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  • Capgemini, Altimeter Combine Research and Thought Leadership; Xavier Hochet Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Capgemini, Altimeter Combine Research and Thought Leadership; Xavier Hochet Comments

    Capgemini Consulting and Altimeter Group have forged a partnership to develop research, thought leadership and technology offerings. Altimeter and Capgemini will jointly create content in innovation, digital transformation and digital customer experience and share their methodologies, frameworks and tools, Altimeter said Monday. “We see this partnership as a big win for our clients and the industry at large,” said Xavier Hochet, CEO of Capgemini […] More

  • Maryann Hirsch: Agencies' Cyber Budget Requests to Continue Growth - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maryann Hirsch: Agencies’ Cyber Budget Requests to Continue Growth

    Government agencies will continue to see an increase in their budget requests for cyber operations even as overall budgets remain flat, according to KCG President Maryann Hirsch. In a piece for Security Magazine published Friday, Hirsch wrote that U.S. Cyber Command more than doubled its funding to $447 million in 2013 and the Department of Homeland Security‘s cybersecurity operations funding grew $792 million […] More

  • Space Systems/Loral Launches New Satellite for Intelsat; John Celli Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space Systems/Loral Launches New Satellite for Intelsat; John Celli Comments

    Space Systems/Loral has launched a new satellite built for Intelsat into space for an initiative to provide distribution services in South America and the Caribbean regions. The Intelsat 30 satellite also achieved post-launch maneuvering in orbit after its launch on board Ariane 5 from the European Spaceport in the French Guiana, SSL said Friday. SSL designed the Intelsat 30 based on the 1300 platform to […] More

  • Alan Chvotkin: Gov't Has Sped Up Clearance Process in 2014 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Alan Chvotkin: Gov’t Has Sped Up Clearance Process in 2014

    The Human Resources Association of the National Capital Region has released new data that indicates demand for employees with security clearances dropped in 2014, The Washington Post reported Sunday. Aaron Gregg writes the HRA-NCA report also suggests the number of contractors offering pay differentials for security-cleared personnel could decline to 37 percent in 2014 from the 72 percent recorded in 2010. […] More

  • Defence IQ: Global Airborne ISR Market to Hit $43B in Value by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Defence IQ: Global Airborne ISR Market to Hit $43B in Value by 2020

    Defence IQ has released a new report that forecasts the global airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance market to reach $43 billion by 2020. The report indicates that the airborne ISR market sees strong acquisition worldwide and pegs its current value at nearly $20 billion, Defence IQ said Monday. The market’s growth is also attributed to an increase in civil ISR spending, […] More

  • BAE Updates Royal Air Force’s Typhoon Fighter Jets; Martin Taylor Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Updates Royal Air Force’s Typhoon Fighter Jets; Martin Taylor Comments

    BAE Systems has rolled out updates to the Royal Air Force’s fighter aircraft, bringing the fleet into operational service. The company said Friday it upgraded the Typhoon fighter’s computing power, weapons systems integration and sensor suites to help RAF achieve its air-to-air and air-to-surface mission requirements. “We have delivered a capability with all the necessary training and support to […] More

  • Boeing Completes Crew Transportation System Tests for NASA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Completes Crew Transportation System Tests for NASA

    Boeing has concluded the development and testing phase of a commercial crew transportation system the company built for NASA. The testing represents the final milestone for the the CST-100 spacecraft and Atlas V rocket under Boeing’s four-year agreement with NASA, the space agency said Friday. NASA intends for the spacecraft to transport crew members to the International Space Station […] More

  • Robert Mehrabian: Teledyne to Build Electrical, Fiber Optic Tech for GD Electric Boat - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Robert Mehrabian: Teledyne to Build Electrical, Fiber Optic Tech for GD Electric Boat

    Teledyne Technologies will assemble the electrical and fiber optic interconnect of the U.S. Navy‘s submarines under a subcontract from General Dynamics Electric Boat. Teledyne’s oil and gas group will provide materials and hardware engineering support services for 10 ships under the Navy’s Virginia-class submarine program, Teledyne said Thursday. “Working together, our oil & gas companies have demonstrated the ability to develop and manufacture […] More

  • Navy Green Lights Northrop to Start Counter IED System Production, Deployment; Jeannie Hilger Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Green Lights Northrop to Start Counter IED System Production, Deployment; Jeannie Hilger Comments

    Northrop Grumman will begin to produce and deploy its counter-improvised explosive device system after the company received approval from the U.S. Navy to go forward on the work. The Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare jammer system works to thwart IED trigger devices, Northrop Grumman said Thursday. Jeannie Hilger, vice president and general manager of the communications division […] More

  • DRS-Rafael Team to Chase Army Chase Tank Protection Program; Mike O’Leary Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DRS-Rafael Team to Chase Army Chase Tank Protection Program; Mike O’Leary Comments

    DRS Technologies and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems will jointly pursue a U.S. Army tank defense contract and offer a Rafael-built Trophy active protection system, DoD Buzz reported Wednesday. Kris Osborn writes the vehicle-mounted Trophy system works to detect and engage enemy fire through the use of a radar, processor and on-board computer. “Trophy will…compute an intercept point in space away […] More

  • Red Hat, Cloudera Combine Big Data Offerings; Scott Musson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Red Hat, Cloudera Combine Big Data Offerings; Scott Musson Comments

    Red Hat and Cloudera have partnered to combine their enterprise software services in an effort to help customers extract value from big data. The team will provide open and agile technology stack to aid clients in deploying big data solutions on premises and in various cloud platforms, Red Hat said Thursday. Scott Musson, vice president of global […] More

  • Battelle to Test Forensic DNA Tools Under Federal Grants; Rich Guerrieri Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle to Test Forensic DNA Tools Under Federal Grants; Rich Guerrieri Comments

    Battelle has received more than $800,000 in federal grants from the National Institute of Justice to assess and evaluate new tools for probing DNA evidence. The company will test instruments, laboratory materials and software that forensic investigators use to obtain biological evidence based on the tools’ next-generation sequencing, Battelle said Oct. 9. “Next-generation sequencing will significantly expand our technical capabilities to support forensic […] More