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  • Tenable to Support NIST Special Publication for Compliance Reports
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    Tenable to Support NIST Special Publication for Compliance Reports

    Tenable Network Security will support a National Institute of Standards and Technology special publication in an effort to aid systems integrators and non-federal organizations on reports with regards to compliance. The company said Thursday the NIST SP 800-171 offers federal contractors, service providers and non-federal organizations a capacity to continuously monitor, measure and communicate adherence to NIST’s technical […] More

  • US Coast Guard Picks Fairbanks Morse to Build Offshore Patrol Cutter Engines; Marvin Riley Comments
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    US Coast Guard Picks Fairbanks Morse to Build Offshore Patrol Cutter Engines; Marvin Riley Comments

    The U.S. Coast Guard has selected Fairbanks Morse to produce diesel propulsion engines for the military branch’s offshore patrol cutter that is scheduled for sea deployment in 2021. Fairbanks Morse said Wednesday it will build FM-MAN 16V 28/33D diesel engines for the first OPC vessel that Eastern Shipbuilding Group will build for the Coast Guard. The 360-foot-long cutter will be built to provide a capability […] More

  • Report: Poland Seeks to Increase Spending on Space Sector Through New Strategy
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    Report: Poland Seeks to Increase Spending on Space Sector Through New Strategy

    Poland has released a document that provides information on the country’s initial strategy to develop the space industry and related programs, Space News reported Wednesday. Jaroslaw Adamowski writes the space strategy aims to increase the Polish government’s spending on the space sector, develop the country’s first satellite and create a new economic model that would depend on […] More

  • Air Force Taps TEGAM for Updated RF Power Standards
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    Air Force Taps TEGAM for Updated RF Power Standards

    TEGAM has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide radio-frequency power measurement technology to update RF power sensor calibators that the service branch’s precision metrology and electronics laboratories currently use. TEGAM said Wednesday it will provide 48 Model 2505A RF power standards for the 6 kilohertz to 18 gigahertz frequency that will each replace two legacy RF power […] More

  • Engility Lands Navy Tactical Afloat Network Support Extension; Lynn Dugle Comments
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    Engility Lands Navy Tactical Afloat Network Support Extension; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Engility will provide software and networking support to the U.S. Navy‘s tactical afloat network under an 18-month, $16 million task order extension from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Atlantic. The company said Thursday it will help the service branch manage data, transport, voice and video services, systems and cybersecurity of the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services program. Engility will also […] More

  • Vecna Receives DoD Accreditation for Patient Check-In System; Bill Donnell Comments
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    Vecna Receives DoD Accreditation for Patient Check-In System; Bill Donnell Comments

    Vecna has received a Defense Department accreditation and authorization to operate the company’s patient self-service check-in system on the DoD network. The DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process and ATO from the Defense Health Agency serve to clear Vecna’s system for DoD use with the department’s electronic health record and dental application, the company said Tuesday. The self-service […] More

  • Josh Walden: Intel Unveils Commercial Drone System for North American Markets
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    Josh Walden: Intel Unveils Commercial Drone System for North American Markets

    Intel has rolled out a commercial-grade unmanned aerial vehicle system for North American markets during the 2016 INTERGEO drone conference in Hamburg, Germany. Josh Walden, senior vice president and general manager of Intel’s new technology group, wrote in an editorial published Tuesday that the Intel Falcon 8+ system consists of the company’s Falcon 8+ UAV, Cockpit mobile ground station and Powerpack battery. He added the drone is also […] More

  • Raytheon Conducts Risk Reduction Functional Tests on Air Force’s GPS Ground Control Segment
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    Raytheon Conducts Risk Reduction Functional Tests on Air Force’s GPS Ground Control Segment

    Raytheon has completed a series of risk reduction functional checkouts on the ground control segment of the U.S. Air Force‘s Global Positioning System satellites. The company said Wednesday its team conducted tests on GPS Operational Control System Block 1 components with a focus on OCX software. The test involved the integration of OCX Block 1 master control station with […] More

  • Boeing to Engineer P-8A Liquid Air Palletized System Under Navy Contract Modification
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    Boeing to Engineer P-8A Liquid Air Palletized System Under Navy Contract Modification

    Boeing has received a $31.1 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to perform non-recurring engineering work on the Liquid Air Palletized System for the P-8A Poseidon maritime aircraft. The Defense Department said Wednesday that Boeing will also provide an instrument unit to support LAPS tests and DoD expects the company to finish work under the modification in March 2019. The […] More

  • Lockheed Unveils New IT Support Facility in Puerto Rico; Anne Mullins Comments
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    Lockheed Unveils New IT Support Facility in Puerto Rico; Anne Mullins Comments

    Lockheed Martin has opened a new facility in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, that will serve as one of the aerospace company’s five global information technology service centers, News is my Business reported Wednesday. The government of Puerto Rico expects Lockheed’s expansion efforts through the new facility to help create 120 new jobs, according to the report. […] More

  • Army Taps QSM for Software Cost Estimation Services
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    Army Taps QSM for Software Cost Estimation Services

    The U.S. Army has awarded Quantitative Software Management four prime contracts to provide cost estimation and technical support services for the military branch’s software development and maintenance efforts. QSM said Wednesday it will work to help the Army predict cost requirements to develop and maintain software platforms as well as analyze data and establish predictive cost relationships. The contracts support the Army’s efforts to […] More

  • Carahsoft Adds IPsoft’s AI-Based Digital Labor Platforms to GSA Schedule
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    Carahsoft Adds IPsoft’s AI-Based Digital Labor Platforms to GSA Schedule

    Carahsoft Technology and IPsoft have partnered to offer the latter company’s artificial intelligence-based digital labor platforms through the General Services Administration‘s Schedule contract vehicle. The partnership aims to drive demand for IPsoft’s AI offerings across the public sector market, Carahsoft said Wednesday. “Federal organizations are under considerable pressure to deliver more with less, particularly when it comes to improving their […] More