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  • Mitre Rolls Out New Airport Capacity Analysis Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mitre Rolls Out New Airport Capacity Analysis Tool

    Mitre Corp. has released a new simulation tool that is designed to help analyze airport capacity. The runwaySimulator has been turned over to the Federal Aviation Administration following the development phase under the company’s research and development program, Mitre said Tuesday. Mitre used the tool to estimate arrivals and departures at major U.S. airports for the FAA. […] More

  • Verizon’s Stacy Clark: Job Opportunities High for Cloud-Savvy IT Professionals - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Verizon’s Stacy Clark: Job Opportunities High for Cloud-Savvy IT Professionals

    Stacy Clark, marketing manager at Verizon, believes the adoption of cloud computing has spurred job opportunities for cloud-savvy information technology professionals. Clark wrote in a blog article published Dec. 19 that the IT role is shifting to the need for cloud skills from the traditional requirements for hardware maintenance and software management. She believes companies need […] More

  • Northrop Grumman, NASA Prep for Assembly of James Webb Space Telescope; Jon Arenberg Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Grumman, NASA Prep for Assembly of James Webb Space Telescope; Jon Arenberg Comments

    Northrop Grumman and NASA will begin to assemble the $8.8 billion James Webb Space Telescope following completion of a test run with the pathfinder telescope, The Space Reporter reported Tuesday. Alex Galbraith writes Northrop will ship the space telescope’s components to the Goddard Space Flight Center using Lockheed C-5 Galaxy planes and vehicles. Jon Arenberg, JWST […] More

  • ReportsnReports Forecasts Double-Digit CAGR for Global Healthcare 3D Printing Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ReportsnReports Forecasts Double-Digit CAGR for Global Healthcare 3D Printing Market

    New analysis from ReportsnReports has forecast a global three-dimensional printing market in healthcare that will grow 14.74 percent year-over-year from 2014 to 2019. The report, which contains data on various 3D printing technologies, materials and applications in the healthcare industry, indicated a rise in the adoption of 3D printing in several medical applications. “3D printing has paved the way for […] More

  • MarketsandMarkets Forecasts IoT, M2M Comms Market to Reach $947B in 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MarketsandMarkets Forecasts IoT, M2M Comms Market to Reach $947B in 2019

    MarketsandMarkets has forecast an Internet of Things and machine-to-machine communications market that will grow into a $947.29 billion industry by 2019. The projection represents a 29.9 percent compound annual growth rate from $255.87 billion in 2014, the market analyst said Monday. The report, which highlights market trends, drivers, opportunities, restraints, future growth potential and revenue forecasts per region, suggests an industry faced with […] More

  • General Dynamics to Supply Saudi Abrams Tanks Via US Military Sales Deal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Supply Saudi Abrams Tanks Via US Military Sales Deal

    General Dynamics’ land systems business unit has been awarded a $99.7 million contract from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command to produce Abrams tanks for Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia intends to upgrade the country’s fleet of tanks with the Saudi M1A2 Abrams tanks through the foreign military sales deal, General Dynamics said Tuesday. The award […] More

  • Northrop Starts Sea Tests on Fire Scout System; George Vardoulakis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Starts Sea Tests on Fire Scout System; George Vardoulakis Comments

    Northrop Grumman has completed the first flight test for a U.S. Navy Fire Scout system off the Virginia coast. The MQ-8C system flew from the USS Jason Dunham guided-missile destroyer as it was controlled from the ship’s ground control station, the company said Tuesday. “We are on track to validate all of the critical performance parameters […] More

  • Raytheon, US Army Test Radar-Equipped Aerostat above Maryland; Dave Gulla Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, US Army Test Radar-Equipped Aerostat above Maryland; Dave Gulla Comments

    The U.S. Army has deployed a Raytheon-built blimp system over Maryland’s airspace as part of operational tests for the aerostat. The JLENS balloon carried thousands of feet above rural Maryland radar systems that are designed to detect cruise-missiles and drones, Raytheon said Saturday. “JLENS can detect potential threats at extremely long ranges, giving North American […] More

  • Boeing Demos Tanker Aircraft for US Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Demos Tanker Aircraft for US Air Force

    Boeing has demonstrated the company’s 767-2C tanker aircraft designed for use in U.S. Air Force missions. The Boeing 767-2C plane completed the first flight from Paine Field in Washington to Boeing Field as part of the KC-46 tanker test program, Boeing said Sunday. Boeing is set to install military systems in the aircraft following the certification […] More

  • Northrop Test-Flies Fire Scout From Guided-Missile Destroyer; George Vardoulakis Comment Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Test-Flies Fire Scout From Guided-Missile Destroyer; George Vardoulakis Comment Comments

    Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have demonstrated the MQ-8C Fire Scout system during a flight test from a guided-missile destroyer off the Virginia coast. The Fire Scout system took its first flight off the USS Jason Dunham destroyer, controlled from the sip’s ground control station, Northrop said Tuesday. “These dynamic interface tests are an essential […] More

  • Raanan Horowitz: Elbit Systems of America to Upgrade Brazilian Navy’s Grumman Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raanan Horowitz: Elbit Systems of America to Upgrade Brazilian Navy’s Grumman Aircraft

    Elbit Systems of America has been awarded a $106 million contract to upgrade four Grumman C-1A aircraft for Brazil’s navy. The company will upgrade the aircraft’s engine, avionics, communication and ECS technologies and air-to-air refueling system, Elbit Systems of America said Tuesday. Elbit Systems of America will perform work for five years at the San Antonio, Texas-based […] More

  • Mark Andrekovich: Maximus Achieves Oracle PartnerNetwork Gold Level Status - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mark Andrekovich: Maximus Achieves Oracle PartnerNetwork Gold Level Status

    Maximus has attained a gold level status as member of Oracle’s PartnerNetwork for providing tax credit pre-screening services. The company helps clients assess job candidates with Oracle-made technology in order to avail of tax incentives for hiring veterans and persons with disabilities, Maximus said Tuesday. Mark Andrekovich, president of Maximus’ tax credit and employer services unit, said the […] More