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    VTO to Support DHS Drone Forensics Research Efforts; William Bryan Comments

    VTO has received a $928,541 research and development contract from the Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate to help boost law enforcement officers’ capacity to collect and analyze evidential data from drones. DHS said Monday that the contract supports a cyber forensics project of S&T’s Cyber Security Division which looks to create cyber […] More

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    MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates to Continue NGA Aeronautical Charting Tech Support

    MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates will continue to provide software systems and services to help automate the production of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency‘s aeronautical charting products under a potential five-year, $4 million contract modification. MDA said Monday the amendment has a one-year base period along with four option years and will address the NGA’s Geospatial Terminal Operations requirement. […] More

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    BAE, Goriziane Group Enter Armored Vehicle Marketing Partnership

    BAE Systems and Goriziane Group SpA have signed a partnership agreement to market and sell the BvS10 armored all-terrain vehicle platform. BvS10 vehicles are designed to provide full amphibious capacity for littoral operations in remote areas and currently in service with multiple European Union and NATO member countries, BAE said Monday. Italy-based Goriziane also provides support to BvS10’s predecessor model BV206. […] More

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    Engility Gets Contract Option for Engineering, Technical Support to Navy, 6 Intl Clients

    Engility has received a $30.7 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide engineering and technical support services to the service branch and the governments of Australia, Denmark, Japan, Norway, Saudi Arabia and Spain. The Defense Department said Monday the modification exercises an option under a previously awarded contract and covers air and ship […] More

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    New IBM Mainframe Product Designed to Secure User Data

    IBM has released a new computing platform designed to encrypt user data and comply with government security standards, MeriTalk reported Friday. The z14 mainframe is built to operate in public, private, hybrid and on-premise cloud environments. Bob Merkert, vice president of systems software at IBM’s federal business, said the system can work to help large agencies notify employees […] More

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    BAE Unit to Plan, Execute USS Comstock Phased Maintenance Under $50M Award

    A business unit of BAE Systems has secured a potential $50 million contract modification for phased maintenance availability of the U.S. Navy‘s dock landing ship USS Comstock. BAE’s San Diego Ship Repair business will plan and execute depot-level maintenance, alteration and modification on LSD 45 to help update the ship’s military and technical systems, the Defense Department said Friday. USS […] More

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    Evernym Secures DHS Grant to Develop Key Mgmt System for Blockchain Tech

    Salt Lake City, Utah-based Evernym has received a $749,000 Small Business Innovation Research grant from the Department of Homeland Security to create a decentralized mechanism to manage public and private keys used to deploy blockchain technology. Evernym aims to develop a cryptographic key management system to help bolster online authentication and verification functions through the Applicability […] More

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    Report: Navy Updates Draft RFP for MQ-25A Stingray Unmanned Tanker Program

    The U.S. Navy has sent its latest draft request for proposals on the service branch’s future operational carrier-based unmanned aerial refueling tanker to four potential contractors, USNI News reported Thursday. The draft RFP for the MQ-25A Stingray program was delivered to Boeing, General Atomics, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman ahead of the scheduled release of a […] More

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    Australia’s GPS Cubesat Payload Deploys From Space Station Into Orbit

    The International Space Station has delivered a cube satellite with a global positioning system payload, developed by Australia’s space engineering research center and the University of New South Wales, to orbit using a NanoRacks deployer. The Australian defense department said Tuesday the Namaru GPS technology on board the U.S.-built Biarri-Point cubesat will support on-orbit research activities. Australia’s defense science and technology […] More

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    Veracity Supplies Initial SDN Tech for DOE Network Security Program

    Veracity Industrial Networks has completed the first phase of a software-defined networking infrastructure under an Energy Department project that aims to boost industrial network security. The company said Thursday DOE’s Chess Master initiative seeks to research, build, test and commercialize security validation and policy enforcement applications that can integrate with a flow controller to manage all field networks. Paul […] More

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    BlackBerry Unveils Multi-Platform Encryption Tool for Govt Clients

    BlackBerry has added a new multi-platform encryption tool to the mobile technology firm’s portfolio of cybersecurity offerings designed for the public sector. SecuSUITE for Government is certified by the National Information Assurance Partnership as a voice platform that can support smartphones and tablets with Android, BlackBerry 10 and iOS operating systems, BlackBerry said Thursday. The company added that SecuSUITE […] More

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    BAE to Continue Integration Support for Air Force’s Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent Tech

    BAE Systems has landed a one-year, $45.2 million contract modification to continue integration work on a ground-based strategic deterrent system for the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Thursday work covers acquisition program documentation, business and financial management, data rights and management, logistics, quality assurance, risk management, strategic planning, schedule management and trade and technical studies. The modification […] More