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  • PwC, India’s NIIT University to Launch Cybersecurity-Focused Master’s Degree Program
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    PwC, India’s NIIT University to Launch Cybersecurity-Focused Master’s Degree Program

    PwC and India-based NIIT University will offer a master’s degree program on cybersecurity in an effort to address the demand for professionals that will work to counter cyber threats in India, the Economic Times reported Monday. Neha Alawadhi writes PwC and the university will choose the candidates for the two-year course in July and subject the […] More

  • DARPA Taps Northrop to Build Reconnaissance Drone Demonstrator; Dan Patt, Gil Graff Comment
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    DARPA Taps Northrop to Build Reconnaissance Drone Demonstrator; Dan Patt, Gil Graff Comment

    As covered by GovCon Wire Monday, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency selected a Northrop Grumman-led team to develop a demonstrator platform of an unmanned aerial system under phase three of the Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node program. Tern is a joint initiative of DARPA and the Office of Naval Research to develop a medium-altitude, long-endurance drone that will work to […] More

  • Senate Seeks Threat Analysis Support for Sergeant at Arms Office’s Cyber Threat Team
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    Senate Seeks Threat Analysis Support for Sergeant at Arms Office’s Cyber Threat Team

    The U.S. Senate’s sergeant at arms office has requested information on potential contractors that can provide intelligence and threat analysis support services for the cyber threat analysis team within the SAA office’s information technology security branch. The Senate’s SAA office said in a FedBizOpps notice published Dec. 22 potential vendors will work to help the […] More

  • Nextgov: GSA Suspends 18F’s Agile BPA Due to New Protest
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    Nextgov: GSA Suspends 18F’s Agile BPA Due to New Protest

    The General Services Administration‘s 18F digital services agency has suspended the implementation of the Agile Blanket Purchase Agreement after a company filed a new protest with the Government Accountability Office, Nextgov reported Monday. Mohana Ravindranath writes GSA notified companies that won positions on the pre-approved list of 16 contractors for the Agile BPA that work […] More

  • Congressional Research Service: US Posted $36B in Foreign Weapons Sales in 2014
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    Congressional Research Service: US Posted $36B in Foreign Weapons Sales in 2014

    A new Congressional Research Service report says the U.S. recorded $36.2 billion in foreign arms sales in 2014, an approximately $10 billion increase from $26.7 billion in 2013, DoD Buzz reported Monday. Brendan McGarry writes the U.S. worldwide arms transfer deals are comprised mainly of Qatar’s $9.6 billion purchase of Lockheed Martin-built Patriot PAC-3 missiles, […] More

  • Avnet Adds Catalogic Software Data Mgmt Platform to GSA Schedule
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    Avnet Adds Catalogic Software Data Mgmt Platform to GSA Schedule

    An Avnet subsidiary will offer Catalogic Software’s storage and data management platforms to public sector agencies through a General Services Administration contract vehicle. Avnet Government Solutions will use its GSA schedule to distribute Catalogic’s information technology products across state and local education and federal government clients, Avnet said Wednesday. “IT organizations in federal agencies recognize […] More

  • Raytheon-Websense Selected for FBI Network Consolidation Project; Michelle Youngers Comments
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    Raytheon-Websense Selected for FBI Network Consolidation Project; Michelle Youngers Comments

    Raytheon-Websense has received a potential $8 million contract from the Justice Department to build a virtual network for FBI agents and analysts to access and view secret and unclassified systems on the same monitor, GCN reported Wednesday. Stephanie Kanowitz writes DOJ awarded the contract through the FBI’s Enclave Consolidation Initiative that seeks to reduce costs associated with […] More

  • Lockheed Subsidiary’s Halifax-Class Frigate Combat Platform Reaches System Acceptance
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    Lockheed Subsidiary’s Halifax-Class Frigate Combat Platform Reaches System Acceptance

    Lockheed Martin’s Canadian subsidiary has achieved first article acceptance for its combat platform onboard seven of the Canadian navy’s 12 Halifax-class frigates. The subsidiary reached the system acceptance milestone after it completed several integration tests on its combat system at the firm’s maritime training and testing facility in Nova Scotia as part of the navy’s Halifax-class […] More

  • Air Force Taps Peerless Technologies for $54M Consulting Support Task Order
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    Air Force Taps Peerless Technologies for $54M Consulting Support Task Order

    Peerless Technologies has secured a potential four-year, $53.7 million task order from the U.S. Air Force to provide consulting and assistance support services for the structures and aerodynamics test centers of the aerospace vehicles division. The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded the cost-plus, level-of-effort order through the General Services Administration’s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated […] More

  • Airbus Wins $600M Inmarsat Satellite Production Contract; Rupert Pearce Comments
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    Airbus Wins $600M Inmarsat Satellite Production Contract; Rupert Pearce Comments

    Airbus’ defense and space business has won a potential $600 million contract from Inmarsat to construct the first two communications satellites for integration with the Inmarsat-6 satellite constellation. The two I-6 satellites will work to provide Ka- and L-band mobile communications services to Inmarsat clients, Inmarsat said Wednesday. Airbus is scheduled to hand over the […] More

  • Airbus Receives Order for 7 Additional Tiger Choppers From France
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    Airbus Receives Order for 7 Additional Tiger Choppers From France

    France has placed an order for seven more Airbus-built Tiger attack helicopters in an effort to help French troops perform air-land operations in sub-Saharan Africa, Defense News reported Tuesday. Pierre Tran writes the French defense procurement agency or DGA made the order on Dec. 17 through France’s Organization for Joint Armament Cooperation. The report said DGA […] More

  • AWS, California DOJ Ink Cloud Security Compliance Agreement; Adrian Farley Comments
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    AWS, California DOJ Ink Cloud Security Compliance Agreement; Adrian Farley Comments

    Amazon Web Services and the California Justice Department have signed an agreement in an effort to help the state’s law enforcement agencies comply with FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services standard and securely manage workloads in the cloud. AWS will offer cloud infrastructure and security-related services such as Amazon CloudTrail, AWS Direct Connect and AWS CloudHSM to […] More