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  • DXC’s Earl Matthews: Organizations Should Implement User-Focused Mobile Strategy
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    DXC’s Earl Matthews: Organizations Should Implement User-Focused Mobile Strategy

    Earl Matthews, vice president of DXC Technology‘s enterprise security solutions group, has said organizations should adopt a modern mobile strategy that focuses more on end users than the technology itself. Such a user-centered strategy “requires a different approach to enabling the user with the right information sources, devices, security, connectivity and support,” Matthews wrote in an article published […] More

  • Lockheed to Develop, Maintain Simulation Training App for Navy Combat Systems
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    Lockheed to Develop, Maintain Simulation Training App for Navy Combat Systems

    Lockheed Martin‘s Canadian arm has received a potential five-year, $21.4 million contract from the U.S. Navy to develop a computer-based networked system designed to aid operation and corrective maintenance training for multiple combat systems. The Defense Department said Friday that Lockheed Martin Canada will also help the Navy’s Center for Surface Combat Systems maintain and update the Visual […] More

  • Orbital ATK Sets Nov. 10 Launch for 8th ISS Cargo Delivery Mission
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    Orbital ATK Sets Nov. 10 Launch for 8th ISS Cargo Delivery Mission

    Orbital ATK aims to launch on Nov. 10 its Cygnus spacecraft aboard the Antares rocket to deliver crew supplies and scientific equipment to the International Space Station. NASA said Saturday the spacecraft will lift off from a launch pad at the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia to mark Orbital ATK’s eighth cargo delivery mission to […] More

  • Kryptowire-Qualcomm Team Gets DHS Contract to Demo Mobile Security Framework
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    Kryptowire-Qualcomm Team Gets DHS Contract to Demo Mobile Security Framework

    Kryptowire and Qualcomm‘s cybersecurity business have received a $1.8 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate to demonstrate a framework that seeks to validate and protect third-party mobile applications and services. The team will test Qualcomm’s Mission-Critical-Grade Security Layer framework that employs the Snapdragon Mobile Security Platform with Kryptowire’s military-grade application security testing platform, Kryptowire said Thursday. […] More

  • Education Dept Releases IT Investment Mgmt Support RFP
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    Education Dept Releases IT Investment Mgmt Support RFP

    The Education Department seeks contractor support to implement information technology governance and investment management programs that will cover the areas of capital planning, investment control, budget formulation, IT portfolio management and enterprise architecture. ED said in a request for proposal notice posted Friday on FedBizOpps the department plans to award a potential five-year, firm-fixed-price contract to […] More

  • GE to Repair T64 Engine Components Under Potential $81M Navy Contract
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    GE to Repair T64 Engine Components Under Potential $81M Navy Contract

    General Electric‘s aviation segment has received a one-year, $80.5 million “undefinitized” contract from the U.S. Navy to repair and replace 32 head-of-family items and other components utilized on the T64 engine. The contractor will also provide configuration management support as well as help the service branch meet delivery metrics and operate a T64 logistics management system […] More

  • Retired Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Jon Davis Joins Board of Rolls-Royce’s North American Arm
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    Retired Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Jon Davis Joins Board of Rolls-Royce’s North American Arm

    Jon Davis, a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general and former USMC deputy commandant for aviation, has joined the board of directors at Rolls-Royce‘s North American subsidiary. The company said Friday Davis was appointed to the Rolls-Royce North America board alongside Beverly Goulet, former executive vice president and chief integration officer at American Airlines. Both appointees […] More

  • Siemens Donates to Hire Heroes USA for Military Vet Employment Services
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    Siemens Donates to Hire Heroes USA for Military Vet Employment Services

    Siemens‘ philanthropic arm has donated $30,000 to the Hire Heroes USA nonprofit organization that offers job sourcing and coaching support services for military veterans, spouses and service members transitioning to civilian life. Two-thirds of the donation will be designated to a presenting sponsorship of the 2017 Marine Corps Marathon and remaining money will go toward a […] More

  • BAE Systems to Showcase Military Vehicles, Munitions at AUSA Expo
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    BAE Systems to Showcase Military Vehicles, Munitions at AUSA Expo

    BAE Systems will conduct media briefings and feature its products at the 2017 Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition from Oct. 9 to 11 in Washington, D.C., BAE said Friday. Combat vehicles and precision-guided munitions technologies will be the focus of the briefings on Oct. 9 and 10 at the Walter […] More

  • MetLife to Continue Service as VA Dental Insurance Provider
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    MetLife to Continue Service as VA Dental Insurance Provider

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has named MetLife as the official provider of dental insurance products and services for approximately 8.6 million eligible military veterans currently enrolled in the VA healthcare program. VA’s Dental Insurance Program also seeks to provide an opportunity for Civilian Health and Medical Program beneficiaries to acquire voluntary dental insurance, MetLife said Thursday. MetLife served as the initial provider […] More

  • Bren-Tronics to Manufacture Lithium-Ion Batteries for Army
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    Bren-Tronics to Manufacture Lithium-Ion Batteries for Army

    Bren-Tronics has received a $6.2 million contract from the U.S. Army to conduct high-volume automated production of military lithium-ion batteries via the National Advanced Mobility Consortium. The company said Friday it will work to mature the current design and manufacturing processes for 24V 6T Li-Ion batteries at a facility in Commack, New York, in an effort […] More

  • Navy Taps Boeing, Lockheed for Extra Large UUV Design Contracts
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    Navy Taps Boeing, Lockheed for Extra Large UUV Design Contracts

    The U.S. Navy has awarded a $42.3 million contract to Boeing and a $43.2 million contract to Lockheed Martin to design an extra large unmanned undersea vehicle platform as well as deliver a technical data package. The contracts represent the first phase of the competitive Orca XLUUV acquisition program and include priced options for the project’s second phase, the Defense […] More