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    Vectrus Named to 2019 Military Friendly Employers List; Frank Peloso Quoted

    Viqtory, a veteran-owned recruitment marketing firm, has included Vectrus in its list of Military Friendly Employers for 2019. Vectrus said Friday the list seeks to recognize the company’s efforts to hire and retain retired military personnel seeking employment in the civilian sector. “Vectrus is proud to once again earn the designation of Military Friendly employer,” said Frank Peloso, […] More

  • in Industry News, News

    L3-AVX Team to Pursue Army Rotocraft Prototyping Contract; Christopher Kubasik Quoted

    L3 Technologies and AVX Aircraft Company have submitted a joint proposal to develop a prototype of the U.S. Army‘s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft. The partnership intends to combine L3’s weapons, communications, sensor and system engineering offerings with AVX’ propulsion and coaxical rotor platforms in a bid to design an armed light attack and reconnaissance vehicle for the […] More

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    Lockheed Hits F-35 Aircraft Production Goal for 2018; Greg Ulmer Quoted

    Lockheed Martin has built and delivered 91 F-35 fighter jets to military customers this year, up 40 percent from 2017 deliveries and a 100 percent increase over 2016 production levels. The U.S. Marine Corps received the 91st aircraft, an F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing variant, at a USMC air station in Beaufort, S.C., the company said Thursday. Greg Ulmer, vice president and […] More

  • in Cybersecurity News, News

    Circadence Offers AI-Based Cybersecurity Training Platform on Microsoft Azure

    Circadence has integrated a cybersecurity learning and assessment platform with Microsoft‘s Azure cloud computing service. Project Ares is designed to help government, enterprise and academic customers train cyber professionals through cloud-based virtual ranges, Circadence said Thursday. The artificial intelligence-powered training system uses a range-as-a-service model designed to spin up simulated environments and support individual skill-based learning, student or […] More

  • in Government Technology, News

    In-Q-Tel, Lilt Partner to Introduce Machine Translation Platform in Government

    In-Q-Tel and Lilt have partnered to offer U.S. government agencies the latter company’s technology platform designed to translate source content in different languages. Lilt developed a machine translation engine that vetted translators continuously update and works to help enterprises localize foreign materials, IQT said Thursday. “Our mission is to make the world’s information accessible to everyone, regardless of […] More

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    Army Eyes SOSi for Base Support, Security Services

    The U.S. Army plans to award SOS International a sole-source contract to provide base life support and security services at a military installation in Taji, Iraq. SOSi will provide the “noncommercial” services in support of a U.S.-led joint task force that aims to prevent the Islamic State militant group from destabilizing Iraq as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, Army Contracting […] More

  • in Contract Awards, News

    Optum Awarded Two VA Healthcare Services Contracts

    Optum‘s federal government health services unit has secured two contracts from the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide medical disability exams and telehealth lifestyle coaching services to military veterans. The company said Wednesday its OptumServe business will perform scheduled lifestyle consultation over the phone to help veterans who receive care from 20 VA medical facilities manage their dietary, […] More

  • in Big Data & Analytics News, Industry News, News

    Viasat Updates NSA-Certified Network Encryption Device; Ken Peterman Quoted

    Viasat has updated a device built to help government and military customers secure networks that process sensitive information. KG-142 now works to protect Layer 2 Ethernet communications for big data processing and cloud computing applications, Viasat said Wednesday. The National Security Agency-certified network encryptor is designed to help users simultaneously operate up to 32 peer-to-peer connections at a speed of 10 gigabits […] More

  • in C4ISR News, News

    FLIR to Produce Electro-Optical Sensors for USAF’s Future MH-139 Helicopter Fleet

    Boeing has awarded FLIR Systems a $40M initial contract to provide an electro-optical/infrared surveillance sensor technology to the U.S. Air Force‘s UH-1N helicopter replacement program. FLIR said Wednesday it will supply the Star SAFIRE 380-HDc EO/IR system for integration onto the first four MH-139 helicopters that a Boeing-Leonardo team will build for the military service. MH-139 is based on Leonardo’s AW139 platform and designed to support training, […] More

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    Deloitte Wins Navy Virtual Training Platform Dev’t Contract for Consolidated Shipboard Network

    Deloitte‘s consulting business has received a potential five-year, $23M contract from the U.S. Navy to build a training virtual environment for the service’s enterprise shipboard network. The scope of work covers the development of a cloud-based virtual environment for the service’s Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services system, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. Other tasks […] More

  • in C4ISR News, News

    Akima Subsidiary Receives $82M Air Combat Command Support Task Order

    Akima‘s Ikun subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $82M task order to support the command, control, intelligence surveillance, reconnaissance and rescue squadrons of the U.S. Air Force‘s Air Combat Command. Work under the single-award task order includes unit deployment, training, information system security, scheduling, assessment and non-aviation program support services, the company said Tuesday. “We are proud […] More

  • in Government Technology, News

    DHS Issues Solicitation on Security Technology Concepts; William Bryan Quoted

    The Department of Homeland Security has issued a request for proposals on security technology concepts based on key topics under the agency’s Small Business Innovation Research program. The solicitation covers two subject areas for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office’s missions and eight potential topics for DHS Science and Technology Directorate projects, DHS S&T said […] More