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  • Navy Taps BAE for USS Vicksburg Cruiser Upgrade Work
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    Navy Taps BAE for USS Vicksburg Cruiser Upgrade Work

    BAE Systems has received a potential six-month, $42.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy to perform upgrade work on a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser ship. The company will start in April to conduct miscellaneous repairs and alterations onboard the USS Vicksburg cruiser at its shipyard in Norfolk, Virginia, and expects work to conclude by September under the […] More

  • Lockheed Completes Devt Work on Army Fiber Laser System
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    Lockheed Completes Devt Work on Army Fiber Laser System

    Lockheed Martin has developed and tested for the U.S. Army a 60-kilowatt laser weapon system designed to help the service branch counter threats posed by drones, mortars and rockets. Lockheed has initiated preparation work to facilitate the delivery of the fiber laser platform to the Army Space and Missile Defense Command in Alabama after it […] More

  • General Atomics, Dynetics Land Phase 2 Contracts Under DARPA Gremlins Program
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    General Atomics, Dynetics Land Phase 2 Contracts Under DARPA Gremlins Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded contracts to General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business and Dynetics under the second phase of a program that seeks to develop unmanned aircraft systems that can be launched and retrieved by aircraft carriers. DARPA said Wednesday the Gremlins program’s phase two aims to build and conduct risk-reduction tests of […] More

  • Air Force Kicks Off F-22 Weapon Software, Hardware Upgrades
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    Air Force Kicks Off F-22 Weapon Software, Hardware Upgrades

    The U.S. Air Force has begun to update weapons software and hardware systems as well as sensors aboard the Lockheed Martin-built F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft, Defense Systems reported Tuesday. Kris Osborn writes that 1st Lt. Carrie Volpe, action officer for the Air Combat Command Public Affairs, said the service branch will begin to integrate the […] More

  • IBM’s Dan Chenok: Govt Should Invest in Modern Tech to Transform Service Delivery
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    IBM’s Dan Chenok: Govt Should Invest in Modern Tech to Transform Service Delivery

    Dan Chenok, executive director of IBM’s Center for the Business of Government, has said the federal government should implement strategies to accelerate the adoption of novel technology platforms and processes, transform the way agencies deliver services to citizens and save money. Chenok wrote in guest piece published Tuesday on FCW that those strategies include investment in modern technology, optimization of processes […] More

  • Parsons Gets DoD Accreditation for Munition Geophysical Classification; Carey Smith Comments
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    Parsons Gets DoD Accreditation for Munition Geophysical Classification; Carey Smith Comments

    Parsons has received accreditation under the Defense Department’s Advanced Geophysical Classification Accreditation Program. The company said Tuesday it secured the DAGCAP certification after the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation assessed Parsons’ geophysical classification and technical management platforms. Carey Smith, Parsons federal group president and an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 for 2017, said the company […] More

  • Unisys Seeks to Advance Data Analytics With New Virtual AI Center, Machine Learning Service
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    Unisys Seeks to Advance Data Analytics With New Virtual AI Center, Machine Learning Service

    Unisys has unveiled a virtual center for artificial intelligence and a machine learning-based service offering designed to help organizations create data analytics tools and forecast changes in business situations. The company said Wednesday its Artificial Intelligence Center of Excellence will go live in May and offer access to best practices and online tools in the areas of internet of things […] More

  • DHS Requests Info on Data Center Support Sources
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    DHS Requests Info on Data Center Support Sources

    The Department of Homeland Security has begun to seek information on potential industry sources that can provide data center support services for the Customs and Border Protection’s office of information technology. CBP said a FedBizOpps notice published Friday the request for information for DCSS is in line with the agency’s plan to release a draft […] More

  • DHS, GSA Seek Info on Continuous Diagnostics & Mitigation Support Sources
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    DHS, GSA Seek Info on Continuous Diagnostics & Mitigation Support Sources

    The General Services Administration and the Department of Homeland Security have issued a request for information that seeks to identify GSA Alliant Small Business governmentwide acquisition contract holders that have potential to provide continuous diagnostics and mitigation support, Federal News Radio reported Monday. Jason Miller writes the release of the RFI comes as the CDM […] More

  • Dell EMC Survey: 64% of Federal IT Execs Report Software-Defined Data Center Adoption at Agencies
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    Dell EMC Survey: 64% of Federal IT Execs Report Software-Defined Data Center Adoption at Agencies

    A new survey sponsored by Dell EMC has found that 64 percent of federal information technology leaders said their agencies had fielded software-defined data centers. Dell said Monday it commissioned market research firm Penn Schoen Berland to perform an online survey of 100 federal IT and business decision makers in May 2016 as an extension to the State of […] More

  • Tripwire Survey: 64% of IT Security Pros Recognize Need to Protect Industrial IoT from Cyber Attacks
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    Tripwire Survey: 64% of IT Security Pros Recognize Need to Protect Industrial IoT from Cyber Attacks

    A new Tripwire survey says 64 percent of information technology security professionals said they acknowledge the need to safeguard industrial internet of things from potential cyber attacks. Tripwire said Monday it commissioned market research firm Dimensional Research to poll 403 security professionals from the U.S., Europe, Canada and the U.K. in January and found that 51 percent think they are […] More

  • Unisys, CSIRO Partner to Develop Data Analytics-Based Border Security Platform
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    Unisys, CSIRO Partner to Develop Data Analytics-Based Border Security Platform

    Unisys has partnered with the Australia-based Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization to develop a data analytics platform designed to detect security risks associated with passengers and cargo at international land, air and sea borders. The company and CSIRO’s data-science unit Data61 will jointly fund research to evaluate airlines’ data sets and determine patterns of […] More