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  • General Atomics Completes Airborne Radar Testing Onboard Predator B; Frank Pace Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Completes Airborne Radar Testing Onboard Predator B; Frank Pace Comments

    General Atomics’ aeronautical systems company has completed the flight test for a sense-and-avoid radar aboard a remotely piloted aircraft in an effort to further the aircraft’s integration into international and domestic airspace. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. flight-tested a due regard radar on Predator B and the radar system performed collision avoidance maneuvers onboard the […] More

  • Dell Expands Education Services Portfolio with New Offerings; Sam Burd Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell Expands Education Services Portfolio with New Offerings; Sam Burd Comments

    Dell has introduced a new suite of products within its education services portfolio designed to help teachers engage students in the classroom. Dell launched the Dell Chromebook 11, Venue 10 and Venue 10 Pro tablets, Latitude 11 Education Series laptop and the Interactive Projector S510, the company said Thursday. “Our latest education solutions give students, teachers […] More

  • Mike Olson: Cloudera to Help Cerner Gather, Analyze Healthcare Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Olson: Cloudera to Help Cerner Gather, Analyze Healthcare Data

    Health IT company Cerner Corp. has selected Cloudera’s enterprise data hub to power its big data platform in an effort to analyze healthcare information and improve patient outcomes. Mike Olson, founder and chief strategy officer for Cloudera, said Thursday the company will work with Cerner “to capture, organize, analyze and act” on healthcare data from […] More

  • Lockheed Launches New Aircraft Sensor System; Ken Fuhr Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Launches New Aircraft Sensor System; Ken Fuhr Comments

    Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new sensor system that is designed to help aircraft detect targets. The Legion Pod multifunction sensor incorporates Lockheed Martin’s IRST21 infrared sensor, networking and data processing technology to track airborne targets, Lockheed Martin said Thursday. Ken Fuhr, director of fixed wing programs at Lockheed Martin’s missiles and fire control unit, […] More

  • Lockheed Sends New Earth Imaging Camera to Space; Joe Mobilia Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Sends New Earth Imaging Camera to Space; Joe Mobilia Comments

    Lockheed Martin has launched an optical payload into space aboard a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration spacecraft to capture a single-view image of the Earth’s sunlit side. The Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera instrument is designed to help scientists monitor clouds and atmospheric particles in hemispheres in order to develop models for storms, droughts, dust, pollution and […] More

  • DRS Unveils New Radiometric Camera Cores; Gregory Christison Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DRS Unveils New Radiometric Camera Cores; Gregory Christison Comments

    DRS Technologies has launched a new suite of radiometric camera cores designed to measure temperature and provide imagery. The Tamarisk Precision Series line of products feature infrared sensor technology, calibration and new developer tools for integration with the systems of original equipment manufacturers, DRS said Tuesday. DRS developed Tamarisk 320 with a 17-micron pitch and infrared […] More

  • Bell Boeing Delivers Osprey Flight Training Simulators to US Marine Corps; Randy Deidrick Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bell Boeing Delivers Osprey Flight Training Simulators to US Marine Corps; Randy Deidrick Comments

    Bell Boeing has delivered two MV-22 Osprey flight training simulators to the U.S. Marine Corps’ HMX-1 presidential airlift squadron. The simulators have been installed at the squadron’s Quantico, Virginia-based headquarters, where aircrews will rehearse operations in a virtual setting, Boeing said Tuesday. Randy Deidrick, director of Boeing’s tactical training systems, said the training device is […] More

  • Carahsoft Inks Deal as Government Aggregator for Clockwork Services; Michael Shrader Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Inks Deal as Government Aggregator for Clockwork Services; Michael Shrader Comments

    Carahsoft Technology has inked an agreement to become the master government aggregator of Clockwork Solutions‘ predictive analytics software products and services. Carahsoft will add Clockwork’s enterprise asset management services to the company’s General Services Administration schedule as part of the deal, Carahsoft said Tuesday. Michael Shrader, vice president of intelligence and innovative services at Carahsoft, said […] More

  • Research and Markets: Sonar Systems Market to Reach $5B by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Sonar Systems Market to Reach $5B by 2020

    A new Research and Markets report has forecast a sonar systems and technology market worth $4.90 billion by 2020 from $3.41 billion in 2014. The report tackles various factors that influence market dynamics and examines the technology’s landscape in more than 12 countries, Research and Markets said Tuesday. The market analyst noted that tier-one market players, including Ultra Electronics, Thales Underwater Systems and Kongsberg […] More

  • ICF, Crossmark Partner to Promote Energy-Saving Programs; Tom Roessler Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF, Crossmark Partner to Promote Energy-Saving Programs; Tom Roessler Comments

    ICF International has partnered with marketing services company Crossmark to disseminate information on energy-saving programs in retail outlets. The team will conduct in-store activation and merchandising of consumer electronics, appliances and lighting products with energy efficiency labels such as Energy Star, ICF said Tuesday. “ICF, Crossmark, utility providers and shoppers all have the same goal with […] More

  • Kay Kapoor Outlines AT&T’s Mobility Projects for Government - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kay Kapoor Outlines AT&T’s Mobility Projects for Government

    Kay Kapoor, president of AT&T’s government solutions business and an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 list for 2015, has highlighted the company’s mission to provide mobile technology services to government clients through its existing contracts. Kapoor wrote in a blog post published Monday that federal agencies are adopting mobility, cloud services, collaboration tools and analytics to […] More