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  • Northrop Builds 1-Terahertz Circuit Amplifier for DARPA; William Deal Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Builds 1-Terahertz Circuit Amplifier for DARPA; William Deal Comments

    Northrop Grumman has created an integrated circuit amplifier that works operate at one terahertz as part of a three-phase contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for transistor-based electronics. The company said Tuesday its terahertz monolithic integrated circuit is built with an indium phosphide high electron mobility transistor at 25-nanometer gatelength that works to help signals reach the high-frequency terahertz band. […] More

  • Bob Griffin: IBM i2 Criminal Investigation Software Analyzes Data Relationships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bob Griffin: IBM i2 Criminal Investigation Software Analyzes Data Relationships

    IBM has released a criminal investigation software tool that works to uncover cyber crime through analysis of huge volumes of data from multiple sources and find both correlations and connections between data. “While most organizations understand how big data can help prevent the ever increasing threat of cybercrime, they are so overwhelmed by massive data volumes that they can’t act […] More

  • Les Owens: New SuprTEK Virginia Office Part of DC Area Expansion Push - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Les Owens: New SuprTEK Virginia Office Part of DC Area Expansion Push

    Superlative Technologies has opened a new 4,600-square-foot office in Falls Church, Virginia to house the company’s cybersecurity team in an expansion push for the Northern Virginia and the Washington metropolitan area. The company said Wednesday the SuprTEK Fairview Park office is its third in the region and will initially house its information system security engineers and continuous monitoring specialists that will […] More

  • Andy Robinson: ICF, George Washington University Partnership to Focus on Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Andy Robinson: ICF, George Washington University Partnership to Focus on Research

    ICF International has partnered with George Washington University to collaborate on research and development, advisory and other activities with a focus on areas of federal health and transportation. The company said Monday the teaming arrangement includes grant and contract opportunities; exchange programs for faculty, students and executives; publication of white papers and journal articles; and collaboration in strategic planning and policy development. “[Our] arrangement […] More

  • Tom Frana: ViON DataAdapt Analytics Tool Built to Find Insider Threats - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tom Frana: ViON DataAdapt Analytics Tool Built to Find Insider Threats

    ViON has unveiled a new DataAdapt Analytics tool that works to predict and mitigate cyber threats and fraud by utilizing data mining, analytics, visualization and modeling tools. The company said Monday it collaborated with IBM and other partners to develop the offering. Tom Frana, CEO of ViON, said the DataAdapt Analytics offering also works to detect insider threats. Other features include tools for […] More

  • Jeff Frazier: Wynyard Group Survey on Anti-Crime Software Points to Budget Concerns - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeff Frazier: Wynyard Group Survey on Anti-Crime Software Points to Budget Concerns

    Wynyard Group has released the findings of its survey on the use of crime-fighting software across U.S. law enforcement agencies and says budget limitations are the biggest challenge to implement the software. The company reached out to 300 federal investigators, policy chiefs, analysts and other officials for the Wynyard Group Advanced Crime Analytics Survey and found only 35 percent of respondents use crime-fighting software, the […] More

  • Cobham to Maintain Australian Search, Rescue Planes; Peter Nottage Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cobham to Maintain Australian Search, Rescue Planes; Peter Nottage Comments

    Cobham will work with Australia’s maritime safety agency to prepare, modify and operate four Bombardier Challenger CL-604 jets for search-and-rescue functions under a potential 15-year, $616 million contract. The company said Friday it will install new sensors, air-operable doors and high-vision windows on the aircraft and support operations with air crews that contain a captain, first officer, visual search officer, […] More

  • Darryl Shaw: Verizon Unveils IT Package for Healthcare Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Darryl Shaw: Verizon Unveils IT Package for Healthcare Sector

    Verizon Enterprise Solutions has released new HIPAA-ready healthcare technologies to manage the exchange of electronic patient health information and inquiries from both patients and healthcare professionals on health services. “Healthcare is behind other industries when it comes to applying technology to the delivery of services due in part to today’s regulatory climate,” Darryl Shaw, director of healthcare solutions and new product […] More

  • Dynetics, Aerojet Rocketdyne Eye 3D Printing for Rocket Engine; Steve Cook Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dynetics, Aerojet Rocketdyne Eye 3D Printing for Rocket Engine; Steve Cook Comments

    Dynetics and Aerojet Rocketdyne are using 3-D printing technology to build a new rocket engine in an effort to replace the current Russian-built engine used to send Atlas V to space, Nextgov reported Thursday. Marcus Weisgerber reports that the project started two years ago before the White House, Defense Department and Congress indicated plans to replace the RD-180 engine due to tension with the Russian government. “Going […] More

  • Mark Testoni: SAP to Offer US Agencies Cloud Package With 'Secured Support' Options - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mark Testoni: SAP to Offer US Agencies Cloud Package With ‘Secured Support’ Options

    SAP and its U.S. subsidiary SAP National Security Services have developed a new managed cloud package for U.S. federal agencies to host government and custom applications and operations. SAP said Thursday it worked with agencies to develop a portfolio that combines cloud, hosted and on-premise functions to meet particular agency needs and regulatory or security requirements. The company designed the cloud offering to comply with the National Institute […] More

  • Booz Allen Releases Cloud Brokerage Project to Red Hat Community; Jarid Cottrell Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen Releases Cloud Brokerage Project to Red Hat Community; Jarid Cottrell Comments

    Booz Allen Hamilton has open sourced its “Project Jellyfish” cloud broker project to users of Red Hat‘s ManageIQ platform to facilitate collaboration and broker-type management of cloud services across different environments. Booz Allen said Wednesday the project’s code, processes, documentation and other resources are now available to the ManageIQ community through the Booz Allen Hamilton account in GitHub. “The Federal Government is […] More

  • Chris Checco: Razorsight-IBM Team to Help Mobile Operators Adopt Analytics-Based Marketing to Mobile Operators - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chris Checco: Razorsight-IBM Team to Help Mobile Operators Adopt Analytics-Based Marketing to Mobile Operators

    Razorsight and IBM have partnered to deliver an analytics tool aimed to help drive the marketing strategy of mobile operators and address both customer expectations and business needs. Razorsight said Tuesday that IBM’s PureData for Analytics and SPSS offerings will leverage Razorsight Predictive Analytics to help mobile operators draw business insights such as the “Next Best Action” at the point of interaction […] More