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Cubic Transporation Systems has received a $9 million contract to update hardware and software on the electronic card ticketing system for public transit services within Los Angeles County. The company will intergrate a technology for securing consumers’ payment card information into the county’s TAP automated fare collection system, Cubic said Wednesday. “Today, merchants accepting credit […] More

A new Government Business Council/Siemens poll has found that senior federal employees looking to become more energy efficient at work feel their goals will be better achieved by having greater freedom and better tools to access and interpret real-time data. Thirty percent of 321 respondents to the GBC survey say they are sure their agencies […] More

MACH37 has kicked off the application process for its accelerator program for information security startup businesses. The MACH37 Cyber Accelerator’s 90-day Spring 2015 Cohort will begin on March 2, 2015, MACH37 said Tuesday. Cyber startups will undergo a mentorship program on how to create and sustain a business and receive a $50,000 investment to market their security products, the company […] More

Hewlett Packard has landed a $116.5 million contract extension to help the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation manage the agency’s electronic prisoners data system for five additional years. HP’s enterprise services business will continue to provide hosting, disaster recovery and backup services for the state’s Strategic Offender Management System, the company said Tuesday. The […] More

An SRA International and SAP NS2 alliance helped the U.S. Department of Agriculture build an integrated platform for managing the agency’s local and oversees food and nutrition programs. USDA’s Web Based Supply Chain Management system is based on SAP technology and works to help agency users order, purchase and track commodities for school lunch initiatives […] More

Superlative Technologies has opened a new 4,600-square-foot office in Falls Church, Virginia to house the company’s cybersecurity team in an expansion push for the Northern Virginia and the Washington metropolitan area. The company said Wednesday the SuprTEK Fairview Park office is its third in the region and will initially house its information system security engineers and continuous monitoring specialists that will […] More

ICF International has partnered with George Washington University to collaborate on research and development, advisory and other activities with a focus on areas of federal health and transportation. The company said Monday the teaming arrangement includes grant and contract opportunities; exchange programs for faculty, students and executives; publication of white papers and journal articles; and collaboration in strategic planning and policy development. “[Our] arrangement […] More

Northrop Grumman has opened a new aerospace technology laboratory at its Space Park campus in Redondo Beach, Calif. that more than 70 company employees developed the idea of and helped create. The Fabrication Laboratory, dubbed “FabLab,” will house both engineers and non-engineers in an environment that is intended as a collaborative environment to share ideas on and […] More

Wynyard Group has released the findings of its survey on the use of crime-fighting software across U.S. law enforcement agencies and says budget limitations are the biggest challenge to implement the software. The company reached out to 300 federal investigators, policy chiefs, analysts and other officials for the Wynyard Group Advanced Crime Analytics Survey and found only 35 percent of respondents use crime-fighting software, the […] More

General Atomics  is looking for partners to build and market new electromagnetic weapons and associated equipment for defense customers in India, The Financial Express newspaper reported Saturday. Huma Siddiqui writes that India-based technology companies Pipavav and L&T are interested in collaborating with the U.S. contractor. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently met with Vivek Lall, […] More

Richard Breakiron,ViON‘s senior director of cyber solutions, has recommended steps he believes can help secure the Internet of Things from what he calls potential vulnerabilities in devices. Breakiron wrote in a GCN op-ed published Thursday that potential flaws in IoT devices during the design and development phase could lead to national security risks. He recommends downloads of […] More

Research and Markets has released a new report that predicts the global missile defense systems market could grow to $38.5 billion in value through 2024, up 4.93 percent from 2014. The report analyzes market size over the next decade, global industry values, market demand and industry challenges, Research and Markets said Wednesday. Research and Markets projects the market for missile defense systems during the […] More