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  • Deltek's Kevin Plexico: SBA, State Dept, SEC Increased Contract Spending in 2014 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deltek’s Kevin Plexico: SBA, State Dept, SEC Increased Contract Spending in 2014

    This year marks the first increase in overall federal contract spending since 2010, Deltek‘s Kevin Plexico wrote in a Washington Post piece published Sunday. Plexico, vice president of information solutions at Deltek, estimates the departments of State and Commerce, Small Business Administration and Securities and Exchange Commission increased their spend on contracts by more than 20 percent […] More

  • Study: Govt Security Initiatives to Drive Biometrics Tech Demand Through 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Study: Govt Security Initiatives to Drive Biometrics Tech Demand Through 2020

    A Grand View Research study forecasts the biometrics market’s value will reach $24.59 billion in the next six years as more organizations adopt the technology for extra security, Biometric Update reported Wednesday. Stephen Mayhew writes the market report predicts government security programs in North America and the Asia Pacific will fuel biometric investments through 2020. […] More

  • Binary Group's Kristie Steel Suggests Govt Customer Service Strategies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Binary Group’s Kristie Steel Suggests Govt Customer Service Strategies

    Kristie Steel, a senior financial management subject matter expert at Binary Group, has recommended best practices for contractors to increase satisfaction among their government clients. An outcome-based approach to project delivery could help vendors accelerate time to value as well as avoid potential cost issues, Steel wrote in a blog post published Wednesday. She says […] More

  • EMC Seeks to Establish Ireland-Based Data Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    EMC Seeks to Establish Ireland-Based Data Center

    EMC wants to build a data center and an office complex in Cork, Ireland, as part of an expansion effort, Data Center Knowledge reported Tuesday. Jason Verge writes EMC lodged an application with the Cork County Council last week to establish a new office campus next to the company’s Ovens research and development center. The […] More

  • MTN Government Extends Military Satcom Service Reach; Scott Davis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MTN Government Extends Military Satcom Service Reach; Scott Davis Comments

    MTN Government has expanded its X-band military satellite communications service to small aperture terminal users across Southwest Asia and Europe. MTNGOV said Monday it extended the reach of a satcom antenna technology that is installed at the firm’s Spain-based Santander Teleport and is designed to support the XSTAR commercial satellite network. “The Santander Teleport is […] More

  • Lockheed Wins Awards for Exoskeleton Design; Trish Aelker Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Wins Awards for Exoskeleton Design; Trish Aelker Comments

    A Lockheed Martin-built industrial exoskeleton technology has received Icon Magazine’s Product Design of the Year award. The Fortis suit also won a gold award in the Spark Design & Architecture Awards program and is included on CNN Money’s annual list of the 36 coolest gadgets, Lockheed said Friday. The company built the technology with the […] More

  • US Navy Certifies Carestream's Medical Imaging Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    US Navy Certifies Carestream’s Medical Imaging Tech

    Carestream Health has obtained Defense Department authorization to provide the company’s picture archiving and communications systems to U.S. Navy-run hospitals. The Vue PACS technology is approved to operate on the branch’s network and certified as security compliant under the DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process, Carestream said Monday. Medical facilities use PACS to store […] More

  • Lockheed Hits Goal of 36 F-35 Deliveries in 2014 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Hits Goal of 36 F-35 Deliveries in 2014

    A Lockheed Martin-led contracting team has met its goal of producing and delivering 36 F-35 fighter jets this year. Lockheed provided a total of 34 F-35A, F-35B and F-35C planes to the U.S. Defense Department and 2 F-35As to the Royal Australian Air Force during 2014, the company said Monday. The 36th aircraft is for […] More

  • Boeing, BlackBerry Aim to Offer Tamper-Proof Smartphone - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, BlackBerry Aim to Offer Tamper-Proof Smartphone

    Boeing and BlackBerry will collaborate to offer government customers an Android smartphone designed to have a tamper-proof covering and a security architecture, Bloomberg reported Saturday. John Chen, chairman and CEO of BlackBerry, confirmed the partnership during an earnings call with investors on Saturday, according to the report by Julie Johnsson and Gerrit De Vynck. Johnsson […] More

  • SpaceX Presents CCtCap Certification Baseline Plan to NASA; Gwynne Shotwell Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX Presents CCtCap Certification Baseline Plan to NASA; Gwynne Shotwell Comments

    SpaceX has presented its human space transportation plan to NASA as part of a certification baseline review phase of the agency’s Commercial Crew Transportation Capability program. NASA said Friday the company outlined how it will build spacecraft and rocket systems to eventually ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station. The firm’s Dragon capsule […] More

  • General Dynamics Unit to Help Navy Build Undersea Vehicle Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Unit to Help Navy Build Undersea Vehicle Tech

    A General Dynamics subsidiary has received a $36.5 million contract modification to research and develop technologies for the U.S. Navy‘s existing and future submarines. Electric Boat will perform R&D work in technology areas such as hydrodynamics, acoustics, ship control and weapons handling, General Dynamics said Friday. Work also covers near-term technology support services for the […] More

  • Exelis, Iridium, DISA Demo Satellite-Based Tactical Comms Service; Mark Adams Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis, Iridium, DISA Demo Satellite-Based Tactical Comms Service; Mark Adams Comments

    The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency has collaborated with Exelis and Iridium Communications to test a satellite-based communications service designed to connect military and intelligence personnel anywhere across the globe. Exelis, Iridium and DISA demonstrated the push-to-talk voice and data exchange service for the agency’s  Distributed Tactical Communication System, Exelis said Friday. “We remain committed […] More