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  • Tory Bruno: ULA Plans Launch Infrastructure, Business Model Changes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tory Bruno: ULA Plans Launch Infrastructure, Business Model Changes

    United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno has outlined the Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint venture’s plans for the military space launch market over the next 20 years in an interview published Monday on Defense News. Aaron Mehta reports that Bruno pointed to new initiatives that work to address potential challenges from market entrants such as SpaceX and government measures to ban the Russia-made […] More

  • Amy Caro: Northrop, UM Baltimore County Research Partnership Expands to Health Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Amy Caro: Northrop, UM Baltimore County Research Partnership Expands to Health Data

    Northrop Grumman‘s partnership with the University of Maryland-Baltimore County under the UMBC Center for Hybrid Multicore Productivity Research consortium will expand from cybersecurity research to health data analytics. The company said Tuesday the collaboration supports CHMPR’s goal to address challenges in productivity, scalability and performance related to the use of big data analytics in areas such as cyber and health. […] More

  • ULA Unveils Vulcan Rocket, Reusability Initiative for Future Launches; Tory Bruno Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA Unveils Vulcan Rocket, Reusability Initiative for Future Launches; Tory Bruno Comments

    United Launch Alliance has introduced its new Next Generation Launch System rocket called Vulcan that features many components designed to be reusable. The Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint venture said Monday it selected the Vulcan name as the result of an online poll that received more than a million votes. “More capabilities in space mean more capabilities here on earth,” said Tory Bruno, ULA […] More

  • General Atomics Begins Central Solenoid Fabrication for Int'l Fusion Energy Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Begins Central Solenoid Fabrication for Int’l Fusion Energy Project

    General Atomics has begun the fabrication of the central solenoid for an experimental tokamak fusion reactor as part of U.S. participation in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor project on the potential of fusion energy. The company said Friday the ITER central solenoid is a superconducting electromagnet weighing at 1,000 tons with a stored energy capacity of 5.5 gigajoules. “The […] More

  • Neville Pattinson: Smart Cards Offer 2-Factor Authentication Technology for Gov't Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Neville Pattinson: Smart Cards Offer 2-Factor Authentication Technology for Gov’t Services

    Government agencies need to bolster the adoption of two-factor authentication for services and applications by balancing agency requirements, security and convenience for users, according to Smart Card Alliance’s Neville Pattinson. Pattinson, the alliance’s technical chairman and founding board member of the Secure ID Coalition, wrote in a guest piece published Thursday on GCN that public awareness and necessity drive the […] More

  • Bluestone Capital Partners: Defense Sector to Start Recovery in 2015 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bluestone Capital Partners: Defense Sector to Start Recovery in 2015

    A new report by Bluestone Capital Partners indicates an improving market performance for the defense industry in 2015 after almost five years of being outperformed by the aerospace industry. The company said that businesses in the aerospace and defense sector with significant defense exposure have achieved a median trading multiple of at least 10-times earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization this year […] More

  • New Chenega Security Arm to Offer Agencies Protective, Locksmith Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    New Chenega Security Arm to Offer Agencies Protective, Locksmith Services

    Chenega Corp. has launched a new small business subsidiary under its Chantilly, Virginia-based security strategic business unit to provide protective and professional locksmith services to U.S. government agencies. Timothy Lamb will lead Chenega Infinity as president of the new organization, which will offer protective services for sensitive and cleared facilities in domestic and international locations, the company says. […] More

  • Hitachi's Liz Heiston: Agencies Must Consider Automation, System Mgmt to Drive Cloud Migration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hitachi’s Liz Heiston: Agencies Must Consider Automation, System Mgmt to Drive Cloud Migration

    Liz Heiston, national account manager at Hitachi Data Systems Federal, said that agencies using the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program should consider applying system management and automation tools to manage cloud migration efforts. In a guest piece published Thursday on Federal Times, Heiston noted that while FedRAMP covers the security of cloud services offered by vendors, agencies must […] More

  • IBM Offers New Software, Services for IoT Business; Chris O'Connor Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Offers New Software, Services for IoT Business; Chris O’Connor Comments

    IBM has unveiled new software and services in support of its recent $3 billion investment to establish an Internet of Things line of business over the next four years. The company said Thursday the new offerings work to enable customers to manage the development and operations of connected devices via IoT. “The IoT is generating massive amounts of […] More

  • Drone Aviation to Provide Aerostat Equipment to Army; Felicia Hess Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Drone Aviation to Provide Aerostat Equipment to Army; Felicia Hess Comments

    Drone Aviation Holding Corp. will provide the U.S. Army with aerostat-related equipment for the service’s Blimp in a Box systems to support mobile communications and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations. The company said Tuesday the contract includes provisions for “lighter-than-air” helium-based aerial assets, which the Defense Department, Transportation Department and some state and local law enforcement agencies use for training and […] More

  • Research and Markets: Smartphone Demand, Software to Drive Mobile Security Market Through 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Smartphone Demand, Software to Drive Mobile Security Market Through 2019

    Research and Markets‘ latest report on the global mobile security market projects a 30.7 percent compound annual growth rate through 2019 to reach a market value of $5.75 billion. The company said Wednesday the demand for smartphones and other smart devices, upgrades on mobility software and integration of mobile security with cloud service requirements will drive market growth. The […] More

  • NASA Taps Dynetics, HRL Labs, Orbital ATK for Space Material Project; Steve Jurczyk Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Taps Dynetics, HRL Labs, Orbital ATK for Space Material Project; Steve Jurczyk Comments

    NASA has chosen Dynetics, HRL Laboratories and Orbital ATK to develop and build ultra-lightweight materials in support of efforts to reduce the mass of future spacecraft for deep-space missions by 40 percent. The agency said Tuesday the companies will work to manufacture ULW core panels that are 12-by-12-by-1-inch in size as part of the 13-month, $550,000 awards for the first phase […] More