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  • SRI Int'l to Offer Biometrics Tech in UAE through Reseller emaratech; Mark Clifton Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SRI Int’l to Offer Biometrics Tech in UAE through Reseller emaratech; Mark Clifton Comments

    SRI International has approved information technology and management consulting provider emaratech as a reseller of SRI’s biometrics offerings across the United Arab Emirates and Jordan. Investment Corp. of Dubai-owned emaratech will market SRI’s Iris on the Move product line to clients in airport security, border patrol and related security applications, SRI said Wednesday. Mark Clifton, […] More

  • Lockheed Turret Test-Fires Javelin Missile for Demo; Alan Lines Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Turret Test-Fires Javelin Missile for Demo; Alan Lines Comments

    Lockheed Martin has test-fired a Javelin missile from its turret during a demonstration at the Cranfield Ordnance Test and Evaluation Center in England. The company’s UK and U.S. teams worked together for nine months produce the turret and then fire both a 30-milimeter cannon and a Javelin missile, Lockheed Martin said Thursday. Alan Lines, vice president […] More

  • SAP Launches Patient Relationship Mgmt Tool; Martin Kopp Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP Launches Patient Relationship Mgmt Tool; Martin Kopp Comments

    SAP AG has unveiled a patient relationship management service offering that the company designed to help healthcare providers address patient requirements. The integrated tool contains patient administration and billing features from the SAP Patient Management application, SAP said Wednesday. Martin Kopp, vice president of industry business services for healthcare providers at SAP, said the company […] More

  • Insitu Drone Used to Monitor Bushland Fires; Andrew Duggan, Kevin Moore Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Insitu Drone Used to Monitor Bushland Fires; Andrew Duggan, Kevin Moore Comment

    Insitu’s Australia-based subsidiary has demonstrated its unmanned aircraft system to observe bushland fires for the New South Wales Rural Fire Service. Insitu Pacific deployed the ScanEagle aircraft in January to report on fire movement across the Wollemi National Park bushland through the General Dynamics Mediaware-built video streaming system, Insitu Pacific said Tuesday. Kevin Moore, chief […] More

  • National Science Foundation Invests $15M in Internet Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    National Science Foundation Invests $15M in Internet Projects

    The National Science Foundation is pumping $15 million into three projects to develop and assess future Internet systems, FedScoop reported Tuesday. Various education institutions from across the U.S. have formed three groups to build fresh network architectures, explore alternatives and test new concepts, according to the report. NSF intends for the pilot networks to bolster […] More

  • Lockheed Obtains Approval to Export Autopilot System; Kevin Westfall Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Obtains Approval to Export Autopilot System; Kevin Westfall Comments

    Lockheed Martin has obtained approval to export its autopilot system to international markets. The Kestrel autopilot and a version of Indago system are now controlled under the Export Administration Regulations, Lockheed said Wednesday. “The Kestrel 3.0 suite allows sensors to cross check each other for accuracy and fault detection,” said Kevin Westfall, director of unmanned solutions at […] More

  • Harris Rifleman Team Radio Obtains NSA Certification; George Helm Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Rifleman Team Radio Obtains NSA Certification; George Helm Comments

    Harris Corp. has received authorization to deploy its team radio system for secret level voice and data communications after obtaining a National Security Agency certification. The Falcon Wideband Rifleman radio works to connect troops to tactical networks for command and control functions under the Defense Department’s Rifleman Radio program, Harris said Tuesday. George Helm, president […] More

  • Jim Bugel: AT&T Sought Public Safety App Developers to Build Comm, Situational Awareness Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jim Bugel: AT&T Sought Public Safety App Developers to Build Comm, Situational Awareness Tools

    AT&T held an application development contest from May 2 to May 3 for participants to build disaster preparedness apps in an effort to contribute to public safety programs. Developers formed groups and collaborated to develop 15 public safety mobile apps for the first-responder community during the hackathon at 1776 in Washington, AT&T said Friday. Jim Bugel, […] More

  • BAE Evaluates Fighter Jets in High-Speed Wind Tunnel - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Evaluates Fighter Jets in High-Speed Wind Tunnel

    BAE Systems engineers are testing a scaled version of the company’s Typhoon fighter jet in a high-speed wind tunnel setting. The engineers are using a 1/12th scale model of the Typhoon Tranche 3 aircraft for the aerodynamic characteristics testing at BAE’s Warton, Lancashire-based facility, the company said Tuesday. BAE also mounted conformal fuel tanks on […] More

  • Julie Felgar: Boeing, Embraer Partner on Aviation Biofuel Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Julie Felgar: Boeing, Embraer Partner on Aviation Biofuel Research

    Boeing Co. and Embraer S.A. have signed a memorandum of understanding to perform biofuel research for Brazil’s aviation industry. The companies will open and fund a research center where Boeing and Embraer will work with Brazilian universities and organizations to identify gaps in the aviation biofuel supply of the country, Boeing said Monday. Julie Felgar, […] More

  • Neustar’s Jennifer Gilmore: Financial Services Firms Bolstered DDoS Protection Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Neustar’s Jennifer Gilmore: Financial Services Firms Bolstered DDoS Protection Systems

    A new report from Neustar indicates that financial services firms have doubled their protection measures against distributed-denial-of-service-attacks compared to other industries. Thirty-two percent of financial services companies are implementing services to minimize the impact of DDoS attacks, Neustar said Monday. Jennifer Gilmore, manager of strategic offer marketing within Neustar’s financial services business, writes that site disruptions […] More