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  • Draper Books DTRA Contract for ETHOS Program
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    Draper Books DTRA Contract for ETHOS Program

    Draper has secured a $34.1 million contract from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to develop a microphysiological system featuring interacting immune-competent micro-organ models to predict disease responses and evaluate medical countermeasures. Under the Evaluation of Treatments using High-throughput Multi-Organ Systems contract award, the company said Thursday it will create a multi-organ platform to study the progression […] More

  • Forescout Technologies Added to Carahsoft ESI Contract
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    Forescout Technologies Added to Carahsoft ESI Contract

    Carahsoft Technology will offer Forescout Technologies’ cybersecurity software and services built for the Department of Defense through its blanket purchase agreement under the DOD’s Enterprise Software Initiative. The Reston, Virginia-based company said Thursday it will provide access to Forescout’s software licenses, subscriptions, maintenance, support and IT operations services that are designed to help DOD customers mitigate risks […] More

  • Okta Gets FedRAMP High Authorization for Automation Platform
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    Okta Gets FedRAMP High Authorization for Automation Platform

    Okta has received the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s High Authority to Operate designation for its cloud-based no-code automation and orchestration platform used for complex identity processes. In a blog post Thursday, Katy Mann, senior vice president of public sector at Okta, said Okta Workflows is now available for FedRAMP’s high customers and eligible moderate customers. […] More

  • NeoSystems, SNC Seal MOU for Cybersecurity Services Delivery
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    NeoSystems, SNC Seal MOU for Cybersecurity Services Delivery

    NeoSystems and Sierra Nevada Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding to combine capabilities to help defense industrial base organizations meet the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification requirements, which are needed to secure or renew federal contracts. Commenting on the MOU, NeoSystems Senior Vice President Stuart Itkin said Wednesday, “NeoSystems CMMC Managed Solutions, combined with SNC […] More

  • SkyePoint Appoints Manohar Kumar, Durriya Badani to Management Positions
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    SkyePoint Appoints Manohar Kumar, Durriya Badani to Management Positions

    SkyePoint Decisions has named Manohar Kumar and Durriya Badani as the company’s senior vice president of operations and vice president of strategic accounts, respectively. In a statement Tuesday, SkyePoint President Heather Conigliaro welcomed the new appointees and said, “Manohar’s proven delivery success and Durriya’s ability to build strategic relationships will be invaluable as we continue to expand […] More

  • Geoffrey Schaefer Named AI Strategy & Governance VP at Leidos
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    Geoffrey Schaefer Named AI Strategy & Governance VP at Leidos

    Geoffrey Schaefer, former head of responsible artificial intelligence and chief AI ethics adviser at Booz Allen Hamilton, has joined Leidos as vice president of AI strategy and governance. In a post on LinkedIn Tuesday, Schaefer said, “I could not be more excited for this opportunity. I remain – more than ever – an AI optimist. The potential of […] More

  • BAE Receives Army Contract to Boost Combat Vehicle EW Defenses
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    BAE Receives Army Contract to Boost Combat Vehicle EW Defenses

    BAE Systems has secured a follow-on contract from the U.S. Army to enhance the electronic warfare capabilities of its combat vehicle protection systems to bolster vehicle survivability against guided missiles and nearby threats. The company said Tuesday the contract calls for developing its Multi-Class Soft Kill System countermeasures such as advancing its Stormcrow and Terra Raven […] More

  • State Department OKs Potential $70M Sale of Tactical Combat Training Systems to UK
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    State Department OKs Potential $70M Sale of Tactical Combat Training Systems to UK

    The State Department has approved the U.K. government’s request to purchase 46 Tactical Combat Training System Increment II units under a $70 million foreign military sales agreement. The FMS package includes containers, testing support, spare parts, documentation, training, engineering, logistics services and related program support, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Monday.   TCTS II delivers realistic […] More

  • Databricks Analytics Platform Receives DOD IL5 Provisional Authorization
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    Databricks Analytics Platform Receives DOD IL5 Provisional Authorization

    Databricks has received Impact Level 5 Provisional Authorization from the Department of Defense for its artificial intelligence-based data intelligence platform. The designation enables the DOD, the agency’s mission partners and other federal agencies to use the platform to securely handle unclassified information, the data analytics company said Monday. Built on a lakehouse foundation, the Databricks Data […] More

  • Carahsoft to Serve as Public Sector Distributor for NextLabs
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    Carahsoft to Serve as Public Sector Distributor for NextLabs

    Carahsoft Technology and NextLabs have partnered to bring the latter’s zero trust architecture and data-centric security products to government agencies. Carahsoft said Thursday that under the partnership, it will serve as NextLab’s master government aggregator. NextLabs’ patented dynamic authorization technology and attribute-based zero trust policy platform were designed to identify and protect sensitive data, control access […] More

  • Raytheon Books Army Contract to Develop Wireless Power Beaming Technology
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    Raytheon Books Army Contract to Develop Wireless Power Beaming Technology

    Raytheon, an RTX business, has secured a contract from the U.S. Army to develop advanced wireless power transmitter and receiver technologies to enable long-range demonstrations for the service branch’s manned and unmanned systems. The company said Thursday it will focus on developing directed energy wireless power beaming systems to deliver battlefield power, streamline logistics and enhance troop […] More

  • ECS, NSA Partner Bolster Cybersecurity of DIB Customers
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    ECS, NSA Partner Bolster Cybersecurity of DIB Customers

    ECS, an ASGN division, and the National Security Agency have partnered to bolster capabilities against advanced cyber threats targeting crucial defense systems. Under the collaboration, ECS said Thursday that it will integrate the NSA Cybersecurity Collaboration Center’s threat intelligence collaboration service into its cybersecurity operations to enhance the security of its customers within the U.S. defense industrial […] More