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  • Raytheon to Help Canadian Gov’t Maintain North Warning System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Help Canadian Gov’t Maintain North Warning System

    A Raytheon business unit has been selected to help Canada operate and maintain a warning system for air surveillance and air defense operations in the country’s northern region. Raytheon Canada Ltd. will work to help Canada achieve Inuit Benefits of at least 13 percent of the firm-fixed price portion of the contract’s value and save $13.8 million […] More

  • Gerald Cohen: Information Builders, Esri Team to Help Users Access Mapping Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gerald Cohen: Information Builders, Esri Team to Help Users Access Mapping Tech

    Information Builders has moved to combine its business intelligence and analytics offering with Esri’s mapping technology in an effort to help customers gain insights into geographic data. Esri’s cloud-based ArcGIS Online mapping platform will be embedded into Information Builders’ WebFOCUS analytics platform for users to see how environmental factors could affect business functions and predict […] More

  • Brendan O’Connell: Asian Country Buys Harris Tactical Radios for Command, Control - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Brendan O’Connell: Asian Country Buys Harris Tactical Radios for Command, Control

    Harris Corp. will supply tactical radios and field support services to an unidentified Asian country under a $49 million order. The country procures the Falcon III RF-7800H manpack and RF-7850M handheld radios for the security forces’ voice and data communications, Harris said Tuesday. Brendan O’Connell, president of international business at Harris RF Communications, said the […] More

  • Colin Lacey of Unisys: CIOs Eye Cloud Platforms to Store Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Colin Lacey of Unisys: CIOs Eye Cloud Platforms to Store Data

    Chief information officers and senior information technology executives continue to transition organizational data to cloud environments amid a growing security threat landscape, says Colin Lacey, vice president of data center and cloud transformation solutions and services at Unisys. “Security concerns are not stopping CIOs from making use of the cloud to reduce costs and increase their […] More

  • Moffitt Cancer Center Subsidiary Joins Deloitte Analytics Consortium; Nitin Mittal Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Moffitt Cancer Center Subsidiary Joins Deloitte Analytics Consortium; Nitin Mittal Comments

    Moffitt Cancer Center subsidiary M2Gen has joined Deloitte’s analytics consortium to help provide medicine studies and services to life science organizations and cancer centers. M2Gen intends to contribute to the ConvergeHEALTH consortium’s works of identifying biomarkers, matching gene-based clinical trial and creating real-world evidence, Deloitte said Tuesday. Nitin Mittal, principal at Deloitte and executive vice […] More

  • Kathy Lueders: NASA Commercial Partners Adhere to Spacecraft Development Schedule - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kathy Lueders: NASA Commercial Partners Adhere to Spacecraft Development Schedule

    NASA‘s commercial partners have completed the design reviews of their respective spacecraft and rockets intended for the agency’s program to transport mission crews to low-Earth orbit. Blue Origin, Boeing, Sierra Nevada and Space Exploration Technology continue to develop space transportation systems and prepare for tests in 2014 under the second round of their commercial crew […] More

  • Kofax Unveils Analytics Tool for Business Intell; Scott Opitz Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kofax Unveils Analytics Tool for Business Intell; Scott Opitz Comments

    Kofax Ltd. has introduced a new business intelligence and analytics software offering for customers to view and analyze large volumes of operational data. The company’s Altosoft subsidiary developed the Insight 5.0 for operations such as distributed in-memory architecture, continuous simulation and managed data discovery, Kofax said Monday. Scott Opitz, Altosoft general manager, said the tool is […] More

  • Karen Dahut: Booz Allen, 1776 Partner to Help Start-ups Accelerate Market Entry - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Karen Dahut: Booz Allen, 1776 Partner to Help Start-ups Accelerate Market Entry

    Booz Allen Hamilton and business incubator 1776 have partnered to combine the companies’ workforce and consulting strategy with the goal of helping clients meet global requirements. Organizations can develop new products and services and pursue growth opportunities through the strategic partnership, Booz Allen said Monday. Karen Dahut, executive vice president at Booz Allen, said the […] More

  • Orbital Sciences to Launch NASA Ocean Wind Measurement Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital Sciences to Launch NASA Ocean Wind Measurement Satellite

    Orbital Sciences Corp. has won an estimated $55 million contract to launch a NASA satellite system intended to help researchers forecast weather conditions. The Dulles, Va.-based company will work to process the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System, integrate payloads into the spacecraft and install tracking, data and telemetry systems, NASA said Friday. The University of Michigan will […] More

  • NetApp Launches Storage System Offering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NetApp Launches Storage System Offering

    NetApp has introduced a fresh enterprise storage offering intended to help customers address future information technology requirements, CRN reported Feb. 26. Anthony Caruana writes NetApp’s new FlexArray software is designed for managing the data storage platforms of multiple clients. NetApp intends for the fresh offering to help organizations handle data without disrupting private and public cloud […] More

  • Chris Marzilli: General Dynamics Helps DHS Access Tech Tools Through Online Portal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chris Marzilli: General Dynamics Helps DHS Access Tech Tools Through Online Portal

    General Dynamics C4 Systems has opened an online portal for the Department of Homeland Security’s science and technology directorate to exchange data and access technology resources. The Knowledge Management System environment within the EDGE network is built for members to develop and deploy existing and new technologies to end users, General Dynamics said Thursday. Chris Marzilli, […] More