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  • DDN to Help Indian Biomedical Genomics Institute Store Research Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DDN to Help Indian Biomedical Genomics Institute Store Research Data

    India’s National Institute of Biomedical Genomics has deployed DataDirect Networks‘ block, file and object storage platforms to manage the institute’s research data. NIBMG’s team worked to run sequence analysis of data stored in DDN’s platform and identify new genes and biological pathways related to smokeless tobacco consumption that many scientists believe is responsible for oral cancer among […] More

  • Chris Chadwick: Boeing-Liquid Robotics Team to Build Maritime Defense Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chris Chadwick: Boeing-Liquid Robotics Team to Build Maritime Defense Tools

    Boeing and Liquid Robotics have teamed up to build maritime defense applications and services. The companies will jointly develop tools for anti-submarine warfare and maritime domain awareness applications, Boeing said Tuesday. “This relationship allows the Boeing-Liquid Robotics team to solve maritime security and surveillance challenges in entirely new and highly effective ways and provides unprecedented capability and […] More

  • Christian Roth: Orlando Airport Taps Lockheed-Owned BEONTRA's Route Analysis Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Christian Roth: Orlando Airport Taps Lockheed-Owned BEONTRA’s Route Analysis Tech

    Lockheed Martin will implement a route analysis tool at Orlando International Airport in order to help the airport analyze route scenarios. The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority will use the BEONTRA-built B Route Development technology to examine route schemes and send the data to airlines via mobile applications, Lockheed said Monday. Lockheed acquired BEONTRA in early 2014 and GOAA is the first […] More

  • 1776 Forms Startup Ecosystem Deals With Georgetown University, Esri; Donna Harris Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    1776 Forms Startup Ecosystem Deals With Georgetown University, Esri; Donna Harris Comments

    Startup incubator 1776 has partnered with Georgetown University to provide the university’s students access to the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Washington, D.C. Georgetown students, faculty and staff will have access to mentorship, corporate connections, media attention and educational events at the 1776 campus, Georgetown University said Friday. “Georgetown is an incredible university, and we’re thrilled to support their initiatives to foster student entrepreneurship across the entire […] More

  • IBM Launches North Carolina Cloud Resiliency Center; Mike Errity Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Launches North Carolina Cloud Resiliency Center; Mike Errity Comments

    IBM has opened a new cloud resiliency center in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina in a move to help businesses protect their assets from disruptions. The company combined cloud and traditional disaster recovery systems with new physical security features into the new facility, IBM said Monday. Monitise has partnered with IBM to grow mobile banking, payments and commerce ecosystems at cloud […] More

  • Siemens Lands $648M Light Rail Car Contract for San Francisco Transit System; Jochen Eickholt Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens Lands $648M Light Rail Car Contract for San Francisco Transit System; Jochen Eickholt Comments

    Siemens has won a $648 million contract to build 175 light rail cars for the city of San Francisco’s Muni transit system. The company will build the trains at its Sacramento, California-based plant and deliver the initial lot in 2016, with an option to deliver an additional 85 cars, Siemens said Friday. Siemens will design the light rail cars […] More

  • Northrop Triton UAS Completes Cross-Country Flight Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Triton UAS Completes Cross-Country Flight Test

    A Northrop Grumman-built unmanned aircraft system of the U.S. Navy has arrived at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland after an 11-hour test flight between Palmdale, Calif. and Pax River. The MQ-4C Triton aircraft will go through a series of sensor integration flights after it is outfitted with a sensor system at Pax River,  Northrop said Thursday. A joint team […] More

  • Skip Boyce: Boeing to Build On Singapore Presence With Cyber Analytics Hub - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Skip Boyce: Boeing to Build On Singapore Presence With Cyber Analytics Hub

    Boeing will open a cyber analytics center in Singapore as the company aims to help its clients in the Asia-Pacific region fulfill cybersecurity requirements. The company will provide training and equipment to cybersecurity professionals at the facility and employ cyber personnel to work at the center, Boeing said Monday. “We are taking our Singapore partnership to a new level with this […] More

  • EMC's Paul Austin: Enterprise, Cloud Views of Applications Critical for Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    EMC’s Paul Austin: Enterprise, Cloud Views of Applications Critical for Agencies

    Paul Austin, chief technology officer of EMC’s federal division, believes it is critical for agencies to view applications across their enterprise and cloud platforms for resiliency, Federal Times reported Sept. 15. He said agencies must shift their focus on the applications and their connections to business processes, Rutrell Yasin reports. The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board has deployed the cloud-based RSA Archer portal to […] More

  • David Brown: AtHoc Deploys Emergency Alert System in Army Bases - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    David Brown: AtHoc Deploys Emergency Alert System in Army Bases

    AtHoc-built emergency mass notification systems will be deployed to U.S. Army installations outside the continental U.S. under a Leidos-led modernization program. The Army extended the use of AtHoc’s IWSAlerts systems for communications in order to send emergency alerts to service personnel and their families at garrisons in Europe, the company said. “With increasing threats worldwide, AtHoc […] More

  • Army Certifies Soldiers to Use Raytheon Blimp Radar for Missile Defense; Dave Gulla Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Certifies Soldiers to Use Raytheon Blimp Radar for Missile Defense; Dave Gulla Comments

    The U.S. Army has certified soldiers to operate the Raytheon-built JLENS radar blimp in their mission to defend the Washington metropolitan region against missile and unmanned aerial vehicle threats. Raytheon also trained the Army’s A Battery, 3rd Air Defense Artillery on how to use JLENS’ hydraulic winch system and maintain the radar, the company said Thursday. “With this certification, the […] More

  • Lockheed Joins GOES-R Weather Satellite Modules, Harris Installs Product Apps - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Joins GOES-R Weather Satellite Modules, Harris Installs Product Apps

    A Lockheed Martin team has completed its work to couple the large system and propulsion modules for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R series. The A2100-based satellite’s system module comprises the command and data handling, communication and electrical power subsystems, Lockheed said Thursday. Harris Corp. has also installed the initial weather product applications into GOES-R’s ground segment hardware, […] More