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  • IDC: Systems Integrators Key to Federal IT Transformation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IDC: Systems Integrators Key to Federal IT Transformation

    A new IDC report has highlighted the role system integrators play in helping the federal government transition to digital platforms through the 3rd platform technologies mobility, cloud, big data and analytics and social business. The report evaluates the system integrators’ relationship with each other and with the factors the report finds conducive to government digital […] More

  • Onvia Report Highlights Growing Role of Cybersecurity in Business-to-Govt Marketplace - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Onvia Report Highlights Growing Role of Cybersecurity in Business-to-Govt Marketplace

    Onvia has released a new report that examines the increasing role of cybersecurity in federal, state and local government procurement efforts and provides insight into various  cyber market opportunities for contractors. The business intelligence firm said Thursday it found that the impacts of cybersecurity on political priorities, funding requests and anti-threat programs have led to new regulations that influence contract language and requirements. “In […] More

  • Cloudera, Niara Enter Cybersecurity Tech Reseller Agreement; Tim Stevens Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cloudera, Niara Enter Cybersecurity Tech Reseller Agreement; Tim Stevens Comments

    Cloudera has enlisted user and entity behavior analytics company Niara as a reseller of the former’s Hadoop-powered cybersecurity platform in an effort to help clients detect advanced threats. As a Cloudera Enterprise reseller, Niara will apply its machine learning models across various dimensions of user behavior and send a forensic record of the affected entities to a security analyst […] More

  • Microsoft Launches Pricing Tool for Azure Govt Cloud Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Launches Pricing Tool for Azure Govt Cloud Services

    Microsoft Corp. has introduced a pricing calculator designed to help government  customers to estimate the cost of using the company’s Azure cloud computing platform. Spenser Bullock, Azure Government blog manager, wrote in an article published Tuesday that customer agencies can choose two US Gov regions that Microsoft has added to the pricing tool and calculate their monthly bill. He […] More

  • Lockheed Secures Navy Contract Option for F-35 Electronic Components Procurement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Secures Navy Contract Option for F-35 Electronic Components Procurement

    Lockheed Martin has received a $10.02 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to purchase additional diminishing manufacturing sources electronic components for the F-35 fighter aircraft. The award exercises an option to previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract and Lockheed will perform work in Fort Worth, Texas, through December 2018, the Defense Department said Thursday. The Navy obligated the full […] More

  • MEADS, Polish State-Owned Firm to Explore Air Defense Cooperation; Tom Oles Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MEADS, Polish State-Owned Firm to Explore Air Defense Cooperation; Tom Oles Comments

    MEADS International and Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa, a state-owned defense firm in Poland, have agreed to explore cooperation and business opportunities related to the WisÅ‚a medium-range air defense program. The two companies inked a letter of intent to allow PGZ a participation in the expansion and sales of the Medium Extended Air Defense System in partnership […] More

  • State-Owned Defense Firm in Poland to Participate in Lockheed Martin Defense Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State-Owned Defense Firm in Poland to Participate in Lockheed Martin Defense Programs

    Lockheed Martin has agreed to involve Poland’s state-owned defense organization Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa in various defense and security programs as part of Lockheed’s commitment to Polish industry. The two parties inked a letter of intent to allow PGZ member companies to participate in Lockheed programs on satellite systems, aircraft, helicopters, weapons, combat systems, training devices and simulators, the […] More

  • Sipree to Offer Agencies Financial Tech Platform Through AWS GovCloud; Kevin Henkener Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sipree to Offer Agencies Financial Tech Platform Through AWS GovCloud; Kevin Henkener Comments

    Sipree has made its financial technology offering available to federal customers through Amazon Web Services‘ U.S. government public cloud in an effort to help agencies  manage digital payments. Sipree’s software-as-a-service platform has been introduced to the AWS GovCloud (US), a region designed to host data and workloads in the cloud, Sipree said Wednesday. The company developed its platform to serve as a gateway […] More

  • IBM's Justin Chua: Orgs Should Factor Security, Market Timing, ROI Into Cloud Migration Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM’s Justin Chua: Orgs Should Factor Security, Market Timing, ROI Into Cloud Migration Projects

    Justin Chua, cloud leader at IBM‘s Institute for Business Value, has said a new IBV study highlights several factors that organizations may want to consider if they opt to migrate information technology functions into cloud infrastructure. Chua wrote in a blog article published Sept. 1 that companies must first decide what application to move to the cloud and address transition roadblocks when […] More

  • Dan Batrack: Tetra Tech to Help NOAA Manage Coastal Resources With Geospatial Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dan Batrack: Tetra Tech to Help NOAA Manage Coastal Resources With Geospatial Tech

    Tetra Tech has been awarded a spot on a $49 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide technical geospatial services for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s coastal management program. The company said Tuesday it will collect, analyze and process geospatial data with the use of airborne and bathymetric lidar, satellite imagery and video and acoustic systems in an […] More

  • Air Force Demos Boeing-Built Minuteman III ICBM with Test Re-Entry Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Demos Boeing-Built Minuteman III ICBM with Test Re-Entry Vehicle

    The U.S. Air Force’s Global Strike Command tested a Boeing-built Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile system Monday at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The military branch said Monday 341st Missile Wing airmen launched the unarmed Minuteman III with a test re-entry vehicle that contained a telemetry package during the operational test, the Air Force said Monday. The re-entry vehicle traveled nearly 4,200 […] More

  • Textron Subsidiary to Produce Universal Test Sets for Navy's Counter-IED Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron Subsidiary to Produce Universal Test Sets for Navy’s Counter-IED Program

    Textron subsidiary AAI Corp. has received a $7.4 million contract modification to produce universal test sets for the U.S. Navy’s Joint Counter Radio Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare program. AAI will also provide UTS  system engineering and program and configuration management services to the Navy, the Defense Department said Tuesday. DoD noted the modification exercises the second option […] More