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  • Seattle Police to Adopt Accenture Data Analytics Platform; Jody Weis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Seattle Police to Adopt Accenture Data Analytics Platform; Jody Weis Comments

    Accenture will develop a data analytics platform for the Seattle police department’s work to apply data-driven decisions in support of operations and investigations. The company said Thursday the technology will include reporting and analytical functions and facilitate oversight into administrative and policing activities through the use of system alerts. “The insights and intelligence gained from the use of […] More

  • Lockheed Delivers Denmark's 1st MH-60R Order to Navy; Stephanie Hill Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Delivers Denmark’s 1st MH-60R Order to Navy; Stephanie Hill Comments

    Lockheed Martin has delivered Denmark’s first order of the Sikorsky-built MH-60R helicopter to the U.S. Navy ahead of a scheduled series of tests. The company said Thursday the helicopter is the first of nine planned MH-60R purchases by Denmark to support search-and-rescue, surveillance, anti-surface warfare and anti-piracy operations. The MH-60R will undergo validation tests on the configuration modifications before the Navy delivers […] More

  • MDA Subsidiary an Industrial Partner on Potential NASA Discovery Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MDA Subsidiary an Industrial Partner on Potential NASA Discovery Mission

    A subsidiary of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates will support the research efforts of NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and other institutions on the asteroid Psyche as an industrial partner on a potential Discovery mission. MDA said Thursday Space Systems/Loral will participate in work on concept design studies with Lindy Elkins-Tanton, principal investigator on the project and director of Arizona State University’s School […] More

  • BANC3 Lands Army R&D, Engineering Services Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BANC3 Lands Army R&D, Engineering Services Contracts

    BANC3 has received $15 million in contracts for support services to the U.S. Army‘s Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center and Communications-Electronics Command. The company said Thursday it will provide research, software development, engineering and sustainment services in support of CERDEC and CECOM technology programs. “We are honored by the opportunity to continue serving the Army and this important mission, […] More

  • Army Renews Globalscape Info Exchange Product Contract; Michael Shrader Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Renews Globalscape Info Exchange Product Contract; Michael Shrader Comments

    The U.S. Army has renewed an IT maintenance and support contract with Globalscape for the company’s Enhanced File Transfer platform and CuteFTP client software. Globalscape said Thursday the contract covers the use of EFT and CuteFTP in support of the Standard Army Maintenance System-Enhanced logistics program and Carahsoft will distribute the software across the branch. Michael Shrader, vice president for intelligence and innovative solutions […] More

  • OMB Taps ICF, ASI for Govt Digital Services Acquisition Training; Jeffrey Neal Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OMB Taps ICF, ASI for Govt Digital Services Acquisition Training; Jeffrey Neal Comments

    A team of ICF International and ASI Government will provide training to federal acquisition professionals as part of the Office of Management and Budget‘s Digital Service Contracting Professional Training and Development Program. The companies said Thursday they will work with the U.S. Digital Service and Office of Federal Procurement Policy to support a six-month pilot program that will train an initial group of […] More

  • Report: Big Data Spending to See 25% CAGR Through 2019 in Financial Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Big Data Spending to See 25% CAGR Through 2019 in Financial Sector

    A Research and Markets report predicts that the global financial sector will increase its information technology spending on big data solutions from 2014 to 2019 at a compound annual growth rate of 25.5 percent. The company said Friday the spending growth is due to the efforts of financial organizations to update their data infrastructure in order to address challenges […] More

  • Unisys-Led Consortium Wins eu-LISA IT Support Contracts; Mark Forman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys-Led Consortium Wins eu-LISA IT Support Contracts; Mark Forman Comments

    A Unisys-led consortium in Belgium has received two four-year contracts worth $53 million combined to support the European Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice. The company said Thursday its Consortium U2 subsidiary and partner Uni Systems will provide IT services in support of eu-LISA’s border management, asylum management and internal security programs. […] More

  • Booz Allen Becomes Silver Sponsor of Consortium for IT Software Quality - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen Becomes Silver Sponsor of Consortium for IT Software Quality

    Booz Allen Hamilton has joined the Consortium for IT Software Quality as a silver sponsor and will support the development of new software quality standards and pilot the CISQ conformance assessment program. The company said Tuesday it is the sixth major sponsor to join the consortium’s efforts to foster the implementation of software quality standards across the […] More

  • Small Business LI2 Lands Contract for Admin Support at NASA Armstrong - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Small Business LI2 Lands Contract for Admin Support at NASA Armstrong

    Texas-based small business Logical Innovations Inc. will provide technical and administrative support to NASA‘s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California under a potential five-year, $26.6 million contract. NASA said Thursday the one-year base period of performance for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity Center Administrative Technical Support Services II contract commences Nov. 1. CATSS II covers support services for Armstrong’s resource, acquisition and financial management offices; […] More

  • BAE, IDT Offer RapidIO Microchip for Data Transfer in Space; Ian McDonald Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE, IDT Offer RapidIO Microchip for Data Transfer in Space; Ian McDonald Comments

    The U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems and Integrated Device Technology have collaborated to develop a space-grade microchip that works to support high-speed, high-volume data transfers during space operations. IDT said Wednesday its 240 Gbps CPS-1848 RapidIO switch serves as the foundation for BAE Systems Inc.’s RADNET1848-PS technology. Ian McDonald, director of space products and processing at BAE Systems Inc., noted that the microchip supports efforts […] More

  • Coalition Forces Demo SM-3 Intercept in European Theater - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Coalition Forces Demo SM-3 Intercept in European Theater

    Coalition forces have completed a new at-sea demonstration of integrated air and missile defense capability with the interception of a ballistic missile target using a Raytheon-built Standard Missile-3 fired from USS Ross. The U.S. Navy said Tuesday the Maritime Theater Missile Defense Forum’s ASD-15 event featured a scenario in which an SM-3 Block IA guided interceptor engaged the missile target over the […] More