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  • Vencore Renews Accreditation as FedRAMP 3PAO for Cloud Tech Platforms
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    Vencore Renews Accreditation as FedRAMP 3PAO for Cloud Tech Platforms

    Vencore has been verified by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation to continue serving as a third-party assessment organization for cloud-based technology platforms under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Vencore said Wednesday it secured the accreditation renewal after A2LA evaluated the company’s technical competence and compliance with FedRAMP requirements and other international standards. The Chantilly, Virginia-based government […] More

  • Northrop, VX Aerospace Offer UAV Platform for Navy’s Manned-Unmanned Teaming Effort
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    Northrop, VX Aerospace Offer UAV Platform for Navy’s Manned-Unmanned Teaming Effort

    Northrop Grumman has partnered with VX Aerospace on a proposal to equip the U.S. Navy‘s updated E/A-18G Growler aircraft with a canister-launched unmanned air vehicle platform, Flightglobal reported Thursday. JJ Thompson, naval aviation campaign director at Northrop’s mission systems business, told Flightglobal the service branch has expressed interest in adopting the Dash X UAV for a potential manned-unmanned teaming effort with the […] More

  • Harris to Equip Army Security Force Assistance Brigade With Falcon III Radios
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    Harris to Equip Army Security Force Assistance Brigade With Falcon III Radios

    The U.S. Army has selected Harris to produce combat radio communication systems for use by the service branch’s Security Force Assistance Brigade in coalition training missions. The company said Wednesday it will supply Falcon III AN/PRC-152A Wideband Networking Handheld Radios; AN/PRC-117G Multiband Networking Manpack Radios; and AN/PRC-160 High Frequency Manpack Radios to support SFAB operations. Harris will integrate soldier radio […] More

  • Battelle to Conduct Microelectronics Security Research Under Air Force Contracts
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    Battelle to Conduct Microelectronics Security Research Under Air Force Contracts

    Battelle has received a pair of contracts worth a combined $23 million to help the Air Force Research Laboratory conduct research on microelectronics security methods. The company said Wednesday both contracts build on Battelle’s previous experience in exploring technologies designed to help address the proliferation of fake integrated circuits and embedded systems in the U.S. military supply […] More

  • Leonardo DRS Lands Navy Tactical Data Link IDIQ
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    Leonardo DRS Lands Navy Tactical Data Link IDIQ

    Leonardo DRS has received a potential five-year, $25 million contract to provide tactical data link products along with ancillary equipment to the U.S. Navy‘s fleet readiness directorate and PMW-150 Tactical Data Link program. The Defense Department said Wednesday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract also covers engineering and technical assistance, software trouble reports, equipment failure technologies and information assurance support services. […] More

  • DSS Gives Raytheon ‘Superior’ Security Rating for Missile Systems Plant
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    DSS Gives Raytheon ‘Superior’ Security Rating for Missile Systems Plant

    Raytheon has announced its missile systems production facility in Tucson, Arizona, has obtained a “superior” security rating from the Defense Security Service for the sixth consecutive year. The company said Wednesday it received a score of 851 from a week-long audit of the plant, 14 points away from a perfect score. DSS gives the superior rating to industry […] More

  • EY Names 6 Execs to Global Leadership Team; Mark Weinberger Comments
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    EY Names 6 Execs to Global Leadership Team; Mark Weinberger Comments

    EY has appointed six executives to support the operations, execution and strategies of the professional services company’s global business. They will also help implement the EY’s Vision 2020 strategy designed to assist customers in efforts to address digital disruption challenges as well as facilitate audit and innovation programs, the company said Thursday. Mark Weinberger, EY global chairman […] More

  • Leidos’ Roger Krone, Jim Reagan, Kelly Hernandez Included in Magazine’s 2018 All-America Executive Team
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    Leidos’ Roger Krone, Jim Reagan, Kelly Hernandez Included in Magazine’s 2018 All-America Executive Team

    Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos, and two other company executives have been named to the Institutional Investor magazine’s 2018 All-America Executive Team. Krone landed a spot in the top three for Best CEO within the aerospace and defense electronics midcap category under the list’s capital goods and industrial sector, Leidos said Wednesday. Leidos […] More

  • Former Oracle EVP Hasan Rizvi Joins Bridge Growth Partners as Senior Adviser
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    Former Oracle EVP Hasan Rizvi Joins Bridge Growth Partners as Senior Adviser

    Hasan Rizvi, a more than two-decade veteran of Oracle, has joined private equity firm  Bridge Growth Partners as a senior adviser and he will be based in San Francisco. Bridge Growth Partners said Tuesday Rizvi is currently a member of the board of directors of its portfolio company Solace. He established and led virtual agent technology developer Qlue as CEO […] More

  • CAE USA’s Mike Lewis to Keynote Military Flight Training Summit
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    CAE USA’s Mike Lewis to Keynote Military Flight Training Summit

    Mike Lewis, director of business development and training solutions at CAE‘s U.S. arm, will deliver a keynote speech Thursday at the 2017 Military Flight Training USA Summit in San Antonio, Texas. He will discuss integrated live, virtual and constructive flight training that works to connect aircraft and ground simulations, Leonardo DRS said Monday. In his current role, Lewis oversees CAE USA‘s […] More

  • Boeing Conducts Initial Flight Test on Air Force KC-46A Tanker
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    Boeing Conducts Initial Flight Test on Air Force KC-46A Tanker

    Boeing has subjected an aerial refueling aircraft under primary in-flight tests in preparation for its scheduled delivery to the U.S. Air Force in 2018. The company said Tuesday its first operational KC-46A tanker completed its initial flight and airborne tests over 210 minutes at a maximum altitude of 39,000 feet. Tests included engine, flight control and environmental systems operational checks […] More

  • NOAA Surveys Market for Satellite Ground IT Security Services
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    NOAA Surveys Market for Satellite Ground IT Security Services

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration wants information on industry sources of information technology security services for ground-based satellite equipment. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday says NOAA’s satellite and information acquisition division is conducting the market survey ahead of a potential upcoming procurement effort. SIAD will collect through Dec. 18, 2017 capability statements from interested contractors that have […] More