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  • Boeing Receives On-Orbit Signals from its GPS Satellite; Craig Cooning Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Receives On-Orbit Signals from its GPS Satellite; Craig Cooning Comments

    Boeing has received initial signals from its global positioning system satellite from space following the spacecraft’s Thursday launch. The GPS IIF 5 satellite was launched into space aboard  a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., and transmitted signals after more than three hours, Boeing said Friday. The spacecraft has […] More

  • David Thompson: Orbital Sciences Seeks to Extend Launch Partnership With Skybox Imaging - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    David Thompson: Orbital Sciences Seeks to Extend Launch Partnership With Skybox Imaging

    Orbital Sciences will launch Skybox Imaging’s imaging and spacecraft into space in late 2015 under a contract of an undisclosed value. The commercial Minotaur-C space launch vehicle will be used to transport six Skybox spacecraft into low-Earth orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Orbital said Thursday. Orbital’s small-class launch vehicles unit within its launch systems group […] More

  • Siemens Unveils New Healthcare Mgmt Platform Offering; John Glaser Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens Unveils New Healthcare Mgmt Platform Offering; John Glaser Comments

    Siemens’ healthcare business unit has introduced a new healthcare management platform offering that is intended to help providers fulfill new care and payment requirements of different service models. The CareXcell system contains new technologies designed to help providers manage patient care and monitor risks through an open communication and data sharing platform, Siemens said Thursday. […] More

  • David Zolet: CSC to Open Tech Center at Cyber Research Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    David Zolet: CSC to Open Tech Center at Cyber Research Facility

    Computer Sciences Corp. plans to establish a technology center at a Bossier, La.-based cyber research facility, where the company intends to make available 800 jobs in four years. CSC selected the 3,000-acre National Cyber Research Park being developed by the Cyber Innovation Center in Bossier City for its planned 116,000-square-foot technology hub under a public-private […] More

  • IBM Launches Data Security Forensics Offering; Brendan Hannigan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Launches Data Security Forensics Offering; Brendan Hannigan Comments

    IBM has launched a security diagnostics technology offering for enterprises to protect data and networks from external and internal threats. The company intends for security teams within organizations to deploy the Security QRadar Incident Forensics software to reconstruct the activities of cyber criminals for investigation, IBM said Tuesday. Brendan Hannigan, general manager of IBM Security Systems, […] More

  • Grant Verstandig: Optum, Audax Target Healthcare Admin Market Growth - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Grant Verstandig: Optum, Audax Target Healthcare Admin Market Growth

    Optum has moved to grow its multichannel digital platform by purchasing a majority interest in Audax Health Solutions. Audax Founder and CEO Grant Verstandig and President and Chief Operating Officer David Ko will lead the company in serving various independent market channels, Optum said Wednesday. Verstandig said his company aims for the acquisition to further […] More

  • SRI Int'l Unveils Cancer Testing Tech; Lidia Sambucetti Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SRI Int’l Unveils Cancer Testing Tech; Lidia Sambucetti Comments

    SRI International has introduced a new platform made for identifying and analyzing circulating tumor cells from blood samples. The FASTcell technology is built as a testing service for cancer researchers and clinicians to detect and capture tumor cells from normal blood cells in order to perform molecular and genetic analysis, SRI said Tuesday. Lidia Sambucetti, […] More

  • Gary Bloom: MarkLogic, Datawatch to Combine Database and Discovery Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gary Bloom: MarkLogic, Datawatch to Combine Database and Discovery Tech

    MarkLogic Corp. and Datawatch have forged a strategic partnership to combine technologies in an effort to help customers gain value from big data. The companies will also collaborate to form a center of excellence. where services resulting from the partnership will be demonstrated, Datawatch said Wednesday. Gary Bloom, president and CEO of MarkLogic, said the company’s NoSQL […] More

  • CGI, Canadian Bank Ink $100M IT Services Contract Extension; Dominique Fagnoule, Claude Marcoux Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI, Canadian Bank Ink $100M IT Services Contract Extension; Dominique Fagnoule, Claude Marcoux Comment

    CGI Group has signed a $100 million contract extension to continue its information technology services for the National Bank of Canada. CGI professionals will continue to maintain and develop National Bank of Canada’s core IT applications through 2020, CGI said Wednesday. Claude Marcoux, chief operating officer for CGI in Canada, said the company intends for the […] More

  • Telos Unveils Continuous Monitoring Tech Offering; Hugh Barrett Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Telos Unveils Continuous Monitoring Tech Offering; Hugh Barrett Comments

    Telos has moved to expand its security risk assessment offering for businesses by launching a new continuous monitoring technology. Xacta Continuum is developed to compare security product results across an enterprise and lay out information for security and risk management functions, Telos said Tuesday. Hugh Barrett, Telos vice president of technical services, said the technology is […] More

  • SafeNet Unveils Data Breach Portal; Prakash Panjwani Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SafeNet Unveils Data Breach Portal; Prakash Panjwani Comments

    SafeNet Inc. has introduced a new data breach directory website for security departments to categorize an attack’s severity level and compare the resulting analyses with other breach incidents. The SafeNet Breach Level Index portal is developed to serve as a database of various breach disclosures and classifications based on numerical scoring of an organization’s breach […] More

  • Kratos Launches Small Satellite Command, Control System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Launches Small Satellite Command, Control System

    Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has unveiled a command and control system that is intended for use in small satellite operations. The quantumCMD off-the-shelf technology is built to help users develop dashboards and a common operational picture across satellites, Kratos said Tuesday. QuantumCMD is also designed with telemetry, tracking and command tools, as well as HTML5 web server […] More