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  • 6Wresearch: Global Biometrics Market to Reach $22B by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    6Wresearch: Global Biometrics Market to Reach $22B by 2020

    6Wresearch has released a report that projects the global biometrics market to hit $21.9 billion by 2020. The report cites the Asia-Pacific region as an emerging market leader due to what 6Wresearch notes as  “increasing government spending” on information security and biometric projects, the research firm said in November. 6Wresearch lists China, Japan, South Korea […] More

  • CNSI Unveils New Medicaid Mobile App, Online Portal; Sharif Hussein Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CNSI Unveils New Medicaid Mobile App, Online Portal; Sharif Hussein Comments

    CNSI has introduced a new mobile application and online portal intended to help healthcare providers connect with patients. The company worked with the Michigan Department of Community Health’s Bureau of Medicaid Operations to develop the myHealthButton app and myHealthPortal technology, CNSI said Thursday. Sharif Hussein, CNSI’s Midwest Region senior vice president, said the company built […] More

  • Marty Toomajian: Battelle, ExThera Partner to Develop Sepsis Treatment Device - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marty Toomajian: Battelle, ExThera Partner to Develop Sepsis Treatment Device

    Battelle, ExThera Medical and NxStage Medical have collaborated to develop a medical device for treating sepsis under a contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Battelle will work to review the safety and efficacy aspects of ExThera’s Seraph Microbind Affinity Blood Filter as part of the Dialysis-Like Therapeutics device program, Battelle said Wednesday. “Battelle […] More

  • TCS to Help South Dakota Link 911 Centers Statewide; Lynne Seitz Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TCS to Help South Dakota Link 911 Centers Statewide; Lynne Seitz Comments

    TeleCommunication Systems Inc. has won a five-year, $16.4 million contract to interconnect 911 emergency call centers across the state of South Dakota. TCS will operate South Dakota’s NG9-1-1 system for 29 of the state’s public safety answering centers under the direction of the South Dakota 911 Coordination Board, TCS said Thursday. Lynne Seitz, senior vice […] More

  • Strategic Defense Intelligence: Counterterror Efforts to Spur US ISR Tech Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Strategic Defense Intelligence: Counterterror Efforts to Spur US ISR Tech Market

    Strategic Defense Intelligence has released new report that predicts the U.S.’ command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance market to reach $74.3 billion in value by 2024. The report also indicates that the nation’s growing counterterrorism programs could further the U.S. government’s demand for ISR technologies, Strategic Defense Intelligence said Thursday. “The efficacy of these systems […] More

  • Lockheed Designs Open Source Analytics Software; Jason O’Connor Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Designs Open Source Analytics Software; Jason O’Connor Comments

    Lockheed Martin has introduced an open source platform for developers and non-developers to process analytics work in real time. The StreamFlow software launched on hosting service GitHub and is designed to work with the Apache Storm open source computation system, Lockheed said Thursday. “The next step in data analytics relies on the inclusion of diverse expertise and we envision […] More

  • DRT to Perform Technical Services for US Navy’s Enterprise Network; Susan Kidd Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DRT to Perform Technical Services for US Navy’s Enterprise Network; Susan Kidd Comments

    DRT Strategies Inc. has won a three-year, $84 million contract to perform technical support services for the U.S. Navy’s next generation enterprise network. The company will work to manage programs, seats, devices, applications, network operations, information assurance, cyber assets and network resources, DRT said Monday. “We look forward to working together with Fleet Logistic Center […] More

  • Exelis Rolls Out Helios APIs for Weather Forecasting; Brian Bell Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis Rolls Out Helios APIs for Weather Forecasting; Brian Bell Comments

    Exelis has embedded new application program interfaces into the company’s applications and systems for users to access the Helios platform. The Helios4Forecast, Helios4Apps and Helios4Enterprise APIs are designed to help weather forecasters, product managers and logistics operations managers view data on weather conditions through Helios, Exelis said Tuesday. “Our APIs… [allows] our customers to look at […] More

  • Bechtel, Westinghouse Form Nuclear Plant Decommission Team; Michael Graham Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bechtel, Westinghouse Form Nuclear Plant Decommission Team; Michael Graham Comments

    Bechtel has partnered with Westinghouse Electric Co. to perform decontamination and decommissioning services on nuclear power plants across the U.S. The services consist of pre-shutdown planning, licensing, project management, dismantling, demolition, waste handling and site closeout, Bechtel said Monday. Michael Graham, general manager of Bechtel’s global environmental business, said the sites will be prepared for […] More

  • CGI Develops Emergency Response System in Estonia; Avo Kask Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI Develops Emergency Response System in Estonia; Avo Kask Comments

    CGI has worked with several Estonian agencies to develop and implement a new emergency response system in an effort to shorten response times in public safety missions. The system incorporates a digital map fixed in the control rooms of the Estonian emergency response center and within rescue vehicles and ambulances to display information about incidents […] More

  • NetApp’s Kirk Kern: Agencies Need Clarity on Cloud Migration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NetApp’s Kirk Kern: Agencies Need Clarity on Cloud Migration

    Kirk Kern, chief technology officer of cloud technologies at NetApp’s U.S. public sector business, has outlined cloud adoption challenges to federal agencies and recommended strategies to overcome those issues. Kern wrote in an opinion piece for Federal Times published Monday that one potential obstacle to federal agency cloud adoption is the “lack of clarity on cloud migration […] More