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  • AT&T Extends Cloud Networking Service to IBM SoftLayer Platform; Jim Comfort, Jon Summers Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T Extends Cloud Networking Service to IBM SoftLayer Platform; Jim Comfort, Jon Summers Comment

    AT&T has moved to help clients adopt cloud computing technologies by extending its cloud networking service to IBM‘s SoftLayer cloud infrastructure. The companies sought to help customers of AT&T’s virtual private network connect information technology systems to SoftLayer’s cloud services through the AT&T NetBond platform, AT&T said Thursday. “Together, we’re making the network as flexible as the cloud and giving enterprises confidence they can migrate […] More

  • Chris Chadwick: Boeing Keys on AF Strike Bomber, UCLASS Drone Programs for Defense Growth - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chris Chadwick: Boeing Keys on AF Strike Bomber, UCLASS Drone Programs for Defense Growth

    Chris Chadwick, head of Boeing‘s defense, space and security division, has outlined the company’s strategy to compete for major U.S. military programs in an interview with Defense News published Sunday. Chadwick highlighted the U.S. Air Force‘s Long-Range Strike Bomber and T-X trainer programs, as well as the Navy’s Unmanned Carrier-Launched Surveillance and Strike project as key to the company’s defense market growth. Chadwick also discussed […] More

  • Verizon's Kevin King Outlines Common Enterprise Cloud Applications in 2014 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Verizon’s Kevin King Outlines Common Enterprise Cloud Applications in 2014

    Kevin King, director of corporate communications at Verizon Enterprise, has described different methods and ways that enterprises use cloud computing to process their workloads. King wrote Tuesday that businesses streamline their internal operations for end users and manage information technology systems using cloud environments. “This directly impacts the bottom line, helping to control costs and improve […] More

  • Lockheed-Built CLIO Satellite Launches Into Space - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Built CLIO Satellite Launches Into Space

    A satellite that Lockheed Martin designed and built for the U.S. government launched into space Tuesday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The CLIO satellite took off aboard a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V launch vehicle, Lockheed said Tuesday. CLIO incorporates Lockheed’s A2100 satellite bus with solar arrays, propulsion system and core electronics. More

  • Karthik Padmanabhan: IBM to Work with Big Data, IoT Startups in India - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Karthik Padmanabhan: IBM to Work with Big Data, IoT Startups in India

    IBM looks to team up with more than 100 startup businesses in India in a move to grow innovation programs for big data analytics and Internet of Things in the country, The Economic Times reported Wednesday. Peerzada Abrar writes IBM’s Bangalore-based innovation center will offer mentoring, software, hardware, technical support, marketing and sales facilities to startup companies. The […] More

  • Sean Rice: Boeing Team Demos 'Talon' Comm System's Interoperability - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sean Rice: Boeing Team Demos ‘Talon’ Comm System’s Interoperability

    Boeing has wrapped up a design review on a U.S. Air Force communication and information sharing system following the technology’s demonstration on various platforms. Boeing developed the Talon HATE system to consolidate data from fighter networks, national sources and joint command and control infrastructure for data-link transmission to joint aircraft, ship and ground stations, Boeing said Tuesday. “The Boeing team demonstrated communications […] More

  • Jim Anderson: Progressive Insurance Adopts BAE's Anti-Fraud Tool to Evaluate Claims - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jim Anderson: Progressive Insurance Adopts BAE’s Anti-Fraud Tool to Evaluate Claims

    Progressive Insurance has adopted BAE Systems‘ anti-fraud technology in an effort to identify potentially fraudulent activities in personal auto insurance claims. The insurance company will incorporate the BAE Systems Applied Intelligence-built NetReveal insurance counter-fraud tool for internal systems and operations, BAE Systems said Monday. “Our NetReveal solution will help Progressive with evaluating the risk of claims throughout the lifecycle, reducing fraud […] More

  • Ron Bouganim Invests $23M in Government Tech Venture Fund - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ron Bouganim Invests $23M in Government Tech Venture Fund

    Ron Bouganim, a technology entrepreneur, has put forward an initial investment of $23 million into a venture fund as he seeks to help the federal government update its technology infrastructure, the Washington Post reported Monday. Nancy Scola writes the Govtech Fund seeks to invest in companies that have the potential to land technology-related contracts with the federal government. The venture […] More

  • Lockheed Hands F-35 'ALIS' Logistics System to Test Sites; Mary Ann Horter Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Hands F-35 ‘ALIS’ Logistics System to Test Sites; Mary Ann Horter Comments

    Lockheed Martin has delivered the logistics system for the F-35 fighter jet to several flight test sites for validation work ahead of the system’s planned deployment next year. The U.S. military will evaluate the Autonomic Logistics Information System‘s high-speed data download and other capabilities before the scheduled integration into the F-35 fleet for military operations in 2015, Lockheed said Tuesday. Mary Ann Horter, vice president of F-35 […] More

  • Rod Meranda: Boeing to Build Air Force Surveillance Aircraft for 30-Year Lifespan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rod Meranda: Boeing to Build Air Force Surveillance Aircraft for 30-Year Lifespan

    Boeing seeks to increase the engine power of its 737 aircraft over the coming years as it looks to replace the U.S. Air Force‘s joint surveillance target attack radar system aircraft, Defense News reported Monday. Aaron Mehta writes that Boeing has determined that the 737 airframe requires a 10-member crew, an extra seat and two pilots to fulfill operational demands […] More

  • Lockheed Demos LVC Training Tool in F-16 Simulator; Jon Rambeau Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Demos LVC Training Tool in F-16 Simulator; Jon Rambeau Comments

    Lockheed Martin has demonstrated its live, virtual and constructive training platform at the company’s aeronautics facility in Fort Worth, Texas. An F-16 pilot collaborated with a pilot that flew as a wingman in a ground-based F-16 simulator to engage simulated targets and counter simulated ground surface missiles in real time, Lockheed said Monday. “LVC is the future of effective training for operational […] More