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  • SAP to Embed HERE Maps in HANA Platform; Hinnerk Gildhoff Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP to Embed HERE Maps in HANA Platform; Hinnerk Gildhoff Comments

    SAP and Nokia‘s HERE company have agreed to bundle HERE’s base maps into the SAP HANA platform in an effort to help clients gain insights into geo-content points. SAP will offer HERE maps as a component of the SAP HANA service pack 9 scheduled for release in December, Nokia said Tuesday. “We anticipate that the geo-content and services provided by the HERE platform, […] More

  • Harris Opens Development Facility in Florida; Dana Mehnert Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Opens Development Facility in Florida; Dana Mehnert Comments

    Harris Corp. has opened an  engineering facility in Sunrise, Florida, where the company plans to develop tactical radio software for the U.S. military and clients worldwide. Harris RF Communications will also sell its products and services to Caribbean and Latin America customers at the 19,000 square-foot site, Harris said Monday. “Opening our new development center in Sunrise […] More

  • Intelligent Decisions to Offer Agencies Infinite Skyz's Federal Vehicle Mgmt Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intelligent Decisions to Offer Agencies Infinite Skyz’s Federal Vehicle Mgmt Tech

    Intelligent Decisions and Infinite Skyz have teamed up to incorporate Internet of Things components into the federal government’s fleet vehicles. Intelligent Decisions will serve as an exclusive federal reseller of Infinite Skyz’s products to the federal government such as the SkyzMatic vehicle connectivity system, Intelligent Decisions said Monday. “To assist those agencies that rely on large fleets of vehicles to execute their […] More

  • Altavian to Embed Lockheed Sensor Payloads on Small Army Drones; Kevin Westfall Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Altavian to Embed Lockheed Sensor Payloads on Small Army Drones; Kevin Westfall Comments

    Altavian will integrate Lockheed Martin‘s gimbaled sensor payloads into the U.S. Army‘s RQ-20 Puma small unmanned aircraft systems under a $4 million subcontract. The Procerus Technologies Perceptor imaging sensor works to provide pilots stabilization and sharper images, dual-band imaging and laser illumination systems, Lockheed said Thursday. “Its advanced imaging and stabilization will enhance operations such as gathering intelligence, providing situational awareness, […] More

  • Level 3 to Offcer Google Platform Through Cloud Ecosystem; Anthony Christie Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Level 3 to Offcer Google Platform Through Cloud Ecosystem; Anthony Christie Comments

    Level 3 Communications will offer Google‘s cloud platform to cloud ecosystem users in an effort to help developers and enterprises develop and deploy applications on Google’s infrastructure. Level 3 intends for the Google Cloud Platform to provide connectivity to enterprises via Google Cloud Interconnect, Level 3 said Wednesday. “The network is a critical link in enabling cloud computing, and the combination of […] More

  • Lockheed, University of Arizona Partner to Operate UK's Infrared Telescope; Matthew Bold Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, University of Arizona Partner to Operate UK’s Infrared Telescope; Matthew Bold Comments

    Lockheed Martin and the University of Arizona have teamed up to operate the United Kingdom’s Maunakea, Hawaii-based infrared telescope. The team will collaborate with NASA‘s Orbital Debris Program Office at the Johnson Space Center to study the impact of space debris on satellites and communication, Lockheed Martin said Thursday. “We plan to grow capability and continue addressing pressing questions about […] More

  • Marcus Collier: General Dynamics Extends Work on Arkansas' Healthcare Analytics System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marcus Collier: General Dynamics Extends Work on Arkansas’ Healthcare Analytics System

    General Dynamics‘ information technology business unit will continue to work with Arkansas to expand the state’s healthcare analytic engine and reporting system. The business will implement additional episodes and functionality on the Arkansas Department of Human Services’ analytics engine over the next four years, General Dynamics said Thursday. Marcus Collier, senior vice president of the IT business’ health and civilian solutions division, said […] More

  • Autonomic Resources Cloud Platform Passes DoD Impact Level 5 Assessment; John Keese Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Autonomic Resources Cloud Platform Passes DoD Impact Level 5 Assessment; John Keese Comments

    Autonomic Resources‘ cloud platform has passed the Defense Department‘s impact level five assessment for the agency’s cloud security model. Veris Group conducted the evaluation process on Autonomic Resources’ 68 new security controls against DoD’s requirements, Autonomic Resources said Wednesday. “The additional security controls applied to ARC-P to gain DoD approval are also applied to all civilian agencies’ infrastructures,” said John […] More

  • Dell Unveils Results of Global Tech Adoption Survey; Karen Quintos Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell Unveils Results of Global Tech Adoption Survey; Karen Quintos Comments

    Dell has released the findings of a survey that evaluates how organizations adopt security, cloud, mobility and big data technologies. The survey indicates that 44 percent of information technology leaders consider security a challenge for growing mobile technologies, 52 percent for cloud computing and 35 percent for big data, Dell said Tuesday. “We know that security, cloud, mobility and […] More

  • Raytheon Test Flies DARPA's Close Air Support System; Tom Bussing Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Test Flies DARPA’s Close Air Support System; Tom Bussing Comments

    Raytheon has been awarded an 18-month, $25.5 million contract to demonstrate Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s close-air support system in flight. The company has kicked off flight testing for DARPA’s Persistent Close Air Support program on an A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft and connectivity tests with Joint Terminal Attack Controllers, Raytheon said Wednesday. “PCAS will help reduce close air support response times from as […] More

  • Northrop Taps CPI Wing Panel Kits for Hawkeye, Greyhound Aircraft; Bart LaGrone Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Taps CPI Wing Panel Kits for Hawkeye, Greyhound Aircraft; Bart LaGrone Comments

    Northrop Grumman has ordered $86.1 million in outer wing panel kits from CPI Aerostructures for Northrop-built Hawkeye and Greyhound aircraft. Northrop will use the kits to build wings for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and the C-2A Greyhound planes under a contract the company holds with the U.S. Navy, CPI said Monday. Twenty-five E-2D Hawkeyes are due to the Navy by […] More

  • IDC: Public IT Cloud Spending to Hit $127B in 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IDC: Public IT Cloud Spending to Hit $127B in 2018

    A new forecast from International Data Corp. predicts public information technology cloud services spending will grow to more than $127 billion in 2018 from the $56.6 billion projected for 2014. That IT cloud spending growth represents more than 50 percent of software, server and storage spending worldwide in 2018, IDC said Monday. “Over the next four to five years, IDC expects the […] More