LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

IT engineering firm SMX has won a contract with the U.S. Army related to the Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program -- the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program services contract -- valued at $84.5 million over five years to provide engineering, logistics, and acquisition/strategic planning services to U.S. Army ASA(ALT)/PEO Aviation.

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

Cubic Corp.'s Cubic Mission and Performance Solutions (CMPS) division has won a firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to provide the P5 Combat Training System (P5CTS) system security update (SSU), which will further encrypt and secure the Air Combat Maneuver Instrumentation (ACMI) training systems used by aircrews to train for combat missions.

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

IT contractor Compass Point -- a subsidiary of Akima -- has won a spot on a contract with the U.S. Army to provide program support to the Cyber Capability Development Integration Directorate (CDID) at Fort Gordon, Georgia.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

The Government Accountability Office has upheld the $11.5 billion Defense Enclave Services (DES) contract award to Leidos, four months after the company won the aware from the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Leidos announced in a statement.

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

Companies developing next-generation electronic warfare (EW) solutions are researching and developing solutions for integrating EW components with cybersecurity solutions, with these integrations occurring in the realm of data encryption, using secured communication channels, and secure authentication for access, according to a new study from Market Forecast, "Electronic Warfare - Market and Technology Forecast to 2030."

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

Mercury Systems announced that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has certified its Jannson Data-At-Rest (JDAR) encryptor to help users protect stored data that is classified secret and below.

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

Mercury Systems has garnered a three-year basic ordering agreement (BOA) worth as much as $50 million from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) for engineering services and products relating to Mercury’s Advanced Data Transfer System (ADTS), aimed at deployment across multiple rotary-wing and tilt-rotor platforms.

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

Engineering contractor KBR has won a $44 million task order to protect the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Life Cycle Management (AFLCMC) Cyber Systems Engineering Directorate systems and software from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction.

WIND RIVER

The nature of cybersecurity has taken a dire turn across the aerospace and defense industry as threat vectors multiply and incidents such as the SolarWinds attack have caught many organizations unprepared.

RAMBUS

The growth of computing, graphics, neural processing power, communication bandwidth, and storage capacities have enabled amazing solutions. These innovations have created great value for society, and that value must be protected from exploitation by adversaries.