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  • Lou Feuerstein Joins Grant Thornton Audit, Healthcare Practice - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lou Feuerstein Joins Grant Thornton Audit, Healthcare Practice

    Grant Thornton moved to expand its healthcare portfolio with the addition of Louis Feuerstein as managing director for audit and healthcare chief for Metro New York and New England. Feuerstein has spent over 30 years managing accounting and consulting services in both healthcare and non-profit organizations, Grant Thornton said Thursday. He will be based in Iselin, […] More

  • Verizon’s Kevin King: Security Key in Multicloud Environments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Verizon’s Kevin King: Security Key in Multicloud Environments

    Kevin King of Verizon Enterprise Solutions believes companies should consider security when looking for a service that can interconnect data that resides in multiple cloud environments. King, external communications director at Verizon, said Thursday that one of the reasons why resources are stored in more than one cloud is to safeguard information. “Multicloud environments reduce the risk of […] More

  • Mercury Systems Receives $6M Radar Subsystems Follow-on Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mercury Systems Receives $6M Radar Subsystems Follow-on Order

    Mercury Systems will provide technical support for an unnamed company’s naval radar applications under a follow-on task order worth $5.7 million. The work will run for several months and include solutions for digital signal processing systems, the company said Thursday. Brian Hoerl, Mercury vice president of sales, indicated that the new project extends the company’s […] More

  • Michael Baker to Assist VITA Updates on Virginia's GIS Path; Robert Hanson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michael Baker to Assist VITA Updates on Virginia’s GIS Path; Robert Hanson Comments

    The Commonwealth of Virginia has enlisted Michael Baker International to help refine a geospatial information systems roadmap for the state. Under the contract, the company will help update the Virginia Information Technologies Agency’s 5-Year GIS Strategic Plan for 2015-2020, which seeks to reap the benefits of geospatial data to improve public service, Michael Baker said Tuesday. […] More

  • CGI Wins $61M Cloud Tech Transition Project for Oslo Schools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI Wins $61M Cloud Tech Transition Project for Oslo Schools

    CGI will help update the Norwegian capital public school system’s information technology infrastructure under a $61 million project of the Agency for Education in the City of Oslo. The contract involves transitioning the ICT system to a cloud-based architecture and address school requirements for a six-year base period of performance and two-year option to extend, CGI said […] More

  • Raytheon Delivers 10th MDA AN/TPY-2 Radar; Dave Gulla Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Delivers 10th MDA AN/TPY-2 Radar; Dave Gulla Comments

    Raytheon has delivered the tenth installment of its AN/TPY-2 radar for the Missile Defense Agency’s Ballistic Missile Defense System program. The company said Tuesday the current project was completed half a year ahead of its scheduled delivery, with two additional radars under current production. The mobile X-band defense radar works to identify and track ballistic […] More

  • Internet of Things Reference Model Unwrapped at World Forum; Wim Elfrink Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Internet of Things Reference Model Unwrapped at World Forum; Wim Elfrink Comments

    Industry has unveiled an Internet of Things reference model to help define the technology, identify its challenges and standardize IoT terminology for developers, chief information officers and IT leaders. The Internet of Things World Forum Steering Committee drafted the framework, unwrapped at this week’s Cisco-hosted IoTWF in Chicago, in a bid to push IoT adoption […] More

  • Lockheed Rolls Out Modular Sensor for Midrange Turrets; Dana Rocca Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Rolls Out Modular Sensor for Midrange Turrets; Dana Rocca Comments

    Lockheed Martin has rolled out a new turret-mounted modular sensor for long-range identification and monitoring of targets. The components of the 15-inch Infirno sensor system can be assembled to suit the requirements of the mission, Lockheed said Monday. The high-definition optical sensors can be used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations and are built for […] More

  • Verizon's Michael Maiorana: Digital Age 'Fundamentally' Transforming Gov't - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Verizon’s Michael Maiorana: Digital Age ‘Fundamentally’ Transforming Gov’t

    Michael Maiorana, senior vice president for public sector markets at Verizon Enterprise Solutions, told MILCOM 2014 conference attendees this week that agencies face a challenge to make sense of information in today’s technology-driven world. Maiorana told the audience that actionable intelligence is what helps enterprises achieve gains from informed decision-making and situational awareness. “The digital age that […] More

  • Chris Marzilli: General Dynamics Demos MUOS-Based Manpack Radio - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chris Marzilli: General Dynamics Demos MUOS-Based Manpack Radio

    General Dynamics demonstrated the capabilities of its Mobile User Objective System-enabled AN/PRC-155 radio to military observers at a four-day exhibition held at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois. “The Air Force reached out to General Dynamics asking us to demonstrate how the PRC-155 Manpack radio and the MUOS satcom system would work in an airborne C-17,” […] More

  • Saab to Provide Live Training Equipment to Norwegian Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab to Provide Live Training Equipment to Norwegian Army

    Saab has won a $20 million contract to develop vehicle simulators for live training of the Norwegian military. The BT46 dual simulator as a next-generation military training system that can be used in a variety of scenarios, the company said Aug. 29. Henrik Hojer, head of Saab Training & Simulation, said the company considers its clients […] More

  • Texas City Adopts Dell Suite to Update IT Infrastructure - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Texas City Adopts Dell Suite to Update IT Infrastructure

    McKinney administrators in Texas have adopted Dell’s suite of database management and information technology monitoring systems as part of efforts to help modernize the city’s municipal services. The suite includes Foglight to monitor application performance, Toad Data Modeler to allow disparate databases to communicate with and understand one another, two PowerEdge M1000e enclosures for the […] More