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  • FireEye, OpenDNS Forge Cloud Threat Defense Partnership; Didi Dayton Comments
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    FireEye, OpenDNS Forge Cloud Threat Defense Partnership; Didi Dayton Comments

    FireEye and OpenDNS will integrate their security service and malware protection tools into a combined offering aimed at helping customers protect cloud users and devices against malicious activity and advanced persistent threats. OpenDNS’ Umbrella security service is built for threat discovery and predictive technology, while FireEye’s Web Malware Protection System is intended to analyze file behaviors, […] More

  • HP to Help Texas Install New Teacher Pension Info System; Amy Morgan, Mike Poth Comments
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    HP to Help Texas Install New Teacher Pension Info System; Amy Morgan, Mike Poth Comments

    Hewlett-Packard has been awarded a potential eight-year contract to help the state of Texas install a new pension administration system intended to serve more than 1 million active and 300,000 retired teachers. The Teacher Retirement System of Texas manages a $120 billion trust fund that was started to finance member benefits and manage accounts, HP said […] More

  • Northrop Grumman to Exhibit Offerings at Singapore Airshow; Ian Irving Comments
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    Northrop Grumman to Exhibit Offerings at Singapore Airshow; Ian Irving Comments

    Northrop Grumman will participate in an aerospace and defense show in Singapore to demonstrate its technologies and exhibit scale models of its aircraft and equipment used for surveillance, fire control and other missions. The global security company said Wednesday the Singapore Airshow 2014 is an opportunity to highlight its capabilities to potential customers and emphasize […] More

  • Teledyne to Build NASA Space Launch System Adapter; Robert Mehrabian Comments
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    Teledyne to Build NASA Space Launch System Adapter; Robert Mehrabian Comments

    A subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies will build a launch vehicle stage adapter for NASA to use on the agency’s Space Launch System under a five-year, $60 million contract. Teledyne Brown Engineering unit will use the Marshall Space Flight Center’s advanced welding facility to assemble the adapter, which is intended to protect and support SLS’ core and […] More

  • Accenture Secures Spot on UK Govt Cloud Services Vehicle; Mark Lyons Comments
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    Accenture Secures Spot on UK Govt Cloud Services Vehicle; Mark Lyons Comments

    Accenture has been included in the U.K. government’s catalog listing of approved vendors for cloud and digital services. Through its spot on the G-Cloud 4 vehicle, Accenture will make its cloud portfolio available through the government-hosted Cloudstore platform and the Digital Services Framework, Accenture said Tuesday. “Through these two vehicles public sector organizations now have much […] More

  • Jacobs to Provide Delaware DOT with Support Services; Kevin McMahon Comments
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    Jacobs to Provide Delaware DOT with Support Services; Kevin McMahon Comments

    Jacobs Engineering Group has received a contract for an undisclosed amount from the Delaware Department of Transportation for various system support work, Jacobs said Tuesday. Jacobs will help plan event and incident management as well as conduct homeland security inspections, evaluations and reviews of current infrastructure. “We are very pleased to receive this award from the Delaware […] More

  • Elbit Systems to Maintain Simulators for Israel’s Army
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    Elbit Systems to Maintain Simulators for Israel’s Army

    Elbit Systems will maintain and operate simulators for Israel’s defense ministry under a five-year, $23 million contract. The contract covers work on fixed and mobile ground simulators used by the country’s army, Elbit said Wednesday. Israel uses the simulators to train forces on using armored combat vehicles, tanks and on carrying out other types of military […] More

  • CACI to Help Interior Dept Run Financial, Business Mgmt System
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    CACI to Help Interior Dept Run Financial, Business Mgmt System

    CACI International will manage system security and support business intelligence reporting work for the Interior Department’s business integration office under a potential five-year, $95 million contract, according to a Jan. 31 FedBizOpps post. DOI aims to leverage software products such as SAP ECC, SAP BusinessObjects and Compusearch PRISM to further develop mobile and light applications, the […] More

  • CGI to Help Install Windows 8.1 on Sweden Transport Agency PCs
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    CGI to Help Install Windows 8.1 on Sweden Transport Agency PCs

    CGI will work with Sweden’s national transport administration to install Microsoft’s Windows 8.1 operating system on computers housed inside 11,000 workplaces across 120 locations in the country. The company will provide the modernization and operation services to Trafikverket under a potential seven-year contract worth up to an estimated $76.9 million, CGI said Tuesday. Sweden’s Trafikverket agency has […] More

  • Lockheed to Build Air Force Weapon, Sensor Data Visualization Software
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    Lockheed to Build Air Force Weapon, Sensor Data Visualization Software

    Lockheed Martin will develop software for the U.S. Air Force to plan air and missile defense missions with the goal of linking weapon and sensor data with map-based planning and other decision tools. The U.S. Air Force Operations Center intends to integrate missile defense data sources into a single visualization platform so operators can generate […] More

  • George Schultz: Lockheed to Modify Design for Future Super Hercules Civil Variant
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    George Schultz: Lockheed to Modify Design for Future Super Hercules Civil Variant

    Lockheed Martin has notified the Federal Aviation Administration that the company plans to produce a civil variant of its C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft. The LM-100J variant plane is intended to leverage technology and design upgrades from the L-100 plane for other functions such as aerial firefighting and airborne medical patient transportation, Lockheed said Monday. […] More