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  • Ginni Rometty, Charlie Thomas and Chris Checco on the Disruptive Power of Real-Time Personalization, Predictive Analytics and Cognitive Computing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ginni Rometty, Charlie Thomas and Chris Checco on the Disruptive Power of Real-Time Personalization, Predictive Analytics and Cognitive Computing

    Between Feb. 24 and Feb. 27, Mobile World Capital Barcelona hosted the 2014 Mobile World Congress, the annual conference and exhibition that attracts keynote speakers from some of the world’s foremost corporations, and exhibitions of the next-generation of cutting-edge innovations and technologies. The theme of this year’s event was “Creating What’s NEXT” and many participants […] More

  • Joy de Lisser: ATK Extends Work for Boeing-Lockheed JV Under $178M Launch Vehicle Hardware Subcontract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Joy de Lisser: ATK Extends Work for Boeing-Lockheed JV Under $178M Launch Vehicle Hardware Subcontract

    ATK will provide hardware to the United Launch Alliance for the Atlas V and Delta IV launch vehicles under a potential $178 million subcontract. ATK said Wednesday the order is for the U.S. Air Force‘s Phase 1 Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program and includes large composite structures such as payload adapters, interstages and nose cones. ULA is a 50-50 joint venture of Boeing […] More

  • Ken Claffey: New Xyratex ClusterStor Data Storage Tool Built for Info Sharing, Security Compliance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ken Claffey: New Xyratex ClusterStor Data Storage Tool Built for Info Sharing, Security Compliance

    Xyratex has unveiled a new product in its ClusterStor range of high-performance computing and big data storage products that are built with multilevel security features and work to manage data storage throughput and data processing functions. The Seagate subsidiary said Tuesday that the ClusterStor Secure Data Appliance is built to meet the government’s Intelligence Community Directive 503 and Cross-Domain Solution requirements. Ken […] More

  • BAE Launches Photo Reporting App for Google Glass; DeEtte Gray Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Launches Photo Reporting App for Google Glass; DeEtte Gray Comments

    BAE Systems has launched a mobile application for Google Glass devices, smartphones and tablets that collects geospatial intelligence data and generates photo reports from the field, with potential uses for reconnaissance and disaster relief. The GXP Xplorer Snap app showcased at the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation’s annual GEOINT Symposium leverages crowdsourcing for information gathering and sharing. “This simple, wearable technology […] More

  • Comtech to Support Army's SatCom Tracking Program; Fred Kornberg Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Comtech to Support Army’s SatCom Tracking Program; Fred Kornberg Comments

    A Comtech Telecommunications subsidiary has won a three-year contract worth up to $38.2 million from the U.S. Army for sustainment support to its Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below – Blue Force Tracking program. The company said Monday Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation will provide engineering and program management services and satellite network operations for the BFT-1 satellite tracking program. “We […] More

  • Serco to Compete for $77M in Navy Electronic Surveillance Systems Work; Dan Allen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Serco to Compete for $77M in Navy Electronic Surveillance Systems Work; Dan Allen Comments

    Serco Inc. will compete for up to $77 million in task orders to help the U.S. Navy maintain electronic surveillance systems under a potential five-year contract vehicle. The British contractor’s U.S. subsidiary is one of three awardees on the Naval Electronic Surveillance Systems vehicle, Serco said Monday. Dan Allen, Serco Inc. chairman and CEO, said the subsidiary will […] More

  • Lockheed-Boeing JV to Use Curtiss-Wright Ethernet Switch on Launch Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Boeing JV to Use Curtiss-Wright Ethernet Switch on Launch Vehicles

    Curtiss-Wright‘s defense solutions unit will provide Ethernet switches to the United Launch Alliance for Atlas V and Delta IV rockets under a $2 million contract, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Friday. John Keller writes the Lockheed Martin and Boeing joint venture selected Curtiss-Wright’s rugged commercial off-the-shelf Parvus DuraNET 3000 for the U.S. Air Force‘s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program. ULA will use the switch pre-launch […] More

  • Oracle, Informatica Integrate Data Management Products; Scott Tracy, Amit Walia Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oracle, Informatica Integrate Data Management Products; Scott Tracy, Amit Walia Comment

    Oracle PartnerNetwork member Informatica has integrated its Data Archive Smart Partitioning tool with Oracle ZFS Storage Appliances for data management functions such as storage tiering, compression, data set optimization and archiving. Amit Walia, senior vice president and general manager of Informatica’s ILM business unit, said Thursday  the partnership intends to address customer concerns regarding performance and access as their data management […] More

  • Amazon Web Services Partner Net Adds XO Communications; Don MacNeil Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Amazon Web Services Partner Net Adds XO Communications; Don MacNeil Comments

    XO Communications has become a member of the Amazon Web Services Partner Network to offer AWS Direct Connect network users access XO’s Enterprise Ethernet and Intelligent WAN product portfolio. XO said Wednesday it aims to give AWS Direct Connect users secure connections of between 1 and 10 gigabytes per second, as well as application visibility for cloud-based enterprise applications. Don MacNeil, XO chief […] More

  • Saab, Mxi Technologies Forge Military Fleet Mgmt Alliance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab, Mxi Technologies Forge Military Fleet Mgmt Alliance

    Saab and maintenance, repair and overhaul software firm Mxi Technologies have partnered to offer military fleet management services for defense customers around the world. on an integration of the former’s technical and logistics services and the latter’s Maintenix solution. The companies said Thursday they will integrate Saab’s technical and logistics services with Mxi’s Maintenix software and focus on “as […] More

  • Ubisense to Support Savi Technology for Military Logistics Contract; Richard Green Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ubisense to Support Savi Technology for Military Logistics Contract; Richard Green Comments

    Ubisense will deliver its location intelligence systems to support Savi Technology‘s five-year contract for global asset planning and logistics tracking services to agencies such as the Defense Department, U.S. Coast Guard and NATO. “This contract signals a valuable opportunity for government agencies to significantly improve a variety of asset planning and logistics-related functions,” Richard Green, Ubisense CEO, said Wednesday. Savi […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne to Build NASA CubeSat Propulsion System; Christian Carpenter Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne to Build NASA CubeSat Propulsion System; Christian Carpenter Comments

    Aerojet Rocketdyne will develop a propulsion system for NASA‘s CubeSat miniature satellites under a contract from the Armstrong Flight Test Center’s flight opportunities. The company said Tuesday the two-phased contract involves hot-fire testing on the MPS-120 CubeSat High-Impulse Adaptable Modular Propulsion System and flight demonstration if the agency selects Aerojet Rocketdyne’s chemical propulsion system. “We’re honored that NASA has selected us […] More