NASA, DHS Chat Up Solar Storm Research on Twitter
Engineers from several government agencies and industry partners have teamed up to explore solutions to better predict, and thus mitigate, adverse impacts solar storms have on power grids.

Nontraditional Roboticists to Hit DARPA’s Fast Track

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SAIC to Support Aviation and Missile Research and Development Center
SAIC, McLean, Virginia, was awarded a $7,619,234 modification (003773) to foreign military sales contract W31P4Q-05-A-0031 for systems and computer resources suppo
AMEWAS to Support Battlespace Simulation and Test Department
AMEWAS, California, Maryland, is being awarded a $48,000,068 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for technical support services in support of the I
ManTech Provides Ship Enterprise Support
ManTech Systems Engineering Corp., Fairfax, Virginia, is being awarded a $21,345,857 cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-only modification to previousl
Survey: U.S. Government Still Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks Despite Major Security Investments
The U.S. government is just as vulnerable to cyberthreats—if not more so—compared to two years ago, according to a new survey of federal information security professionals. Nearly half of approximately 1,800 respondents indicated that security has not improved in the federal space, while another 17 percent stated their organization’s security posture is actually worse off.

L-3 to Provide Very Small Aperture Terminals for Australia Defence Force
L-3 Communications announced today that it has been awarded an $81.8 million contract from Raytheon Australia to supply the Australian Defence Force (ADF) with
U.S. Navy Procures Anti-Terrorism Force Protection Hardware and Software
Alutiiq Pacific LLC, Anchorage, Alaska (N39430-13-D-1264); Securityhunter Inc., Baltimore (N
LinQuest to Support On-Orbit Satellite Missions
LinQuest Corp., Los Angeles, has been awarded a $7,884,935 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for satellite operations support services.