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  • Research and Markets: Data Mgmt Tech Helps Drive Health IT Market Growth - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Data Mgmt Tech Helps Drive Health IT Market Growth

    Research and Markets predicts the global healthcare information technology market will grow at an annual rate of 13.4 percent to reach $228.79 billion by 2020. The company said in a report published in August that efforts to reduce medical costs and regulations for safety and security of patient data will drive the demand for healthcare IT offerings through 2020. Data management requirements from […] More

  • Gemalto to Help Norway's Postal Agency Implement Fraud Protection Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gemalto to Help Norway’s Postal Agency Implement Fraud Protection Tech

    Norway’s national post and logistics service has selected digital security company  Gemalto to provide a verification tool for the agency to check customer credentials. Gemalto said Thursday it will supply its Coesys ID Verification technology to Posten Norge in order to verify identity cards and passports for the country’s financial services sector in compliance with the European Union’s Anti-Money Laundering Directive. […] More

  • Strategic Defense Intelligence: Global Military Armored Vehicles & MRO Market to Hit $32B in 2026 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Strategic Defense Intelligence: Global Military Armored Vehicles & MRO Market to Hit $32B in 2026

    A new Strategic Defense Intelligence report forecasts the worldwide market for  military armored vehicles and associated maintenance, repair and operations will reach a value of $32.4 billion by 2026 from $22.5 billion in 2016, at a compound annual growth rate of 3.71 percent. Efforts to provide protection and munitions to ground forces as well as threat from neighboring […] More

  • Andy Start Details Inmarsat Satellite Infrastructure Configured for Gov't Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Andy Start Details Inmarsat Satellite Infrastructure Configured for Gov’t Customers

    Andy Start, president of Inmarsat’s global government business, has said the company seeks to help the government perform its mission using a satellite network infrastructure that works to deliver what he calls a “digital edge.” Start wrote in a blog post published Thursday that Inmarsat designed its global satellite network to meet the security requirements of government […] More

  • Octo Consulting Adopts New Health IT Special Item Number on GSA Schedule; Jay Shah Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Octo Consulting Adopts New Health IT Special Item Number on GSA Schedule; Jay Shah Comments

    The General Services Administration has included its new special item number for health information technology offerings in Octo Consulting Group‘s IT Schedule 70 contract with GSA. GSA implemented the 132-56 SIN to help federal customers access and procure healthcare IT products from commercial providers, Octo Consulting said Sunday. “Octo Consulting Group has always had a strong focus on health IT as demonstrated by our […] More

  • Tripwire Study Examines Ransomware Recovery Perceptions Among Info Security Pros - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tripwire Study Examines Ransomware Recovery Perceptions Among Info Security Pros

    A new report from Tripwire has revealed that many information security professionals are still apprehensive about ransomware recovery strategies in their organizations. Thirty-four percent of the 220 information security professionals surveyed by Tripwire said they are “very confident” their companies could recover from a ransomware attack with no critical data loss, the security software developer said Thursday. Tripwire conducted the survey […] More

  • Honeywell to Build Inertial Navigation Tech for Polish Military - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Honeywell to Build Inertial Navigation Tech for Polish Military

    Honeywell has been chosen by Polish electronics firm Wojskowe ZakÅ‚ady Elektroniczne to develop inertial navigation technology for Poland’s armed forces. Wojskowe ZakÅ‚ady Elektroniczne will integrate Honeywell’s TALIN navigation system to into Poland’s 96 Rak 120mm mortar turrets and command vehicles as part of a military fleet modernization effort in the country, Honeywell said Thursday. TALIN is built to […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Tests Hydrocarbon Boost Tech for Air Force; Shawn Phillips Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Tests Hydrocarbon Boost Tech for Air Force; Shawn Phillips Comments

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has completed a full-scale component test for a rocket engine the company is developing with the U.S. Air Force as part of efforts to end the nation’s reliance on Russian technology for satellite launch missions. The Hydrocarbon Boost Technology Demonstrator, a major component in the Air Force’s Oxygen Rich Staged Combustion engine development initiative, underwent its first full-scale test at 100-percent […] More

  • Continental Electronics to Replace Navy Submarine Broadcast System Equipment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Continental Electronics to Replace Navy Submarine Broadcast System Equipment

    Continental Electronics Corp. has received an $11.4 million contract to replace the system elements of the U.S. Navy’s Fixed Submarine Broadcast System transmitter equipment. CEC will replace helix coils of the antenna matching network, pure water cooling loop system, two grid variometers of the AN/FRT-64 very-low-frequency transmitter and power supply, the Defense Department said Friday. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract […] More

  • Takeda Subsidiary Lands HHS Contract to Develop, Test Zika Vaccine - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Takeda Subsidiary Lands HHS Contract to Develop, Test Zika Vaccine

    A U.S. subsidiary of Takeda Group has received an initial $19.8 million contract from  the Department of Health and Human Services to develop and test a Zika virus vaccine over the next 18 months. HHS’ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority will provide funds to help Takeda Vaccines complete process development and preclinical tests of the company’s vaccine candidate against the virus, HHS […] More

  • Space Systems Loral Readies Australia’s 2nd Broadband Network Satellite for Launch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space Systems Loral Readies Australia’s 2nd Broadband Network Satellite for Launch

    Space Systems Loral has shipped the second satellite developed for Australia’s national broadband network to French Guiana in preparation for the spacecraft’s launch. The Sky Muster II satellite will take off onboard an Ariane 5 launch vehicle built by Arianespace from the European Spaceport in Kourou, SSL said Wednesday. The satellite will work to provide […] More

  • NASA Selects 21 Proposals for Phase II Space Exploration Tech Transfer Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Selects 21 Proposals for Phase II Space Exploration Tech Transfer Initiative

    NASA has chosen 21 innovation proposals from 41 U.S. small businesses and research institutions that aim to help the space agency develop adaptive space robotic technologies and other exploration systems. The selectees will have an opportunity to enter negotiations with NASA for phase 2 contracts under the Small Business Technology Transfer program, with each contract valued at up to $750,000 over […] More