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  • Amazon, Google, Microsoft Take Steps to Address Newly-Discovered Processor Vulnerabilities
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    Amazon, Google, Microsoft Take Steps to Address Newly-Discovered Processor Vulnerabilities

    Amazon, Google and Microsoft have launched efforts to secure their respective cloud services and products amid the discovery of security vulnerabilities in various computer chips, CNBC reported Wednesday. A report from the Register revealed that vulnerabilities affecting various processors could allow hackers to steal information from devices that run those chips, such as computers and data center servers. […] More

  • Air Force Eyes Software Task Order Award to Raytheon-Led Cyber Venture
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    Air Force Eyes Software Task Order Award to Raytheon-Led Cyber Venture

    The U.S. Air Force has announced its plan to award a task order to Forcepoint to provide a software platform for the service’s warrior preparation center. Raytheon operates Forcepoint as a cybersecurity joint venture with investment firm Vista Equity Partners. A FedBizOpps notice posted Monday says the Air Force Europe’s WPC will use the Trusted Thin Client software offering to enable exercise […] More

  • Boeing’s Insitu Subsidiary Demos UAS Situational Awareness System
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    Boeing’s Insitu Subsidiary Demos UAS Situational Awareness System

    Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary has demonstrated a ground-based airspace situational awareness system designed to help unmanned aerial systems detect nearby aircraft. Insitu said Tuesday it developed the system with beyond visual line-of-sight capacities for UAS ground control operators to avoid “non-cooperative” traffic during flight operations. The system employs technologies that deliver airborne dependent surveillance broadcasts and transponder returns intended […] More

  • Paragon Micro to Offer IT Products, Services to Federal Sector Through NITAAC Contract Vehicle
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    Paragon Micro to Offer IT Products, Services to Federal Sector Through NITAAC Contract Vehicle

    The National Institutes of Health‘s Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center has awarded Paragon Micro as a prime contractor on a potential 10-year, $20 billion governmentwide acquisition vehicle for IT products and services. Paragon Micro President Jeff Reimer said in a statement published Monday the company aims to help help federal customers address complex IT challenges through the Chief […] More

  • SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft to Return With Science Samples From ISS
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    SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft to Return With Science Samples From ISS

    A SpaceX-built spacecraft is scheduled to leave the International Space Station on Jan. 13 after a cargo delivery mission to carry science samples back to Earth. NASA said Tuesday the agency expects Dragon to depart from ISS at 4:30 a.m. Eastern time, then splash down in the Pacific Ocean at 10:36 a.m. The spacecraft will bring back 4,100 pounds […] More

  • DARPA Taps Raytheon to Produce Software Under Collaborative UAS Autonomy Program’s 3rd Phase
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    DARPA Taps Raytheon to Produce Software Under Collaborative UAS Autonomy Program’s 3rd Phase

    Raytheon has been selected to develop software under the third phase of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program that seeks to expand the capacities of current U.S. military unmanned aircraft systems. DARPA said Tuesday the Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment program aims to increase the effectiveness, flexibility and survivability of current air platforms when the […] More

  • Pivotal Commware Moves to New Kirkland, Wash Headquarters
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    Pivotal Commware Moves to New Kirkland, Wash Headquarters

    Pivotal Commware has transferred its corporate headquarters from Bellevue, Washington, to a new building in Kirkland in a move to meet research requirements as the company works to expand its 4G and 5G wireless capabilities. Brian Deutsch, CEO of Pivotal Commware, said in a statement published Monday the new headquarters will provide the company additional […] More

  • AECOM JV to Support Army Coastal Storm Risk Management Efforts
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    AECOM JV to Support Army Coastal Storm Risk Management Efforts

    An AECOM–Moffat and Nichol joint venture has won a potential five-year, $30 million contract to support coastal storm and flood risk management projects of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The JV will provide architect-engineer services to a coastal storm risk management effort from the South Shore of Staten Island in Fort Wadsworth to Oakwood Beach in New York as […] More

  • Ken Lee: Orbital ATK to Build 11th Comms Satellite for Intelsat
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    Ken Lee: Orbital ATK to Build 11th Comms Satellite for Intelsat

    Intelsat has awarded Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) a contract to build a communications satellite based on the latter company’s GEOStar-2 platform. Orbital ATK said Monday it will design, construct and test Intelsat’s future Galaxy 30  satellite at a Dulles, Virginia-based manufacturing facility. “Galaxy 30 will be the 11th satellite Orbital ATK has built for Intelsat, and […] More

  • Koniag Subsidiary Gets DOI Contract for IT Review, Cloud Migration Planning Support
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    Koniag Subsidiary Gets DOI Contract for IT Review, Cloud Migration Planning Support

    A Koniag subsidiary has received a contract from the Interior Department to help DOI’s Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians develop a blueprint to migrate information technology systems to a cloud platform. Eagle Harbor Solutions will evaluate the office’s IT assets, network architecture and systems as part of cloud migration planning efforts, Koniag said Monday. The […] More

  • Kratos Secures Unmanned Aerial Drone System Production Contract
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    Kratos Secures Unmanned Aerial Drone System Production Contract

    Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has received a $23 million initial contract to manufacture a jet-powered unmanned aerial drone system for an undisclosed customer. The company said Monday it aims to complete majority of work under the new contract over a 12-month period and expects to produce additional systems for the client thereafter. Eric DeMarco, president and CEO of Kratos, said the […] More

  • ICF Lands $70M in NCI Recompete BPAs for Comms, Cancer Content Devt Services
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    ICF Lands $70M in NCI Recompete BPAs for Comms, Cancer Content Devt Services

    ICF International has secured two potential five-year blanket purchase agreements worth $70 million combined to provide web development, communications and cancer content development support services for the National Cancer Institute. The first BPA with NCI’s office of communications and public liaison has a ceiling value of $50 million and the other agreement with the agency’s […] More