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  • Boeing Electric Propulsion Satellite Kicks Off Operation; Mark Spiwak Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Electric Propulsion Satellite Kicks Off Operation; Mark Spiwak Comments

    Boeing has kicked off operations for an all-electric propulsion satellite the company developed for ABS. The 702SP satellite now services customers in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa following an on-orbit handover on Aug. 31, Boeing said Thursday. “702SP’s patented dual-launch capability helps customers share launch costs, which can significantly lower overall expenses for […] More

  • FCi Federal to Help HHS Audit Dept's HIPAA Compliance; William Thomas Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FCi Federal to Help HHS Audit Dept’s HIPAA Compliance; William Thomas Comments

    FCi Federal has received a $1 million contract to evaluate the Department of Health and Human Services’ compliance status under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. FCi will perform the HIPAA audits in partnership with Lunarline for the HHS’ civil rights office for 18 months, FCi said Tuesday. “We are excited to apply our unparalleled support services […] More

  • Fluor to Carry Out Africa, Southern Command Logistics Work; Bruce Stanski Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fluor to Carry Out Africa, Southern Command Logistics Work; Bruce Stanski Comments

    Fluor Corp. will aid in regional forward planning support work done by U.S. Africa Command and Southern Command after the U.S. Army realigned the structure of a potential 10-year contract vehicle for logistics work worldwide. The Army will organize work under the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program IV vehicle on a regional basis aligned by the military’s six geographic combatant commands, Fluor said […] More

  • Tetra Tech to Help Indonesian Government Protect Forested Areas; Dan Batrack Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tetra Tech to Help Indonesian Government Protect Forested Areas; Dan Batrack Comments

    The U.S. Agency for International Development has awarded Tetra Tech a $47 million contract to assist Indonesia in its efforts to protect the country’s biodiversity and forested areas. Tetra Tech will collaborate with the national government and civil society groups to manage conservation site and implement low emission development policies under the five-year project, the company […] More

  • BMC Updates Digital Service Compliance, Enterprise Security Offering; Bill Berutti Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BMC Updates Digital Service Compliance, Enterprise Security Offering; Bill Berutti Comments

    BMC has updated its digital service compliance and enterprise security offering in an effort to help customers shorten the response time to vulnerabilities. The BladeLogic 8.7 Intelligent Compliance and SecOps service incorporates new features such as native integration with the Nessus vulnerability scanning technology, new policy compliance content and new Docker container scanning support, BMC said Tuesday. […] More

  • Appian’s Chris O'Connell Points to Gap Between Federal Enterprise Systems, Mobile Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Appian’s Chris O’Connell Points to Gap Between Federal Enterprise Systems, Mobile Tech

    Chris O’Connell, vice president for federal sales and public sector at Appian, believes there needs to be a closure to the gap between mobile technology and enterprise systems. O’Connell wrote in an opinion piece for GCN published Friday that government agencies and commercial users could use mobile devices to collaborate and access enterprise data at […] More

  • BAE Develops New Comms Device for Warfighters; Mohammed Akhmad Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Develops New Comms Device for Warfighters; Mohammed Akhmad Comments

    BAE Systems has built a prototype system to transmit audio communications to soldiers on the battlefield. The company developed the system through modifications of bone conduction technology in order to send messages from the warfighter’s helmet to the inner ear, BAE said Tuesday. “With this system, the soldiers can safeguard their hearing with ear protectors whilst still […] More

  • CenturyLink Adds Pivotal PaaS to Cloud Marketplace; Dave Shacochis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink Adds Pivotal PaaS to Cloud Marketplace; Dave Shacochis Comments

    CenturyLink has begun to offer its customers Pivotal’s platform-as-a-service environment via CenturyLink’s cloud marketplace, Talking Cloud reported Friday. Dave Shacochis, vice president of cloud platform for CenturyLink, said the company intends for the Pivotal cloud foundry to expand the developer community’s access to its infrastructure-as-a-service platform, Mike Vizard reports. Shacochis noted that cloud foundry environments […] More

  • GSA Seeks Public Input to Modify IT Schedule 70 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Seeks Public Input to Modify IT Schedule 70

    General Services Administration head Denise Turner Roth has announced GSA’s move to solicit input from industry in an effort to help businesses gain more access to the federal procurement space. Roth said Thursday the request for information aims to modify GSA’s IT Schedule 70 in order to attract increased participation from the private sector. “And […] More

  • Research and Markets: UCaaS Market to Hit $25B by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: UCaaS Market to Hit $25B by 2020

    A new Research and Markets report projects the unified communication-as-a-service market to reach $24.88 billion by 2020 from $15.12 billion in 2015. The report noted a growing adoption of UCaaS in retail industry vertical due to the consumer goods and retailers’ increasing need for business communication process as they transform into large enterprises, Research and […] More

  • Research and Markets Examines Global Naval Vessels, Surface Combatants Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets Examines Global Naval Vessels, Surface Combatants Market

    Research and Markets has released a new report that provides analysis of the naval vessels and surface combatants market worldwide. The report gives details of the market’s projected size and growth from 2015 through 2025, Research and Markets said Sept. 3. It profiles the following companies in the report: ASC Pty Ltd. Austal BAE Systems Daewoo Shipbuilding and […] More