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  • Cisco: Mobile Apps Could Help Public Services Reach More People - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco: Mobile Apps Could Help Public Services Reach More People

    The public sector’s use of mobile applications continues to grow as U.S. and international government units eye increased use of those tools to support citizen services, Jason Deign wrote in a piece published Monday on the Cisco website. Deign writes that mobile apps work to grow service delivery to more citizens and enable “anytime, anywhere” access. “If you think about reaching the […] More

  • Mary Petryszyn: Northrop Begins Global Hawk Production for South Korea - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mary Petryszyn: Northrop Begins Global Hawk Production for South Korea

    Northrop Grumman will work with the U.S. Air Force and start production four RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems under a foreign military sale contract with the South Korean air force. “[It is] the first time a Global Hawk has been sold to an allied nation in the Asia-Pacific region under the foreign military sales process,” Mary Petryszyn, international vice president […] More

  • BAE to Build UAS Sensor for Navy Antisubmarine Warfare Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Build UAS Sensor for Navy Antisubmarine Warfare Program

    BAE Systems is developing a sensor payload for unmanned aircraft systems that will help the U.S. Navy‘s Boeing-built P-8A Poseidon jet detect enemy submarines by monitoring disturbances in the magnetic field, Intelligent Aerospace reported Monday. John Keller writes the P-8A maritime patrol aircraft will use an air-launched UAS equipped with an antisubmarine warfare payload, including a magnetic anomaly detector, to pinpoint the location of submerged submarines, […] More

  • FireEye, Telefonica to Combine Security Tech, Intell, Services for Enterprise Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FireEye, Telefonica to Combine Security Tech, Intell, Services for Enterprise Customers

    FireEye has moved to integrate its cybersecurity technologies with Telefonica‘s managed security and mobile security services under a new partnership for the business-to-business market. FireEye said Thursday Telefonica will offer its enterprise customers the FireEye Mobile Threat Prevention product and other security offerings to counter advanced persistent threats. “[The] reality is modern attack groups can execute a sophisticated hack against any […] More

  • Spire to Launch 20 Small Weather Satellites This Year; Peter Platzer Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Spire to Launch 20 Small Weather Satellites This Year; Peter Platzer Comments

    Spire is lining up the launch of its small weather satellites that will work to collect atmospheric data to fill a gap in weather forecasting capabilities. The company said Thursday the “shoebox-size” satellites will leverage the GPS Radio Occultation technique to monitor changes in weather and climate. It added that the network will eventually perform 10,000 readings a day to build up the accuracy of forecasting […] More

  • Transparency Market Research: Global Smart Weapons Market Worth $67B in 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Transparency Market Research: Global Smart Weapons Market Worth $67B in 2019

    A new Transparency Market Research report states that air-to-ground and surface-to-air missiles dominated the global smart weapons market in 2012, with further growth projected to give the market a value of $66.91 billion by 2019. The company said Thursday the market will achieve a compound annual growth rate of 10.3 percent from $34 billion in 2012 to reach the projected […] More

  • Symantec's Info Mgmt Spinoff Selects 'Veritas Technologies' Name; Michael Brown Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Symantec’s Info Mgmt Spinoff Selects ‘Veritas Technologies’ Name; Michael Brown Comments

    Symantec has said the independent information management company to form from the company’s split announced in October will be called Veritas Technologies and that the security business will retain the Symantec name. The company said Wednesday Veritas will have its own logo that represents the strategy toward “open, heterogeneous technologies.” “While the name recalls the company’s heritage, the new logo signals that Veritas is […] More

  • Army Seeks Partners for Airborne Reconnaissance System IDIQ Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Seeks Partners for Airborne Reconnaissance System IDIQ Contract

    The U.S. Army is looking for partners to provide mission equipment payload design, systems and aircraft integration, configuration management, logistics support and sensor procurement services for the Airborne Reconnaissance Low-Enhanced system. The service said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday that it plans to award a five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the replacement of nine ARL-Multifunction systems. ARL-E works […] More

  • DigitalGlobe, Nonprofits Use Satellite Images, Predictive Analytics in Anti-Poaching Campaign - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DigitalGlobe, Nonprofits Use Satellite Images, Predictive Analytics in Anti-Poaching Campaign

    DigitalGlobe has partnered with nonprofit organizations African Parks, Enough Project and the Satellite Sentinel Project to study how predictive analytics using satellite imagery can help Congo Republic rangers stop elephant poaching. The company said Wednesday the resulting report shows how analysis of available data using DigitalGlobe’s Signature Analyst software has helped identify poaching hotspots at Garamba National Park and direct the allotment […] More

  • Research and Markets: Aviation Cybersecurity Market to Achieve 5% CAGR Through 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Aviation Cybersecurity Market to Achieve 5% CAGR Through 2018

    A new Research and Markets report has forecast a global aviation cybersecurity market that could climb in value through 2018 at a compound annual growth rate of 4.74 percent due to the evolving threat environment. The firm said Tuesday the aviation industry will see the implementation of information security frameworks at airports, airlines and service providers to protect against cyber terrorism, data theft and other […] More

  • HII's Mike Petters: Gov't, Industry Should Adopt Long-Term Investment Mindset - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HII’s Mike Petters: Gov’t, Industry Should Adopt Long-Term Investment Mindset

    Mike Petters, president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries, has urged government and business leaders to consider the long-term impact of investments in infrastructure and technology, the Detroit Free Press reported Wednesday. Tom Walsh writes that Petters told his audience at a recent Detroit Economic Club event that budget constraints and short-term mindsets affect both the industry […] More

  • George Helm: Harris Vehicle Comm Systems to Support Air National Guard Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    George Helm: Harris Vehicle Comm Systems to Support Air National Guard Missions

    Harris RF Communications will provide the Air National Guard with ground-to-air vehicle communication systems and associated installation, training and other services to support the exchange of voice and data during emergency response and combat missions. The company said Tuesday the five-channel system includes the Falcon III AN/PRC-117G manpack radio, RF-7800I vehicle intercom system and Unity XG-100M mobile radio. “The system will […] More