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    DXC’s Earl Matthews: Agencies Should Implement ‘Holistic’ Strategy to Avoid Cyber Attacks

    Earl Matthews, vice president of DXC Technology‘s enterprise security solutions group, has said government agencies should create and implement a “holistic” cybersecurity approach to prevent large-scale ransomware attacks such as WannaCry. He wrote in a guest piece for Signal Magazine he believes the use of a holistic security strategy will help agencies shift resources to end-user education, infrastructure […] More

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    Rockwell Collins Installs Final Cockpit Update on Air Force KC-10 Tanker Fleet

    Rockwell Collins has installed new avionics into the U.S. Air Force‘s fleet of KC-10 tanker aircraft as part of a larger effort to bring the fleet to compliance with global standards for communications, navigation, surveillance and air traffic management systems. The company said Thursday the Flight2 integrated avionics system is the 59th and final cockpit update on […] More

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    APS-Certified CAE Instructor Pilots Administer Upset Prevention & Recovery Training for Army

    The first batch of CAE instructors have graduated from Aviation Performance Solutions‘ training program and are now conducting upset prevention and recovery training as part of the U.S. Army‘s Fixed-Wing Flight Training program in Dothan, Alabama. APS said Wednesday it administers the UPRT Train-the-Trainer program to CAE instructors who will provide upset training at CAE’s newly opened Dothan Training […] More

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    Lockheed Invests in Nanosatellite Company Terran Orbital

    Lockheed Martin‘s venture capital arm has made a strategic investment in Terran Orbital as both companies aim to advance development of nanosatellite technology. Lockheed said Thursday it will obtain an equity stake in Irvine, California-based Terran as part of the cash and in-kind investment deal. The two companies previously worked to support multiple Defense Department and NASA missions. […] More

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    AT&T’s Stacy Schwartz: Workforce Diversity Supports Tech Devt Efforts

    Stacy Schwartz, vice president of public safety within AT&T‘s government solutions business, told Federal News Radio in an interview published Tuesday she has worked to hire a diverse team within her organization to gain different perspectives on how to use and develop technology. “I think that does give us a competitive advantage, because we’re coming in to […] More

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    Kratos to Produce Aerial Target Systems Under Navy Contract Modification

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Kratos Defense & Security Solutions a $34.6 million contract modification for the low-rate initial production of subsonic aerial target drone systems. Kratos said Wednesday the fiscal 2017 LRIP is the first annual production order for the BQM-177A drone system. The company also secured a $2.5 million contractor logistics support contract […] More

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    Space Systems Loral to Conduct On-Orbit Refuelling Service for SES Satellite

    SES has entered an agreement with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates to carry out a satellite life extension mission using an on-orbit refuelling spacecraft made by MDA’s Space Systems Loral subsidiary. The agreement will make SES the first commercial customer of the satellite refuelling service and will allow the company to activate the service when needed, SES said Wednesday. […] More

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    DTRA Funds MerLion-Led Project to Counter Biological Threat Agents

    A joint project of MerLion Pharmaceuticals and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory has received a grant from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to study the effectiveness of an antibiotic called finafloxacin against biological threat agents. The Singapore-based biopharmaceutical company said Wednesday the project will explore the effectiveness of MerLion’s fluoroquinolone finafloxacin against infections caused by […] More

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    Report: SpaceX Eyes New Rocket Refurbishment & Storage Facility in Florida

    SpaceX plans to build a new facility in Florida to accommodate the refurbishment and storage of the company’s reusable rocket boosters, Reuters reported Tuesday. Documents submitted to authorities outline SpaceX’s proposal to establish a 67,222-square-foot hangar near its Cape Canaveral-based launch sites to prepare used Falcon rocket boosters for relaunch. The rocket manufacturer would construct the hangar […] More

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    MicroAutomation-Unify Team to Help Update 9-1-1 System at Tinker Air Force Base

    MicroAutomation and Unify have partnered to implement an updated 9-1-1 system for emergency communications at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Defense Information Systems Agency‘s Joint Interoperability Test Command re-certified MicroAutomation’s CallCenter Millennium platform to operate with Unify’s OpenScape Voice product, Unify said Tuesday. Following the JITC certification, Unify received a contract to update Tinker […] More

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    SRI International Gets IARPA Contract to Help Mitigate Weaknesses in Biometric Systems

    SRI International has secured a four-year, $12.5 million contract from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity to research and develop technology that can help mitigate attempts to deceive biometric systems, known as presentation attacks. The company said Tuesday it will build a prototype Multi-physiological Joint Optimization and Liveness Nuances for Identity Ratification system, or MJOLNIR, in an effort to address known […] More

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    DLA Preps Network Infrastructure Upgrade RFP

    The Defense Logistics Agency plans to issue a request for proposals on a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for network modernization support services by July 12. DLA will launch the small business set-aside procurement effort to identify contractors that can help the agency modify and update its telecommunications and network infrastructure, according to a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday. The contract will […] More