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  • Arvizio Demos Enterprise Mixed Reality Training Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Arvizio Demos Enterprise Mixed Reality Training Platform

    Arvizio has demonstrated its enterprise mixed reality platform during the I/ITSEC 2017 conference that took place in Orlando, Florida, last week. The MR Studio platform works to help trainees view, interact with and understand products and machinery without the need for physical objects, manuals and paperwork, Arvizio said Friday. MR Studio is designed to deliver three-dimensional visualization with computer-aided design project […] More

  • UK Allocates Nearly $73M for Aerospace R&D Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UK Allocates Nearly $73M for Aerospace R&D Projects

    The U.K. government plans to invest nearly $73 million in seven research and development projects meant to support innovation in the British aerospace sector. The funds will be awarded through the Aerospace Technology Institute as part of the British government and industry’s commitment to invest as much as $5.3 billion in civil aerospace R&D initiatives by 2026, […] More

  • DXC's Earl Matthews: DoD Could Address Cyber Workforce Shortfall Through Civilian Reserve Corps - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DXC’s Earl Matthews: DoD Could Address Cyber Workforce Shortfall Through Civilian Reserve Corps

    Earl Matthews, vice president of DXC Technology‘s enterprise security solutions group, has said that the U.S. government and Defense Department should consider establishing a civilian reserve cyber corps to address the shortage of cyber personnel. Matthews wrote in an article posted Friday on SIGNAL magazine that the civilian cyber corps can be modeled after the Civil Reserve Air Fleet […] More

  • ViON to Support DISA Transition to Azure Govt Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ViON to Support DISA Transition to Azure Govt Cloud

    ViON has received a three-year, $1.4 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to support the agency’s transition to Microsoft‘s Azure government cloud. Herndon, Virginia-based ViON said Thursday it will deliver a capacity as-a-service platform; manage the Joint Interoperability Test Command’s public cloud migration; and test hardware in a secure environment under the contract. DISA issued the award through NASA’s Solutions […] More

  • Booz Allen-NCMS Team Helps Air Force Address Energy Assurance Goals - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen-NCMS Team Helps Air Force Address Energy Assurance Goals

    A partnership of Booz Allen Hamilton and The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences has supported the U.S. Air Force‘s efforts to sustain energy across installations. NCMS and Booz Allen entered an agreement with the Air Force assistant secretary for installations, environment, and energy and the Office of Energy Assurance to help installations achieve energy assurance, […] More

  • AWS Introduces Continuous Threat Monitoring, Detection Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS Introduces Continuous Threat Monitoring, Detection Service

    Amazon Web Services has unveiled a continuous security monitoring and threat detection service in a move to help customers identify potential threats to their AWS accounts. Amazon GuardDuty is designed to apply machine learning and scan public and AWS-generated data streams to detect malicious or unauthorized activity in users’ AWS environments, AWS Chief Evangelist Jeff Barr wrote […] More

  • Report: NASA Authorizes SpaceX to Use Previously-Flown Booster on Next ISS Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: NASA Authorizes SpaceX to Use Previously-Flown Booster on Next ISS Resupply Mission

    NASA has approved SpaceX‘s plan to use a previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket booster on the company’s next cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station, SpaceNews reported Thursday. Sam Scimemi, ISS director at NASA, said at a NASA Advisory Council committee meeting that the Dragon spacecraft for SpaceX’s 13th resupply mission will lift-off on Dec. 8 atop […] More

  • NASA Starts Commissioning Spacecraft Meant to Demo CubeSat Capability - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Starts Commissioning Spacecraft Meant to Demo CubeSat Capability

    NASA has started to checkout and commission a small satellite that is designed to demonstrate the capacity of CubeSats to gather scientific data. The agency said Tuesday its ground controllers began checking out the Dellingr CubeSat a few hours after the spacecraft was launched into low-Earth orbit by a NanoRacks-built CubeSat deployer aboard the International Space Station on Nov. 20. […] More

  • Accenture Invests in 1QBit for Quantum Computing Analytics Push - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture Invests in 1QBit for Quantum Computing Analytics Push

    Accenture has invested in Vancouver, Canada-based quantum computing software developer 1QBit in a push to help organizations generate intelligence data with quantum-based analytics technology. Both companies also formed a strategic alliance for Accenture to serve as 1QBit’s systems integrator and leverage the 1QBit platform in efforts to demonstrate, train, develop and test tools and assets, Accenture said Tuesday. The […] More

  • Lurssen Picked for $3B Australian Offshore Patrol Vessel Construction Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lurssen Picked for $3B Australian Offshore Patrol Vessel Construction Project

    The Australian government has selected Germany-based shipbuilding company Lurssen as the prime contractor on a potential $3 billion contract to design and build up to 12 offshore patrol vessels. Australia’s defense department said Friday the OPV construction project will be performed by Australian workers in the country’s shipyards using locally-sourced steel. The first two vessels will […] More

  • Australia to Invest $659M in P-8A Aircraft Training System, Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Australia to Invest $659M in P-8A Aircraft Training System, Facilities

    Australia’s defense department plans to invest $659 million in funds to support the operations of Boeing-built P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft. The Australian government will spend $250 million on a Boeing training simulator system at the country’s air force base in Edinburgh as well as $409 million to upgrade base facilities, with an early 2019 completion date, Australia’s defense department said […] More

  • BAE Eyes Shipbuilding Data Transfer Initiative for Australian Frigate Construction Bid - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Eyes Shipbuilding Data Transfer Initiative for Australian Frigate Construction Bid

    BAE Systems plans to collaborate with the U.K. government to transfer shipbuilding data worth approximately $1.1 billion to Australia if the company wins the latter country’s frigate construction project. The intellectual property transfer is meant to support the Australian industry’s efforts to build, modernize and support the fleet of nine future frigates under Australia’s SEA […] More