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  • Lockheed Martin, Fincantieri Lay Keel on USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul
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    Lockheed Martin, Fincantieri Lay Keel on USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul

    Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri have performed the keel-laying for the USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul littoral combat ship at latter company’s Marinette Marine site in Wisconsin. The companies are currently conducting the Freedom-class LCS’ full-rate production, having delivered five of them to the U.S. Navy, Lockheed said Thursday. During the keel-laying ceremony, Jodi Greene, the ship’s sponsor, had her initials welded […] More

  • Michael Davenport: Booz Allen to Help Integrate Army Resources Under $78M Award
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    Michael Davenport: Booz Allen to Help Integrate Army Resources Under $78M Award

    Booz Allen Hamilton has received a potential $78 million contract to provide  engineering, administrative and business services to the U.S. Army‘s System of Systems Engineering and Integration Directorate. The company said Thursday it aims to help SoSE&I integrate the service branch’s resources and increase the operational effectiveness of resources across programs, units and systems. “We’re proud to expand our partnership with […] More

  • DARPA Picks 2 Firms, 2 Universities to Develop Pandemic Response Tools
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    DARPA Picks 2 Firms, 2 Universities to Develop Pandemic Response Tools

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded contracts to two companies and two universities to develop tools that can help stop the spread of infectious diseases within 60 days. MedImmune, Abcellera Biologics, Duke University and Vanderbilt University will create technologies for the Pandemic Prevention Platform designed to analyze viruses for antibody discovery and assess candidate therapeutic products, DARPA said Thursday. […] More

  • Saab Unveils Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft
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    Saab Unveils Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft

    Saab has unveiled a new airborne surveillance platform the company built for United Arab Emirates as part of an aircraft development and production contract awarded in 2015. The company said Friday its GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning & Control aircraft is derived from Bombardier‘s Global 6000 model and equipped with an extended-range Erieye radar technology. GlobalEye is designed to support […] More

  • Alion to Provide Navy Communications, Media Support Under IDIQ Contract
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    Alion to Provide Navy Communications, Media Support Under IDIQ Contract

    Alion Science and Technology has secured a spot on a potential five-year, $34 million multiple-award contract to support the U.S. Navy‘s communications function. The company said Thursday it aims to provide global communications and media support services to the Chief of Naval Information Command through the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Vince Stammetti, senior vice president of the rapid solutions […] More

  • Raytheon-Ponemon Survey: IT Professionals Predict ‘Catastrophic’ Data Breach Due to Unsafe Internet Devices
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    Raytheon-Ponemon Survey: IT Professionals Predict ‘Catastrophic’ Data Breach Due to Unsafe Internet Devices

    A Raytheon-commissioned study has found that 82 percent of senior information technology professionals said they predict the use of unsecured internet of things-based devices to result in a major data breach over the next three years. The Ponemon Institute polled approximately 1,100 senior IT practitioners in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East and North Africa between Oct. […] More

  • Survey Highlights Data Sharing Opportunity in Federal IT Modernization Efforts; Red Hat’s David Egts Comments
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    Survey Highlights Data Sharing Opportunity in Federal IT Modernization Efforts; Red Hat’s David Egts Comments

    A new report by MeriTalk has found that 73 percent of federal information technology leaders said that deriving data from legacy applications is vital in efforts to advance government reform and use of shared services. The publication said Thursday it conducted an online survey of 275 federal IT leaders in January for the report, which was […] More

  • MEI Wins Air Force Launch System Certification Support Order
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    MEI Wins Air Force Launch System Certification Support Order

    Millennium Engineering and Integration has won a one-year, $9.9 million task order to support the U.S. Air Force‘s certification process for two proposed launch vehicles. MEI will provide systems engineering and integration services as the government evaluates United Launch Alliance‘s Vulcan rocket and Orbital ATK‘s Next Generation Launcher system, the Defense Department said Thursday. Work under the order will occur through […] More

  • Accenture to Support Virginia Medicaid Processing System Modernization Under $138M Contract
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    Accenture to Support Virginia Medicaid Processing System Modernization Under $138M Contract

    Accenture has secured a potential six-year, $138 million contract to help modernize the Commonwealth of Virginia’s system for processing and managing Medicaid claims. The company said Thursday it will support the implementation and operation of core systems for the state’s Medicaid Enterprise infrastructure as part of the Modular Core Services Solutions contract. The Commonwealth will adopt two Public Health […] More

  • Boeing Subsidiary Gets Navy Surveillance Equipment IDIQ
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    Boeing Subsidiary Gets Navy Surveillance Equipment IDIQ

    Boeing‘s Digital Receiver Technology subsidiary has secured a $23.8 million contract to provide ruggedized surveillance equipment and peripherals to the U.S. Navy‘s Combat Direction Systems Activity Dam Neck. The Defense Department said Thursday that CDSA Dam Neck will use the equipment in engineering, technical design and acquisition activities. The service branch will obligate $30,610 in initial contract funds slated to expire at the […] More

  • Unisys Gets Expanded NIAP Certification for Microsegmentation Security Platform
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    Unisys Gets Expanded NIAP Certification for Microsegmentation Security Platform

    Unisys has received a National Information Assurance Partnership accreditation to make its microsegmentation security software platform available to government agencies seeking to protect classified data and systems that run on Microsoft 10 and Windows Server 2016 operating systems. The company said Thursday the expanded certification for the Stealth software came two years after NIAP initially issued accreditation […] More

  • Engility Awards Cyber Scholarships to 2 Army Veterans; Lynn Dugle Comments
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    Engility Awards Cyber Scholarships to 2 Army Veterans; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Engility has selected U.S. Army veterans Magdalena Seitz and Leo Bastidas as the first two recipients of the company’s cybersecurity scholarships. The company said Wednesday it partnered with the Center for Cyber Safety and Education to establish the CyberWarrior Scholarship, which will give military veterans funds to pursue cybersecurity certifications. “We are grateful for our veterans’ commitment to […] More