicitation that paves the way for space act agreements between […] More

  • 20 US States, Territories Join FirstNet Public Safety Broadband Network Program
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    20 US States, Territories Join FirstNet Public Safety Broadband Network Program

    Twenty U.S. states and territories so far have agreed to participate in the First Responder Network Authority’s collaborative project with AT&T to establish a nationwide emergency broadband network. FirstNet aims to release updated state plans to states and territories later this month to address additional stakeholder feedback, AT&T said Friday. The company will build and operate a wireless communications network […] More

  • In The News: Heather Wilson, 24th Secretary of the U.S. Air Force
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    In The News: Heather Wilson, 24th Secretary of the U.S. Air Force

    Those who follow the defense industry will probably recognize the name Heather Wilson, the United States’ 24th Secretary of the Air Force, former cabinet secretary representative for the New Mexico state government and National Security Council staff director for European defense policy and arms control under the George H.W. Bush administration. With a variety of […] More

  • DXC’s Earl Matthews: Creation of Separate Space Corps Could Distract Govt From USAF, DoD Issues
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    DXC’s Earl Matthews: Creation of Separate Space Corps Could Distract Govt From USAF, DoD Issues

    Earl Matthews, vice president of DXC Technology‘s enterprise security solutions group, has said the establishment of a new space-focused military branch under a House bill could divert the U.S. government from issues facing the U.S. Air Force and the Defense Department. “The focus on space needs to be squarely on situational awareness: our ability to monitor and […] More