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Boeing Renews NASA Contract to Provide ISS Engineering Support, Resources

TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 1, 2015 — Boeing will continue its deep space technology research and development work on the International Space Station under a contract extension from NASA, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday. Boeing said Tuesday the $1.18 billion new contract allows the company to study the viability of ISS structures and contribute to the program with […]

DLA Selects Raytheon for Repairable, Consumable Spare Parts

TYSONS CORNER, VA September 30, 2015 — Raytheon will provide the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime repairable and consumable spare parts at the depot level under a $495.6 million contact, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. Contact work includes a three-year base period and an option to extend another three more years, and will be performed in […]

Microsoft Gifts $1M to USNA Cyber Program

TYSONS CORNER, VA September 29, 2015 — Microsoft has poured $1 million into the U.S. Naval Academy to help finance the organization’s cybersecurity defense and warfare training program, GovCon Executive reported Friday. The donation will be directed toward a fund to construct and outfit a five-story, 206,000-square-foot Center for Cyber Security Studies building that is slated […]

DHS Taps Raytheon to Operate, Maintain 'Einstein' Network Security System

TYSONS CORNER, VA September 25, 2015 — Raytheon has won a $1 billion contract to maintain the Department of Homeland Security’s National Cybersecurity Protection System, including the Einstein network security program, GovCon Wire reported Thursday. Federal News Radio said Wednesday details of the contract work on the NCPS have been marked classified except to indicate it comes […]

Drew Morin: DoD Taps TCS Tech for Cyber Workforce Training

TYSONS CORNER, VA September 24, 2015 — The Defense Department has awarded TeleCommunication Systems a $68 million contract to develop cybersecurity training modules for a five-year workforce development program, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday. TCS said it will insert its curriculum development and performance-based testing technologies into the DoD training toolkit, including customized instruction from its […]

Northrop, Booz Allen, HP Awarded CDM Task Order 2 Contracts

TYSONS CORNER, VA September 23, 2015 — The Department of Homeland Security has selected Northrop Grumman, Booz Allen Hamilton and HP Enterprise Services for task order 2 Group C, Group D and Group E, respectively, under the agency’s continuous monitoring-as-a-service blanket purchase agreement, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. The award amounts close to $140 million in total, […]