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  • Accenture Surveys Federal Cloud Deployment Strategies; Annette Rippert Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture Surveys Federal Cloud Deployment Strategies; Annette Rippert Comments

    Accenture Federal Services and the Government Business Council have jointly surveyed federal executives to evaluate their views and experiences on their agencies’ cloud implementation. The “The Road Ahead: 3 Years After Cloud First” report indicates that agencies face staffing and procurement processes amid increasing deployment of cloud services, Accenture said Thursday. “While there are initial challenges […] More

  • Gov't Workers Org DPS Health Extend Online Weight Mgmt Program; Kathy Ross Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gov’t Workers Org DPS Health Extend Online Weight Mgmt Program; Kathy Ross Comments

    The Government Employees Health Association and DPS Health have moved to extend their online weight management program partnership through 2014. GEHA and DPS Health aim to have an additional 5,000 health plan members through the program’s continuation, DPS Health said Thursday. Kathy Ross, director of clinical quality for GEHA, said VLM is intended to help address members’ […] More

  • Airbus Defence and Space Unveils New Satellite Comms Offering; Danny Côté Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Defence and Space Unveils New Satellite Comms Offering; Danny Côté Comments

    Airbus Group’s defense and space business unit has introduced a fresh satellite communications offering for mining customers.< The Terralink Companion Quick Deploy 1.2m VSAT system is designed for various communication applications such as email, Internet, file transfer and voice calling through wired and wireless networks, Airbus said Thursday. Danny Côté, business communications enterprises lead of […] More

  • Raytheon to R&D Cyber Strategies for DARPA; Jack Harrington Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to R&D Cyber Strategies for DARPA; Jack Harrington Comments

    Raytheon will research and develop new cyber operations strategies for a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program under a $9.8 million contract. The company will identify approaches that are intended to help Defense Department to execute and assess cyber missions under DARPA’s Plan X program, Raytheon said Thursday. Jack Harrington, vice president of cybersecurity and special […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Buys Moss Point Property for Warehouse; Irwin Edenzon Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Buys Moss Point Property for Warehouse; Irwin Edenzon Comments

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ shipbuilding division has acquired a Moss Point, Miss.-based property and plans to modify the site into a warehouse facility. The 12.26-acre property is scheduled to start operation in the fall after it undergoes renovation, Huntington Ingalls said Wednesday. “This purchase is another component of our strategy to consolidate facilities,” said Irwin Edenzon, […] More

  • IBM Invests $100M in Watson Computer Africa Roll Out; Kamal Bhattacharya Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Invests $100M in Watson Computer Africa Roll Out; Kamal Bhattacharya Comments

    IBM Corp. wants to invest $100 million in a 10-year initiative to roll out its artificial intelligence and cognitive systems in Africa in an effort to seek business opportunities in the region. IBM will deploy the Watson technology from its Africa research laboratory, where researchers can develop new services in healthcare, education, water and sanitation, […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Unveils Weather Threat Radar Tech; Steve Timm Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins Unveils Weather Threat Radar Tech; Steve Timm Comments

    Rockwell Collins has introduced a new atmospheric threat detection technology offering for air transit customers. The MultiScan ThreatTrack weather radar is built with the Predictive Overflight protection system to warn pilots and crews about hail and lightning threats along an aircraft’s flight path, Rockwell Collins said Tuesday. Steve Timm, vice president and general manager of air […] More

  • Intellicheck Mobilisa Patents ID Verification System; Nelson Ludlow Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intellicheck Mobilisa Patents ID Verification System; Nelson Ludlow Comments

    Intellicheck Mobilisa has patented an identification check system that is intended to help law enforcers verify the identity of ID card bearers. The technology is designed to read ID card data, match the card’s information with other possible individuals and display the identified individual to a system user, Intellicheck Mobilisa said Wednesday. Nelson Ludlow, president […] More

  • Leidos Extends Metering Services for United Power; James Baxter Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Extends Metering Services for United Power; James Baxter Comments

    Leidos will deploy additional meters for United Power’s metering infrastructure work under the second phase of a 10-year contract. Leidos started implementing 20,000 meters for the Colorado-based electric cooperative in October 2013 and intends to complete the second phase by September 2014, the company said Wednesday. James Baxter, senior vice president for energy services at […] More

  • Michael Bristol: TCS to Build Satellite Systems for Army's Maritime Functions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michael Bristol: TCS to Build Satellite Systems for Army’s Maritime Functions

    TeleCommunication Systems Inc. has been awarded a $6.8 million contract to develop maritime satellite systems for the U.S. Army. TCS will supply Digisat International-manufactured Intellian antenna subsystems to the Army for automatic switchover during disruptions, the company said Wednesday. Michael Bristol, TCS government services group president, said the company intends for those systems to help […] More

  • Ray Johnson: Lockheed Looks to Mide for Sensor Tech Commercialization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ray Johnson: Lockheed Looks to Mide for Sensor Tech Commercialization

    Lockheed Martin has selected a sensor technology offering built by startup company Mide for installation on the U.S. Navy‘s Aegis weapon system. The novel piezoelectric sensor technology is designed to measure variations in pressure, acceleration, strain and force through electrical conversion, Lockheed said Wednesday. “In the last ten years, we have been able to transition about […] More

  • Quantum Obtains Funding for Threat Detection Tech; Mark Tinker Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Quantum Obtains Funding for Threat Detection Tech; Mark Tinker Comments

    Quantum Technology Sciences has obtained $2.3 million in initial funding from private investors to market a threat detection technology. Quantum’s technology offering is built to identify threats from air, water, land and underground environments and notify security personnel, Quantum said Tuesday. Mark Tinker, Quantum CEO, said the technology is aimed at helping to detect threats and […] More