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ECS to Continue Supporting TRANSCOM’s Cargo and Passenger Processing System via $53M Contract

Fairfax, Virginia-based company ECS has secured a five-year, $53 million recompete contract to support the U.S. Transportation Command‘s Global Air Transportation Execution System. ECS will provide agile software development to sustain and enhance GATES operations worldwide. The company will also deliver help desk and engineering support and migrate additional capabilities to the cloud. GATES manages […]
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SpaceX Secures Five Additional Crew Transport Missions

SpaceX has secured a $1.44 billion NASA contract modification to continue providing crew transport services. The contract is for the aerospace company’s Crew 10 to Crew 14 flights, which will bring astronauts to the International Space Station. SpaceX will also provide necessary launch services, including ground support, in-orbit operations, return and recovery and cargo transportation. […]
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Audit Report Finds Lapses in FHFA Implementation of DHS Cybersecurity Directives

The Federal Housing Finance Agency had lapses in enacting binding operational directives from the Department of Homeland Security that cover cybersecurity issues. According to an audit released by FHFA’s inspector general on Aug. 31, the agency does not have a documented process to implement DHS directives. Specifically, FHFA failed to publish a vulnerability disclosure policy […]
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NSWC Philadelphia Tests LiDAR-Enabled 3D Modeling

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division is testing light detecting and ranging solutions to gauge their ability to perform battle damage assessment, repairs, installation and modernization efforts. Engineers and scientists from the center’s Advanced Data Acquisition Prototyping Technology Virtual Environments equipped the LiDAR on robotic dogs, which were sent to decommissioned ships at the Philadelphia […]
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