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  • Charles River Analytics to Design, Demo Navy Drone Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Charles River Analytics to Design, Demo Navy Drone Tools

    Charles River Analytics has been picked to design and demonstrate advanced mission display and planning tools for the U.S. Navy’s drone management program. The $500,000 contract is for 18 months of work and involves development of new visual techniques for operators of automated systems in a variety of mission scenarios, Charles River said Tuesday. “Under […] More

  • APL Launches Suborbital EMI Experiments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    APL Launches Suborbital EMI Experiments

    The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has announced the launch of a research project to collect electromagnetic field data on suborbital spaceflights. APL will gather the information by using an instrument that will fly onboard a Virgin Galactic space plane as part of a NASA-funded science mission with a launch date still to be […] More

  • Wim Elfrink: Cisco, Copenhagen Enter R&D Partnership for 'Greener' City - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Wim Elfrink: Cisco, Copenhagen Enter R&D Partnership for ‘Greener’ City

    Cisco and the city of Copenhagen have entered a partnership agreement to research and develop the Internet of Everything as the Danish capital aims to reach its climate targets by 2025. Wim Elfrink, executive vice president for industry solutions and chief globalization officer at Cisco, said the city’s “ambitious green vision” offers a platform for […] More

  • Autonomic Resources Seeks to Help Cloud Providers Get Authorized Through 'FedRAMP Express' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Autonomic Resources Seeks to Help Cloud Providers Get Authorized Through ‘FedRAMP Express’

    Federal cloud service providers that are seeking a FedRAMP authorization have access to Autonomic Resources’ FedRAMP Express service if they want to fast-track the compliance process. Through the express lane, vendors can achieve FedRAMP Authority to Operate status by using an authorized FedRAMP and DoD infrastructure-as-a-service platform to run their software, Autonomic Resources said Tuesday. Autonomic Resources […] More

  • Informatica to Unveil Hadoop-Based Big Data Tools; John Haddad Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Informatica to Unveil Hadoop-Based Big Data Tools; John Haddad Comments

    Informatica will demonstrate several of its latest data integration software tools at this week’s Hadoop Summit in California. The company will show is the PowerCenter Big Data Edition running on the HortonWorks 2.1, which offers a visual development platform with reusable business rules, and collaboration and deployment tools for data integration at scale, Informatica said […] More

  • TechAmerica Updates Federal Cloud Buyer's Guide - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TechAmerica Updates Federal Cloud Buyer’s Guide

    The TechAmerica Foundation has a new version of its “Cloud Buyer’s Guide for Government,’ a 30-page document designed for federal cloud investment decision makers, Fedscoop reported Friday. Jake Williams writes the guidelines include best practices, techniques and strategies available for information technology and contract officers to explore and consider, supplemented by business cases and case […] More

  • Raytheon Survey Highlights Innovation Aims for Tech-Enabled OEMs; Mark Oliver Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Survey Highlights Innovation Aims for Tech-Enabled OEMs; Mark Oliver Comments

    A Raytheon-commissioned report has found that many car original equipment manufacturers consider innovative learning technologies in customer-facing staff training to be a useful business growth strategy. Mark Oliver, Raytheon Professional Services managing director for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, said 45 percent of respondents associate technology-driven instruction to direct revenue growth. “In addition, […] More

  • Virgin Galactic's FAA Clearance Could Pave Way for December Space Flights - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Virgin Galactic’s FAA Clearance Could Pave Way for December Space Flights

    The Federal Aviation Administration has given Virgin Galactic the go-ahead to offer space travel through the company’s facilities in New Mexico and commercial chartered flights could be available as early as December, The Wire reported Friday. Polly Mosendz writes the approval from the aviation authority includes rules on how Virgin Galactic’s space flights will operate […] More

  • McKinsey Cyber Report Details Growing Risks to Companies, Economies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    McKinsey Cyber Report Details Growing Risks to Companies, Economies

    A new McKinsey & Co. study has highlighted the potential economic risks posed by a growing number of cyberattacks amid companies with cybersecurity capabilities that are still in the emergent stage. Poll authors Tucker Bailey, Andrea Del Miglio and Wolf Richter, who conducted the study in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, found that a majority […] More

  • J.P. Batache Details Northrop's Logistics Support Platform for Global Workforce - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    J.P. Batache Details Northrop’s Logistics Support Platform for Global Workforce

    Northrop Grumman’s global workforce works to leverage the modularity and scalability of the company’s Support Anywhere logistics platform to deliver projects for clients, John Patrick Batache, a company enterprise shared services director, told reporters at the National Press Club Wednesday. Northrop looks to this flexibility when it works to execute mission and budget objectives of […] More

  • IBM Starts Smarter Cities Hubs in Minneapolis, Montpellier to Apply Big Data Analytics - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Starts Smarter Cities Hubs in Minneapolis, Montpellier to Apply Big Data Analytics

    IBM has packaged together a slew of big data and analytics tools that are designed for cities that want to make data-driven decisions for providing public services. The company has established new Smarter Cities management centers for Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Montpellier, France in an effort to help transform the management of transport, water and emergency […] More