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  • BAE Offers Prescriptive, Predictive Analytics Tool for Communications Service Providers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Offers Prescriptive, Predictive Analytics Tool for Communications Service Providers

    BAE Systems‘ applied intelligence business has launched a tool that works to facilitate prescriptive and predictive analytics capabilities for communications service providers to guide customer value management and investment activities. The company said Monday its CommsReveal features machine learning and simulation functions to generate insights from CSP customer behavior, prescribe action to address customer churn and investment concerns, and forecast the corresponding […] More

  • Knowledge Consulting Group Wins $29M Task Order Contract for DHS CDM Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Knowledge Consulting Group Wins $29M Task Order Contract for DHS CDM Program

    Knowledge Consulting Group has secured a $29 million contract for the second task order under phase 1 of the Department of Homeland Security program to implement continuous diagnostics and mitigation tools, Federal News Radio reported Monday. Jason Miller writes that KCG will oversee the rollout of McAfee‘s Vulnerability Manager and ePolicy Orchestrator, ForeScout‘s CounterACT and Splunk‘s big data analytics offering to […] More

  • BAE Gets DoD Approval to Export IR Countermeasures System; Bill Staib Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Gets DoD Approval to Export IR Countermeasures System; Bill Staib Comments

    BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary has received the Defense Department‘s approval to export its Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures system to U.S. allies. The company said Monday the system, which was jointly developed by U.S.-based BAE Systems Inc. and the U.S. Army, works to protect rotary- and fixed-wing military aircraft. “In today’s environment with the proliferation of surface-to-air missiles, a proven aircraft survivability system to counter […] More

  • GSA Seeks Proposals on NS2020 Telecom Acquisition Strategy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Seeks Proposals on NS2020 Telecom Acquisition Strategy

    The General Services Administration has released a draft request for proposals on the Network Services 2020 strategy that covers voice, data, cloud, wireless, contact center, colocated data center, commercial satellite communications and managed services, FCW reported Sunday. NS2020 would replace the Networx contract and would serve as a strategic sourcing vehicle for telecommunications and information technology services, the report said. The Enterprise Infrastructure […] More

  • Reuters: Air Force Considers Commercial Launch of Military Satellites - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reuters: Air Force Considers Commercial Launch of Military Satellites

    The U.S. Air Force‘s Space and Missile Systems Center may open competition this spring for 28 commercial launches of military and intelligence satellites to bolster the use of U.S.-made rocket engines, Reuters reported Saturday. Andrea Shalal writes that both the government and private sector will fund the potential program, which aims to launch the first satellite by 2022. The effort […] More

  • David DeWalt: FireEye-Singtel Team's New Security Ops Center Seeks to Address SE Asia Cyber Demand - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    David DeWalt: FireEye-Singtel Team’s New Security Ops Center Seeks to Address SE Asia Cyber Demand

    FireEye and Singapore Telecommunications have opened a joint Advanced Security Operations Center that collaborates with Singtel’s network operations center and FireEye’s global ASOC network to offer their combined security and “info-communications” technologies. FireEye said Wednesday the ASOC is located in Singapore and houses 50 security professionals who work to deliver threat detection, prevention and response services to Asia-Pacific customers. “We are […] More

  • Navy Seeks UAS-Based Training, Engineering Services for Coast Guard - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Seeks UAS-Based Training, Engineering Services for Coast Guard

    The Naval Air Systems Command is seeking potential sources of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and engineering services for unmanned aircraft systems as part of U.S. Coast Guard training requirements. The U.S. Navy stated in a FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday that NAVAIR is looking for sensor, voice and data communications and metadata collection functions to support Defense Department and Coast Guard […] More

  • Jeffrey Tarr: DigitalGlobe to Help UN Utilize Satellite Imagery, Geospatial Analytics - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeffrey Tarr: DigitalGlobe to Help UN Utilize Satellite Imagery, Geospatial Analytics

    DigitalGlobe has partnered with the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs in utilizing earth observation technologies in support of U.N. social, economic and scientific development programs for developing countries. The memorandum of understanding covers the development of a web-based platform to enable access to catalogs of satellite images and data and analytical services, DigitalGlobe said Thursday. “The […] More

  • Julie Van Kleeck: Aerojet Rocketdyne to Help Army, AF Develop Green Propellants - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Julie Van Kleeck: Aerojet Rocketdyne to Help Army, AF Develop Green Propellants

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has secured a three-year contract to help the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force conduct research and development work on sustainable propulsion technology for rockets, missiles, and divert and attitude control systems. The company said Tuesday it will work with the Air Force Research Laboratory, Army Medical Command, and Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center to develop and […] More

  • Eastern Foundry, BAE, Booz Allen to Pilot GovCon Certification for Small Businesses - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Eastern Foundry, BAE, Booz Allen to Pilot GovCon Certification for Small Businesses

    BAE Systems and Booz Allen Hamilton will work with Eastern Foundry to pilot a classroom-based certification program for government contracting professionals to drive efforts to build a professional standard for the industry. Eastern Foundry said Wednesday the program works to educate small businesses on the foundations of the government contracting process and certify them to provide assurance to prime contractors interested […] More

  • Harris Integrates Ground Segment IT Hardware for NOAA Satellite; Romy Olaisen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Integrates Ground Segment IT Hardware for NOAA Satellite; Romy Olaisen Comments

    Harris Corp. has fully installed and integrated the computer hardware for the ground segment of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite–R series. The company said Wednesday the hardware makes up the ground segment’s operational system, which works to help GOES-R satellites perform their weather detection and tracking mission. “System testing can be completed now that the hardware is […] More

  • FireEye's Kevin Mandia: New Mandiant Report Details Cyber Threat Trends, Tactics - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FireEye’s Kevin Mandia: New Mandiant Report Details Cyber Threat Trends, Tactics

    FireEye has unveiled the sixth annual M-Trends report from Mandiant that outlines the emerging tactics and trends in the cyber threat landscape based on data from advanced threat investigations over the past year. “[Threat] actors have continued to evolve, up their game, and utilize new tools and tactics to compromise organizations, steal data and cover […] More