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  • Drew Morin: TCS to Integrate Cyber Training Modules into Sypris Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Cybersecurity News, News

    Drew Morin: TCS to Integrate Cyber Training Modules into Sypris Platform

    TeleCommunication Systems has been awarded a contract to design a cybersecurity training program for Sypris Electronics. Drew Morin, senior vice president and chief technology officer at TCS, said his company formed the partnership with Sypris to help enterprises defend their networks. “TCS and Sypris are joining forces to provide customers with the integrated Sypris Cyber Range solution (within a platform that […] More

  • Lance Crosby: SoftLayer Seeks to Fill Canada’s Cloud Demand with New Data Warehouse - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Cloud, News

    Lance Crosby: SoftLayer Seeks to Fill Canada’s Cloud Demand with New Data Warehouse

    SoftLayer has announced the opening of a new data center in Toronto as part of the IBM cloud company’s $1.2 billion investment to expand its presence worldwide. According to SoftLayer CEO Lance Crosby, there is a need to provide a local facility for the growing number of Canadian enterprises that require cloud service solutions. “We […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL Picks Northrop Solar Probe Navigator for NASA Program; Bob Mehltretter Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in C4ISR News, News

    Johns Hopkins APL Picks Northrop Solar Probe Navigator for NASA Program; Bob Mehltretter Comments

    The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has awarded Northrop Grumman a $3 million contract to supply the navigational system for NASA’s Solar Probe Plus satellite. Northrop will build the Scalable Space Inertial Reference Unit to help the robotic shuttle stay on its flight path using the company’s hemispherical resonator gyro technology, Northrop said Tuesday. Bob Mehltretter, vice president for […] More

  • Jim Reinhart: QTS Unveils Hybrid Network Connectivity Solution - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Cloud, News

    Jim Reinhart: QTS Unveils Hybrid Network Connectivity Solution

    Jim Reinhart, chief operating officer for development and operations at QTS, said the company has added hybrid connectivity to its enterprise cloud offering to give clients more options to fulfill their information technology requirements. “Our strategy for the QTS Enterprise Cloud has always been to make it scalable and cost-efficient for our customers, whose information […] More

  • Kevin Amis: Ingalls Shipbuilding Delivers USS Monsoor's ‘Unique’ Deckhouse - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kevin Amis: Ingalls Shipbuilding Delivers USS Monsoor’s ‘Unique’ Deckhouse

    Kevin Amis, DDG 1000 Program director at Ingalls Shipbuilding, highlighted the company’s latest contribution to the new generation of warships as it delivered the composite deckhouse for the U.S. Navy’s latest destroyer. The Huntington Ingalls Industries division manufactured the USS Michael Monsoor’s 900-ton carbon fiber structure at its Composite Center of Excellence facility in Gulfport, […] More

  • IBM SoftLayer Cloud Powers eLearning Program in Peru; Rodolfo Armellini Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Cloud, News

    IBM SoftLayer Cloud Powers eLearning Program in Peru; Rodolfo Armellini Comments

    Peruvian firm Khipu has adopted IBM company SoftLayer’s cloud platform to deploy its distance education program for teachers. The number of facilitators and instructors that use the Moodle e-learning platform has grown since its rollout in late 2013 as Khipu sought to adopt a flexible infrastructure, IBM said Thursday. IBM company said the result is a more robust platform to […] More

  • David Hamilton: Wyoming Adopts Xerox Tech to Manage ER Visits, Medicaid Costs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Healthcare IT, News

    David Hamilton: Wyoming Adopts Xerox Tech to Manage ER Visits, Medicaid Costs

    David Hamilton, group president for government healthcare solutions at Xerox, said the company is using health information technology and data analysis to help Wyoming improve the state’s patient care plans. “We’re providing advice and support that help members make decisions for a healthy lifestyle,” Hamilton said Thursday. “By ensuring they receive healthcare in the setting best suited […] More

  • Blake Larson: Atlas V Launch Showcases ATK Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Blake Larson: Atlas V Launch Showcases ATK Tech

    ATK sought to highlight its engineering services portfolio after the recent launch of an Atlas V rocket that vaulted the Boeing-made GPS IIF-7 satellite to orbit. “The Atlas V and GPS programs encompass the scope and scale of ATK’s highly engineered products and affordable innovation,” Blake Larson, president of ATK’s aerospace group, said Aug. 1. “Both military and civilian GPS […] More

  • Melbourne Airport Selects CH2M Hill for Runway Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Melbourne Airport Selects CH2M Hill for Runway Development

    CH2M HILL has won a contract to manage an airport runway upgrade and expansion project in Melbourne designed to meet growing demand for air travel in the populous Australian city. The company’s involvement will signal the start of the Australia Pacific Airports Melbourne’s runway development program, with work focusing on feasibility designs for runway widening […] More

  • Jeremy Ward: Qinetiq Puts Signals Intelligence on Airborne Surveillance System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in C4ISR News, News

    Jeremy Ward: Qinetiq Puts Signals Intelligence on Airborne Surveillance System

    Qinetiq has unveiled a new line of surveillance systems for mounted onboard aircraft that Jeremy Ward, managing director for the company’s C4ISR business, says are designed to help security teams with coverage, HSToday reported Wednesday. Kylie Bull writes the ASX family, launched at the Farnborough Airshow, works to use signal processing technology for command and control functions to pinpoint suspected suspicious activity. […] More

  • Georgia Tech Unveils Cybersecurity Intelligence Gathering System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Big Data & Analytics News, News

    Georgia Tech Unveils Cybersecurity Intelligence Gathering System

    Cybersecurity specialists at the Georgia Tech Research Institute have developed a system that uses big data to aggregate threat information that seeks to forewarn organizations of an impending attack. According to GTRI, BlackForest works by tapping into various sources online to gather data and comparing these to other information and historical data to predict patterns […] More