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  • Battelle Picks Astrotech Subsidiary to Develop Portable Chemical Detectors for Military - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle Picks Astrotech Subsidiary to Develop Portable Chemical Detectors for Military

    Battelle has contracted Astrotech subsidiary 1st Detect Corp. to develop portable mass spectrometers for the U.S. military next-generation chemical detector program. The collaboration will rely on Batelle’s experience in biological and chemical defense tools and 1st Detect’s miniaturization technology to come up with a prototype multisample identifier, Astrotech said Thursday. Thomas B. Pickens III, chairman and […] More

  • Exelis Completes Testing on No. 2 GOES-R Imager Payload; Eric Webster Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis Completes Testing on No. 2 GOES-R Imager Payload; Eric Webster Comments

    Exelis has completed environment testing for the second of four advanced baseline imagers for the government’s next-generation weather satellite. The imager payload will be attached to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R scheduled for a 2016 launch, Exelis said Thursday. According to the company, the trials on the second ABI, which […] More

  • German Police Force Chooses SAP Database Manager - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    German Police Force Chooses SAP Database Manager

    The Bavarian state police agency in Germany plans to adopt SAP technology to help manage operations that oversee a 41,000-strong workforce dedicated to road safety maintenance and security, crime prevention and response, and other police work. SAP said Sept. 9 that Polizei Bayern has chosen the company to build a platform with the SAP Investigation Management […] More

  • Thales to Provide Operational Support for Lyon Airport - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales to Provide Operational Support for Lyon Airport

    Thales has received a contract to provide operational support for France’s Lyon international airport. Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport will utilize the company’s Airport Operation Control Centre to help consolidate security and information technology systems, handle technical monitoring and carry out event management, Thales said Monday. According to the company, the Aeroports de Lyon management, which announced […] More

  • API To Build Custom Photodiode for Navy’s Guided Missile Weapon System; Richard Kurtz Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    API To Build Custom Photodiode for Navy’s Guided Missile Weapon System; Richard Kurtz Comments

    Advanced Photonix Inc. will develop a custom-built photodiode for the U.S. Navy’s ship self-defense weapon under a $1.6 million, 18-month contract from an unnamed military contractor. The photodiodes, semiconductor devices that convert photons of light to generate current, will be made for the RIM-116 rolling airframe missile program, API said Monday. API will design the […] More

  • Sean Poulley: IBM Enters Big Data Link-Up With Yonyou China - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sean Poulley: IBM Enters Big Data Link-Up With Yonyou China

    IBM has partnered with software vendor Yonyou Software to optimize IBM’s database server technology for NC, Yonyou’s ERP, supply chain and human resources application suite. The collaboration will see the China-based enterprise management solutions provider utilizing the Cognos business intelligence software to develop an ecosystem that uses big data and analytics technologies for application testing, technical help, marketing […] More

  • General Dynamics NASSCO Starts APT Tanker Construction; Kevin Graney Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics NASSCO Starts APT Tanker Construction; Kevin Graney Comments

    A General Dynamics subsidiary has started work on a five-tanker contract for American Petroleum Tankers with a steel-cutting ceremony held in San Diego last week. The first of the tankers, the APT-1, is 610 feet long with a load limit of 330,000 barrels of cargo, General Dynamics said Friday. “Today’s start of construction ceremony signifies our […] More

  • Sao Paulo Adopts IBM Tools to Consolidate Traffic Data; Eric-Mark Huitema Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sao Paulo Adopts IBM Tools to Consolidate Traffic Data; Eric-Mark Huitema Comments

    IBM has won a contract to consolidate traffic data in Sao Paulo using analytics to provide ARTESP, the Brazilian city’s public transportation regulatory agency, with real-time insights on its highways. The project will use IBM Intelligent Transportation software to form an information control center that will gather data from the local highway administrators that cover nearly 4,000 miles of […] More

  • Northrop Joins NOAA ‘Weather-Ready Nation’ Initiative; Ed Sturms Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Joins NOAA ‘Weather-Ready Nation’ Initiative; Ed Sturms Comments

    Northrop Grumman has signed up as a Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador tasked to support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s initiative to promote preparedness against severe weather and catastrophes. The company will kick off its involvement by hosting a one-hour digital gathering on Sept. 18 to discuss the topic “Overcoming Extreme Weather” at www.northropgrumman.com/extremeweather, Northrop said Wednesday. Dr. […] More

  • Exelis Completes Jamming Trials for GPS Threat Detector; Mark Pisani Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis Completes Jamming Trials for GPS Threat Detector; Mark Pisani Comments

    Exelis recently completed jamming trials for its Signal Sentry 1000 GPS threat detection technology in collaboration with the British defense ministry. The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory conducted the controlled tests in Sennybridge in Wales, Exelis said Wednesday. During field testing, Signal Sentry geolocated and identified all sources of intentional GPS interferences, whether they were […] More

  • Cubic Seeks to Boost Smart Cities Portfolio with SenSen Video Analytics; Matt Cole Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Seeks to Boost Smart Cities Portfolio with SenSen Video Analytics; Matt Cole Comments

    Cubic Transportation Systems moved to build its smart cities product portfolio with a licensing deal with Australia’s SenSen Networks, maker of video business analytics solutions. Cubic said Monday the alliance allows it to line up SenSen’s array of intelligent transport systems as part of offerings under the San Diego firm’s NextCity Vision initiative. These include toll, rail, transit, parking […] More

  • Xerox Unveils Midas+ Healthcare Management, Analytics Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Xerox Unveils Midas+ Healthcare Management, Analytics Tool

    Midas+, a Xerox company, has launched an analytics and workflow software that examines large amounts of patient-care information to provide healthcare providers insights on care recommendations. The Juvo Care Performance Platform works to suggest possible patient outcomes and trends based on data analysis from hospitals, national claims and continuity-of-care documents, Xerox said Thursday. Besides real-time analytics, Juvo also […] More