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  • Mark Forman: Digital Govt Projects Should Incorporate User-Centered Design Methodology - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mark Forman: Digital Govt Projects Should Incorporate User-Centered Design Methodology

    Mark Forman, global public sector head at Unisys, has said agencies should integrate user-centered design methodology into digital government projects to optimize costs, public service and overall mission delivery. Forman wrote in an opinion piece published Tuesday on Nextgov that the government’s mobile applications and services could be underutilized if project designers do not consider citizen input. […] More

  • GWU Report Details Private-Public Sector Cyber Collaboration Ideas - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GWU Report Details Private-Public Sector Cyber Collaboration Ideas

    George Washington University’s Center for Cyber and Homeland Security has released a report that includes recommendations on how the U.S. government can participate in cybersecurity efforts and work with private sector companies. GW Today said Monday the report covered assessments of the legal, policy and technological contexts as well as defense measures that impact the private sector cybersecurity in a push […] More

  • DARPA Picks National Instruments' Software-Based Radios for Channel Emulation Testbed - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Picks National Instruments’ Software-Based Radios for Channel Emulation Testbed

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected National Instruments to provide software-defined radios for a channel emulation testbed DARPA will use in a collaborative machine-learning competition. NI said Tuesday its software-defined radios will aid various open source and tool flows such as GNU radio, RFNoC and LabVIEW system design software for the agency’s Colosseum testbed. Colosseum is designed to […] More

  • Silicon Graphics International to Provide Supercomputers for DoD HPC Modernization Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Silicon Graphics International to Provide Supercomputers for DoD HPC Modernization Program

    Silicon Graphics International has received a potential $26.5 million contract from the Defense Department to provide supercomputer systems in support of DoD’s High Performance Computing Modernization Program. SGI said Monday it will implement the company’s SGI ICE XA supercomputers at two Army Research Laboratory Defense Supercomputing Resource Centers as part of HPCMP’s TI-16 technology insertion. The HPC modernization effort aims to update high-performance computing […] More

  • CSRA Unveils New HPC Service Model to Bolster Info Processing Speeds - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Unveils New HPC Service Model to Bolster Info Processing Speeds

    CSRA will integrate information technology systems with high-performance computing services to help government agencies process information at a faster pace in a push to support decision-making speeds in areas such as climate change, scientific research and space exploration. The company said Wednesday the new HPC service model will work to support HPC customer requirements within a common […] More

  • Carahsoft Adds Zscaler Cloud Security Platform to GSA Schedule, NASA SEWP Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Adds Zscaler Cloud Security Platform to GSA Schedule, NASA SEWP Contracts

    Carahsoft will act as Zscaler‘s master government market aggregator and offer the latter’s cloud security platform on General Services Administration and NASA contract vehicles for an extended partnership between both companies. Zscaler designed its Internet Security Platform cover secure web gateways, cloud sandboxes, cloud firewalls and secure private access to internal assets in an effort to block malware, Carahsoft said Oct. 21. James […] More

  • GSA Posts Outlease RFP for Ronald Reagan Building's Intl Trade Center Portion - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Posts Outlease RFP for Ronald Reagan Building’s Intl Trade Center Portion

    The General Services Administration has published a request for proposals for a leasehold interest in the Ronald Reagan Building’s international trade center portion. GSA said Monday a third-party service contractor currently runs the ITC and the agency seeks proposals that will cover both operations and management of the entire ITC. “This proposed outlease is another strategy intended to reduce […] More

  • Moon Express Unveils Private Funding Program for Lunar Exploration Payloads - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Moon Express Unveils Private Funding Program for Lunar Exploration Payloads

    Moon Express plans to invest $1.5 million in NASA-selected payloads that will fly to the moon in response to the space agency’s call for lunar instrument concepts that utilize  commercial mission services. The company said Tuesday it will allocate up to $500,000 for each instrument chosen by the agency to fly onboard Moon Express’ first three commercial lunar missions of opportunity […] More

  • Army Seeks Industry Ideas for Future Small UAS Power Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Seeks Industry Ideas for Future Small UAS Power Systems

    The U.S. Army has issued a request for information to industry on behalf of the aviation development directorate to solicit ideas on advanced small power systems for future tactical unmanned aerial systems. That RFI released Thursday says the Army wants the information on potential power systems, related metrics and associated technology maturity to guide the development of systems for future […] More

  • Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, Rick Lober: US Military Can Look to Industry for Commercial Satcom - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, Rick Lober: US Military Can Look to Industry for Commercial Satcom

    Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch and Rick Lober of Hughes Network Systems have recommended the use of commercial systems to help fulfill the government’s satellite requirements as constellations start to age, Space News Magazine reported Oct. 24. Cowen-Hirsch, a senior vice president at Inmarsat, told Space News military officials should consider commercial technologies for their broadband communications functions […] More

  • Alaska Communications Receives Potential $197M FCC Internet Service Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Alaska Communications Receives Potential $197M FCC Internet Service Order

    Alaska Communications has secured a potential 10-year, $197 million order from the Federal Communications Commission to deploy broadband to rural locations in Alaska. The company said Tuesday it will provide internet service to 31,500 locations across the state including approximately 26,000 unserved areas as part of FCC’s Connect America Fund Phase II program. FCC will issue $19.7 million in funds every […] More

  • Space News: Harris Radio Receives NSA Clearance for MUOS Satellite Functions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space News: Harris Radio Receives NSA Clearance for MUOS Satellite Functions

    Harris Corp. has received a National Security Agency certification for the company’s military radios to support higher-throughput functions of the U.S. Navy‘s Mobile User Objective System satellites, Space News reported Tuesday. Caleb Henry writes the Falcon 3 AN/PRC-117G backpack-sized radios will use compatibility software patch designed to facilitate the transmission and receipt of voice, video and data transmissions through the MUOS […] More