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    Alpha Omega to Help NOAA Comply With FISMA, Ensure Info Security

    Alpha Omega Integration was tapped by the information technology security services branch within NOAA to provide the agency with assistance in Federal Information Security Management Act compliance and information security. The company said Tuesday it will help enhance NOAA’s program efficiency and effectiveness through the provision of cloud security, IT security controls, IT security policies […] More

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    TransUnion to Acquire Neustar for $3.1B in Expanded Portfolio Push

    TransUnion seeks to expand its portfolio of digital identity capabilities, increase market reach and accelerate growth strategy with the proposed acquisition of Neustar, an information services and technology company, for $3.1 billion in cash. The two parties signed a definitive agreement for the transaction, which covers the addition of Neustar’s data and analytics to TransUnion’s […] More

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    NetImpact-Attain JV to Deliver IT Support to USDA Client Experience Center

    A joint venture between Attain and NetImpact Strategies will help the Department of Agriculture’s Client Experience Center provide information technology customer support, and manage IT infrastructure delivery under the End User Support Services Tier II contract. At-Impact said Wednesday it will work with its teaming partner NuAxis Innovations and CEC to consolidate the center’s infrastructure […] More

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    L3Harris Launches Hawkeye 4 Lite Portable Satcom Terminal

    L3Harris Technologies has expanded its very small aperture terminal offerings with the introduction of a new portable satellite communications terminal developed to provide warfighters with internet, command and control, communications, computers, cyber. defense, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and video transfer capabilities across the globe. The Hawkeye 4 Lite VSAT has a carbon fiber 1.3m segmented […] More

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    Peraton to Offer OneWeb’s LEO Satellite Network Services; Mike King Quoted

    Peraton has included OneWeb‘s low Earth orbit satellite services in its global communications portfolio in an effort to provide customers with open architecture and high throughput network in support if their mission sets. The company said Thursday it will deliver capabilities from OneWeb’s secure and low latency satellite network under a distribution partnership agreement, which […] More

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    Viasat’s Craig Miller: SDA’s Transport Layer Discussion Should Highlight Network, System Interoperability

    Craig Miller, president of government systems at Viasat, said that discussions about the Space Development Agency’s upcoming satellite network should focus on how spacecraft from different manufacturers could be interoperable and support a “highly complex, multi-band and multi-network system” together. In an opinion piece SpaceNews published Friday, Miller noted that the Transport Layer’s network and […] More

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    Dell’s Cameron Chehreh Calls on Agencies to Create Digital Workplace, Launch Employee Reskilling Programs

    TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 7, 2021 — Cameron Chehreh, chief technology officer and vice president of engineering at Dell Technologies‘ federal systems business, has recommended the creation of a digital workplace that could enable government employees to support agencies’ missions while working from anywhere, GovCon Wire reported Aug. 19. In a guest piece, he also […] More

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    Raft, Space Force’s Software Factory to Engineer Platform for Space Operations Command

    Raft will collaborate with a software factory within the Catalyst Campus for Technology and Innovation on a platform development effort as part of a prime contract the U.S. Space Force awarded to the Reston, Virginia-based technology consulting firm. The company and USSF’s Space Camp will engineer a continuous integration/continuous delivery platform to provide Space Operations […] More

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    ManTech Secures $476M USSF Engineering & Integration Contract for Space Launch Programs; Andrew Twomey Quoted

    Mantech International has secured a 10-year, $476 million prime contract award to support the space launch programs of the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command, formerly the Space and Missile Center. The company said Tuesday it will provide launch service integration, fleet surveillance and certification and other engineering services in support of space and missile […] More

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    Navy Taps Leidos to Work on Multi-Domain Radar Effort

    The U.S. Navy has selected Leidos for an effort that seeks to provide the Marines with a multi-domain radar for a contested environment as the current radio frequency radar assets are limited in mobility and prone to detection and attacks. Leidos will work under a potential $49.4 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the MuDRaCE effort during […] More

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    Coras’ Cloud-Based Decision Management Platform Receives FedRAMP High Provisional Authority

    Coras‘ software as a service offering for enterprise decision management has been granted a provisional authority to operate at the high level under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The FedRAMP High P-ATO authorization allows low code/no code Coras Federal to be used by the Department of Defense and federal agencies to address challenges […] More

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    Lockheed to Produce F-16 Aircraft Parts at Johnstown Facility

    Lockheed Martin plans to use its facility in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, to manufacture parts for new F-16 aircraft in response to global customer demands, and early work at the site is expected to begin this year. The aerospace and defense company said Thursday the facility will produce F-16 engine components, F-1 fuel tank, inlet and other […] More