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  • Technavio: Smart Tech to Help Drive IoT Security Market Growth Through 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Technavio: Smart Tech to Help Drive IoT Security Market Growth Through 2019

    Technavio has forecast a 55 percent compound annual growth rate for the worldwide Internet of Things security market over the next four years. The research firm said Tuesday that security regulations and the development of smart cities will drive industry growth. “With so much information passing between people, governments are taking steps to secure networks […] More

  • Mike Rhodin: IBM, Epic, Mayo Clinic Aim to Connect EHRs with Watson Supercomputer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Rhodin: IBM, Epic, Mayo Clinic Aim to Connect EHRs with Watson Supercomputer

    IBM has partnered with Epic and the Mayo Clinic to help clinicians leverage IBM’s Watson cognitive computing system to access and analyze electronic health records. Epic seeks to integrate the IBM technology into clinical decision support tools that are based on open architecture and designed to offer providers insight from medical literature, IBM said Tuesday. […] More

  • Deltek Reports 6% Increase in State Govt Solicitations During April 2015 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deltek Reports 6% Increase in State Govt Solicitations During April 2015

    Deltek estimates the number of solicitations for multiple public sector services at the state level were up 6 percent in April from the previous month. Alexandra Howden, an analyst at Deltek’s general government services division, said Tuesday majority of the contracting opportunities last month were for higher education, professional services and information technology. Among all […] More

  • Omar Balkissoon: OGSystems Built Defense, Intell Platforms After New Capital Investment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Omar Balkissoon: OGSystems Built Defense, Intell Platforms After New Capital Investment

    Omar Balkissoon, co-founder and CEO of OGSystems, said Monday the company has used an investment from venture capital firm General Catalyst to develop new technology products for defense and intelligence customers. “We… are responding to the Pentagon and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s call for action to innovate and increase research and development activities addressing the […] More

  • Bruce Caswell: Maximus Aims to Help States Manage Medicaid Programs with DecisionPoint Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bruce Caswell: Maximus Aims to Help States Manage Medicaid Programs with DecisionPoint Tool

    Maximus has developed a pharmacy benefits management platform designed to help state governments manage Medicaid prescription drug programs and comply with Affordable Care Act. DecisionPoint is comprised of tools for state Medicaid administrators to monitor PBM requirements, benefits and beneficiaries, prescriber populations, member pharmacies and prior authorizations, Maximus said Monday. “Health care reform brought millions […] More

  • Stephanie Hill: Lockheed, FAA Collaborate to Implement NextGen ATC Automation System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Stephanie Hill: Lockheed, FAA Collaborate to Implement NextGen ATC Automation System

    Lockheed Martin has helped the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration build and implement a computer system to manage air traffic flow in national airspace. The En Route Automation Modernization infrastructure is designed to replace a legacy air traffic control platform that FAA has used to monitor planes flying at a high altitude, Lockheed said Thursday. Stephanie Hill, […] More

  • AWS' Teresa Carlson: Silicon Valley Firms See Federal Collaboration Opportunity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS’ Teresa Carlson: Silicon Valley Firms See Federal Collaboration Opportunity

    Teresa Carlson, vice president of the worldwide public sector at Amazon Web Services, has observed that Silicon Valley-based technology companies have seen an opportunity to collaborate with federal agencies, she told the Washington Business Journal in an interview published Thursday. “Government is going out there,” Carlson told the Business Journal’s Jill Aitoro, in reference to the U.S. […] More

  • AM General's Mobility Vehicle Offering Added to GSA Schedule - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AM General’s Mobility Vehicle Offering Added to GSA Schedule

    An AM General subsidiary has partnered with Master’s Transportation to offer federal agencies a mobility vehicle platform designed to transport disabled passengers. The Mobility Ventures-built MV-1 vehicle has been added to a U.S. General Services Administration Schedule contract held by Master’s Transportation, AM General said Wednesday. MV-1s are designed to accommodate up to two wheelchair […] More

  • John McNally: Capstone Extends Navy Logistics Mgmt System Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John McNally: Capstone Extends Navy Logistics Mgmt System Support

    Capstone has won a task order to help the U.S. Navy Installations Command manage information technology applications for the command’s logistics management program. The company said Wednesday it will continue to support Logistics Functional Area Management systems, networks and databases for CNIC. John McNally, senior vice president of growth at Capstone, said the company aims […] More

  • Lockheed-Kaman-Neya Team Conducts Unmanned Helicopter Rescue Demonstration; Jay McConville Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Kaman-Neya Team Conducts Unmanned Helicopter Rescue Demonstration; Jay McConville Comments

    Lockheed Martin has collaborated with Kaman Aerospace and Neya Systems to demonstrate the potential of an unmanned aerial vehicle to help evacuate injured soldiers from the battlefield. The companies worked to operate a K-MAX unmanned helicopter and a ground control infrastructure to locate and transport a wounded individual to safety during a March 26 demonstration, […] More

  • Navy Eyes IR Surveillance Countermeasure Tech Procurement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Eyes IR Surveillance Countermeasure Tech Procurement

    The U.S. Navy has asked industry to submit ideas for the development of new electro-optic and infrared systems that can help defend naval ships from optically guided missile threats. The Office of Naval Research issued a presolicitation on April 23 to provide information on the military branch’s plan to build the Combined EO/IR Surveillance and […] More