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  • TWD ESS Services to Produce Network Camera Systems for DoD; Marlon Phillips Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TWD ESS Services to Produce Network Camera Systems for DoD; Marlon Phillips Comments

    TWD ESS Services has been selected to build network camera systems for installation in a Defense Department facility under a $127,000 contract. The company will produce PTZ camera, indoor and outdoor fixed dome camera, camera lens, surface mount, wiper and adapter for DoD’s physical security system requirements, TWD ESS said Wednesday. “The ability to deliver a […] More

  • Lockheed to Update Sweden Airport Operational Systems; Mark Cooper Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Update Sweden Airport Operational Systems; Mark Cooper Comments

    Lockheed Martin has been selected to upgrade Sweden’s airport operational systems in an effort to help share information with stakeholders across the network under a five-year contract. Swedavia tapped Lockheed to install the latter company’s Chroma suite that comprises a multi-airport operational database, resource management system and flight information displays, Lockheed said Thursday. Mark Cooper, […] More

  • CACI Debuts 'SkyTracker' UAS Detection System; Ken Asbury Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI Debuts ‘SkyTracker’ UAS Detection System; Ken Asbury Comments

    CACI International has released a new system for customers to detect and identify unmanned aerial systems they believe could be in restricted airspace. The SkyTracker precision system uses radio links to monitor drones that fly in protected airspace and locate ground operators, CACI said Thursday. Ken Asbury, CACI president and CEO, said the company designed the system “to address the rapidly […] More

  • DARPA Extends Xerox Subsidiary's Disappearing Electronics Contract; Gregory Whiting Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Extends Xerox Subsidiary’s Disappearing Electronics Contract; Gregory Whiting Comments

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has extended a contract with Xerox‘s PARC subsidiary for continued development work on a transient electronics technology. PARC made the Disintegration Upon Stress Release Trigger for DARPA’s Vanishing Programmable Resources program as the agency seeks to develop electronic systems that dissappear on command, Xerox said Wednesday. “This technology can help commercial organizations as well […] More

  • General Atomics, Army Fly Gray Eagle for South Korea Exercises; Frank Pace Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics, Army Fly Gray Eagle for South Korea Exercises; Frank Pace Comments

    A Gray Eagle drone General Atomics built for the U.S. Army has completed a series of joint manned-unmanned aircraft teaming exercises in South Korea. General Atomics said Wednesday the Gray Eagle worked to stream video and metadata to the AH-64 Apache helicopter from a remote location for operators to control the drone’s sensors and identify targets. The Apache helicopter […] More

  • Thales Launches Data Security Platform; Cindy Provin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales Launches Data Security Platform; Cindy Provin Comments

    Thales has introduced a new security platform for commercial and government customers to protect data in transit. The Datacryptor 5000 Series encryption system is designed to secure data from traffic analyses and side channel attacks with zero latency on network performance, Thales said Tuesday. “Datacryptor 5000 Series offers a complete security solution that scales from simple […] More

  • Unisys Extends IT Work for Colombian Public Utilities Firm; Carlos Ferrer Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys Extends IT Work for Colombian Public Utilities Firm; Carlos Ferrer Comments

    Unisys Corp. has been awarded a one-year extension to provide information technology services to Empresas Publicas de Medellin, a public utilities company in Colombia. Unisys will produce additional devices, firewalls, servers and applications for the new contract, the company said Tuesday. In 2014, the company began its work to identify and respond to security incidents […] More

  • IBM Adds 5 New Federal Cloud Ecosystem Partners; Anne Altman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Adds 5 New Federal Cloud Ecosystem Partners; Anne Altman Comments

    Five companies have joined IBM’s cloud ecosystem to deliver hybrid cloud services to the U.S. federal government. IBM said Tuesday that Arrow, Avnet Government Solutions, Ingram Micro, Tech Data and ViON will incorporate the IBM cloud system into their respective offerings as part of the partnership. “With our partners, we have a strong understanding of the […] More

  • Lockheed Gets FAA Nod for Hybrid Airship Plan; Robert Boyd Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets FAA Nod for Hybrid Airship Plan; Robert Boyd Comments

    The Federal Aviation Administration has approved Lockheed Martin‘s plan to certify the company’s hybrid airship project. That project specific certification plan describes how Lockheed will carry out the hybrid criteria approved by the FAA in April 2013, Lockheed said Tuesday. “The approval of the certification plan represents an important risk reduction milestone for our customers,” said […] More

  • QTS Disaster Recovery, Infrastructure Services Receive Cisco Cloud Certification; Frank Eagle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QTS Disaster Recovery, Infrastructure Services Receive Cisco Cloud Certification; Frank Eagle Comments

    QTS Realty Trust has received a Cisco cloud and managed services certification for the former company’s disaster recovery as a service and infrastructure as a service products. Cisco audited QTS’ enterprise and federal cloud offerings designed to provide Cisco-powered DRaaS and IaaS services, QTS said Friday. Frank Eagle, vice president of business development at QTS, said Cisco’s certification […] More

  • Northrop, Army Demo Integrated Battle Command System; Dan Verwiel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop, Army Demo Integrated Battle Command System; Dan Verwiel Comments

    Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Army have completed a flight test on an integrated air and missile defense system built to help soldiers identify and destroy targets. A Patriot Advanced Capability 3 interceptor engaged a cruise missile target through the command-and-control input provided by the IAMD battle command system during the demonstration, Northrop said Monday. “The IBCS gives […] More

  • Radisys, Octasic, Quortus Unveil New Multiradio System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Radisys, Octasic, Quortus Unveil New Multiradio System

    Radisys, Octasic and Quortus have introduced a multiradio system designed for use in military and public safety operations. Radisys said Monday the ruggedized radio system is designed as a combination of its small cell software systems with Octasic’s platforms and Quortus’ virtualized evolved packet core service into a complete, network-in-a-box tool. The system is built for military and public safety professionals […] More