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  • Dell Unveils Cloud Access Manager With Context-Based Controls; John Milburn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell Unveils Cloud Access Manager With Context-Based Controls; John Milburn Comments

    Dell has launched the latest version of the Dell One Identity Cloud Access Manager featuring the company’s Security Analytics Engine, support for the OpenID Connect protocol, Microsoft certification for Office 365 interoperability and social authentication functions. The company said Monday CAM 8.0 works to enable organizations to control access to Web and mobile applications based on contextual information while facilitating […] More

  • Cyveillance, Centripetal Networks Combine Tech for Cyber Threat Intell - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cyveillance, Centripetal Networks Combine Tech for Cyber Threat Intell

    QinetiQ‘s Cyveillance subsidiary has partnered with Centripetal Networks to combine the former’s threat intelligence streaming technology and the latter’s RuleGate platform to provide customers with actionable information on cyber threats. Cyveillance said Monday the partnership works to enable RuleGate to operationalize Cyveillance’s feeds on phishing and malicious URLs and suspect domain names and quickly activate security policies to catch network threats in real time. […] More

  • Edward Sayadian: Exelis, NASA Working on System That Tracks Drones Beyond Line of Sight - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Edward Sayadian: Exelis, NASA Working on System That Tracks Drones Beyond Line of Sight

    Exelis will soon release a surveillance system that works to track drones flying at low altitudes beyond the line of sight to perform tasks such as land surveys and delivery of packages, Reuters reported Tuesday. Alwyn Scott writes that Exelis is working with NASA and other partners to develop the system, which could work around current Federal Aviation Administration […] More

  • Susan Miller: Inmarsat Government to Offer L-Band Airborne ISR Service for US Public Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Susan Miller: Inmarsat Government to Offer L-Band Airborne ISR Service for US Public Sector

    A U.S.-based, wholly owned subsidiary of Inmarsat has completed airborne testing of its L-band Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance service that works to provide up to 10 Mbps broadband data transmission rate. Inmarsat Government said Thursday public sector customers can use LAISR for applications such as unmanned aircraft systems, signals intelligence and synthetic aperture radar support as well as electro-optical and […] More

  • Bill Toti: Cubic Training Tech to Help Italian Army Practice Combat Skills - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bill Toti: Cubic Training Tech to Help Italian Army Practice Combat Skills

    Cubic‘s global defense business has secured a $2.6 million supplemental contract to provide the Italian army with training services that work to deliver realistic combat scenarios. The company said Monday it will integrate elements such as tanks, missiles, targets, terrain and simulation of chemical warfare to help bolster realism and efficiency in training. “Cubic is proud to […] More

  • IHS Reports Top Importers, Exporters in $64B Global Defense Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IHS Reports Top Importers, Exporters in $64B Global Defense Market

    A new report by IHS indicates that the global defense market saw increased trading activity for the sixth consecutive year, a 13.4 percent growth rate from $56.8 billion in 2013 to $64.4 billion in 2014. “This record figure has been driven by unparalleled demand from the emerging economies for military aircraft and an escalation of regional […] More

  • Teri Marconi: Northrop to Add '1st Simultaneous Multi-Mission' Tool for Navy Surface Ships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Teri Marconi: Northrop to Add ‘1st Simultaneous Multi-Mission’ Tool for Navy Surface Ships

    Northrop Grumman will add early detection, threat warning, signal analysis and other functions to its AN/SLQ-32 electronic warfare system as part of a $267 million contract it received from the U.S. Navy in February. The company said Thursday the Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block 3 contract seeks to upgrade the electronic warfare attack system to protect Navy vessels from enemy missiles. “This is […] More

  • Unisys Belgium Part of Winning Consortia on 3 Lots of European Commission Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys Belgium Part of Winning Consortia on 3 Lots of European Commission Contract

    A Unisys subsidiary in Belgium has received work worth $900 million from the European Commission under three lots of the External Service Provision for Development, Studies and Support for Information Systems III framework contract. The company said Thursday Unisys Belgium will work with partners as part of three separate consortia to provide analytics, project management and consultancy services, functional and […] More

  • Keoki Jackson: Lockheed Pushes Forward With Fiber-Optic Lasers After ATHENA Demo - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Keoki Jackson: Lockheed Pushes Forward With Fiber-Optic Lasers After ATHENA Demo

    Lockheed Martin has completed a field test of its prototype Advanced Test High Energy Asset laser weapon system in a push to demonstrate precision functions for lasers to counter ground-based targets. The company said Tuesday ATHENA features the 30-kilowatt, fiber-optic Accelerated Laser Demonstration Initiative technology and is based on the Area Defense Anti-Munitions system. “Fiber-optic lasers are revolutionizing directed energy systems,” said Keoki […] More

  • Raytheon, Partners Demo Microgrid System for Military Backup Power - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Partners Demo Microgrid System for Military Backup Power

    Raytheon has helped complete a demonstration of a backup-power microgrid system that it developed with partners Primus Power, Advanced Energy and the Energy Department‘s National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The technology combines Raytheon’s Intelligent Power and Energy Management Microgrid Controller, Primus Power’s EnergyPod 706kVA powertrain and Advanced Energy’s 100kW solar inverters to support off-grid operation, Raytheon said Thursday. It stores high-penetration renewable […] More

  • Govini 2015 GovCon Scorecard: Commerce Dept is Top Agency, Lockheed is Top Vendor - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Govini 2015 GovCon Scorecard: Commerce Dept is Top Agency, Lockheed is Top Vendor

    Govini‘s latest Federal Scorecard report points to a “highly competitive” government contracting space in 2014 with the Commerce Department leading in agency spending percentage increase and Lockheed Martin ahead in captured contract revenue. “The annual scorecard gives the market an opportunity to look at federal spending from a macro level and, through analytics, explain the trends that […] More

  • Ken Asbury: CACI to Help Army Evaluate Night-Vision Tech for Asymmetric Warfare - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ken Asbury: CACI to Help Army Evaluate Night-Vision Tech for Asymmetric Warfare

    CACI International will continue its support for U.S. Army sensor and imaging systems modeling and simulation work following the award of a 12-month, $43 million task order contract under the Strategic Services Sourcing vehicle. The company will provide engineering support to the service’s Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate to help in the evaluation of sensor technologies and […] More