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  • Iron Mountain, QuadraMed Form Patient ID Mgmt Alliance for Clients; Vicki Wheatley Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iron Mountain, QuadraMed Form Patient ID Mgmt Alliance for Clients; Vicki Wheatley Comments

    Iron Mountain and QuadraMed have partnered to develop an enterprise master person index tool to help clients remove duplicate and fragmented patient data records. Iron Mountain will combine its information governance services with QuadraMed’s EMPI technology, search algorithms and workflow processes for health organizations to move archival records off-site, Iron Mountain said Tuesday. “Through improved […] More

  • Casey Coleman: IT Procurement Process Needs Industry-Gov't Dialogue - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Casey Coleman: IT Procurement Process Needs Industry-Gov’t Dialogue

    Casey Coleman, vice president of Unisys‘ federal civilian business group, government and industry need more communication in order to help fulfill information technology procurements. Coleman wrote in a blog post published Tuesday that some companies may not understand the government’s desired outcome when dialogue is absent. “Without effective dialogue between government and industry, contractors cannot understand the outcomes […] More

  • Grant Thornton: Cyber Attacks Cost Businesses $315M Over Past Year - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Grant Thornton: Cyber Attacks Cost Businesses $315M Over Past Year

    A new Grant Thornton report estimates the total cost of cyber attacks to businesses worldwide in the past 12 months has reached $315 billion. One in six businesses have experienced cyber attacks during that period with companies in Europe and North America as among the top targets, Grant Thornton said Sept. 22. Grant Thornton surveyed 2,500 business leaders […] More

  • MTSI Gets FAA Nod to Operate Commercial Drones; Paul Linnell Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MTSI Gets FAA Nod to Operate Commercial Drones; Paul Linnell Comments

    Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has obtained the Federal Aviation Administration’s approval to operate commercial unmanned aerial systems in U.S. civilian airspace. The authorization permits MTSI’s C-ASTRAL Bramor rTK drone to fly up to 200 feet over land and throughout the U.S., MTSI said Monday. Bramor is designed to perform mapping and surveying operations for a maximum […] More

  • URS to Maintain NASA UH-1H-II Aircraft, Aerospace Ground Equipment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    URS to Maintain NASA UH-1H-II Aircraft, Aerospace Ground Equipment

    A business unit of AECOM has been awarded a five-year, $7 million contract to maintain and operate NASA’s UH-1H-II aircraft and aerospace ground equipment. URS Federal Services will assist in the flight, maintenance and operations of three UH-1H-II aircraft at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center shuttle landing facility in Florida, NASA said Wednesday. NASA said the contract […] More

  • Securboration to Update Air Force’s Event Processing Environment Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Securboration to Update Air Force’s Event Processing Environment Software

    Securboration Inc. has won a $40 million contract to develop and update the U.S. Air Force’s event processing environment software. The company will migrate the software tool to command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance infrastructures to help warfighters transmit and receive information, the Defense Department said Friday. Securboration will perform work in Melbourne, […] More

  • Exelis to Engineer Air Force Countermeasures Phased Array Antenna - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis to Engineer Air Force Countermeasures Phased Array Antenna

    Exelis has received a $47 million contract to perform engineering work on the U.S. Air Force’s countermeasures phased array antenna. Exelis will develop the form, fit and function interface, and deliver prototypes of the AN/ALQ-172 line replaceable unit-8 antenna, the Defense Department said Friday. The company will carry out the task in Clifton, New Jersey, through […] More

  • Boeing Launches South Carolina Tech Development Center; John Tracy Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Launches South Carolina Tech Development Center; John Tracy Comments

    Boeing has inaugurated a new research and technology center in South Carolina intended to further the company’s advanced manufacturing push. The 104,000-square-foot Boeing Research and Technology-South Carolina Center is designed to focus on the manufacture of composite fuselage and propulsion systems, Boeing said Thursday. John Tracy, Boeing chief technology officer and senior vice president of engineering, […] More

  • Leidos Awarded Tricare Beneficiary Education, Enrollment Support Subcontract; Jerry Hogge Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Awarded Tricare Beneficiary Education, Enrollment Support Subcontract; Jerry Hogge Comments

    International SOS has awarded Leidos a potential six-year, $50 million subcontract to conduct support services for the Defense Health Agency’s beneficiary education and enrollment program. Leidos will assist in DHA’s TRICARE Overseas Program operations through customer support, beneficiary education, claims assistance, appeals and grievances processing, and healthcare support services, Leidos said Thursday. The contract contains a one-year […] More

  • Leidos Funds Georgia Tech’s Healthcare Data Analytics Program for 3rd Year; Doug Barton Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Funds Georgia Tech’s Healthcare Data Analytics Program for 3rd Year; Doug Barton Comments

    Leidos has funded a healthcare data analytics pilot program at Georgia Institute of Technology with $40,000 in donation. Georgia Tech will use the funding to develop a data analytics platform in the Interoperability and Integration Innovation Lab, Leidos said Thursday. “These efforts reflect an industry imperative for the work we do every day to optimize […] More

  • Lockheed, DoD in Talks Over New F-35 Deal; Frank Kendall Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, DoD in Talks Over New F-35 Deal; Frank Kendall Comments

    Lockheed Martin and the Defense Department plan to strike a deal in the fall for the next batches of F-35 fighter jets that could cost $15 billion, Reuters reported Tuesday. Andrea Shalal writes the agreement is for the ninth batch of F-35 comprising 60 jets and the 10th batch consisting of 100 units. “We’re still in […] More

  • NCI to Help Test US Army’s Mission Command Software Baselines; Brian Clark Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NCI to Help Test US Army’s Mission Command Software Baselines; Brian Clark Comments

    NCI Inc. has received a potential 34-month, $14.5 million task order to test and configure the U.S. Army’s mission command software baselines. NCI will perform engineering, architecture and integration services on the LandWarNet software at a Fort Hood, Texas-based Army central technical support facility, the company said Thursday. Brian Clark, NCI’s president, said the company […] More