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  • Northrop's Global Hawk Evaluated in NATO ISR Trials; Jim Edge Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop’s Global Hawk Evaluated in NATO ISR Trials; Jim Edge Comments

    A Northrop Grumman Block 30 Global Hawk unmanned aerial system was evaluated in NATO’s recent 10-day Unified Vision 2014 trial of the alliance’s joint intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance portfolio. U.S. European Command flew the Global Hawk over three days from Orland Main Air Station in Norway alongside trials for satellites, naval vessels, ground sensors and other ISR […] More

  • Leidos to Install IT, Comm Tools at Wichita Airport - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos to Install IT, Comm Tools at Wichita Airport

    Leidos has been awarded a prime contract by the Wichita Airport Authority, formerly known as Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport, to install information technology and communications systems for a new airport terminal. Contract work will take place over up to 12 months and the company will design, install and integrate network security for the new facility, Leidos said […] More

  • IBM Launching Big Data, Analytics Programs at Chinese Universities; D.C. Chien Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Launching Big Data, Analytics Programs at Chinese Universities; D.C. Chien Comments

    IBM is donating $100 million in big data and analytics software and establishing programs at 100 universities in China as part of the IBM U-100 project to foster a future workforce skilled in big data and analytics. The company said Tuesday that U-100 is an extension of the existing partnership between the company and China’s education ministry and aims to train 40,000 […] More

  • Air Force Evaluates Raytheon Receiver in Jamming Environment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Evaluates Raytheon Receiver in Jamming Environment

    The U.S. Air Force operated its military-code GPS signal in a jamming environment by using a Raytheon-designed receiver as the branch sought to test navigation and jamming levels. Raytheon’s Miniaturized Airborne GPS Receiver 2000 carried out satellite tracking and navigation functions during the exercise at White Sands Missile Range, the company said Wednesday. Testing work occurred during […] More

  • Philips Implements New Healthcare Sector Mgmt Structure - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Philips Implements New Healthcare Sector Mgmt Structure

    Philips is making use of a new management structure in the Healthcare sector to improve performance and response to dynamic customer demands. According to the company, Healthcare CEO Deborah DiSanzo has decided to leave Philips to pursue other opportunities and healthcare business groups will report directly to the new Philips CEO, Frans van Houten. “We anticipate performance in […] More

  • Tech Firms Start Consortium to Back Interoperability for 'Internet of Things' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tech Firms Start Consortium to Back Interoperability for ‘Internet of Things’

    Technology companies Atmel, Broadcom, Dell, Intel, Samsung and Wind River have partnered to start a consortium that will work to bolster interoperability and define connectivity requirements for products that are a part of the Internet of Things. The Open Interconnect Consortium seeks to ensure the interoperability of billions of devices that could come online by 2020, the companies said Tuesday. “Having […] More

  • Deltek’s Jennifer Sakole: Q4 Solicitations to Jump $21B From Prior Year Period - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deltek’s Jennifer Sakole: Q4 Solicitations to Jump $21B From Prior Year Period

    Deltek expects the total value of government solicitations for the fourth quarter of 2014 to reach at least $63 billion, almost $21 billion higher than the total value for the same period last year, the Washington Post reported Sunday. Jennifer Sakole, a principal analyst at Deltek, writes that the mid-Atlantic region will present 450 of the anticipated 1,300 total solicitations and be worth an estimated $28 […] More

  • Scott Smith: Iridium NEXT Test Call Moves Launch Preparations Forward - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Scott Smith: Iridium NEXT Test Call Moves Launch Preparations Forward

    Iridium Communications and Thales Alenia Space have completed a test call of the L-band hardware and associated software for the Iridium NEXT constellation, demonstrating end-to-end call flow through satellite, ground and public switched telephone networks. Iridium said Tuesday the milestone validates the Iridium NEXT system’s capabilities for satellite communications as the companies prepare for the first launch next year. “Placing […] More

  • David Johnston: Boeing-Led Team to Help Australia Refresh HF Comm System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    David Johnston: Boeing-Led Team to Help Australia Refresh HF Comm System

    A team of companies led by Boeing will help the Australian defense department update the military’s high-frequency communications system under a contract worth more than $26 million. Alcatel Lucent and Ebor Computing will work with Boeing and Australia’s defense materials organization to bring new communications tools to maturity, Australian Defense Minister David Johnston said Monday. “This contract… builds upon […] More

  • Sao Paulo Airport Starts Using Rockwell Collins' ARINC Passenger Reconciliation System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sao Paulo Airport Starts Using Rockwell Collins’ ARINC Passenger Reconciliation System

    Rockwell Collins is helping Brazil-based Sao Paulo International Airport put the company’s ARINC VeriPax passenger reconciliation system into action and the system went live prior to the start of the 2014 World Cup on June 12. The system is built to improve passenger flow by at least 15 percent by using two-dimensional scanners and automated passenger screening technologies, the company said Monday. “Hosting […] More

  • Red Hat: Enterprises Should Virtualize IT to Facilitate Cost, Operating Efficiencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Red Hat: Enterprises Should Virtualize IT to Facilitate Cost, Operating Efficiencies

    Red Hat is urging enterprises to adopt virtualization for their IT infrastructures and data centers to foster operational and cost efficiencies. In an infographic posted Monday on the Red Hat website, the company illustrates the path to innovation, from modernizing the data center, to standardizing operations and to virtualizing IT resources, in order to realize positive business […] More

  • BAE Scientists Eye 2014 Deployment for Self-Healing Parts in Aircraft Tech Family - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Scientists Eye 2014 Deployment for Self-Healing Parts in Aircraft Tech Family

    Scientists and engineers at BAE Systems have revealed a series of aircraft technologies the company aims to have deployed by 2040. The team is working on technologies ranging from 3D printers and self-healing vehicle parts, to long-range multi-stage aircraft and directed energy weapons that could search and destroy missiles at the speed of light. said that the company’s experts […] More