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  • Lockheed, SSBV-Rovsing Forge Solar Array Simulation Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, SSBV-Rovsing Forge Solar Array Simulation Partnership

    Lockheed Martin and Denmark-based space technology firm SSBV-Rovsing have reached a $438,500 partnership deal for the Danish company’s solar array simulation technology, Bidness Etc reported Friday. Larry Darrell writes Lockheed will help SSBV-Rovsing evaluate and test the SAS platform through the agreement. SSBV-Rovsing sought the assistance of the Danish Business Authority to form the collaborative […] More

  • Dynetics Debuts Cyber Risk Mgmt Portfolio; Robert Dowling, Jonathan Whitcomb Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dynetics Debuts Cyber Risk Mgmt Portfolio; Robert Dowling, Jonathan Whitcomb Comment

    Dynetics has introduced a suite of risk management tools for companies to assess cyber-related threats to their operations and identify the levels of protection they need to meet security requirements. Cyber RiskScope is designed to employ infographics to help organizations visualize how potential malicious intrusions could affect their business, Dynetics said Thursday. Robert Dowling, Dynetics’ […] More

  • Iridium's Matt Desch: Communications Satellite Requires High Startup Costs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium’s Matt Desch: Communications Satellite Requires High Startup Costs

    Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch has shared his thoughts on emerging satellite broadband ventures in an interview with Via Satellite magazine. Mark Holmes writes Desch, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2015, told the publication he believes the plans of SpaceX and OneWeb to build their own satellite Internet networks somewhat reflect Iridium’s approach […] More

  • Stan Ratcliffe: NCR Subsidiary to Update DoD's Commissary Operations Mgmt System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Stan Ratcliffe: NCR Subsidiary to Update DoD’s Commissary Operations Mgmt System

    The Defense Commissary Agency has partnered with an NCR Corp. subsidiary to build a new technology platform for the agency to manage distribution of groceries for U.S. military personnel, veterans and their families. NCR Government Systems will deliver multiple software products for DeCA’s enterprise business system modernization initiative, NCR said Wednesday. “From back-end supply chain […] More

  • Tanaz Shahrzad: PSS Unit to Support FBI's Financial Mgmt Tech Procurement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tanaz Shahrzad: PSS Unit to Support FBI’s Financial Mgmt Tech Procurement

    A Preferred Systems Solutions subsidiary has been awarded a five-year blanket purchase agreement to help the FBI procure financial management tools and services. PSS said Wednesday its Government Contract Solutions arm and partner Erimax will provide acquisition, program management and costing and pricing services to FBI’s finance division procurement department. Tanaz Shahrzad, vice president of GCS’ […] More

  • Sandler Research: Green Initiatives to Help Drive US Data Center Construction Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sandler Research: Green Initiatives to Help Drive US Data Center Construction Market

    The U.S. data center construction industry is poised to enjoy a 4.18 percent compound annual growth rate from 2014 to 2019, according to a Sandler Research report. Sandler Research said Monday that U.S. organizations are increasingly seeking data repository facilities that use systems designed to cut power consumption and reduce environmental impact. The research firm […] More

  • Steve Totman: Independent Regulator Picks Cloudera Tech to Analyze Securities Market Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Steve Totman: Independent Regulator Picks Cloudera Tech to Analyze Securities Market Data

    The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has tapped into Cloudera big data technology as part of an initiative to monitor securities trading activities in the United States. Cloudera said Tuesday that FINRA uses a regulatory infrastructure to merge data feeds from more than 4,000 securities companies and stock exchanges each day to uncover market manipulation incidents. The […] More

  • Raytheon Picks Connectrac Wireways to Protect Office Cables - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Picks Connectrac Wireways to Protect Office Cables

    Raytheon has selected a Connectrac platform to cover and secure electrical audio-visual wiring at the defense and aerospace firm’s conference rooms. JE Snyder Electric recommended Connectrac’s In-Carpet Wireway system to Raytheon and installed the cable enclosure in multiple Raytheon facilities, Connectrac said Wednesday. According to Connectrac, Raytheon has used JE Snyder’s electrical installation services since the […] More

  • Stephen Gold: IBM Aims to Help Commercialize Watson-Powered Healthcare App - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Stephen Gold: IBM Aims to Help Commercialize Watson-Powered Healthcare App

    IBM has invested in Modernizing Medicine to help that company further develop and launch a Watson-powered, cloud-based mobile clinical decision support application into the marketplace. Modernizing Medicine aims for its schEMA app to analyze large volumes of medical literature to offer clinicians point-of-care data, IBM said Thursday. “IBM’s investment will help speed the introduction of […] More

  • CA Technologies, SAIC Form Public Sector IT Services Partnership; Alyssa Fitzpatrick, Terry Hicks Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CA Technologies, SAIC Form Public Sector IT Services Partnership; Alyssa Fitzpatrick, Terry Hicks Comment

    CA Technologies and Science Applications International Corp. have partnered to offer information technology services to help public-sector clients address IT management issues. The agreement allows SAIC to use CA’s Unified Infrastructure Management platform to deliver IT managed services in the government market, the companies said Thursday. CA designed UIM for service providers and enterprise customers […] More