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  • Peter Guerra: Booz Allen Launches Online Program to Train Data Scientists - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Peter Guerra: Booz Allen Launches Online Program to Train Data Scientists

    Booz Allen Hamilton has introduced an online information technology course designed to educate enrollees on data analysis and management through game-like instruction. The Explore Data Science program consists of more than 40-hour virtual lessons across multiple proficiency levels and aims to teach participants to turn raw data into actionable business insight, Booz Allen said Wednesday. […] More

  • Mike Mackey: Navy's 2nd Northrop Triton Drone Undergoes Flight Testing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Mackey: Navy’s 2nd Northrop Triton Drone Undergoes Flight Testing

    The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman flew a second unmanned Triton aircraft for 6.7 hours on Wednesday from the company’s manufacturing center in Palmdale, California. Northrop said Thursday the MQ-4C Triton test was conducted in preparation of the drone’s ferry flight to the Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, later this month. The UAS will […] More

  • Tracie Cook: Veris Group Selects JAMIS ERP Platform for GovCon Services Mgmt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tracie Cook: Veris Group Selects JAMIS ERP Platform for GovCon Services Mgmt

    Veris Group has chosen JAMIS Software to provide an enterprise resource planning system intended to help the cybersecurity firm manage corporate functions and deliver services to public and private sector clients. JAMIS Software intends for its Prime ERP platform to help Veris access real-time business data as well as address operational efficiency and transparency issues, […] More

  • Bill Rebarick: Cubic to Offer Game-Based Training Tools for Govt Through 'EDGE' Consortium - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bill Rebarick: Cubic to Offer Game-Based Training Tools for Govt Through ‘EDGE’ Consortium

    A Cubic subsidiary that builds game-based training platforms has joined an industry alliance designed to encourage collaboration among technology developers, universities and government agencies. The EDGE Innovation Network offers a collaborative environment for organizations to build new tools to help first responders, warfighters and law enforcement officers perform their missions, Cubic said Wednesday. Bill Rebarick, […] More

  • Tom McGuire: Lockheed Aims to Build Nuclear Fusion Tech for Power Generation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tom McGuire: Lockheed Aims to Build Nuclear Fusion Tech for Power Generation

    Lockheed Martin is developing a small reactor the company believes has potential to generate power through nuclear fusion, Reuters reported Wednesday. Andrea Shalal writes Tom McGuire, a program lead at Lockheed’s Skunk Works unit, said the organization seeks to attract government, academic and commercial partners for its compact fusion reactor project. Skunk Works conducted a study […] More

  • Rob Smith: Lockheed to Help Army Update Common Intell Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rob Smith: Lockheed to Help Army Update Common Intell Network

    The U.S. Army has partnered with Lockheed Martin to modernize an information technology system that works to help military personnel access and exchange multisource intelligence data. Lockheed developed new software for the Army’s Distributed Common Ground System with the goal of helping the service analyze terabytes of intelligence collected from both manned and unmanned platforms, […] More

  • Study: ISR Key Factor in Electronic Warfare Tech Spending Through 2024 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Study: ISR Key Factor in Electronic Warfare Tech Spending Through 2024

    Strategic Defence Intelligence expects the growing demand for ISR systems and military technology advancements to fuel growth of the electronic warfare technology market over the next 10 years. The global EW systems market is forecast to achieve a 2.68 percent compound annual growth rate to be $13.2 billion in value by 2024, Strategic Defense Intelligence […] More

  • Report: Bechtel to Place Some Workers in Virginia Under Reorganization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Bechtel to Place Some Workers in Virginia Under Reorganization

    Bechtel is transferring several employees from its site in Frederick, Maryland, to Virginia as part of a reorganization program, the Frederick News-Post reported Tuesday. Ed Waters Jr. writes Michelle Michael, a Bechtel spokesperson, told the newspaper the company will still have a presence in the county and the relocation will occur in phases. The company […] More

  • Todd Probert: Raytheon Builds Wearable Tech to Help Military Users Access Tactical Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Todd Probert: Raytheon Builds Wearable Tech to Help Military Users Access Tactical Data

    Raytheon has developed a wearable computing product for military commanders and deployed soldiers to view both intelligence and operational data in real-time. The Intel-Ops device is built to combine the firm’s Air Warrior data processing technology and the DCGS-A Lite architecture designed to exploit intelligence in areas where bandwidth is limited, Raytheon said Tuesday. Raytheon […] More

  • Gary Budzinski: CSC-VMware Alliance Seeks to Deliver Integrated Cloud Computing Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gary Budzinski: CSC-VMware Alliance Seeks to Deliver Integrated Cloud Computing Platform

    Computer Sciences Corp. and VMware will collaborate to develop an infrastructure-as-a-service platform intended to help enterprises automate, manage and secure applications in cloud environments. The companies aim to integrate CSC’s Agility cloud management platform with VMware’s suite of software-based computing, storage and networking technologies, VMware said Tuesday. CSC also plans to leverage VMware-made vSphere, NSX, […] More

  • BAE Picks GE Computing Tech for 'Bradley' Armored Vehicle Simulators - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Picks GE Computing Tech for ‘Bradley’ Armored Vehicle Simulators

    General Electric has won a $2.6 million contract to supply rugged computers for integration into the simulation equipment of infantry combat vehicles that BAE Systems is building for the U.S. Army. BAE plans to implement GE’s 3U VPX computing technology with the common embedded training system onboard the Bradley Fighting Vehicles, GE said Monday. GE […] More