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GSA, HUD Issue RFIs for Cloud, Data Analytics Services
The General Services Administration and the Department of Housing and Urban Development are seeking information from the industry on how to enhance their cloud adoption, contact center, customer experience, and data analytics functions.
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Unisys CISO Mathew Newfield: Government-Industry Communication Key to Secure IT Supply Chain
Mathew Newfield, chief information security officer of Unisys, has said President Trump's executive order on supply chain security is a wake-up call for government and technology industry leaders, SearchCIO reported Friday.
Rigaku Handheld Chemical Analyzer Approved for U.S. Military Field Kits
Rigaku’s handheld chemical analyzer has been approved for U.S. soldiers’ dismounted reconnaissance kits and will soon be utilized worldwide, National Defense said Friday. Capable of scanning dangerous liquids and powders in sealed containers, Rigaku Progeny ResQ can identify up to 13K chemical warfare agents, toxic chemicals and other compounds.
Virtustream Expands Cloud Application Migration Services Suite
Virtustream, a business unit of Dell Technologies, has expanded a set of professional and managed service offerings intended to help enterprise customers migrate information technology applications to cloud computing infrastructure. The xStreamCare suite is part of Virtustream’s suite of offerings made to help users plan, manage and conduct cloud migration activities, the company said Friday.
DARPA Opens Solicitation for Robot-Based Satellite Servicing Project
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched a formal solicitation for an other transaction agreement with the goal to develop and demonstrate a robotic servicing vehicle for government and commercial geosynchronous satellites.
Checkmarx Software Security Tool Deployed on FedRAMP-Certified PaaS; Rich Wajsgras Quoted
Checkmarx has deployed a source code analysis tool on a platform-as-a-service offering that was certified under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Project Hosts' Federal Private Cloud now includes the CxSAST analyzer designed to help users identify security vulnerabilities in custom and open-source codes, Checkmarx said Thursday.
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Air Center Helicopters Wins Air Force Rescue Training IDIQ
Air Center Helicopters won a potential $43.8M contract to provide personnel recovery training services to the U.S. Air Force’s 68th Rescue Squadron. Training will be held at various locations, including Davis-Monthan AF Base, Ariz. and Naval Air Station North Island, Colo.
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Greenfield Engineering Wins $83M Navy Contract for Avionics Tech Support Services
Greenfield Engineering has won a potential five-year, $82.8M contract to design, develop, produce, integrate and test avionics systems for Naval Air Systems Command. The company will also fabricate integration kits for these systems under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Department of Defense said Friday.
Sikorsky Conducts Maiden Flight of HH-60W Rescue Helicopter for U.S. Air Force
Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary completed the first flight of its HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter this Friday, where the search and rescue aircraft’s capabilities were assessed at the company’s site in West Palm Beach, Fla. Sikorsky said Friday the flight test comes as part of an Air Force program that seeks to acquire 113 new HH-60Ws. Compared to the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters that currently support the military branches’ personnel recovery operations, the new HH-60W model can hold almost twice as much fuel as the HH-60G, in addition to being designed for improved defense.
CACI Eyes Astronaut Training Opportunities for ‘Gateway’ Lunar Space Station; Ken Asbury Quoted
CACI International explores how their current virtual training methods, already utilized by the International Space Station’s training program, could also help prepare astronauts slated for Gateway, a proposed space station that will operate in the lunar orbit, Politico reported Friday.