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How defense contractors are adapting to today's demands

General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon have all kept their IT and services work rather than divested it. We go under the hood of what these businesses mean to them and how they can win in a crowded market.

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Navy awards $86.7M command and control contract

Scientific Research Corp. has won an $86.7 million contract to help the Navy install command and control systems.

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Fed 100 flush with Defense winners

Congratulations to all the women and men being honored for their outstanding contributions to federal IT.

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Coast Guard pressed to go commercial on health records

After spending seven years and almost $60 million on a failed electronic health records system, the Coast Guard is back to using paper. Many lawmakers are urging a commercial solution.

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Does cloud deserve its own MOS?

The Department of Defense's road to cloud has been bumpy, exposing weak points in skillsets and education that the services are quickly trying to rectify.

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Army awards precision guidance contract

BAE Systems' U.S. arm takes in an $8 million contract to develop guidance kits that help munitions change course without the use of GPS.

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Addressing cyber gaps with automation and orchestration

DHS and Marine Corps officials look to automation and orchestration to patch gaps in their cybersecurity strategies.

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Global fitness tracker data exposes IoT policy gap

Thanks to data from fitness trackers, jogging routes of service members are providing a virtual atlas of sensitive military installations and forward operational bases around the world.

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Budget uncertainty weighs on Air Force research efforts

Budget bungling hinders Air Force readiness and research, leaders say.

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DISA announces new tools to manage system risk

The service product packages are designed to ease compliance with the Risk Management Framework.

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Air Force Research Lab wants a 'virtual wingman' for analytics

The conversational digital assistants would make complex analytics possible for nearly anyone, regardless of technical ability.

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National defense strategy stresses need for an agile cyber force

Defense Secretary James Mattis highlighted cyber force streamlining and tech infrastructure investment as part of an unclassified summary of the national defense strategy.

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Bid protest delays DOD efforts to address traumatic brain injuries

The $24.9 million contract would cover critical IT management, development and support services for the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury.

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DOD health record effort pivots to lessons learned

After a lengthy rollout, military health leaders will evaluate user feedback on MHS Genesis to prepare for full deployment.

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Faster crypto is the goal of ONR research effort

Galois is creating a suite of tools that will improve the development and testing of new cryptographic algorithms.

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DOD awards $800M contract for microelectronics

The Defense Department awards a potential 10-year, $800 million contract to three small businesses for engineering work to support microelectronic technology work.

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milCloud 2.0 could go live Feb. 1

Contractor CSRA plans to roll out the unclassified portion first, with classified infrastructure to follow in late 2018.

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DISA: Warfighters' walk to be used for mobile security

An individual's walking gait will be the first biometric used as part of continuous multi-factor authentication.

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How DOD defends data in the cloud

While commercial providers have responsibilities, one senior officer said, defense agencies are ultimately responsible for protecting data in the cloud.

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Air Force awards 10-year data link contract

The Air Force chooses nine companies for a potential 10-year, $496 million data link platform support contract.