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  • MarketsandMarkets: North America Holds 69% Share of Global UAV Business - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MarketsandMarkets: North America Holds 69% Share of Global UAV Business

    A MarketsandMarkets report predicts the unmanned aerial vehicles industry to experience a compound annual growth rate of 7.73 percent over the next six years. The research firm said Thursday the worldwide UAV market could be worth approximately $10.6 billion by 2020, from its $6.8 billion value during 2014. Demand for autonomous technology and systems designed to […] More

  • Kevin Mandia: FireEye Subsidiary Launches Industrial IT Security Consulting Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kevin Mandia: FireEye Subsidiary Launches Industrial IT Security Consulting Services

    A FireEye subsidiary has unveiled two cybersecurity services intended to help utility and manufacturing companies protect their internal systems from the threat of advanced attacks. Mandiant‘s Industrial Control System Security Gap Assessment team will work to evaluate a client’s ICS security programs, monitor vulnerabilities and recommend infrastructure protection strategies, FireEye said Wednesday. The offering is […] More

  • Teradata, Cloudera to Integrate Big Data Mgmt Platforms; Scott Gnau, Tom Reilly Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Teradata, Cloudera to Integrate Big Data Mgmt Platforms; Scott Gnau, Tom Reilly Comment

    Cloudera and Teradata have expanded their partnership with the goal of rolling their enterprise data hub and warehouse products into a single big data management system. The companies also agreed to collaborate on software integration, go-to-market strategies, product reselling, and support services, Teradata said Thursday. According to Teradata, the alliance seeks to help enterprises analyze […] More

  • Frost & Sullivan: Europe, APAC to Help Drive Military UAV Demand Through 2022 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Frost & Sullivan: Europe, APAC to Help Drive Military UAV Demand Through 2022

    Revenues of the global military unmanned aerial vehicles market are projected to grow from $3.87 billion last year to $5.26 billion by 2022, according to a report by Frost & Sullivan. The market analyst said Wednesday that long-endurance UAV systems and advanced propulsion technologies could shape the market’s future growth. Frost & Sullivan predicts the sector would […] More

  • Tom Frana: ViON Debuts On-Demand Cloud Offering for Public, Private Sectors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tom Frana: ViON Debuts On-Demand Cloud Offering for Public, Private Sectors

    ViON has unveiled a new cloud service designed to help government and commercial organizations secure information technology infrastructure through on-premise private cloud environments. The ViON on Demand program offers service level agreements for enterprise IT maintenance, upgrade and managed work, ViON said Thursday. Tom Frana, ViON’s CEO, said the company aims for clients to save […] More

  • Bechtel to Design, Engineer New Orleans LNG Export Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bechtel to Design, Engineer New Orleans LNG Export Facility

    Bechtel has won a contract to provide design and engineering services for planned liquefied natural gas terminal on the Mississippi River in New Orleans. The company plans to use a modular strategy intended to hasten construction work on the liquefaction and export facilities of Louisiana LNG Energy LLC, Bechtel said Wednesday. Louisiana LNG Energy aims […] More

  • QinetiQ NA, Velodyne to Demo LiDAR-Equipped Robot at Industry Event - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QinetiQ NA, Velodyne to Demo LiDAR-Equipped Robot at Industry Event

    Velodyne Lidar plans to integrate its remote sensing technology onto a QinetiQ North America-built unmanned ground system for a demonstration at an upcoming robotics conference in Boston. The companies will showcase Velodyne’s VLP-16 LiDAR Puck sensor mounted on QinetiQ NA’s TALON robot at the RoboBusiness forum to be held at Hynes Convention Center from Oct. […] More

  • Peter George: General Dynamics Fidelis, Bit9 Expand Cyber Tech Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Peter George: General Dynamics Fidelis, Bit9 Expand Cyber Tech Partnership

    General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions has expanded a collaboration with Bit9 + Carbon Black to help clients identify and mitigate threats at the endpoint level. The partnership allows Fidelis’ security team to use a Carbon Black endpoint protection system in conjunction with the Fidelis XPS anti-malware appliance to disrupt the cyber “kill chain,” Fidelis said […] More

  • Manish Gupta: FireEye Rolls Out New Threat Forensics Product - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Manish Gupta: FireEye Rolls Out New Threat Forensics Product

    FireEye has unveiled a new cybersecurity platform that aims to help enterprise users expedite the process of analyzing security incidents. The Investigation Analysis System is intended to operate as a standalone appliance or with the company’s forensics technology that works to extract metadata and monitor network traffic, FireEye said Monday. The company designed the platform […] More

  • Tom Jones: Northrop Demos Mine Sensor with Navy Autonomous Surface Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tom Jones: Northrop Demos Mine Sensor with Navy Autonomous Surface Vehicle

    Northrop Grumman has tested a mine detection system that is integrated into a U.S. Navy unmanned surface vehicle during a recent mission test in the Arabian Gulf. Navy and Northrop personnel demonstrated how the branch’s mine-hunting USV could deploy, tow and recover the company’s AQS-24A sensor for detecting underwater mines, Northrop said Monday. The tests […] More

  • Peter Hadinger: Inmarsat-TECOM Team to Offer GX Satcom Antennas in Gov't Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Peter Hadinger: Inmarsat-TECOM Team to Offer GX Satcom Antennas in Gov’t Market

    TECOM has partnered with Inmarsat to produce and market an antenna technology for government customers of Inmarsat’s Global Xpress satellite communications service. The companies agreed to offer a TECOM-built satcom antenna system that aims to provide Ka-band broadband access to aviation organizations across the public sector, Inmarsat said Monday. Peter Hadinger, president of Inmarsat’s U.S. […] More