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  • MITRE, Harvard Partner on Nanocomputer System; Shamik Das Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MITRE, Harvard Partner on Nanocomputer System; Shamik Das Comments

    The MITRE Corp. and Harvard University are collaborating to develop a nanocomputer system. A team of scientists and engineers worked to design and assemble an ultra-small control processor called nanoFSM (nanoelectronic finite-state machine), which uses very little power to function, MITRE said Monday. The nanoFSM is comprised of hundreds of nanowire transistors within circuits on […] More

  • McAfee and ADT Survey Physical, Online Security Risks; John Giamatteo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    McAfee and ADT Survey Physical, Online Security Risks; John Giamatteo Comments

    McAfee and ADT have surveyed the connections between physical and online security risks among device users. The Futures Company commissioned the poll of 1,228 users of mobile and technological devices in the U.S. between December 4 and 15, 2013, McAfee said Monday. “In today’s always connected digital world, our entire lives are managed and are […] More

  • McKinsey Outlines 2014 IT Agenda for Businesses - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    McKinsey Outlines 2014 IT Agenda for Businesses

    McKinsey & Co. has outlined the information technology agenda that businesses are likely to embrace in 2014 based on key challenges they faced during the past year. Björn Münstermann, Brent Smolinski and Kara Sprague, principals at McKinsey, propose various tips that could enable IT infrastructure managers to meet budgetary limits, protect business and develop new […] More

  • Northrop Marks 100 Growler Electronic Attack Kit Deliveries; Doug Shaffer Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Marks 100 Growler Electronic Attack Kit Deliveries; Doug Shaffer Comments

    Northrop Grumman has completed the delivery of 100 airborne electronic attack kits to Boeing, the prime contractor of the U.S. Navy’s Growler aircraft program. The AEA kit is built for troops to target the enemy’s communication and air defense systems, Northrop said Tuesday. Doug Shaffer, director of information operations and electronic attack at Northrop Grumman Aerospace […] More

  • SAP, Atos Work With EU on Cloud Services Standards; Jim Hagemann Snabe Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP, Atos Work With EU on Cloud Services Standards; Jim Hagemann Snabe Comments

    SAP AG and Atos are collaborating with the European Union to develop standards for cloud services in an effort to help protect personal data of citizens, Bloomberg reported Monday. Cornelius Rahn writes the two companies and European governments will work on guidelines for screening Web programs and data storage technologies. Jim Hagemann Snabe, SAP co-CEO, said […] More

  • Northrop to Open Ogden Center Office; Lori Belnap, John Parker Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Open Ogden Center Office; Lori Belnap, John Parker Comment

    Northrop Grumman will open a new office at the Ogden-Hinckley Airport Kemp Center in Ogden, Utah, the Standard Examiner reported Thursday. Nearly 250 Northrop employees will relocate from the company’s facilities at Clearfield and Hill Air Force Bases to the new building in March, according to the report. John Parker, director of Northrop’s weapon system sustainment […] More

  • Alan Weakley: Sterling Global's Mauritania Office to House Risk Mgmt, Logistics Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Alan Weakley: Sterling Global’s Mauritania Office to House Risk Mgmt, Logistics Work

    Sterling Global Operations opened its Mauritania-based command center on Thursday to work with customers in the industrial, commercial, energy, banking and finance sectors. The center’s opening featured a presentation on SGO services for local businesses and government officials, SGO said Thursday. “Our command center in Mauritania will provide integrated solutions for risk management, safety, logistics and expeditionary […] More

  • Elbit Systems Subsidiary to Build Marine Corps Helmet Display System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Elbit Systems Subsidiary to Build Marine Corps Helmet Display System

    An Elbit Systems company has won an $11.7 million contract modification to develop a helmet-mounted display system for U.S. Marine Corps pilots, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Thursday. John Keller writes Fort Worth, Texas-based EFW Inc. will produce helmet display tracker system kits for pilots of the Whiskey Cobra attack helicopter under the U.S. Naval […] More

  • Spectro to Develop Fluid Analytics Tools Using Lockheed Classification Tech; Colleen Arthur Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Spectro to Develop Fluid Analytics Tools Using Lockheed Classification Tech; Colleen Arthur Comments

    Lockheed Martin Corp. has provided Spectro Inc. with a license to develop fresh fluid analysis tools using Lockheed’s fluid imaging and classification system. Spectro intends to build new analytics software for fluid and machine status monitoring based on the desktop version of Lockheed Martin’s LaserNet Fines technology, Spectro said Wednesday. The LNF system works to classify particle […] More

  • Boeing Receives Signal from in Orbit Tracking and Relay Satellite; Craig Cooning Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Receives Signal from in Orbit Tracking and Relay Satellite; Craig Cooning Comments

    Boeing’s tracking and data relay satellite has transmitted its first signals from space after its launch on Jan. 23. The TDRS-L is the fifth satellite that Boeing built for various NASA operations involving the International Space Station, researches on the Earth’s climate and deep space study using the Hubble Telescope, Boeing said Thursday. Craig Cooning, […] More

  • GE Expands Smart Grid Client Base; Todd Jackson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GE Expands Smart Grid Client Base; Todd Jackson Comments

    General Electric Co. has moved to grow its smart grid services customer base by adding new municipal and rural utilities clients for the subscription-based offering, Greentech Media reported Thursday. Jeff St. John writes at least six more customers have subscribed to GE’s Grid IQ solutions-as-a-service unit in addition to existing clients such as the municipal […] More