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  • Kroll Names FBI Vet Matthew Dunn Associate Managing Director for Cyber & Investigations Practice
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    Kroll Names FBI Vet Matthew Dunn Associate Managing Director for Cyber & Investigations Practice

    Matthew Dunn, a 20-year FBI veteran, has joined Kroll as associate managing director within its cybersecurity and investigations practice in Nashville, Tennessee. Kroll said Tuesday Dunn most recently led the bureau’s Nashville-based cyber crimes and counterintelligence squad as a supervisory special agent. He began his FBI career in 1997 as special agent in the Philadelphia field office and later held […] More

  • Maury Blackman Appointed Premise Data President, CEO
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    Maury Blackman Appointed Premise Data President, CEO

    Maury Blackman, formerly president and CEO of San Ramon, California-based government technology company Accela, has been appointed to similar roles at Premise Data. Blackman will help Premise Data provide government agencies and companies with a data and analytics platform designed to help them derive actionable intelligence from data gathered by a “network of on-the-ground contributors,” […] More

  • Former Stratcom Official Kenneth Callicutt Joins Polaris Alpha’s Advisory Board
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    Former Stratcom Official Kenneth Callicutt Joins Polaris Alpha’s Advisory Board

    Kenneth “Steve” Callicutt, former director of capability and resource integration at the U.S. Strategic Command, has joined the board of advisers at Polaris Alpha. The Washington, D.C.-based firm said Wednesday Callicutt brings knowledge and experience in the areas of mission planning, weapons system development and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. “Steve has deep expertise in so many […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Unit Distributes $101K in Gulf Coast School STEM Grants
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    Huntington Ingalls Unit Distributes $101K in Gulf Coast School STEM Grants

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has provided $101,000 in grant funds to support 26 science, technology, engineering and math programs in two Gulf Coast states. The company said Tuesday it has awarded more than $911,000 to different STEM projects and initiatives to over the past 10 years. Edmond Hughes, vice president of human resources and administration at […] More

  • BAE’s US Arm to Support Navy SPAWAR Under Potential $180M IDIQ Contract
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    BAE’s US Arm to Support Navy SPAWAR Under Potential $180M IDIQ Contract

    BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary has secured a position on a potential five-year, $180 contract to help the U.S. Navy‘s Space Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center-Atlantic implement  surveillance and sensor systems. The company said Tuesday it will pursue task orders to provide equipment and support services intended to help SPAWAR identify and track potential threats to […] More

  • Harris Plans to Supply EW Systems to Asia’s Air Forces; Andy Dunn Comments
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    Harris Plans to Supply EW Systems to Asia’s Air Forces; Andy Dunn Comments

    Harris will offer its electronic warfare systems to Asia’s air forces as it sees geopolitical issues as factors that will drive regional interest in EW, FlightGlobal reported Monday. The report said Harris will promote its Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suite, which can be integrated with Lockheed Martin’s F-16 aircraft or kept in a pod […] More

  • PAR Technology Secures Air Force C4ISR Tech R&D Contract
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    PAR Technology Secures Air Force C4ISR Tech R&D Contract

    A subsidiary of PAR Technology has received a potential $4.5 million contract to develop multidomain command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance tools for the U.S. Air Force. PAR Government Systems will also integrate and test computing and network architectures through the three-year Synchronized Command and Control Multi-Domain Test and Integration program managed by the […] More

  • NASA Ships Webb Telescope’s OTIS Instrument Module to Northrop Facility
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    NASA Ships Webb Telescope’s OTIS Instrument Module to Northrop Facility

    An instrument module of NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope arrived at Northrop Grumman‘s Redondo Beach, California-based facility Friday ahead of scheduled tests. NASA shipped the combined Optical Telescope and Integrated Science instrument module from the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, after the agency completed cryogenic tests on the hardware, Northrop said Monday. OTIS was encased in a […] More

  • Saab Highlights Features of Swordfish Maritime Patrol Aircraft
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    Saab Highlights Features of Swordfish Maritime Patrol Aircraft

    Saab has said its Swordfish maritime patrol aircraft is designed to feature reduced size, weight and power requirements than large “airliner-type” MPAs. The company said Monday Swordfish integrates Bombardier‘s Global 6000 long-range aircraft, General Dynamics‘ acoustics processor and Saab’s airborne surveillance systems. Swordfish works to operate for approximately 13 hours and provide a payload capacity of up to six torpedoes, […] More

  • Deloitte: IT Modernization, AI Adoption Among Govt Tech Trends for 2018
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    Deloitte: IT Modernization, AI Adoption Among Govt Tech Trends for 2018

    A new Deloitte report has identified eight technology trends that could help government agencies develop and adopt an enterprise-centered approach to information technology. Deloitte said Monday its annual report A Government Perspective: Tech Trends 2018 scored each trend based on its relevancy to agencies and the government’s readiness to implement such trends and found that “reengineering […] More

  • HII Shipbuilding Division Installs Caisson at Joint Manufacturing Assembly Facility
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    HII Shipbuilding Division Installs Caisson at Joint Manufacturing Assembly Facility

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division has installed a more than 80-foot caisson fixture inside the Joint Manufacturing Assembly Facility located in Virginia. The 400-metric-ton structure is scheduled to reach full operational status later this year to support the construction of Virginia-class submarine Utah‘s bow module, HII said Thursday. HII opened JMAF last year to serve as a venue […] More

  • Vencore to Develop Mobile Information Exchange Security Tech Under DARPA Program
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    Vencore to Develop Mobile Information Exchange Security Tech Under DARPA Program

    Vencore‘s research arm has received a $4.1 million prime contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop tools for military personnel to secure information they share through smartphones. The company said Monday that Vencore Labs will provide technologies for new security models under the first phase of DARPA’s three-year Secure Handhelds on Assured Resilient networks at the tactical Edge […] More