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N2WS Updates Data Backup, Recovery Platform for AWS Cloud
N2WS has updated version of a cloud-based technology platform that works to help organizations back up data or applications in Amazon Web Services computing environments.
Marine Corps Issues Optical Comm Transmission System RFI
The U.S. Marine Corps has issued a request for information on potential sources that could provide a system designed to deliver high-bandwidth transmission capabilities to support video, data and voice communications. The military service said Tuesday the proposed optical communication transmission system will be part of a complete line-of-sight transmission platform.
ÂNavy Declares Initial Operational Capability on Kratos-Built Subsonic Aerial Target System
A subsonic aerial target system Kratos Defense and Security Solutions built for the U.S. Navy has reached initial operational capability status.
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Lockheed Opens Cyber Facility at Port San Antonio; Jon Rambeau Quoted
Lockheed Martin has celebrated the opening of its cyber facility at Port San Antonio's Project Tech complex with ribbon-cutting and open house events.
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SolarWinds: Federal IT Security Pros Consider Untrained Insiders, Foreign Governments as Main Threat Sources
A new SolarWinds report shows that more than 50 percent of information technology security professionals from federal civilian and defense agencies say foreign governments and careless insiders are the primary sources of IT security threats. SolarWinds said Wednesday research firm Market Connections was commissioned to poll 200 federal IT security personnel between December and January for its annual Federal Cybersecurity Survey and found that 51 percent of respondents say contractors pose greater security risks to agencies.
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Northrop Receives Navy Early Warning Aircraft System Repair Contract
Northrop Grumman has received a three-year, $23M contract to repair eight components of the U.S. Navy's early warning and control aircraft.
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Lockheed to Provide F-35 Modification Kits, Special Tools to US, Int’l Military Clients
Lockheed Martin has received a $32.7M delivery order modification under a U.S. Navy basic ordering agreement to provide alteration kits and special tools for the F-35 aircraft.
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Elbit Systems’ US Subsidiary Lands Army Helmet Mounted Display Supply IDIQ
Elbit Systems of America will provide helmet mounted display systems to the U.S. Army under a five-year, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract of an undisclosed value.
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Dell EMC Federal’s Steve Harris: Treating Infrastructure as a Platform Could Help Agencies Simplify Cyber Efforts
Government contractors and cybersecurity professionals discussed the challenge of simplifying federal agencies’ efforts to protect their information technology infrastructure from cyber attacks during the RSA Public Sector conference held Monday in San Francisco, CyberScoop reported Tuesday. Steve Harris, senior vice president and general manager of Dell EMC’s federal business, told the publication on the sidelines of the conference about the complexity and issues posed by security systems in an IT infrastructure to agency employees.He discussed an approach that agencies can implement to streamline their cybersecurity efforts.
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Ken Asbury Develops Set of Potential Candidates for CEO Post at CACI
Ken Asbury, president and CEO of CACI International, told Inside Defense in an interview posted Tuesday that he is developing several executives who could potentially succeed him at the company. "I have two, maybe four [executives] that are in various stages of development, which is to me incredibly healthy," he said.