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  • Jonathan Couch Named ThreatQuotient Strategy VP; John Czupak Comments
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    Jonathan Couch Named ThreatQuotient Strategy VP; John Czupak Comments

    Jonathan Couch, co-founder and former vice president of iSIGHT Partners, has joined ThreatQuotient as vice president for strategy at the Reston, Virginia-based enterprise security technology company. ThreatQuotient said Wednesday he will work to develop the company’s software roadmap and partnership strategy as well as collaborate with its partners and clients to help them  secure their business operations. “Couch has a deep understanding of the threat […] More

  • Kimberly Admire: SAIC, Korn Ferry to Hold Development Program for Vets Transitioning into Civilian Careers
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    Kimberly Admire: SAIC, Korn Ferry to Hold Development Program for Vets Transitioning into Civilian Careers

    Science Applications International Corporation and The Hay Group division of Korn Ferry will hold the ninth cohort of its Leveraging Military Leadership Program that works to help veterans transition into civilian careers. LMLP is a three-month program led by SAIC and Hay Group professionals that includes coaching, instruction, group exercises lectures and online, remote and in-person assessment, as well […] More

  • Pat Blevins on The New General Dynamics IT Cloud & Data Analytics Org and Disruptive Tech’s Pressure on Legacy Systems
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    Pat Blevins on The New General Dynamics IT Cloud & Data Analytics Org and Disruptive Tech’s Pressure on Legacy Systems

    General Dynamics announced in February the formation of a new team within the defense contractor’s information technology business unit that would focus on work in emerging technologies related to areas such as cybersecurity and cloud computing. In conjunction, former InfoZen executive and nearly three-decade industry veteran Pat Blevins joined the General Dynamics Information Technology unit to lead […] More

  • Space News: DARPA Plans Software Development Contracts for Space Operations Program
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    Space News: DARPA Plans Software Development Contracts for Space Operations Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency plans to launch two contracts worth approximately $21.5 million for software development support services under its Hallmark program that aims to provide real-time visualization of space operations, Space News reported Monday. Mike Gruss writes DARPA released an initial solicitation on June 17 to acquire a proof of concept effort that would serve as the foundation of a software […] More

  • Wizbe Innovations Starts Unmanned Parachute Tech Development Initiative
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    Wizbe Innovations Starts Unmanned Parachute Tech Development Initiative

    Wizbe Innovations has started to develop a technology for the U.S. Army and NASA to control unmanned parachutes, Morning Sentinel reported Sunday. Keith Edwards writes the startup company uses what Wizbe describes as smart materials to design a system that would help control the speed and direction of unmanned parachutes. The goal is to help the […] More

  • USNI News: ONR Nears Vehicle-Mounted Laser Weapon Program’s 3rd Phase
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    USNI News: ONR Nears Vehicle-Mounted Laser Weapon Program’s 3rd Phase

    The Office of Naval Research is close to the third phase of its program to develop a vehicle-mounted laser weapon system for efforts to counter adversaries’ unmanned aerial vehicles, USNI News reported Thursday. Lt. Gen. Robert Walsh, U.S. Marine Corps deputy commandant for combat development and integration, said the third phase of the Ground-Based Air Defense Directed Energy […] More

  • Dan Bennewitz: QTS to Open Mega Data Center in Downtown Chicago
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    Dan Bennewitz: QTS to Open Mega Data Center in Downtown Chicago

    QTS Realty Trust will open a 317,000-square-foot data center in downtown Chicago Friday to provide a range of information technology infrastructure services to government and enterprise customers. QTS said Tuesday it collaborated Mortenson Construction and consulting-engineering firm ESD to design and build the mega data center on the former Chicago Sun-Times  complex. The facility is built to offer direct access to long-haul fiber networks for organizations located in Chicago’s central […] More

  • DHS Orders Emergency Responder Uniforms From Mission Ready Services
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    DHS Orders Emergency Responder Uniforms From Mission Ready Services

    Mission Ready Services has received an order from the Department of Homeland Security to produce an additional 176 uniform in cooperation with North Carolina State University for emergency responders. NCSU will subject the additional uniforms through further systems-level tests and DHS will perform field evaluations on the units, Mission Ready Services said Tuesday. Mission Ready Services’ […] More

  • Cubic Global Defense Unit Demos Instrumentation Integration Features on Canada F-18 Jet
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    Cubic Global Defense Unit Demos Instrumentation Integration Features on Canada F-18 Jet

    A Cubic business segment has demonstrated new training features on an F-18 fighter jet for Canada’s air force at the annual Maple Resolve air-ground training exercise. The company said Wednesday Cubic Global Defense has integrated its Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation with the Canadian Weapon Effect Simulation system on the F-18 aircraft that conducted simulated attacks and processed real-time kill notification weapon effects. Joint […] More

  • eGlobalTech to Continue CMS Health Insurance Marketplace Data Service Hub Tests
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    eGlobalTech to Continue CMS Health Insurance Marketplace Data Service Hub Tests

    eGlobalTech has received a contract to continue its tests of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services‘ Health Insurance Marketplace Data Service Hub. eGT’s Senior Director for CMS said in a release posted Tuesday that the data service hub works to process millions of transactions during the open enrollment period and route user information to determine eligibility. The […] More

  • Mitre, Allied Minds Expand Tech Licensing Agreement
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    Mitre, Allied Minds Expand Tech Licensing Agreement

    Mitre has expanded its partnership with Allied Minds to provide the latter company exclusive access to some of the nonprofit’s patented inventions and related technical information. The new agreement allows the Allied Minds Federal Innovations organization to review Mitre’s intellectual property portfolio and to potentially license technology into companies established by AMFI, Allied Minds said Tuesday. AMFI-formed companies will be given capital, central management and startup […] More

  • BroadSoft Takes Unified Comms Offering Through FedRAMP Process; Scott Hoffpauir Comments
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    BroadSoft Takes Unified Comms Offering Through FedRAMP Process; Scott Hoffpauir Comments

    BroadSoft has kicked off the process to comply with the governmentwide Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for the company’s cloud-based unified communication software offering in order to help partners provide the product to government clients. The company’s BroadCloud platform and UC-One application will be available to government agencies via BroadSoft’s public sector channel partners […] More