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  • TechNavio: Global Cybersecurity Market in Finance to Hit 13% CAGR through 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TechNavio: Global Cybersecurity Market in Finance to Hit 13% CAGR through 2019

    A new TechNavio report has forecast a 13.14 percent year over year growth for the cybersecurity market in the banking, financial services and insurance sector through 2019. The report notes a rise in the BFSI sector’s adoption of cybersecurity services and presents global growth prospects for the 2014-2019 forecast period, ReportsnReports said Saturday. According to the analysis, an increase in […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Excess Solar Power to Supply Arkansas; Chris Conley Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Excess Solar Power to Supply Arkansas; Chris Conley Comments

    Aerojet Rocketdyne will purchase solar power supply from Silicon Ranch Corp. for the company’s leased facility in East Camden, Arkansas. Silicon Ranch plans to complete construction of the 100-acre solar field in Highland Industrial Park in late 2015, Aerojet Rocketdyne said Friday. The 12-megawatt project will supply supplemental daytime power to Aerojet Rocketdyne and release […] More

  • George Batsakis: SRA to Update Defense Department’s Retirement Pay System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    George Batsakis: SRA to Update Defense Department’s Retirement Pay System

    SRA International has won a $32.8 million contract with the Defense Logistics Agency to update the defense retiree and annuitant pay system. SRA’s PeopleSoft and military retiree and annuitant payroll subject matter experts will work with the Defense Finance and Accounting Service to upgrade and implement the retirement pay system, SRA said Monday. “SRA is proud […] More

  • Navy Orders 29 Lockheed Avionics Test Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Orders 29 Lockheed Avionics Test Systems

    Lockheed Martin has received a $78.5 million contract modification to build combat avionics test equipment for the U.S. Navy, Intelligent Aerospace reported Monday. John Keller writes the company is tasked to supply 29 electronic consolidated automated support system units to the naval air warfare center aircraft division. The Navy intends for the eCASS equipment to help […] More

  • Carahsoft Adds RSA Offerings to GSA Schedule; Robert Moore Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Adds RSA Offerings to GSA Schedule; Robert Moore Comments

    Carahsoft Technology has added the security products and services of RSA, the security division of EMC, to its General Services Administration schedule. Carahsoft serves as the distributor of RSA’s software, hardware and services to the public sector market through the DHS-GSA Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program under the agreement, Carahsoft said Thursday. RSA’s anti-fraud, identity, governance, risk and […] More

  • IBM Launches New Analytics Offering for Energy, Utility Clients; Brad Gammons Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Launches New Analytics Offering for Energy, Utility Clients; Brad Gammons Comments

    IBM has introduced a fresh analytics platform offering for customers in the energy and utility sector with the goal of helping companies integrate the technology into their energy ecosystem. Companies will be able to view an entire grid from the transformer level using the cloud-based platform delivered via the SoftLayer infrastructure, IBM said Tuesday. Brad Gammons, […] More

  • Strategic Defense Intelligence: Global Military Rotorcraft Market to Increase to $27.3B by 2025 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Strategic Defense Intelligence: Global Military Rotorcraft Market to Increase to $27.3B by 2025

    A new Strategic Defense Intelligence report foresees a global military rotorcraft market that would increase to $27.3 billion by 2025 from $21.1 billion in 2015. The analyst has set a compound annual growth rate of 2.61 percent for the market, with Asia Pacific to account for majority of the share over the 10-year period, Market Reports Store said Thursday. According to the […] More

  • VMware Government Cloud Service Achieves FedRAMP Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VMware Government Cloud Service Achieves FedRAMP Certification

    VMware has received certification under the government’s Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to provide cloud services to public sector customers, Data Center Knowledge reported Wednesday. Yevgeniy Sverdlik writes VMware’s vCloud government service has been confirmed to meet federal security requirements for cloud offerings. VMware’s partner Carpathia provides the government cloud service from its data […] More

  • Orbital Orders Satellite Electric Propulsion Subsystems from Aerojet Rocketdyne; Warren Yasuhara Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital Orders Satellite Electric Propulsion Subsystems from Aerojet Rocketdyne; Warren Yasuhara Comments

    Orbital Sciences has ordered Aerojet Rocketdyne electric propulsion subsystems for installation on its communications satellite platform. Aerojet Rocketdyne will deliver the XR-5 subsystems over the next three years for the GEOStar-3 geostationary orbit satellite, Aerojet Rocketdyne said Tuesday. The XR-5 subsystem comprises 5-kilowatt class Hall thrusters with flow regulation valves, power processing units with thruster selection units and […] More

  • DigitalGlobe Adds New Clients to Geospatial Big Data Platform; Sean Anklam, Shay Har-Noy Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DigitalGlobe Adds New Clients to Geospatial Big Data Platform; Sean Anklam, Shay Har-Noy Comment

    Exogenesis has subscribed to DigitalGlobe’s geospatial big data platform in a move to develop new products based on data analysis. DigitalGlobe will provide Exogenesis with access to its algorithms and library of high-resolution satellite imagery gathered over a 15-year period, DigitalGlobe said Wednesday. Sean Anklam, president of Exogenesis, said the company intends for the DigitalGlobe […] More

  • Carahsoft Serves as Government Distributor of 10ZiG Technology Offerings; Will Jones Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Serves as Government Distributor of 10ZiG Technology Offerings; Will Jones Comments

    Carahsoft Technology has agreed to serve as the master government distributor of 10ZiG Technology’s thin and zero client offerings. Carahsoft will distribute 10ZiG’s virtual desktop infrastructure-ready thin and zero client line to public sector customers via Carahsoft’s General Services Administration schedule, Carahsoft said Tuesday. Will Jones, vice president of VMware and virtualization services at Carahsoft, […] More