Posts from GovConDaily for 06/20/2016

Raytheon to Hire 140-Plus Employees in Florida Under $1B DHS Cyber Contract

Raytheon plans to recruit more than 140 employees in Pensacola, Florida, under a $1 billion cyber system support contract with the Department of Homeland Security, The Pulse reported Friday. Raytheon will conduct an open house in Pensacola to look for cybersecurity professionals, information technicians and systems engineers in support of the contract, Drew Buchanan writes…

CACI to Support Centcom Counter Narco-Terrorism Efforts in Afghanistan; Ken Asbury Comments

CACI International has secured a multi-million task order contract under the U.S. Army‘s Rapid Response 3rd Generation contract vehicle for continued counter narco-terrorism support for Central Command forces in Afghanistan and other combatant commands…

Forbes: Roger Krone Kicks Off Town Hall Meetings Ahead of Leidos-Lockheed IS&GS Merger

Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos, has begun to conduct town hall” meetings to brief approximately 16,000 employees of Lockheed Martin’s information systems and global solutions business about IS&GS’ impending merger with Leidos, Forbes reported Friday…

NY Times: Physicist Neil Johnson Develops Mathematical Model to Predict ISIS Attacks

University of Miami physicist Neil Johnson has led a team of researchers to develop a mathematical model that works to identify patterns in the online activity of Islamic State sympathizers in efforts to predict attacks by the Islamic State organization, the New York Times reported Thursday…

Georgia Tech, ONR Develop AI Software for Robots; Marc Steinberg Comments

Researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology and the Office of Naval Research have developed an artificial intelligence software program the team designed to serve as a “human user manual” for robots…

FAA Panel Drafts Cybersecurity Standards for Commercial Aircraft Operators

A committee of government and industry officials established by the Federal Aviation Administration has begun to develop standards and safeguards designed to detect, track and isolate data intrusions and other cyber attacks against aviation, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday…

Evoqua to Help Navy Install Wastewater Treatment System at Jacksonville NAS

The U.S. Navy has awarded Evoqua Water Technologies a five-year contract to provide wastewater treatment services to a naval air station located in Jacksonville, Florida. Evoqua will provide its Wastewater Ion Exchange technology for the service branch to clean inorganic and metal compounds in industrial wastewater at Jacksonville Naval Air Station, the company said Friday…

Senate Approves Federal Veteran Hiring Changes in Defense Policy Bill Vote

The Senate has approved a series of changes for the fiscal year 2017 defense policy bill to address potential resentment and confusion among veterans and non-veterans that apply for government roles, the Washington Post reported Friday…

Michael Rogers: Cyber Guard Exercise to Teach Defense/Economic Sectors About Cyber Strategies

The Joint Chiefs of Staff-hosted Cyber Guard exercise has discussed lessons on possible cyber threat scenarios and response strategies, DoD News reported Saturday. Karen Parrish writes approximately 800 representatives from 100 organizations including the Department of Homeland Security, Defense Department, Federal Aviation Administration and FBI participated in the nine-day event…