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  • Orbital ATK to Add Strike Functions for Lebanon's Cessna C-208B Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK to Add Strike Functions for Lebanon’s Cessna C-208B Fleet

    Orbital ATK will provide aircraft modification services and logistics support for the Lebanese air force’s Cessna C-208B Caravan Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance fleet under a foreign military sale contract through the Defense Department. The company said Thursday the contract covers the addition of Hellfire missiles to provide the aircraft with strike functions. Bill Kasting, vice president and general manager of […] More

  • Michael Donlan: California DOJ OKs Microsoft Azure Gov't for FBI Criminal Records Access - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michael Donlan: California DOJ OKs Microsoft Azure Gov’t for FBI Criminal Records Access

    Microsoft‘s government cloud offering is now available to law enforcement agencies in California after the state’s justice department established Microsoft Azure Government‘s compliance with federal data security and privacy regulations. Michael Donlan, vice president of Microsoft’s U.S. state and local government business, said Wednesday on the company website that compliance covers standards under the FBI Criminal Justice Information […] More

  • General Dynamics-Thales Team to Pursue Australian Land Combat Vehicle Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics-Thales Team to Pursue Australian Land Combat Vehicle Program

    The Australian subsidiaries of General Dynamics‘ land systems business and Thales have teamed up to submit a joint bid on the Australian army’s Land 400 Phase 2 – Mounted Combat Reconnaissance Capability program. General Dynamics said Tuesday the new memorandum of understanding expands the existing partnership between the two companies in military vehicle design and manufacturing, life-cycle support and systems integration services. […] More

  • Honeywell, Inmarsat Government Ink Agreement for Global Xpress In-Flight Connectivity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Honeywell, Inmarsat Government Ink Agreement for Global Xpress In-Flight Connectivity

    A U.S.-based subsidiary of Inmarsat and Honeywell have entered into a service provider agreement to provide Inmarsat Global Xpress satellite services and wideband connectivity to the U.S. government’s aeronautical sector. Inmarsat Government said Tuesday the agreement extends an existing partnership between the two companies in providing in-flight connectivity to the Global Xpress network. Michael Edmonds, vice president of marketing and product management at Honeywell’s […] More

  • IDC to Offer IT Research, Advisory Services on GSA IT Schedule 70 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IDC to Offer IT Research, Advisory Services on GSA IT Schedule 70

    International Data Corp. has received a General Services Administration Information Technology Schedule 70 contract to provide government agencies with access to IDC’s research and consulting services for the IT sector. The company said Tuesday agencies can now purchase IDC MarketScape and other IDC reports with government-approved pricing and licensing terms through its GSA Schedule 70. “Technology innovations like cloud, big […] More

  • Dell Unveils Cloud Access Manager With Context-Based Controls; John Milburn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell Unveils Cloud Access Manager With Context-Based Controls; John Milburn Comments

    Dell has launched the latest version of the Dell One Identity Cloud Access Manager featuring the company’s Security Analytics Engine, support for the OpenID Connect protocol, Microsoft certification for Office 365 interoperability and social authentication functions. The company said Monday CAM 8.0 works to enable organizations to control access to Web and mobile applications based on contextual information while facilitating […] More

  • Cyveillance, Centripetal Networks Combine Tech for Cyber Threat Intell - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cyveillance, Centripetal Networks Combine Tech for Cyber Threat Intell

    QinetiQ‘s Cyveillance subsidiary has partnered with Centripetal Networks to combine the former’s threat intelligence streaming technology and the latter’s RuleGate platform to provide customers with actionable information on cyber threats. Cyveillance said Monday the partnership works to enable RuleGate to operationalize Cyveillance’s feeds on phishing and malicious URLs and suspect domain names and quickly activate security policies to catch network threats in real time. […] More

  • Edward Sayadian: Exelis, NASA Working on System That Tracks Drones Beyond Line of Sight - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Edward Sayadian: Exelis, NASA Working on System That Tracks Drones Beyond Line of Sight

    Exelis will soon release a surveillance system that works to track drones flying at low altitudes beyond the line of sight to perform tasks such as land surveys and delivery of packages, Reuters reported Tuesday. Alwyn Scott writes that Exelis is working with NASA and other partners to develop the system, which could work around current Federal Aviation Administration […] More

  • Susan Miller: Inmarsat Government to Offer L-Band Airborne ISR Service for US Public Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Susan Miller: Inmarsat Government to Offer L-Band Airborne ISR Service for US Public Sector

    A U.S.-based, wholly owned subsidiary of Inmarsat has completed airborne testing of its L-band Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance service that works to provide up to 10 Mbps broadband data transmission rate. Inmarsat Government said Thursday public sector customers can use LAISR for applications such as unmanned aircraft systems, signals intelligence and synthetic aperture radar support as well as electro-optical and […] More

  • Bill Toti: Cubic Training Tech to Help Italian Army Practice Combat Skills - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bill Toti: Cubic Training Tech to Help Italian Army Practice Combat Skills

    Cubic‘s global defense business has secured a $2.6 million supplemental contract to provide the Italian army with training services that work to deliver realistic combat scenarios. The company said Monday it will integrate elements such as tanks, missiles, targets, terrain and simulation of chemical warfare to help bolster realism and efficiency in training. “Cubic is proud to […] More

  • IHS Reports Top Importers, Exporters in $64B Global Defense Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IHS Reports Top Importers, Exporters in $64B Global Defense Market

    A new report by IHS indicates that the global defense market saw increased trading activity for the sixth consecutive year, a 13.4 percent growth rate from $56.8 billion in 2013 to $64.4 billion in 2014. “This record figure has been driven by unparalleled demand from the emerging economies for military aircraft and an escalation of regional […] More

  • Teri Marconi: Northrop to Add '1st Simultaneous Multi-Mission' Tool for Navy Surface Ships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Teri Marconi: Northrop to Add ‘1st Simultaneous Multi-Mission’ Tool for Navy Surface Ships

    Northrop Grumman will add early detection, threat warning, signal analysis and other functions to its AN/SLQ-32 electronic warfare system as part of a $267 million contract it received from the U.S. Navy in February. The company said Thursday the Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block 3 contract seeks to upgrade the electronic warfare attack system to protect Navy vessels from enemy missiles. “This is […] More