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  • Accenture Awarded Navy ERP Maintenance Task Orders - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture Awarded Navy ERP Maintenance Task Orders

    Accenture’s federal services subsidiary has won five task orders worth $19.8 million combined to maintain the U.S. Navy’s enterprise resource planning system and train users on the technology. The company will provide financial and supply chain systems support, technical system development and training support for the Naval Supply Systems Command’s Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania-based business systems center, Accenture said […] More

  • QinetiQ NA to Help Refurbish Army, Navy TALON Robots - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QinetiQ NA to Help Refurbish Army, Navy TALON Robots

    QinetiQ North America has received a $17.5 million contract from the U.S. Army and a separate $30 million contract from the U.S. Navy to refurbish and modernize the services’ TALON IV military robots. QNA will provide spare parts for the TALON systems fielded in Afghanistan and Iraq and upgrade services to help protect U.S. warfighters in operations, […] More

  • Richard Montoni: MAXIMUS Delivers UK Work Program to Additional Region - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Richard Montoni: MAXIMUS Delivers UK Work Program to Additional Region

    MAXIMUS will deliver the U.K. department for work and pensions’ Work Program to North East Yorkshire and the Humber beginning Feb. 2, 2015, as part of a performance-based contract potentially worth $14 million. MAXIMUS CEO Richard Montoni said Thursday that the company works to support government welfare reform programs by providing personalized assistance to job seekers in the region. The Work Program […] More

  • Booz Allen Surveys Consumer, Provider Sentiment on Healthcare's Future; Grant McLaughlin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen Surveys Consumer, Provider Sentiment on Healthcare’s Future; Grant McLaughlin Comments

    A new Booz Allen Hamilton study has identified control of costs as among the top emerging trends in U.S. healthcare. The poll noted several differences between patient and provider sentiment on the future of the industry, but it also revealed agreement from both sides on certain aspects of access and delivery, Booz Allen said Wednesday. Booz […] More

  • Infosys, Unisys to Provide Shared Services to Australian State Gov't - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Infosys, Unisys to Provide Shared Services to Australian State Gov’t

    Infosys and Unisys are set to sign a memorandum of understanding with the government of New South Wales in Australia for the implementation of shared services across state agencies. Dominic Perrottet, NSW minister for finance and services, said in an announcement posted Wednesday that the government has selected the two companies to deliver shared services in areas such as human […] More

  • Raytheon Evaluates Gallium Nitride Tech for Space Applications; Paul Ferraro Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Evaluates Gallium Nitride Tech for Space Applications; Paul Ferraro Comments

    Raytheon has tested its Gallium Nitride technology for applications in the Earth’s orbit. The company demonstrated the GaN monolithic microwave circuit to evaluate the system’s radiation hardness requirement for space environment, Raytheon said Wednesday. Paul Ferraro, Raytheon’s vice president of technologies programs Raytheon’s integrated defense systems business, said the GaN technology is already integrated into defense systems for […] More

  • IBM Lands Potential $660M NHS Electronic Staff Record Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Lands Potential $660M NHS Electronic Staff Record Contract

    IBM has been selected to maintain the electronic staff record system of the U.K.’s National Health Service under a potential $660 million contract, Computerworld reported Tuesday. Charlotte Jee writes IBM will work to update the system’s user interface, integrate the ESR with NHS’ mail system, record employee photographs and deliver online payslips. The company will begin work […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Wraps Up Latest Tests on 3D-Printed CubeSat Propulsion System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Wraps Up Latest Tests on 3D-Printed CubeSat Propulsion System

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has concluded a series of tests on a three-dimensional printed propulsion system to check engine throughput and propellant tank expulsions as the program moved forward to the qualification phase. The company said Monday it conducted a hot-fire test of the hydrazine integrated propulsion system on the MPS-120 CubeSat High-Impulse Adaptable Modular Propulsion System to demonstrate functions that meet Technology Readiness Level 6 and Manufacturing […] More

  • Mike Driessen: Hitachi Consulting Gets SAP Certification as Hosting Services Provider - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Driessen: Hitachi Consulting Gets SAP Certification as Hosting Services Provider

    Hitachi Consulting has received a certification from SAP to provide hosting services to customers for the SAP HANA platform. As a certified provider, Hitachi will perform information technology services on SAP applications such as proof-of-concepts and deployments of customers’ SAP HANA-based services, Hitachi said Monday. Mike Driessen, a senior vice president at Hitachi Consulting, said the […] More

  • KEMP Adds Federal Smart Card Support in Load Balancer Tech Offering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KEMP Adds Federal Smart Card Support in Load Balancer Tech Offering

    KEMP Technologies has updated its load balancer product to offer support for smart card technology used in the federal sector. The LoadMaster application delivery controller offering can now support hardware, cloud, virtual and bare-metal systems intended to process security IDs, KEMP said Monday. According to KEMP, federal smart cards are designed to provide select civilian, […] More

  • Chad Mills: Carahsoft to Offer Autodesk 3D Design Software in Gov't Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chad Mills: Carahsoft to Offer Autodesk 3D Design Software in Gov’t Sector

    Carahsoft has agreed to resell Autodesk‘s three-dimensional design software offerings to customers in the federal government. Carahsoft has expanded its General Services Administration schedule with Autodesk services and term-based licenses and software suites, Carahsoft said Tuesday. Autodesk’s software is designed for use in government projects such as facility, building and installation management; vehicle and weapons systems; games […] More

  • John Borghese: Rockwell Collins to Lead NASA Aircraft Pilot Research Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Borghese: Rockwell Collins to Lead NASA Aircraft Pilot Research Program

    Rockwell Collins will serve as lead research firm for NASA‘s Single Pilot Operations program under a contract to study automation, ground support and crew capacity technologies for commercial aircraft through the end of September 2015. “The aviation industry has been looking at the potential for single-pilot operations for quite some time to address concerns about future pilot […] More