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  • Maximus Plans New Hampton, VA Customer Support Center; Richard Montoni Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maximus Plans New Hampton, VA Customer Support Center; Richard Montoni Comments

    Maximus plans to invest $1.87 million to build a customer support center in Hampton, Virginia that will support the company’s government contracts across the U.S. and expects the project to create about 189 jobs in the city, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s office announced Wednesday. “When we searched for a location for our new customer support center, the […] More

  • AeroVironment Unveils Integrated Drone & Data Analytics Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AeroVironment Unveils Integrated Drone & Data Analytics Platform

    AeroVironment has unveiled an integrated commercial information system comprised of a drone and a cloud-based data analytics platform that will work to generate actionable intelligence in real time. The Quantix drone is designed to combine vertical liftoff and horizontal flight functions as well as “land now” and “return home” command safety features, AeroVironment company said Tuesday. AeroVironment added its Decision Support System uses research and algorithms […] More

  • SAP Unveils Network Exploration App to Predict, Monitor Emergencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP Unveils Network Exploration App to Predict, Monitor Emergencies

    SAP has launched a new network exploration application the company designed to help government agencies detect and predict emergencies. The company said Tuesday its SAP Connection Discovery for Public Services plug-and-play software runs on the SAP HANA in-memory data platform. “[Connection discovery] will reveal previously unconsidered dynamics between people, objects, locations and events in a wide variety of scenarios,” said […] More

  • Navy Solicits Proposals for Cybersecurity Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Solicits Proposals for Cybersecurity Support Services

    The U.S. Navy‘s Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division has begun to solicit proposals from interested vendors for a range of cybersecurity support services. NAWCWD plans to award a five-year, single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to aid the analysis, design, development, test, integration, deployment and operations of information technology systems and services, according to a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday. […] More

  • LexisNexis Kicks Off Identity Fraud Awareness Campaign - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LexisNexis Kicks Off Identity Fraud Awareness Campaign

    LexisNexis Risk Solutions has launched an awareness campaign that aims to help organizations prevent identity fraud. The company said Monday the campaign is part of the International Fraud Awareness Week and led by LexisNexis’ Fraud Defense Network initiative that works to connect industry and government organizations through technology and resources. “While identity fraud has long been an issue, fraudsters […] More

  • Accenture Report: 70% of Govt Agencies Eye Emerging Technologies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture Report: 70% of Govt Agencies Eye Emerging Technologies

    An Accenture survey says 70 percent of government agencies evaluate the potential of “emerging” technologies such as advanced analytics, Internet of Things, intelligent process automation, video analytics, biometrics, machine learning and natural language processing. Accenture said Tuesday the “Emerging Technologies in Public Service” report explores the adoption of emerging technologies in health, social services, justice, revenue, border services, social security and administrative […] More

  • SAP NS2's Mark Testoni: Companies Should Invest in Skill Development Programs for Veterans - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP NS2’s Mark Testoni: Companies Should Invest in Skill Development Programs for Veterans

    Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services, has said companies should invest in development programs that will work to address the mismatch between veterans’ skills and civilian job requirements. Testoni wrote in an opinion piece published Friday on The Huffington Post that veterans face challenges in aligning their military skills with the demands of […] More

  • BAE Expands Cyber Threat Assessment & Monitoring Service for Businesses - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Expands Cyber Threat Assessment & Monitoring Service for Businesses

    BAE Systems has expanded its service offering that works to provide real-time threat monitoring and assessment to help businesses identify and mitigate cyber risks. The company said Monday its updated Managed Security Service builds on BAE’s decade-long experience in providing network protection for corporate and government clients. “The cyber landscape is constantly evolving and the advanced tools and […] More

  • Polycom Helps Spanish Defense Ministry Implement Unified Comms Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Polycom Helps Spanish Defense Ministry Implement Unified Comms Platform

    Spain’s defense ministry has adopted Polycom‘s unified communications platform to help maintain contact between the country’s defense headquarters and personnel across the world. The company said Nov. 3 its RealPresence Platform works to connect the Spanish defense headquarters with the armed forces, military headquarters and NATO. “Our communication needs are quite varied as we need to be able […] More

  • EPA Adopts Certara's Population-Based Simulator to Aid Chemical Toxicity Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    EPA Adopts Certara’s Population-Based Simulator to Aid Chemical Toxicity Tests

    Certara has provided its population-based simulator to support the Environmental Protection Agency‘s toxicity testing program. The company said Thursday EPA uses Simcyp Simulator to identify commercial chemicals that could pose risks to human health and should be tested further. Certara CEO Edmundo Muniz said the simulator is designed to simulate the behavior of virtual populations to provide individual variability […] More

  • Lockheed Taps Elbit Systems for Israel F-35 Training Center Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Taps Elbit Systems for Israel F-35 Training Center Support Services

    Lockheed Martin has chosen Elbit Systems to provide support for the F-35 training center of Israel’s air force following a competitive selection process, Israel Defense reported Friday. The two companies aim to establish a contract in the coming months for the sustainment of the F-35 training facility at Nevatim Air Base, according to the report. Israel expects to receive the first […] More