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  • Xybion to Help Automate Army’s Biosafety Research Operations
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    Xybion to Help Automate Army’s Biosafety Research Operations

    Xybion has been selected to provide a preclinical management platform for the U.S. Army to automate scientific research operations at the military branch’s Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick in Maryland. The company will deploy its Pristima Suite to USAMRIID’s biosafety facility as well as perform system validation, configuration and training support services, said Tuesday. Pristima is designed to help users track […] More

  • Metron to Develop Counter-ISR Planning System for Navy
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    Metron to Develop Counter-ISR Planning System for Navy

    Metron has won a potential $12.8 million contract to develop an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance planning system for the U.S. Navy to counter adversarial ISR networks. The Navy will use the C-ISR system to plan coordinated friendly force movement emissions control, denial and deception operations, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The contract contains an 18-month base period, three optional […] More

  • NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab Releases Asteroid Redirect Mission Spacecraft RFP
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    NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab Releases Asteroid Redirect Mission Spacecraft RFP

    NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has released a request for proposals in search of potential industry partners to design, develop and build robotic spacecraft to capture a multi-ton asteroid boulder. NASA said in Sept. 21  it plans to award an ARM spacecraft build-and-delivery contract in 2017 as part of the space agency’s Asteroid Redirect Mission and will accept responses to […] More

  • BAE’s DeEtte Gray: Investments in Cyber, STEM Programs Needed to Address Demand for Cyber Professionals
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    BAE’s DeEtte Gray: Investments in Cyber, STEM Programs Needed to Address Demand for Cyber Professionals

    DeEtte Gray, an executive at BAE Systems’ U.S. arm, has said industry, government, academia and organizations should collaborate to make investments in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and cyber education initiatives in an effort to develop a pipeline of cyber professionals. Gray, president of the intelligence and security sector at BAE Systems Inc., made the remarks during […] More

  • Intel Unveils Four Systems for Digital Economy Defense
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    Intel Unveils Four Systems for Digital Economy Defense

    Intel has launched four new platforms designed to protect the digital economy of trust, time and money. The company said Wednesday its unified defense architecture is comprised of the Dynamic Endpoint, Pervasive Data Protection, Data Center and Cloud Defense and Intelligent Security Operations systems. “Cybercriminals are forcing cybersecurity companies to redraft the rules of engagement for defending […] More

  • DoD, Lockheed Develop F-35 Cost-Tracking Software Through ‘FlexFile’ Program
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    DoD, Lockheed Develop F-35 Cost-Tracking Software Through ‘FlexFile’ Program

    The Defense Department and Lockheed Martin have developed cost-tracking software related to the procurement of F-35 lot 3 aircraft through the FlexFile program, DoD News reported Wednesday. Jim Garamone writes DoD’s cost assessment and program evaluation office developed the FlexFile program in an effort to help DoD estimators facilitate collection of data from contractors and […] More

  • Lockheed Delivers C-5M Super Galaxy Airlifter to USAF
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    Lockheed Delivers C-5M Super Galaxy Airlifter to USAF

    Lockheed Martin has handed over a C-5M Super Galaxy airlifter to the U.S. Air Force Reserve Command’s 433rd Airlift Wing at the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Brig. Gen. James Fontanella, Force Generation Center commander, led an An Air Force Reserve Command aircrew to ferry the aircraft from Stewart Air National Guard Base, New York where it […] More

  • Accenture to Help Finland’s Immigration Service in Digital Transformation Effort
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    Accenture to Help Finland’s Immigration Service in Digital Transformation Effort

    Accenture will help Finland’s national immigration service offer a program designed to support the digital transformation of the agency’s operations in a push to boost overall customer experience and introduce self-service options for citizens. Accenture said Wednesday that in addition to the Smart Digital Agency program support, it will also work to bolster the Migri agency’s digital capacities […] More

  • BayFirst Solutions Makes Washington Business Journal’s 2016 Fastest-Growing Companies List
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    BayFirst Solutions Makes Washington Business Journal’s 2016 Fastest-Growing Companies List

    BayFirst Solutions is included on the Washington Business Journal’s list of fastest growing companies in the D.C. region for the second consecutive year. The company said Wednesday it generated more than $42.7 million in revenue during 2015, a 187 percent increase from $14.9 million in 2013. BayFirst also increased the number of its full-time employees from 74 to 188 over […] More

  • Tech Industry Vet Brett Shirk Named VMware Americas Region SVP, General Manager
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    Tech Industry Vet Brett Shirk Named VMware Americas Region SVP, General Manager

    Brett Shirk, former senior vice president of the Americas sales organization at Veritas‘ software business, has joined Dell Technologies subsidiary VMware as SVP and general manager for the Americas region. He will report directly to Maurizio Carli, executive VP of worldwide sales at VMware, and oversee strategic planning, business operations, go-to-market strategy and management of the company’s business in Latin […] More

  • INSA Names 6 Execs to Board of Directors, 5 Advisory Board Members; Letitia Long Comments
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    INSA Names 6 Execs to Board of Directors, 5 Advisory Board Members; Letitia Long Comments

    The Intelligence and National Security Alliance has appointed executives from industry and academia to its boards of directors and advisers. The six new directors will oversee INSA’s strategic planning and business operations, while the five new advisers will offer additional guidance for alliance-related activities, INSA said Wednesday. “These new board members have a deep understanding of […] More

  • Dell EMC Survey: Federal IT Execs Single Out Cloud as Govt’s Top Tech Trend
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    Dell EMC Survey: Federal IT Execs Single Out Cloud as Govt’s Top Tech Trend

    A new survey backed by Dell EMC says 91 percent of federal market information technology leaders consider cloud computing as the top technology trend at their agencies. Dell said Wednesday it commissioned market research firm Penn Schoen Berland to conduct an online survey of 100 federal IT and business decision makers in May as an extension to the State of IT […] More