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  • Datapipe Obtains FedRAMP Certification for PaaS Cloud Platform
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    Datapipe Obtains FedRAMP Certification for PaaS Cloud Platform

    Datapipe has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification for the company’s platform-as-a-service offering to government agencies. FedRAMP’s Joint Authorization Board certified the Datapipe Government Cloud platform as compliant with 800-53 Revision 4 controls that cover privacy and additional security measures. Datapipe provides operating and security services to support an organization’s virtual operating system and virtual network layer through PaaS. Dan Tudahl, president and general manager […] More

  • Trowbridge & Trowbridge Awarded Navy IT, Cybersecurity Support Contract
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    Trowbridge & Trowbridge Awarded Navy IT, Cybersecurity Support Contract

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Trowbridge & Trowbridge a $23.4 million contract for  information technology, system administration and cybersecurity services to the Naval Air Warfare Center’s weapons division. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract covers hardware, software, licensing, technical support, lab warranty services, technological refreshment and enhancements, life cycle support and customer services. Work will occur […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Tests Auxiliary Engines for Lockheed-Built Orion Spacecraft; Eileen Drake, Mike Hawes Comment
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Tests Auxiliary Engines for Lockheed-Built Orion Spacecraft; Eileen Drake, Mike Hawes Comment

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has conducted hot-fire acceptance tests on eight auxiliary engines to be used on the inaugural flight of NASA‘s Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System next year. The company said Wednesday it oversees the development of auxiliary engines for the European Space Agency’s European Service Module that will provide air and water, temperature control, power and propulsion capacity for Orion crew […] More

  • Former Cisco, Intel Exec Andy Elder Named Riverbed Sales SVP for EMEA Region
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    Former Cisco, Intel Exec Andy Elder Named Riverbed Sales SVP for EMEA Region

    Andy Elder, formerly president of Intel‘s security business operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, has joined Riverbed Technology as SVP of sales in the same regions. Riverbed said Thursday the 25-year industry veteran will oversee sales and go-to-market strategies as well as help drive the company’s growth and transformation efforts across EMEA in his new position. “Andy’s proven inspirational leadership […] More

  • Mitre Named General Steward of Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency
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    Mitre Named General Steward of Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency

    Mitre has entered into an agreement with The Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency to serve as a general steward in the development of the nonprofit network’s guiding principles, global agenda and work streams. The company said Thursday it will also supply strategic advice, establish working groups and provide expertise and financial support to the GIFT Action […] More

  • Diane Gongaware on Cisco’s Security Approach for Agencies & ‘Internet of Things’ Trends to Watch
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    Diane Gongaware on Cisco’s Security Approach for Agencies & ‘Internet of Things’ Trends to Watch

    Diane Gongaware in January started her second full year as vice president of U.S. public sector services at Cisco, where she manages the company’s sales of technical and security services to government agencies at the federal, state, local and education levels. The 10-year Cisco veteran first joined the company in August 2007 and her subsequent […] More

  • ULA’s Atlas V Rocket Sends NRO Payload Into Space
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    ULA’s Atlas V Rocket Sends NRO Payload Into Space

    The Lockheed Martin–Boeing joint venture United Launch Alliance has launched a National Reconnaissance Office payload aboard an Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Calfornia. ULA said Wednesday the Atlas V lifted off with the NROL-79 payload at 12:50 p.m. Eastern time as part of NRO’s national defense mission. The rocket is based on the Evolved […] More

  • InfoReliance Wins Marine Training Program Support Recompete
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    InfoReliance Wins Marine Training Program Support Recompete

    InfoReliance has won a three-year, $16 million contract to help the U.S. Marine Corps manage an enterprise training program designed to support missions of the service branch’s training and education command. The company said Monday it will also continue to support development and enhancement of the Marine Corps Training Information Management System under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity recompete contract. “This win […] More

  • Cubic Unveils Radio Over IP Gateway Product; Mike Twyman Comments
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    Cubic Unveils Radio Over IP Gateway Product; Mike Twyman Comments

    Cubic has released a new radio over internet protocol gateway designed for multiple applications such as military operations, energy production and emergency services. Cubic said Thursday its Vocality subsidiary developed the OPUS RoIP device that will be on display at the U.K. government’s Security and Policing 2017 event from March 7 to 9. OPUS RoIP is built with four audio and serial ports along […] More

  • Drone Aviation Installs ISR Equipment on DoD’s Tactical Airship Platform
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    Drone Aviation Installs ISR Equipment on DoD’s Tactical Airship Platform

    Drone Aviation has integrated government-furnished intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance equipment onto a company-built tactical airship platform as part of a $346,000 contract from the Defense Department. The company said Wednesday it added communications and optical sensor systems to the Winch Aerostat Small Platform in an effort to increase the platform’s flexibility to perform missions and address ISR support requirements. WASP is also equipped with updated data […] More

  • Northrop Begins UAV Multispectral Sensor Payload Test
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    Northrop Begins UAV Multispectral Sensor Payload Test

    Northrop Grumman has conducted an inaugural flight test of a multispectral sensor payload onboard a high-altitude long-range unmanned aircraft system. Northrop said Wednesday it integrated the MS-177 sensor into an RQ-4 Global Hawk drone during the test flight held at the company’s facility in Palmdale, California. The sensor is designed to find targets with broad area search and sensing methods as well as help operators fix, track and […] More

  • Intel-CSIS Study: Incentive Misalignment Can Affect Enterprise Cyber Defense Programs
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    Intel-CSIS Study: Incentive Misalignment Can Affect Enterprise Cyber Defense Programs

    A joint report from Intel‘s security business and the Center for Strategic and International Studies has identified three areas of misaligned incentives that affect an organization’s ability to deter cyber criminals. Intel said Tuesday it commissioned research firm Vanson Bourne to survey more than 800 security executives and professionals across five industries such as the financial, government and healthcare sectors for the “Tilting […] More