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  • ASRC Federal’s Vistronix Subsidiary to Engineer Wideband Control Systems for Army
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    ASRC Federal’s Vistronix Subsidiary to Engineer Wideband Control Systems for Army

    ASRC Federal‘s Vistronix subsidiary has secured a three-year, $14.1 million contract for engineering and technical work on the U.S. Army‘s wideband controls systems. The Army received one bid for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract through an online solicitation and obligated $1.3 million at the time of award from the military branch’s fiscal 2016 “other” funds, the Defense Department said Friday. Vistronix will perform […] More

  • Real-Time Innovations Gets DOE Funds for Smart Grid Security R&D
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    Real-Time Innovations Gets DOE Funds for Smart Grid Security R&D

    Real-Time Innovations has received funds from the Energy Department to continue research on smart grid security systems that apply Data-Distribution Service standard. RTI said Monday it will collaborate with DoE and use the company’s Connext DDS real-time commercial connectivity software to develop a platform that could potentially secure the next-generation U.S. smart grid’s cyberphysical communications infrastructure. The company added it also […] More

  • Air Force Seeks New Analytical Approaches to Boost Decision-Making Capacity
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    Air Force Seeks New Analytical Approaches to Boost Decision-Making Capacity

    The U.S. Air Force looks to develop new approaches to information fusion and analysis as well as new techniques to provide intelligence to decisionmakers using service-oriented architecture, open standards and analytical algorithms. A broad agency announcement published Wednesday on FedBizOpps calls for analytic services that can help the military branch understand data sources such as multi-intelligence and source fusion. The service branch also […] More

  • Pierre Chao, Byron Callan Talk Industry Investments in Defense Tech R&D
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    Pierre Chao, Byron Callan Talk Industry Investments in Defense Tech R&D

    Pierre Chao, an industry analyst and founding partner of Renaissance Strategic Advisors, has said many investors remain hesitant to make investments in the defense market due to lack of incentives, the National Defense magazine reported Monday. Sandra I. Erwin writes Chao said at a Center for Strategic and International Studies-hosted forum that defense contractors consider […] More

  • ULA Sets Nov. 19 Launch for NOAA GOES-R Satellite
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    ULA Sets Nov. 19 Launch for NOAA GOES-R Satellite

    The launch of the first of the four National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s geostationary weather satellites has been rescheduled from Nov. 16 to Nov. 19, pending clearance from the Eastern Range. The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R system will lift off aboard a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V rocket from space launch complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in […] More

  • Versar-Johnson Controls JV Lands Air Force Building Renovation Contract
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    Versar-Johnson Controls JV Lands Air Force Building Renovation Contract

    A joint venture of Versar and Johnson Controls‘ federal systems subsidiary has received a $15.5 million contract to repair and renovate the three-story Building 1108 at Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts. Versar said Wednesday its engineering construction management group will perform  design, permitting, renovation and construction services under the contract. Work also includes commissioning of an administrative building that will […] More

  • Intel Introduces New Drone Tech for Light Shows
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    Intel Introduces New Drone Tech for Light Shows

    Intel has unveiled a new unmanned aerial system designed to perform specifically for light shows in a push to redefine entertainment and create new experiences under the night sky. Anil Nanduri, Intel vice president and general manager of unmanned aviation systems for the Perceptual Computing Group, wrote in a blog post published Friday 500 Shooting Star […] More

  • Cybric Adds Jim Bandanza, Michael Brown & John DeLong to Advisory Board
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    Cybric Adds Jim Bandanza, Michael Brown & John DeLong to Advisory Board

    Cybric has named cybersecurity veterans Jim Bandanza, Michael Brown and John DeLong as members of its advisory board to help develop and expand the company’s automation and vulnerability platform. Bandanza, DeLong and Brown will work to guide the company’s executive and technical teams as part of the advisory board that includes former and current security, artificial intelligence, […] More

  • Alion Science’s Software Development, Services Practices Receives CMMI Level 3 Rating
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    Alion Science’s Software Development, Services Practices Receives CMMI Level 3 Rating

    Alion Sciences and Technology has received the Capability Maturity Model Integration Level 3 rating for the company’sd software development and services practices. Software Quality Center conducted the appraisal and awarded the company the rating for both the CMMI Development software engineering standards and CMMI Services + Service System Development technical services model, Alion said Monday. The appraisal assessed […] More

  • Riverbed’s Davis Johnson: Software-Defined Wide-Area Networking Could Support Digital Transformation Demands
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    Riverbed’s Davis Johnson: Software-Defined Wide-Area Networking Could Support Digital Transformation Demands

    Davis Johnson, U.S. public sector vice president at Riverbed Technology, has said software-defined wide-area networking could support federal agencies’ digital transformation initiatives amid challenges posed by legacy information technology. Johnson wrote in a guest post published Thursday on GCN that SD-WAN works to provide agility, automation, visibility and flexibility to support the needs of key areas such as DevOps, customer experiences, […] More

  • Raytheon’s Dave Wajsgras: Presidential Candidates’ Cyber Stances Impact ‘Millennial’ Vote
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    Raytheon’s Dave Wajsgras: Presidential Candidates’ Cyber Stances Impact ‘Millennial’ Vote

    A joint Raytheon-National Cyber Security Alliance survey has discovered a presidential candidate’s stance on cybersecurity directly impacts the “millennial vote” across those aged 18-26 years old, Raytheon’s Dave Wajsgras wrote in a Federal Times article published Friday. That survey conducted in October said millennials aged 18-26 have increased their interest in the cybersecurity field during a time that has seen […] More

  • CSRA to Advise CBP on Border Security Equipment, Deployment Methods
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    CSRA to Advise CBP on Border Security Equipment, Deployment Methods

    CSRA has received a three-year, $45 million contract from the Customs and Border Protection to provide advice on equipment options and deployment methods that could help CBP personnel detect and prevent illegal travel and trade activities. Falls Church, Virginia-based CSRA said Monday it will help CBP’s systems engineering, logistics and sustainment, capabilities and requirements divisions to determine towers, […] More