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  • LMI Wins Innovation Technology Award Sponsored by NVTC and The Washington Post; Gus Creedon Comments
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    LMI Wins Innovation Technology Award Sponsored by NVTC and The Washington Post; Gus Creedon Comments

    The open source semantic software developed by LMI has won the most innovative technology award in the government category of a months-long competition sponsored by the Northern Virginia Technology Council and The Washington Post. LMI’s OpenPolicy tool won the Destination Innovation 2014 award for how it helps organize massive data and knowledge in “countless pages […] More

  • Praescient Analytics Named Finalist for SmartCEO Voltage Award
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    Praescient Analytics Named Finalist for SmartCEO Voltage Award

    Praescient Analytics is a finalist in the technology innovator category of SmartCEO magazine’s Voltage Award, which recognizes companies that the publication deems as innovators in the big data field. SmartCEO highlighted Praescient’s work with executives and leaders and policymakers to combine human characteristics with technology in big data organizations, the company announced Wednesday. The publication […] More

  • Lou Von Thaer: Leidos to Participate at GEOINT Symposium
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    Lou Von Thaer: Leidos to Participate at GEOINT Symposium

    Leidos will exhibit its portfolio of geospatial technology tools at the GEOINT 2013 Symposium Monday through Thursday in Tampa, Fla.. Lou Van Thaer, Leidos president for national security sector, said Thursday that the company builds geospatial intelligence technologies for national security and critical infrastructure protection. “GEOINT is an ideal opportunity to showcase the innovative geospatial intelligence technology […] More

  • Iron Bow Lands 2 Cisco Partner Awards; Rene LaVigne Comments
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    Iron Bow Lands 2 Cisco Partner Awards; Rene LaVigne Comments

    Iron Bow Technologies has been selected for two 2014 Cisco Partner Summit Global Awards in recognition of Iron Bow’s business practices. Iron Bow won the public sector architectural excellence award and the U.S. architectural excellence award in the data center category, the company announced Thursday. “Many of our customers are looking for innovative solutions to create […] More

  • DLT to Host Cybersecurity Virtual Conference
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    DLT to Host Cybersecurity Virtual Conference

    DLT Solutions will host an online event May 7 to discuss cybersecurity-related risks and problems that the government is facing. Representatives from companies such as BMC Software, Dell, ForeScout, Oracle, Red Hat, SolarWinds and Symantec are scheduled to attend, DLT announced Thursday. Those companies will focus on continuous monitoring and identity and access management issues in […] More

  • FireEye IDs Malware Evasion Tactics; Abhishek Singh Comments
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    FireEye IDs Malware Evasion Tactics; Abhishek Singh Comments

    FireEye has updated a report that outlines techniques some malware authors use to evade a network infrastructure’s traditional defenses. The latest release of “Hot Knives Through Butter: Evading File-Based Sandboxes” adds four new stealth and evasion practices to the 11 already included in the August 2013 list, FireEye said Tuesday. The report says sandboxes isolate, […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne to Build NASA CubeSat Propulsion System; Christian Carpenter Comments
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne to Build NASA CubeSat Propulsion System; Christian Carpenter Comments

    Aerojet Rocketdyne will develop a propulsion system for NASA‘s CubeSat miniature satellites under a contract from the Armstrong Flight Test Center’s flight opportunities. The company said Tuesday the two-phased contract involves hot-fire testing on the MPS-120 CubeSat High-Impulse Adaptable Modular Propulsion System and flight demonstration if the agency selects Aerojet Rocketdyne’s chemical propulsion system. “We’re honored that NASA has selected us […] More

  • General Dynamics IT to Help SPAWAR Design Hazards Model Software
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    General Dynamics IT to Help SPAWAR Design Hazards Model Software

    A General Dynamics business unit has been awarded a potential $23.5 million contract to help the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command develop a modeling software for researchers to identify hazardous material incidents. General Dynamics Information Technology will design technology for gauging the effects of a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear event under the Pentagon’s Joint Effects Model […] More

  • Miranda Mills: Thales to Offer In-flight Broadband Services With Inmarsat Tech
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    Miranda Mills: Thales to Offer In-flight Broadband Services With Inmarsat Tech

    Thales will deliver in-flight entertainment and connectivity services to the airline industry by using Inmarsat‘s broadband satellite network Global Xpress. Inmarsat has added Thales to its value-added reseller network to distribute Inmarsat’s GX Aviation and SwiftBroadband mobile satellite communications technology to aviation clients, Thales said Wednesday. “Under this agreement more opportunities for airlines to access […] More

  • Tom Watson: SAIC Continues to Help Navy Train Sailors on New, Legacy Systems
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    Tom Watson: SAIC Continues to Help Navy Train Sailors on New, Legacy Systems

    Science Applications International Corp. has been selected to help the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific train sailors on existing and legacy systems under a $35 million multiple-award contract. SAIC will provide training support services for the SSC Pacific’s systems and tools that are built into various platforms, the company said Thursday. Tom Watson, […] More

  • Ball Aerospace Completes Testing on DigitalGlobe Satellite; Cary Ludtke Comments
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    Ball Aerospace Completes Testing on DigitalGlobe Satellite; Cary Ludtke Comments

    Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has performed internal environment assessments on a remote-sensing satellite the company developed for DigitalGlobe and designed to collect Earth imagery. DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 spacecraft features a Ball Aerospace technology that is built to monitor atmospheric conditions and photograph objects through haze, soot and dust, DigitalGlobe said Tuesday. Cary Ludtke, Ball Aerospace […] More