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  • Applied DNA Gets DLA Microcircuit DNA Marking Support Extension
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    Applied DNA Gets DLA Microcircuit DNA Marking Support Extension

    Applied DNA Sciences has received a one-year contract extension to provide DNA marking support services for the Defense Logistics Agency’s Federal Supply Class 5962 microcircuits. The company said Monday the contract extension will run through Oct. 13, 2018, and will cover the application of the firm’s SigNature DNA marks and provision of related supplies, equipment and […] More

  • Coras’ SaaS-Based Application Platform Gets FedRAMP Ready Status
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    Coras’ SaaS-Based Application Platform Gets FedRAMP Ready Status

    Coras has received a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Ready designation for a software-as-a-service platform designed to help agencies move applications to a cloud environment. The company said Friday it demonstrated the CorasNow Federal application platform’s capacity to meet technical requirements under FedRAMP. Dan Naselius, president and chief technology officer of Coras, said the company aims to assist customers in efforts […] More

  • Symantec Tops IDC’s Mobile Threat Defense Market Report
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    Symantec Tops IDC’s Mobile Threat Defense Market Report

    Symantec has been described as a “leader” among mobile threat management software vendors in a recent International Data Corp. MarketScape report. The research firm evaluated Symantec and eight other vendors for its “IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Mobile Threat Management Security Software 2017 Vendor Assessment” report, Symantec said Wednesday. Vendors were categorized into leaders, participants, contenders and major players as […] More

  • NASA Picks Johns Hopkins APL to Build Instrument for Japan-Led Mars Lunar Mission
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    NASA Picks Johns Hopkins APL to Build Instrument for Japan-Led Mars Lunar Mission

    NASA has chosen Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory to develop a gamma-ray and neutron spectrometer in support of Japan’s mission to two Martian moons. JHUAPL said Friday it will work with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency to build the MEGANE instrument for the Martian Moons eXploration mission that is set to launch in 2024. […] More

  • ULA Launches JPSS-1 Weather Satellite for NOAA, NASA
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    ULA Launches JPSS-1 Weather Satellite for NOAA, NASA

    A United Launch Alliance-built Delta II rocket lifted off Saturday with the first of four polar-orbiting environmental satellites developed through a collaborative program between NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. ULA said Saturday it launched the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 1:47 a.m. Pacific time. The satellite is designed to […] More

  • GSA Adds Nutanix Hyperconverged Cloud Platforms to Carahsoft’s IT Schedule 70 Contract
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    GSA Adds Nutanix Hyperconverged Cloud Platforms to Carahsoft’s IT Schedule 70 Contract

    The General Services Administration-led Enterprise Software Category Team has selected Nutanix and Carahsoft to offer hyperconverged cloud infrastructure platforms to government agencies via GSA’s IT Schedule 70 contract vehicle. Nutanix can use Carahsoft’s position under IT Schedule 70 to deliver 10 HCI products designed to help agencies simplify their data centers and modernize their information technology infrastructure, GSA said Friday. […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Secures Air Force Funds to Continue Booster Engine Development Work
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Secures Air Force Funds to Continue Booster Engine Development Work

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has received a $22.7 million contract modification for the development of a reusable oxidizer rich staged combustion cycle booster engine designed to use liquid oxygen baseline propellants. The Defense Department said Wednesday the modification will increase cumulative value of Aerojet Rocketdyne’s contract to $218.4 million. Services under the contract include booster engine design, construction and testing. The company […] More

  • Northrop Flies 1st E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Aircraft for Japan
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    Northrop Flies 1st E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Aircraft for Japan

    Northrop Grumman has completed the maiden flight of an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye early warning aircraft that company has built for Japan through a foreign military sales contract. The company said Wednesday it flew the aircraft from Northrop’s Aircraft Integration Center of Excellence in St. Augustine, Florida, on Oct. 9. Japan’s defense ministry picked the Advanced Hawkeye platform three years […] More

  • Lockheed to Help Establish F-35 Bases for US, Foreign Military Clients
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    Lockheed to Help Establish F-35 Bases for US, Foreign Military Clients

    Lockheed Martin‘s aeronautics business has received a $43.2 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to support the standup of F-35 bases at multiple sites. The Defense Department said Friday the modification covers labor, interim contractor support and sustainment program management services to the global fighter aircraft program. Work will occur through January 2019 in Florida, Texas, South Carolina and California. The […] More

  • General Dynamics Opens Contact Center Job Opportunities Through Census Bureau Contract
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    General Dynamics Opens Contact Center Job Opportunities Through Census Bureau Contract

    General Dynamics‘ information technology business has announced more than 40 job vacancies for bilingual customer service representatives and quality assurance specialists at a company-operated contact center in Imeson, Jacksonville, The Jax Daily Record reported Friday. The positions will support census questionnaire assistance services covered by a $430 million contract that General Dynamics Information Technology secured from the U.S. Census […] More

  • L3 Micreo Unveils Wideband Radio Frequency Tech
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    L3 Micreo Unveils Wideband Radio Frequency Tech

    L3 Micreo, a subsidiary of L3 Technologies, has developed a new wideband radio frequency technology designed to support military communications. The modular optical link is built to operate in frequencies ranging from 10 megahertz to 40 gigahertz and transmit converted broadband RF signals through a fibre-optic link, L3 Micreo said Tuesday. Sarah Eary, general manager at L3 Micreo, said the […] More

  • General Dynamics Gets Contract Option for Navy Ship Planning Yard Services
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    General Dynamics Gets Contract Option for Navy Ship Planning Yard Services

    General Dynamics has been awarded a $44.3 million contract modification to provide planning yard services for the U.S. Navy‘s guided missile destroyers and frigates. The Navy exercised an option under a previously awarded contract for the company to support integrated planning yard efforts for Arleigh Burke-class and Oliver Hazard Perry-class vessels, the Defense Department said Friday. DoD […] More