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  • McAfee Evaluates Unisys-Built Operating System
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    McAfee Evaluates Unisys-Built Operating System

    A business unit of McAfee has completed a two-month evaluation of a Unisys-made operating system designed to help enterprise clients manage high-volume computing tasks. Unisys said Thursday that McAfee’s Foundstone Services business has rated the ClearPath OS 2200 platform “highly secure” and the resource protection capacity of the system “exceptional.” During the assessment, Foundstone found the software works to […] More

  • IARPA to Brief Proposers on Distributed App Security Project
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    IARPA to Brief Proposers on Distributed App Security Project

    The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity will hold a conference on July 26 to provide information on a new agency program that aims to help developers and architects use cryptographic techniques to build distributed applications. IARPA said the conference will take place in Washington and will field inquiries from potential vendors on the Homomorphic Encryption Computing […] More

  • Army Orders More Orbital ATK-Made Precision Guidance Kits
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    Army Orders More Orbital ATK-Made Precision Guidance Kits

    Orbital ATK has received a five-year, $53.6 million contract modification to supply an undisclosed number of M1156 precision guidance kits to the U.S. Army. The full obligated amount at the time of award is from the service branch’s fiscal 2017 “other” funds, the Defense Department said Thursday. Work will occur at an Orbital ATK facility in Plymouth, […] More

  • Comtech Subsidiary Gets Cyber Training Orders from Federal, Commercial Customers
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    Comtech Subsidiary Gets Cyber Training Orders from Federal, Commercial Customers

    A Comtech Telecommunications subsidiary has secured approximately $6.9 million in cybersecurity training orders from multiple federal government and commercial enterprise customers. TeleCommunication Systems received the orders through Comtech’s command and control technologies group, which is part of the company’s government solutions arm, Comtech said Thursday. The command and control technologies group provides mobile command, control, […] More

  • ManTech’s Judith Bjornaas Joins Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce Board
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    ManTech’s Judith Bjornaas Joins Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce Board

    Judith Bjornaas, chief financial officer of ManTech International, has been named to the board of directors of the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce for calendar years 2017 and 2018. The Northern Virginia Chamber said Thursday it also appointed officers and members of the organization’s executive committee for 2017-2018. Bjornaas previously served as senior vice president of […] More

  • Former Army Acquisition Chief Katrina McFarland Joins Engility Board; Lynn Dugle Comments
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    Former Army Acquisition Chief Katrina McFarland Joins Engility Board; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Katrina McFarland, former assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics and technology at the U.S. Army, has joined Engility as a member of the board of directors. Engility said Friday she brings to the company her civil service experience at the Defense Department. “[McFarland] is one of the most accomplished defense leaders in the nation and brings more than 30 […] More

  • KBR Unit to Support DoD Missile Defense Systems Under Army Follow-On Task Order
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    KBR Unit to Support DoD Missile Defense Systems Under Army Follow-On Task Order

    KBR‘s government services arm has received a three-year, $48 million task order from the U.S. Army to provide support services for the Defense Department‘s missile defense systems. The company said Thursday its KBRwyle business will provide program management, foreign military sales case support, system engineering, diagnostics and testing support to the Lower Tier Project Office located in Huntsville, […] More

  • Coast Guard Plans New Single-Source IDIQ Award for Software Engineering Services
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    Coast Guard Plans New Single-Source IDIQ Award for Software Engineering Services

    The U.S. Coast Guard plans to award a single-source, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for software engineering services to support current and future enterprise information systems at USCG and the Department of Homeland Security. The service branch said in a FedBizOpps notice published Wednesday that services covered under the Application Product Lines Enterprise Services II contract include application development, data […] More

  • IARPA to Host Proposers Day on Engineered Organism Detection Program
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    IARPA to Host Proposers Day on Engineered Organism Detection Program

    The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity will conduct a Proposers Day on July 27 to discuss a program that aims to develop new tools that can detect changes on biological systems and initiate mitigation responses to accidental release of organisms. IARPA said it seeks to address questions from potential proposers on the Finding Engineering-Linked Indicators program […] More

  • Dell EMC’s Cameron Chehreh: FITARA Can Help Agency CIOs Transform Federal IT Programs
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    Dell EMC’s Cameron Chehreh: FITARA Can Help Agency CIOs Transform Federal IT Programs

    Cameron Chehreh, chief technology officer of Dell EMC’s federal business, has said the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act expands the role government chief information officers will play in how agencies procure and implement IT systems. “FITARA highlights the fact that CIOs must have a holistic view of their agency, from IT budget planning and execution to managing […] More

  • Amazon to Create 1,500 Full-Time Jobs at New Salt Lake City Fulfillment Center
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    Amazon to Create 1,500 Full-Time Jobs at New Salt Lake City Fulfillment Center

    Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced Thursday that it will create 1,500 full-time hourly associate roles at its first Utah fulfillment center in Salt Lake City. “We are excited to continue growing our team with the first fulfillment center in Utah,” said Akash Chauhan, Amazon’s Vice President of North American operations. “In Utah, there are already more […] More

  • Booz Allen Secures DoD Cybersecurity Automation Support BPA
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    Booz Allen Secures DoD Cybersecurity Automation Support BPA

    Booz Allen Hamilton has received a $40 million blanket purchase agreement to help the Defense Information Systems Agency automate cybersecurity and risk management processes at the Defense Department. The company said Thursday it will perform full lifecycle development and sustainment support for DISA’s Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service system, a web-based government off-the-shelf platform designed to automate a […] More