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  • Bob Ciesla: Boeing's Future Missouri Composites Hub Eyes Commercial, Military Coverage - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bob Ciesla: Boeing’s Future Missouri Composites Hub Eyes Commercial, Military Coverage

    Construction has begun on Boeing‘s new facility in St. Louis that will house composite manufacturing operations for the 777x commercial aircraft and potentially generate 700 jobs for the community. The company said Tuesday the composites center will cover an area of 367,000 square feet and expand the existing tooling center at the location. Bob Ciesla, vice president of Boeing Military […] More

  • Dell Study: Global Healthcare IT Leaders Eye Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell Study: Global Healthcare IT Leaders Eye Cloud

    A new survey from Dell on global technology adoption found that a majority of IT decision-makers at midsize healthcare organizations, as well as other industries, either have adopted or are planning to adopt cloud computing. The company said Tuesday its Dell Global Technology Adoption Index report indicates that this interest in cloud comes as healthcare organizations identify IT priorities in cost efficiency, infrastructure upgrades and data center […] More

  • Dynetics to Offer Virtualization Services as Citrix Silver Solution Adviser; Nichole O'Brien Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dynetics to Offer Virtualization Services as Citrix Silver Solution Adviser; Nichole O’Brien Comments

    Dynetics is now a Citrix Silver Solution Adviser as part of the companies’ partnership to address the growing demand for mobile capabilities by offering virtual desktop, mobile workspace and cloud networking services. Nichole O’Brien, Dynetics’ information engineering branch manager, said Monday that the company aims to help an increasingly mobile workforce adopt new security, optimization and mobility tools. She added that virtualization supports […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Wraps Up Latest Tests on 3D-Printed CubeSat Propulsion System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Wraps Up Latest Tests on 3D-Printed CubeSat Propulsion System

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has concluded a series of tests on a three-dimensional printed propulsion system to check engine throughput and propellant tank expulsions as the program moved forward to the qualification phase. The company said Monday it conducted a hot-fire test of the hydrazine integrated propulsion system on the MPS-120 CubeSat High-Impulse Adaptable Modular Propulsion System to demonstrate functions that meet Technology Readiness Level 6 and Manufacturing […] More

  • John Borghese: Rockwell Collins to Lead NASA Aircraft Pilot Research Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Borghese: Rockwell Collins to Lead NASA Aircraft Pilot Research Program

    Rockwell Collins will serve as lead research firm for NASA‘s Single Pilot Operations program under a contract to study automation, ground support and crew capacity technologies for commercial aircraft through the end of September 2015. “The aviation industry has been looking at the potential for single-pilot operations for quite some time to address concerns about future pilot […] More

  • Research and Markets: Internet-Based Apps to Drive Global Internet Security Market Through 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Internet-Based Apps to Drive Global Internet Security Market Through 2020

    Research and Markets has released a new prediction that the global Internet security market will achieve an 8.1-percent compound annual growth rate through 2020 to reach a market value of $42.8 billion. The company said Friday this growth is due to an increase in adoption of Internet-based applications in sectors such as financial services and an increase in security threats. In its report, […] More

  • Steve Harris: Dell Networking Switches Get DoD Interoperability, Info Assurance Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Steve Harris: Dell Networking Switches Get DoD Interoperability, Info Assurance Certification

    Several of Dell‘s networking switches have received certification from the Defense Department on interoperability and information assurance capabilities and are now included in the DoD Unified Capabilities Approved Products List. The company said Monday the certification means federal agencies can now use Dell’s S4810, S4820T, S6000 and Z9000 switches to support networking operations. “We are pleased to see that several of our […] More

  • Peter Ungaro: Cray to Continue DoD Supercomputing Program Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Peter Ungaro: Cray to Continue DoD Supercomputing Program Support

    Cray will provide the Defense Department with two XC40 supercomputers and two Sonexion storage systems to support the military’s High-Performance Computing Modernization Program under a $30 million contract. The company said Monday the U.S. Navy DoD Supercomputing Resource Center at the John C. Stennis Space Center will house the Cray systems intended to support the production of coastal-ocean circulation and wave-model oceanography data. “[DoD HPCMP] remains […] More

  • Shane Imwalle: Woolpert Eyes Drone Survey Expansion Beyond Ohio - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Shane Imwalle: Woolpert Eyes Drone Survey Expansion Beyond Ohio

    Shane Imwalle, a senior vice president at Woolpert, sees further opportunities for the company in unmanned aircraft systems after the Federal Aviation Administration certified Woolpert to fly drones on surveying missions in Ohio, the Dayton Business Journal reported Thursday. Imwalle told the newspaper the company plans to add UAS piloting and data analysis jobs as Woolpert seeks to leverage its […] More

  • Michael Strianese: Sequestration Raises R&D Concerns for Industry - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michael Strianese: Sequestration Raises R&D Concerns for Industry

    L-3 Communications CEO Michael Strianese has said his work as chairman of the Aerospace Industries Association involves continued efforts to work with Congress and the Defense Department in areas such as budget cuts and innovation. Strianese told Defense News in an interview posted Saturday that AIA seeks to stop sequestration and its impact on U.S. technological advantage due to a lack of investments in research and […] More

  • Apple, IBM Unveil Initial 'MobileFirst for iOS' App Set; Bridget van Kralingen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Apple, IBM Unveil Initial ‘MobileFirst for iOS’ App Set; Bridget van Kralingen Comments

    Apple and IBM have partnered to offer the first batch of IBM MobileFirst for iOS applications that deliver big data and analytics functions to enterprise customers in sectors such as government whose workers use iPhone and iPad devices. Bridget van Kralingen, senior vice president at IBM Global Business Services, said Wednesday that the collaboration works to help businesses adopt enterprise mobility technologies for individual engagement […] More

  • Research and Markets: Banking, Financial Services Security Market Worth $37B by 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Banking, Financial Services Security Market Worth $37B by 2019

    Research and Markets forecasts that the banking, financial services and institutions (BFSI) security market currently valued at $21.53 billion will reach a market value of $37.35 billion by 2019 at a compound annual growth rate of 11.6 percent. The firm said Monday that the BFSI security market is segmented into two widely adopted submarkets, the physical security systems […] More