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  • RSA Taps Leidos for Product Managed Security Services; Lisa Roger Comments
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    RSA Taps Leidos for Product Managed Security Services; Lisa Roger Comments

    Leidos has been selected by RSA to provide managed security services for the latter’s platforms in an effort to protect government and commercial clients from potential cyber attacks. Leidos said Monday its MSS portfolio will work to support RSA’s Advanced Security Operations Center and Archer Governance, Risk and Compliance offerings. Cyber threats require “comprehensive technology and […] More

  • Navy Picks L-3 to Build Poseidon’s Electro-Optical Sensor Systems
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    Navy Picks L-3 to Build Poseidon’s Electro-Optical Sensor Systems

    L-3 Communications has been selected to provide digital electro-optical sensor and infrared systems for the U.S. Navy’s maritime patrol planes, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Monday. John Keller writes L-3 will also repair services and technical assistance for the military branch as part of the installation of its MX-20HD EO/IR system on board the Boeing-built P-8A […] More

  • FCi-Oryza Group Team Lands USCIS Services Support Contract; Sharon Virts Comments
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    FCi-Oryza Group Team Lands USCIS Services Support Contract; Sharon Virts Comments

    A partnership between FCi Federal and The Oryza Group has been awarded a four-year contract to provide data management and administrative support services for service centers of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The Service Center Operations Support Services B contract awarded to the Service Center Oryza Team covers support for USCIS centers in California and Vermont, FCi […] More

  • Michael Donlan: Police Departments Cite FBI’s Security Standards Compliance for Microsoft’s Cloud Adoption
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    Michael Donlan: Police Departments Cite FBI’s Security Standards Compliance for Microsoft’s Cloud Adoption

    Law enforcement agencies in California and North Carolina have started to adopt Microsoft’s cloud platform due to the offering’s compliance with the security regulations of the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services. The Los Angeles Police Department and North Carolina-based Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department are among the agencies that access fingerprint files, surveillance videos and other criminal […] More

  • Lockheed Gets $238M Delivery Order for Navy F-35 Spares
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    Lockheed Gets $238M Delivery Order for Navy F-35 Spares

    Lockheed Martin has received a $237.7 million delivery order to provide initial spares for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, non-Pentagon participants and international military clients under a basic agreement previously awarded to the firm. The Defense Department said Thursday the spares will be used in the preliminary production of F-35 jets under the order, which also covers deployment and […] More

  • Raytheon Awards $2M System Hardware Contract to OSI Systems; Deepak Chopra Comments
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    Raytheon Awards $2M System Hardware Contract to OSI Systems; Deepak Chopra Comments

    OSI Systems’ optoelectronics division has received a potential $2 million contract to provide software and system hardware components for Raytheon. OSI  said Friday Raytheon will use the components to create an electronic toll collection system for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. “We are excited to provide our sensor technology and software to support Raytheon’s efforts with […] More

  • CACI Secures SEC Investigation Support Task Orders
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    CACI Secures SEC Investigation Support Task Orders

    CACI International has received two task orders worth $29.8 million combined to provide investigation support and legal assistance services for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The five-year contracts cover work for SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, Division of Enforcement and Office of the Investor Advocate, the company said Thursday. CACI said the task orders fall […] More

  • Raj Samani: Honeywell-Intel Security Alliance Seeks to Boost ‘Industrial Internet of Things’ Via Cyber Threat Defense
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    Raj Samani: Honeywell-Intel Security Alliance Seeks to Boost ‘Industrial Internet of Things’ Via Cyber Threat Defense

    Honeywell Process Solutions and Intel Security have agreed to combine their platforms in an effort to help commercial clients protect their data infrastructure and ‘Industrial Internet of Things’-based devices from malware and potential cyber attacks. The partnership covers the integration of Intel Security’s McAfee Application Whitelisting and McAfee Device Control offerings with Honeywell’s network security platform […] More

  • Harris Subjects Vehicular Tactical Radios to Limited User Test; George Helm Comments
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    Harris Subjects Vehicular Tactical Radios to Limited User Test; George Helm Comments

    Harris Corp. has conducted a limited user test of its Mid-tier Networking Vehicular Radio during the U.S. Army’s Network Integration Evaluation 15.3 operation at Fort Bliss in Texas. The company said Thursday it sought to validate the video, voice and data sharing capability of MNVR among soldiers across company, battalion and brigade levels and verify network routing configurations in […] More

  • SRI International’s Online Game Seeks to Verify Software; John Murray Comments
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    SRI International’s Online Game Seeks to Verify Software; John Murray Comments

    SRI International has developed an online game as part of a government program that intends to verify software to ensure that it lacks errors and security vulnerabilities. The company said Tuesday it created Binary Fission with the University of California in Santa Cruz and the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Crowd-Sourced Formal Verification initiative of the Defense […] More

  • Red Hat, Samsung to Develop Mobile Platforms for Commercial Clients
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    Red Hat, Samsung to Develop Mobile Platforms for Commercial Clients

    Red Hat and Samsung have formed a partnership to develop mobile platforms for companies to manage business information and operations. Red Hat said Tuesday it will work with Samsung to develop mobile applications that can be configured for a company’s back-end systems and can operate on Android and other mobile operating systems through the Red Hat Mobile Application Platform. […] More

  • IBM-Box Alliance Seeks to Facilitate Cloud-Based Enterprise Collaboration
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    IBM-Box Alliance Seeks to Facilitate Cloud-Based Enterprise Collaboration

    IBM and cloud storage firm Box have formed an alliance to combine their services and offerings in an effort to help enterprises manage data workloads and collaborate with other businesses in a cloud environment. IBM said Wednesday it will integrate Box’s cloud-based content collaboration tool with Watson Analytics, IBM Verse business email platform and IBM Connections social […] More