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  • Charles River Analytics to Update Game-Based Maintenance Training Tool for Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Charles River Analytics to Update Game-Based Maintenance Training Tool for Air Force

    Charles River Analytics has secured a two-year, $2 million contract to update the features of a game-based maintenance training environment for the U.S. Air Force. The company said Wednesday its Maintenance Training based on an Adaptive Game-Based Environment using a Pedagogic Interpretation Engine works to simulate the avionics maintenance functions and helps train students to maintain F-15E aircraft. Users of the system […] More

  • Report: NASA Studies ISS Commercial Use Opportunities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: NASA Studies ISS Commercial Use Opportunities

    NASA is exploring ways to create more opportunities for commercial entities to use the International Space Station, Space.com reported Monday. Robyn Gatens, ISS deputy director at NASA, said during an agency presentation that NASA has begun to develop policy and study the required legal or programmatic changes to expand the commercial use of ISS. The space […] More

  • SAS, VirtualHealth to Offer Integrated Care Mgmt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAS, VirtualHealth to Offer Integrated Care Mgmt Platform

    SAS and VirtualHealth have partnered to combine an integrated care management platform with analytics in an effort to help government agencies manage delivery of healthcare services. The alliance plans to integrate SAS’ data management, visualization and analytics tools, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, into VirtualHealth’s care management platform, SAS said Monday. The combined offering is designed […] More

  • Marillyn Hewson: Lockheed Seeks to Reduce F-35A Cost to $80M Per Aircraft by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marillyn Hewson: Lockheed Seeks to Reduce F-35A Cost to $80M Per Aircraft by 2020

    Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson has said the company continues to work with industry partners to lower the F-35A aircraft’s price to $80 million per fighter jet by 2020. Hewson said in her speech delivered Monday at Lockheed’s media day event in Arlington, Virginia, that the company delivered 66 F-35s in 2017 and is on schedule to deliver at least 90 […] More

  • HPE to Resell Commvault's Data Protection Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HPE to Resell Commvault’s Data Protection Software

    Commvault and Hewlett Packard Enterprise have entered an agreement that authorizes HPE to offer Commvault’s data protection products to enterprise customers through the HPE Complete reseller program. HPE will integrate Commvault’s portfolio of data protection software with the former’s Storage platforms, such as StoreOnce, 3PAR, Nimble Storage, Apollo and ProLiant, Commvault said Monday. The integrated products […] More

  • Microsoft to Integrate Azure Stack Hybrid Cloud With Azure Government; Steve Harris, Nick Michaelides Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft to Integrate Azure Stack Hybrid Cloud With Azure Government; Steve Harris, Nick Michaelides Comment

    Microsoft has announced plans to integrate its Azure Stack hybrid cloud offering with the Azure Government cloud platform in mid-2018. Natalia Mackevicius, director of Azure Stack, wrote in a blog entry posted Monday the planned integration seeks to establish connectivity with Azure Marketplace as well as Azure Government subscription, identity, billing, backup and registration functions. The […] More

  • Lockheed Adopts Remediant Privileged Access Mgmt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Adopts Remediant Privileged Access Mgmt Platform

    Lockheed Martin has implemented a Remediant-built privileged access management system as part of efforts to comply with controlled unclassified information management and security policies for Defense Department contractors. Remediant said Monday it provided the SecureONE platform to help address Lockheed’s requirement for a PAM system that integrates multifactor authentication and access privileges. SecureONE is designed to limit privileged […] More

  • Polaris Alpha Books $96M in Air Force C2ISR Support Task Orders; Kevin Moffatt Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Polaris Alpha Books $96M in Air Force C2ISR Support Task Orders; Kevin Moffatt Comments

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Polaris Alpha multiple task orders worth up to $96 million to support the military branch’s command, control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations. Polaris Alpha said Monday it will perform work in multiple areas such as C2ISR software development, enhancement and maintenance. The company will also help USAF develop machine learning and complex event […] More

  • Microsoft Launches 365 Package for US Govt Cloud Environments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Launches 365 Package for US Govt Cloud Environments

    Microsoft has made its Microsoft 365 package available for U.S. government cloud environments. Josh Rice, general manager of Microsoft’s worldwide modern workplace, wrote in a news release published Monday the Microsoft 356 package includes Windows 10, Enterprise Mobility + Security and Office 365 offerings designed to help government agencies meet U.S. security and compliance requirements. Microsoft […] More

  • A-TEK Federal Civilian VP Stephanie Cumberbatch Elevates to EVP Post - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    A-TEK Federal Civilian VP Stephanie Cumberbatch Elevates to EVP Post

    Stephanie Cumberbatch, formerly vice president of A-TEK‘s federal civilian business, has been named executive vice president at the McLean, Virginia-based information technology contractor. The more than 18-year industry veteran will be responsible for oversight, strategic development and implementation of federal health and science programs in her new position, A-TEK said Monday. She has supported the company’s […] More

  • Former Comtech SVP Jay Icard Named XTAR President, CEO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Comtech SVP Jay Icard Named XTAR President, CEO

    Jay Icard, former senior vice president of strategic sales at Comtech Telecommunications‘ command and control technologies business, has joined XTAR as president and CEO of the Ashburn, Virginia-based commercial satellite operator. The 13-year industry veteran succeeds outgoing President Philip Harlow, who has led XTAR over the past eight years and will help ensure a smooth transition, the company said Monday. […] More

  • Northrop Launches Water Recycling Project at California Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Launches Water Recycling Project at California Facility

    Northrop Grumman has partnered with the West Basin Municipal Water District in California to begin a pilot project for the company’s Redondo Beach facility to use recycled water in three cooling towers. The company said Thursday it aims to save up to 16 million gallons of drinking water each year through the water recycling initiative and reduce water consumption by […] More