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  • DigitalGlobe Offers 50cm Satellite Imagery Base Map of Africa - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DigitalGlobe Offers 50cm Satellite Imagery Base Map of Africa

    DigitalGlobe has unveiled its Basemap +Vivid product that works to generate a satellite imagery base map of every country in Africa with a ground resolution of 50 centimeters. The company said Tuesday this is the first service that offers 50 cm satellite imagery for the entire African continent. “This is an important accomplishment in response to requests from our customers,” said […] More

  • Denny Clifford on SkyLink Aviation's Global Market Pursuits and Partnerships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Denny Clifford on SkyLink Aviation’s Global Market Pursuits and Partnerships

    Denny Clifford joined SkyLink Aviation earlier this year as chief financial officer to manage the company’s financial affairs and participate in the strategic review process. Clifford holds more than 20 years of financial management and military experience in his role at the global aviation and logistics services company. “Denny brings a wealth of experience from […] More

  • Chuck Harrington: Parsons Eyes MEA Market Growth With New Infrastructure Division - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chuck Harrington: Parsons Eyes MEA Market Growth With New Infrastructure Division

    Parsons has established a new infrastructure division that will integrate the company’s contracts, customer base and resources on the public and private infrastructure markets in the Mideast and Africa into a single business unit. Chuck Harrington, Parsons chairman and CEO, noted Wednesday that the company will continue building on its business growth in the MEA region […] More

  • David Williams: Avanti Picks Orbital Sciences Satellite for EMEA Region Coverage - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    David Williams: Avanti Picks Orbital Sciences Satellite for EMEA Region Coverage

    Orbital Sciences has received a contract to manufacture a HYLAS 4 satellite for Avanti Communications Group, which seeks to connect customers in existing and new markets to Ka-band broadband communications services. Orbital Sciences said Tuesday HYLAS 4 is based on its GEOStar-3 platform, will have a capacity of up to 28 gigahertz and feature 66 fixed and four steerable beams. David Williams, CEO […] More

  • Boeing Inks Collaboration Deal With Africa-Based Paramount Group; Chris Chadwick Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Inks Collaboration Deal With Africa-Based Paramount Group; Chris Chadwick Comments

    Boeing will collaborate with Africa’s Paramount Group in developing defense and security products for the international market as part of an agreement signed by both companies at the Farnborough Airshow. The companies said Tuesday they will leverage Boeing’s rotorcraft and unmanned aerial systems technology and Paramount’s land and aerospace systems to deliver offerings for areas such as border security, heavy airlift, anti-piracy and […] More

  • Nick Leontidis: CAE to Provide Training Center Support to Caverton Helicopters - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Nick Leontidis: CAE to Provide Training Center Support to Caverton Helicopters

    CAE Inc. has been selected to develop operation support services for Caverton Helicopters’ training center in Africa over a six-year period. CAE will work beginning in mid 2015 to maintain and operate the training facility that is being constructed in Lagos, Nigeria, CAE said Wednesday. “We look forward to continuing to grow our relationship with […] More

  • A.T. Kearney to Partner with African University on Lecture Series - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    A.T. Kearney to Partner with African University on Lecture Series

    A.T. Kearney is inviting 50 MBA and doctorate students in Ethiopia to participate in lectures regarding the country’s business potential and opportunities. Students from Addis Ababa University will be exposed to issues regarding current and future global business trends, A.T. Kearney announced Monday. The lectures will be content-based with some sessions focusing on methodologies, structuring […] More

  • Jerker Ahlqvist: Saab Aims For Growth in Africa With New Botswana Office - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jerker Ahlqvist: Saab Aims For Growth in Africa With New Botswana Office

    Saab has opened a marketing office in Gaborone, Botswana in a move to further its presence in the sub-Saharan Africa region and add on to company’s offices in South Africa and Kenya. “With the growing economies in many countries in Africa there is a growing demand for defense and security products,” Jerker Ahlqvist, head of the Botswana office, said Wednesday. […] More

  • DynCorp Subsidiary Holds Prime Spot on $2.5B USAID Support Contract; George Krivo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp Subsidiary Holds Prime Spot on $2.5B USAID Support Contract; George Krivo Comments

    A DynCorp International subsidiary holds a position on a potential $2.5 billion contract to help the U.S. Agency for International Development promote democracy and peace in nations undergoing political transition. Casals & Associates will work with USAID’s office of transition initiative and local agency partners that work to fulfill U.S. foreign policy goals of promoting […] More

  • IBM Initiatives Target Next-Gen IT Workforce in Africa - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Initiatives Target Next-Gen IT Workforce in Africa

    IBM has launched several information technology programs in Africa to build a workforce with next-generation IT knowledge and skills and contribute to the continent’s economic development and growth, IBM said Thursday.  “Leaders in business, education and government agree that enabling the existing and future workforce to perform at the cutting edge of technology trends such as […] More

  • IBM Invests $100M in Watson Computer Africa Roll Out; Kamal Bhattacharya Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Invests $100M in Watson Computer Africa Roll Out; Kamal Bhattacharya Comments

    IBM Corp. wants to invest $100 million in a 10-year initiative to roll out its artificial intelligence and cognitive systems in Africa in an effort to seek business opportunities in the region. IBM will deploy the Watson technology from its Africa research laboratory, where researchers can develop new services in healthcare, education, water and sanitation, […] More

  • Orbital Sciences-Built Asian Comm Satellite Launched Into Space - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital Sciences-Built Asian Comm Satellite Launched Into Space

    A satellite Orbital Sciences built for telecommunication services provider Thaicom PLC launched into orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Monday. The THAICOM 6 satellite contains Ku- and C-band transponders and is designed to provide communications network coverage across Southeast Asia and Africa, Orbital said. Orbital will conduct geostationary orbit and operational […] More