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  • Raytheon Breaks Ground on Warehouse at Dine Facility; Taylor Lawrence Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Breaks Ground on Warehouse at Dine Facility; Taylor Lawrence Comments

    Raytheon seeks to address operational efficiency and product security at its New Mexico facilities with the construction of of a new $4.4-million warehouse on the Navajo Nation semi-autonomous territory near Farmington. The company broke ground on the 30,000-square-foot facility this week and construction is scheduled for six months to start in December 2014, Raytheon said Tuesday. “Raytheon values its longstanding relationship with […] More

  • Deloitte Unveils Global Crisis Mgmt Service; Jeremy Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte Unveils Global Crisis Mgmt Service; Jeremy Smith Comments

    Deloitte will set up a crisis management center to consolidate its work to help clients prepare for and respond to threats, whether manmade or natural. The Deloitte Center for Crisis Management will rely on its global network of services to create crisis simulations and crisis plans for all types of disruptions economic, technological, financial or political, […] More

  • Charles River New Program Seeks to Simplify Machine Learning for DARPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Charles River New Program Seeks to Simplify Machine Learning for DARPA

    Charles River Analytics has developed a programming language that is built to teach a machine to adapt its behavior to changing experiences and unpredictable data sets. The company presented the Automated Probabilistic Programming Representation and Inference Languages as a case study to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Charles River said Monday. In March 2014, DARPA awarded a$5.7 […] More

  • Exelis Reaches New ADS-B Milestone for FAA NextGen Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis Reaches New ADS-B Milestone for FAA NextGen Project

    Exelis has completed a round of milestones for the Federal Aviation Administration’s flagship program designed to help modernize air traffic control in the country. The company said Sept. 25 that it has delivered more than the required surveillance coverage for the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast system while staying within cost obligations. Exelis indicated that it has installed […] More

  • ViON Releases New Private Cloud Package; Tom Frana Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ViON Releases New Private Cloud Package; Tom Frana Comments

    ViON Corp. has launched a new private cloud computing package that offers enterprises a set of resources to develop and manage their information technology infrastructure. The Agile Cloud Platform suite includes software, networking, servers and storage with management, advanced monitoring and virtualization capabilities, and round the clock customer and technical support, ViON said Thursday. “ViON’s Agile Cloud Platform offers infrastructure […] More

  • Northrop to Integrate CommandPoint with UK Medical Helpline; Ed Sturms Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Integrate CommandPoint with UK Medical Helpline; Ed Sturms Comments

    Northrop Grumman has earned British certification that enables its CommandPoint software to transfer calls from the NHS 111 nonemergency medical helpline to a 999 command center for rapid response. The National Health Service in Britain awarded the NHS 111 messaging accreditation for the public safety system, currently in use by the London Ambulance Service mission, […] More

  • Frank Dickson: Managed Security Services Customers Value Data Integration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Frank Dickson: Managed Security Services Customers Value Data Integration

    The managed security services market will become a $3.25 billion industry by 2018, up from $1.81 billion in 2013, a new research report from Frost & Sullivan says. The market analyst forecast that evolving complexities of securing an enterprise’s information technology assets will encourage the growth, led by the segment that deals with research, emerging threat intelligence, detection and remediation services. Other market forces that […] More

  • Steve Comber: Leidos Lands Tech Support Task Order for OneVA Enterprise Architecture - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Steve Comber: Leidos Lands Tech Support Task Order for OneVA Enterprise Architecture

    Leidos will provide technical assistance for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ agency-wide modernization drive under a potential three-year, $25 million contract. “We’re proud to support the VA with its OneVA Enterprise Architecture program, designed to serve as a strategic planning and management tool that helps VA’s leadership chart the course for the department’s transformation into a […] More

  • Verizon Expands Cloud Experience with Amazon Web Services; Thierry Sender Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Verizon Expands Cloud Experience with Amazon Web Services; Thierry Sender Comments

    Verizon Enterprise Solutions has included Amazon Web Services to its Secure Cloud Interconnect service, allowing enterprise customers to manage their data via multiple clouds. The company said Tuesday that the added service eases users into AWS through SCI using AWS Direct Connect to offer the “right blend” of options in the areas of security, performance […] More

  • IMS Lists Indicators of Change in Healthcare; Murray Aitken Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IMS Lists Indicators of Change in Healthcare; Murray Aitken Comments

    IMS Institute for Health Informatics recently published “Harbingers of Change in Healthcare,” a study listing ten game-changers in the global health scene. IMS Health said Tuesday it defines harbingers as “thresholds crossed, actions taken or decisions made triggered by innovations in technology, information use and connectedness of healthcare systems.” The list includes the greater engagement seen […] More

  • DLA Picks Mina Jet Fuel Supply for DoD Assets in Eastern Europe; Zack Friedman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLA Picks Mina Jet Fuel Supply for DoD Assets in Eastern Europe; Zack Friedman Comments

    Mina Group subsidiary Red Star Enterprises has landed two Defense Department contracts to deliver petroleum products to Poland, Lithuania and Estonia. The Defense Logistics Agency awarded the projects three months after handing Red Star the jet fuel supply contract for DoD assets in Latvia, Mina Group said Sept. 15. Executives of the indicated that the […] More

  • Inmarsat GX Terminals Complete Factory Acceptance, Over The Air Testing; David Schoen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat GX Terminals Complete Factory Acceptance, Over The Air Testing; David Schoen Comments

    Inmarsat moved closer to fully deploying its $1.6-billion Global Xpress satellite constellation with the conclusion of testing for land terminals from Paradigm Communications and Skyware Technologies. Paradigm met over the air testing and factory acceptance testing requirements for its GX core interface module and Connect 70, Connect 100 and Connect 180 fixed VSAT terminals, Inmarsat said […] More