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  • Ross Lindman: HII Eyes Navy Undersea Ops With New Proteus Submersible - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ross Lindman: HII Eyes Navy Undersea Ops With New Proteus Submersible

    Huntington Ingalls Industries unveiled its new submersible named Proteus, which was developed in partnership with Battelle and Bluefin Robotics, at the recent Sea-Air-Space Exposition in Maryland, the Daily Press reported April 13. Hugh Lessig writes that HII highlighted Proteus’s “flexible” design as the company seeks to potentially deploy the submersible to support the U.S. Navy‘s undersea naval operations and warfare. […] More

  • Lockheed, Marinette Marine Get $232M Navy Contract Modification for LCS 21 & 23 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Marinette Marine Get $232M Navy Contract Modification for LCS 21 & 23

    Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri subsidiary Marinette Marine have received a $232 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to build two new littoral combat ships, plus another LCS if the added contract option is exercised. Fincantieri said Thursday Congress has appropriated full funding for LCS 21 and advanced procurement funding for LCS 23, while funding for LCS 25 under the […] More

  • NASA's Messenger Spacecraft to End Nearly 4 Years at Mercury's Orbit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA’s Messenger Spacecraft to End Nearly 4 Years at Mercury’s Orbit

    NASA‘s Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging spacecraft has uncovered several key information about the planet Mercury during its nearly four years of on-orbit operations. NASA said Thursday the Messenger spacecraft is now anticipated to crash-land on Mercury by the end of the month as it runs out of helium gas propellant following a series of orbit correction maneuvers. “While spacecraft […] More

  • IBM Offers Threat Intell Database Via X-Force Exchange; Brendan Hannigan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Offers Threat Intell Database Via X-Force Exchange; Brendan Hannigan Comments

    IBM has made its threat intelligence database available to customers and industry via the cloud-based IBM X-Force Exchange platform to drive information sharing and collaboration to mitigate potential cyber attacks. The company said Thursday the platform will provide access to more than 700 terabytes of information on malware, vulnerabilities, IP address and website reputation, spam and phishing attacks, and real-time threat indicators. […] More

  • GSA Seeks Industry Input on Business Model for Connect.gov Full Operational Capability - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Seeks Industry Input on Business Model for Connect.gov Full Operational Capability

    The General Services Administration is seeking information on potential sources of business models or procurement vehicles for the implementation of federated digital identity credential services for the Connect.gov program. In the notice posted Thursday on FedBizOpps, GSA said the project management office for cloud computing services within the Federal Acquisition Service aims to develop a shared service operating […] More

  • Juniper VP Brian Roach: SDN Becoming a Key Modernization Tool for Federal IT - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Juniper VP Brian Roach: SDN Becoming a Key Modernization Tool for Federal IT

    Brian Roach, vice president of the federal business and managing director for worldwide government at Juniper Networks, says that the Defense Department and other agencies are increasingly using software-defined networking to streamline IT systems. Roach writes in a guest piece published Tuesday on Defense Systems that current government efforts in network consolidation, automation and security drive […] More

  • Information Builders, MapR Technologies Partner on BI, Hadoop Distribution Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Information Builders, MapR Technologies Partner on BI, Hadoop Distribution Services

    Information Builders has entered into an alliance with MapR Technologies to provide enterprise customers with a combination of the former’s business intelligence and analytics software and MapR’s Apache Hadoop distribution platform. The companies said Wednesday the partnership works to manage data integrity to generate insights from “impactful” analytics. Gerald Cohen, president and CEO of Information Builders, said the […] More

  • Booz Allen to Implement Cyber Tools at 8 Agencies for DHS' CDM Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen to Implement Cyber Tools at 8 Agencies for DHS’ CDM Program

    Booz Allen Hamilton will implement cybersecurity tools across eight government agencies under a $39.3 million task order contract for the Department of Homeland Security‘s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. Jason Miller writes that Booz Allen will implement cyber tools and services from ForeScout, Big Fix and others at Group B agencies as part of the General […] More

  • Cisco, DHL: Internet of Things Carries Potential for Supply Chain, Logistics - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco, DHL: Internet of Things Carries Potential for Supply Chain, Logistics

    Cisco and logistics service provider DHL have released a joint report on trends in the Internet of Things as they pursue a new IoT project to facilitate near-real-time analytics functions for supply chain decisions. DHL said Wednesday the “Internet of Things in Logistics” report forecasts that IoT could have an $8 trillion value at stake over the next 10 years and projects supply chain and logistics […] More

  • Nadia Short: General Dynamics to Keep Gov't Cyber Business Focus After Fidelis Sale - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Nadia Short: General Dynamics to Keep Gov’t Cyber Business Focus After Fidelis Sale

    General Dynamics plans to continue work its core cyber portfolio for government amid the pending sale of its Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions unit, a General Dynamics executive has told Reuters. “[We] are continuing to invest resources in technology development to ensure we deliver resilient, relevant and innovative solutions that support mission needs,” Nadia Short, vice president and general manager […] More

  • Northrop Completes Deployable Tower Assembly for NASA's Webb Telescope - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Completes Deployable Tower Assembly for NASA’s Webb Telescope

    Northrop Grumman has completed ambient and thermal vacuum testing and delivery of the James Webb Space Telescope‘s deployable tower assembly to NASA for the space observatory’s final assembly at Northrop’s Space Park facility. The company said Tuesday its Astro Aerospace subsidiary designed and built the graphite DTA, which works to support Webb’s spacecraft and telescope structures. “First, in the […] More

  • IBM Unveils Watson Health Cloud for Cognitive Computing; John Kelly Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Unveils Watson Health Cloud for Cognitive Computing; John Kelly Comments

    IBM has unveiled the Watson Health Cloud to serve as a platform for data and insights on health and wellness issues as part of the company’s efforts to expand computing functions in the health sector. The company said Monday it also pursued industry partnerships and acquisitions alongside the creation of the IBM Watson Health business unit amid an […] More