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  • Accenture Launches Washington Studio to Help Govt Clients Design Citizen Engagement Tools
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    Accenture Launches Washington Studio to Help Govt Clients Design Citizen Engagement Tools

    An Accenture subsidiary has opened a facility in Washington in an effort to help federal government clients develop digital platforms designed to build up engagement with citizens and employees. Accenture Federal Services will use the digital studio as a venue to collaborate with government customers as well as provide support on the development of digital […] More

  • 7 NRO CubeSats to Fly With DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-4 Satellite on Atlas V Rocket
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    7 NRO CubeSats to Fly With DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-4 Satellite on Atlas V Rocket

    DigitalGlobe has announced plans to launch seven miniaturized satellites onboard a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V rocket as part of the rideshare program for the WorldView-4 mission. Seven National Reconnaissance Office-sponsored CubeSats will fly onboard the Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint venture’s rocket that is scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in mid-September to bring […] More

  • Rofori Adds Cloud-Based Risk Mgmt Tool to FireEye-Led Cyber Coalition; Chuck O’Dell Comments
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    Rofori Adds Cloud-Based Risk Mgmt Tool to FireEye-Led Cyber Coalition; Chuck O’Dell Comments

    Rofori Corp. has joined a FireEye-led coalition in an effort to help organizations detect, correlate and respond to cyber threats. Rofori will integrate its DEFCON CYBER platform with FireEye’s Global Threat Management Platform and iSIGHT Intelligence tool under the cybersecurity coalition, Rofori said Monday. Chuck O’Dell, CEO of Rofori, said the combination of the company’s DEFCON CYBER with […] More

  • Orbital ATK, ECAPS to Collaborate on Green Propulsion System Development; Pat Nolan Comments
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    Orbital ATK, ECAPS to Collaborate on Green Propulsion System Development; Pat Nolan Comments

    Orbital ATK has partnered with Sweden-based space propulsion systems provider ECAPS to build and market a liquid green propulsion platform intended for government and commercial use. Orbital ATK will use the ECAPS-developed LMP-103S monopropellant as an alternative to hydrazine-based propulsion systems under the agreement, Orbital ATK said Monday. LMP-103S is designed to have low toxicity levels […] More

  • Duffy Consulting Unveils Data Protection Compliance Mgmt Tool for Defense Contractors
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    Duffy Consulting Unveils Data Protection Compliance Mgmt Tool for Defense Contractors

    Duffy Consulting Services has launched a platform designed to help Defense Department contractors and subcontractors comply with guidance on how to protect sensitive federal data in nonfederal systems. DCS’ enterprise management tool works to facilitate the adoption of the Protection of Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Information Systems and Organizations guidance by DoD contractors in compliance […] More

  • DARPA Taps Raytheon to Build Interoperable Network Tools for UAVs, Manned Aircraft; Jason Redi Comments
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    DARPA Taps Raytheon to Build Interoperable Network Tools for UAVs, Manned Aircraft; Jason Redi Comments

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded a Raytheon subsidiary two contracts worth $9 million combined to develop platforms designed to facilitate interoperability of airborne communication networks used by manned aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles. DARPA awarded the contracts to Raytheon BBN Technologies under the agency’s Dynamic Network Adaptation for Mission Optimization program, Raytheon said Monday. The DyNAMO […] More

  • DISA Lifts Stop-Work Order on Inmarsat’s $450M Satcom Services Contract
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    DISA Lifts Stop-Work Order on Inmarsat’s $450M Satcom Services Contract

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has given Inmarsat’s U.S. federal government subsidiary notice to proceed on multiband satellite communications services under a potential five-year, $450 million contract after DISA lifted a prior stop-work order on the award. DISA revoked the stop-work order issued on Inmarsat Government through a contract modification, the Defense Department said Friday. The agency selected Inmarsat Government in […] More

  • Sandia Labs Bioengineers Use Synthetic DNA to Store, Encrypt Data
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    Sandia Labs Bioengineers Use Synthetic DNA to Store, Encrypt Data

    Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a process designed to encrypt and store sensitive data into a synthetic DNA. Bioengineers George and Marlene Bachand at Sandia Labs used a computer algorithm to encode a summarized version of a letter by U.S. President Harry Truman into a chemically synthesized DNA spotted onto a Sandia Labs […] More

  • Lockheed to Help Air Force Sustain GPS Control Segment
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    Lockheed to Help Air Force Sustain GPS Control Segment

    Lockheed Martin has received a potential $8.6 million contract modification to provide sustainment support services for the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System control segment. The GPS control segment includes the master control station, alternate control station, six monitor stations, four ground antennas, consolidated test environment and telecommunications simulator test station, the Defense Department said Friday. […] More

  • Germany Picks Airbus to Operate Heron 1 UAS in Mali; Thomas Reinartz Comments
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    Germany Picks Airbus to Operate Heron 1 UAS in Mali; Thomas Reinartz Comments

    Airbus Group has received a contract from Germany’s defense procurement agency to operate Israel Aerospace Industries-built Heron 1 unmanned aerial systems in support of German forces’ missions in Mali. Airbus’ defense and space business will begin UAS operations in Mali in November through February 2018, Airbus said Thursday. Thomas Reinartz, head of sales for unmanned […] More

  • Fidelis Unveils Database, Freeware Tools for Threat Intell, Cyber Threat Detection
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    Fidelis Unveils Database, Freeware Tools for Threat Intell, Cyber Threat Detection

    Fidelis Cybersecurity has introduced a database and two freeware tools that work to detect cyber threats and protect network infrastructure from data theft. The Barncat Threat Intelligence Database contains a collection of more than 100,000 records of malware-derived configuration settings in remote access tools and is designed to help cyber analysts identify and attribute cyber […] More