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  • in Healthcare IT, News

    Helomics Lands VA Contract For Tumor Profiling Test

    Helomics has secured a Federal Supply Schedule contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide access to the ChemoFx tumor profiling test for all government healthcare facilities. The Pittsburgh-based personalized healthcare company said Thursday ChemoFx is designed to supply tumor-specific information for clinicians to identify suitable chemotherapies and drugs for patients with tumor. Helomics President and CEO Neil Campbell said the test uses live […] More

  • in Cybersecurity News, News

    Cisco’s Will Ash: Integration, Consolidation & Automation Key to DHS’ Continuous Monitoring Standards

    Will Ash, Cisco senior director for U.S. public sector security sales, has said integration, consolidation and automation are key to meet the Department of Homeland Security‘s requirements for the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program. Ash wrote in a blog post published Monday that agencies will need technology partners to help meet the program’s continuous monitoring requirements and drive changes such as optimized response […] More

  • in Government Cloud, News

    Commerce Dept Reuses FedRAMP Authorizations for AWS GovCloud, East/West Systems

    The Commerce Department has approved two Amazon Web Services cloud computing platforms for use in the agency’s big data projects under a pair of existing authority-to-operate designations. Commerce Chief Information Officer Steve Cooper and Deputy Chief Data Officer Tyrone Grandison said Wednesday AWS GovCloud and AWS East/West hold ATOs under the government-wide Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program and the department has determined […] More

  • in Government Cloud, News

    A2LA Accredits Sunera as Third-Party Cloud Assessor For FedRAMP

    Sunera has been accredited by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation to serve as a third-party assessment organization under the federal government’s cloud computing program. The company said Tuesday cloud service providers that aim to obtain Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification can now employ the help of Sunera’s subject matter experts and RMS compliance platform. “With so much overlap among security controls, […] More

  • in Industry News, News

    Textron Picks iBASEt Platform to Help Manage Unmanned Tech Manufacturing Operations

    Textron Systems plans to implement an iBASEt-made software platform in an effort to  manage the company’s unmanned systems manufacturing processes at a factory in Hunt Valley, Maryland. iBASEt said Tuesday its Solumina software will work to help Textron Systems’ automate filing of bills of materials and engineering change orders as well as gain real-time visibility of shop floor production and quality processes. “We selected […] More

  • in News, Products & Service

    TrueTandem to Build FedRAMP Dashboard Under GSA’s 18F Agile BPA Task Order

    TrueTandem has secured a $150,000 task order from the General Services Administration‘s 18F organization to create a dashboard for the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, Fedscoop reported Tuesday. Billy Mitchell writes the award represents the first task order under 18F’s Agile development services blanket purchase agreement. The digital services delivery organization selected 16 companies in August 2015 to compete for […] More

  • in Industry News, Products & Service

    Cardno-Amec Foster Wheeler JV Wins Contract to Help Assess Marine Corps Facilities

     A joint venture of Cardno and Amec Foster Wheeler has secured a potential $30 million architect-engineering contract from the U.S. Navy to assess U.S. Marine Corps facilities with a web-based building inspection software. The Defense Department said Wednesday the Cardno-Amec Foster Wheeler JV will use the BUILDER Sustainment Management System to do inspection work at USMC buildings located in […] More

  • in Government Cloud, News

    Cloud Constellation Unveils Space-Based Cloud Network

    Cloud Constellation has launched a space-based cloud storage network that works to store and transport data without the use of the internet. The SpaceBelt cloud infrastructure is designed to protect information from hijacking, theft, monitoring and sabotage through a private architecture that connects space-based data centers, Cloud Constellation said May 17. The company added SpaceBelt offers its services for organizations in industries […] More

  • in Cybersecurity News, News

    In-Q-Tel Backs Digital Immunity’s Endpoint Threat Prevention Tech Development

    In-Q-Tel and Digital Immunity have formed a strategic partnership to help further develop the latter company’s technology designed to protect applications and operating systems from threats at the endpoint level. Digital Immunity said Tuesday its endpoint cybersecurity platform uses digital DNA mapping techniques and seeks to help users examine the security of apps and operating systems in-memory and during runtime. John Murgo, President and CEO of Digital […] More

  • in News, Products & Service

    MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Gets Follow-On Change Detection Tech Contract From NGA

    MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has secured a potential $11.6 million follow-on contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to provide a change detection system in support of NGA’s Foundation GEOINT. MDA said Monday it will continue to help the agency monitor the effects of climate change, identify facilities under construction and monitor urban sprawl, deforestation, wetlands loss and coastal expansion projects with the company’s Persistent […] More

  • in C4ISR News, News

    Orbital ATK, MDA Test Rocket Motor Nozzle on Raytheon’s SM-3

    Orbital ATK and the Missile Defense Agency have demonstrated the company’s updated MK 136 Third Stage Rocket Motor nozzle aboard Raytheon‘s Standard Missile Block IB at the U.S. Navy‘s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii. The company said Tuesday the missiles were fired from a Navy Aegis destroyer off the coast of Kauai to test the updated nozzle’s support for […] More

  • in Industry News, News

    Aerospace Receives NASA Grant to Develop Orbital Debris Removal Spacecraft

    The Aerospace Corp. has secured a potential $600,000 NASA grant to develop Brane Craft — a 1-meter square spacecraft that could envelop space debris and remove them from Earth’s orbit. The nonprofit said Monday Brane Craft was among the 13 concepts that the agency selected for the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program which aims to foster the creation of new […] More