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    Sentar to Develop Cyber Intelligence Tool for Nuclear Reactors Under DOE Grant

    The Department of Energy has selected Sentar to develop and demonstrate a proof of concept for a cybersecurity intelligence platform designed to secure nuclear power plants from cyberattacks. Sentar said Thursday it received a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research grant to provide nuclear plant stakeholders with the capability to predict and observe operational performance […] More

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    Army to Solicit Short-Wave IR Laser Sensor Proposals

    The U.S. Army’s Small Business Innovation Research Program will seek proposals from small and nontraditional businesses to develop short-wave infrared laser sensors to assess threats in complex combat environments. Under the new SBIR solicitation, small businesses will be asked to create an imaging technology with asynchronous laser pulse and short-wave IR detection capabilities for integration […] More

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    Accenture, IBM & Telesto to Prototype Integrated Enterprise Business System for Army

    Accenture‘s federal business, IBM and Telesto Group have been selected to help the U.S. Army transition its enterprise business systems to a modernized platform to streamline the delivery of services for multi-domain operations. The companies received Phase 1 contracts to develop prototypes of the Enterprise Business Systems – Convergence system designed to streamline and unify […] More

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    Bechtel Kicks Off Construction of Mobile Launcher 2 for NASA’s SLS Rocket

    Bechtel has begun the construction of the second mobile launcher platform for the Space Launch System at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The company said Wednesday it has bolted together the first steel components for the base structure of the Mobile Launcher 2, which will support the launch of the SLS Block […] More

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    General Atomics Employs iSCWO System in PFAS-Contaminated Landfill Leachate

    General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business unit has demonstrated the capability of its industrial supercritical water oxidation system to eliminate per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances-contaminated leachate from a municipal landfill. The iSCWO system is being tested at GA-EMS’ facility in San Diego in collaboration with landfill operators to gather test data verifying the technology’s capability to eliminate PFAS […] More

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    Defense Science Board Member Robert Giesler Named Strategic Adviser at Exovera

    Robert Giesler, a member of the Defense Science Board with more than four decades of national security experience, has been appointed a strategic adviser at Exovera, a subsidiary of SOS International. Giesler will provide strategic guidance to expand Exovera’s technology and data offerings and develop business strategies, the Vienna, Virginia-headquartered open-source intelligence provider said Tuesday. […] More

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    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Authorized to Host Top Secret Government Workloads; Kim Lynch Quoted

    Oracle has secured authorization to handle the U.S. government’s top secret/sensitive compartmented information at its dispersed cloud systems. The TS/SCI security clearance enables Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to host the most sensitive national security workloads of the Department of Defense and the intelligence community and expands the government’s access to modern cloud native services, the company […] More

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    CGI Opens New IT Delivery Center in Tennessee; Stephanie Mango Quoted

    CGI has launched a new center in Knoxville, Tennessee, to expand the delivery of information technology and business consulting services in the area, advance local workforce development and provide opportunities for the community’s students and professionals. The company said Tuesday it plans to hire 300 local professionals by 2026 to address the growing demand for […] More

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    HII-Led Industry Team Introduces Cyber Threat Hunting Prototype for Government Customers; Grant Hagen Quoted

    An industry team led by HII‘s mission technologies division has developed cyber threat hunting kit designed to defend government networks against potential cyber attacks. SABERHUNT is a modular technology that works to search through traditional or cloud-based networks for undetected malicious activities, HII said Monday. The kits maintain a global ecosystem that provides remote troubleshooting […] More

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    Former GSA Official Steve Sizemore Named Avion Business Development Director

    Steve Sizemore, former deputy director of the General Services Administration’s Multiple Award Schedule Program Management Office, has joined engineering and logistics company Avion Solutions as director of business development. He will work with corporate leadership across Avion’s business divisions to develop and implement strategic growth initiatives and manage partnerships with key clients, the Huntsville, Alabama-headquartered […] More

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    Microsoft Partners With Vana Solutions on $9B DOD Cloud Procurement Contract

    Microsoft has teamed up with Beavercreek, Ohio-headquartered information technology services company Vana Solutions to provide the Department of Defense with commercial cloud services under the $9 billion Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability contract vehicle, Dayton Business Journal reported Wednesday. Vana Solutions has experience in delivering cloud capability to defense customers. It previously created a dual cloud […] More