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  • Future Lockheed Navy Tech Center to Focus on Human-Machine Interfaces - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Future Lockheed Navy Tech Center to Focus on Human-Machine Interfaces

    Lockheed Martin‘s mission systems and training unit will open a new facility later this year in Moorestown, N.J. to develop surface warfare combat systems, Seapower Magazine reported Friday.  Richard Burgess writes that Lockheed intends to focus on human-machine interfaces at the $3.5 million Surface Navy Innovation Center. Jim Sheridan, director of Aegis U.S. programs at […] More

  • Northrop, Air Force Demo Global Hawk's SatCom Capabilities; Alfredo Ramirez Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop, Air Force Demo Global Hawk’s SatCom Capabilities; Alfredo Ramirez Comments

    Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command recently conducted ground and air demonstrations for the RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft. The demonstrations were held at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. in January to show split-link capability for mission data transmission separate from the command-and-control link, Northrop said Thursday. “We’re ecstatic with Global Hawk’s ability to provide […] More

  • Joe Kernan on NS2 Serves: SAP NS2's IT Training Program for Military Veterans That Aims to Bridge the Gap Between Service and Employment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Joe Kernan on NS2 Serves: SAP NS2’s IT Training Program for Military Veterans That Aims to Bridge the Gap Between Service and Employment

    This is the first part of interview with Joe Kernan, vice president of business development at SAP National Security Services (SAP NS2), on his company’s non-profit organization NS2 Serves, and its mission to train veterans in information technology and help them gain employment after service. To watch a video on the program that will air […] More

  • Siemens Mobile C-Arm Gets FDA Clearance; Laurie Fisher Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens Mobile C-Arm Gets FDA Clearance; Laurie Fisher Comments

    Siemens‘ healthcare unit has received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for the company’s mobile C-arm system, which is built with features designed to aid surgical teams during procedures or operations. The company said Wednesday the Cios Alpha works to generate high-resolution and high-contrast images, has a 25-kilowatt power output and flat-panel detector and has radiographic collimators. Laurie Fisher, VP for X-ray products […] More

  • Information Builders, Loqate Partner on BI Verification Tech; Gerald Cohen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Information Builders, Loqate Partner on BI Verification Tech; Gerald Cohen Comments

    Information Builders has partnered with address verification firm Loqate to incorporate the latter company’s verification and geocoding technology with Information Builders’ iWay product portfolio. The companies said Wednesday that the iWay Data Quality Suite, iWay Integration Suite and iWay Master Data Suite will use Loqate Verify and Loqate Geocode in work to process business data. “In today’s data-saturated landscape, ensuring the quality and accuracy of complex data sets is critical for intelligent and […] More

  • IBM Gets Patent for Cloud-Based Mobile Security Tech; Benjamin Fletcher Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Gets Patent for Cloud-Based Mobile Security Tech; Benjamin Fletcher Comments

    IBM has patented a cloud-based technology the company designed to secure data notifications across mobile devices and networks, as well to address concerns on privacy and confidentiality among developers, service providers and end users. The company built the tool to help developers create mobile applications for transmitting assigned message identifiers in the cloud to the user’s device, IBM said […] More

  • Unisys Releases Enterprise App Modernization Offering; Rob Cashman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys Releases Enterprise App Modernization Offering; Rob Cashman Comments

    Unisys has released the latest version of its ClearPath ePortal application modernization solution, which includes features for web enablement and mobile access to enterprise applications. ClearPath ePortal 6.0 leverages the Microsoft .NET environment to develop web and mobile features for ClearPath applications, the company said Thursday. “As part of their IT modernization initiatives, ClearPath clients want to give their mobile customers […] More

  • Kenneth Washington: New Lockheed Palo Alto Lab to House Space Payload R&D Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kenneth Washington: New Lockheed Palo Alto Lab to House Space Payload R&D Work

    Lockheed Martin‘s space systems business has opened a new laboratory at the unit’s advanced technology center in Palo Alto, Calif. to host research and development work for emerging technologies. The 82,000-square foot Advanced Materials & Thermal Sciences Center will house 130 staff that perform R&D work in areas such as thermal sciences, nanotechnology and 3-D printing, Lockheed said […] More

  • Jim Myles: DynCorp to Help Maintain Air Force C-5 Aircraft Engines - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jim Myles: DynCorp to Help Maintain Air Force C-5 Aircraft Engines

    DynCorp International has been awarded a potential one-year, $8.5 million task order to help maintain engines and components for the U.S. Air Force‘s C-5 aircraft. Jim Myles, senior vice president of the DynAviation business, said Wednesday that the company will perform “intermediate level engine overhaul services on one of the largest military aircraft ever built.” The […] More

  • Array-Led Team to Help Operate Air Force Financial Systems; Mark Douglas Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Array-Led Team to Help Operate Air Force Financial Systems; Mark Douglas Comments

    Array Information Technology will help the U.S. Air Force operate and manage two financial systems based at Air Force Materiel Command’s headquarters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The company said Wednesday that its team, which includes CACI International, will support at least 1,600 users of the Keystone Decision Support System and Command Management System. “KDSS and CMS represent vital financial […] More

  • Marcus Collier: General Dynamics to Help CMS Collect, Crunch Medicare Data Sets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marcus Collier: General Dynamics to Help CMS Collect, Crunch Medicare Data Sets

    A General Dynamics business unit will provide information technology services to support the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services‘ Virtual Research Data Center, which contains electronic Medicare data sets. General Dynamics Information Technology will work on data analytics, infrastructure development and maintenance functions, as well as provide training and technical assistance, the company said Wednesday. “CMS is the nation’s […] More

  • CGI, EDP Sign $55M IT Services Contract Extension; Paulo Magro da Luz Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI, EDP Sign $55M IT Services Contract Extension; Paulo Magro da Luz Comments

    CGI Group and European energy producer EDP have signed a four-year, $55.1 million contract extension for CGI to continue performing data center, infrastructure management and application operations work. CGI said Wednesday it will also provide local team support to EDP in order to implement application operation and infrastructure management models . “[This] consolidates current data center and infrastructure management agreements into […] More