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  • Microsoft Unveils Office 365 Email Filtering Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Unveils Office 365 Email Filtering Tool

    Microsoft has introduced an email security offering intended to help government and commercial organizations protect their mailboxes against sophisticated threats. The Exchange Online Advanced Threat Protection service works to filter out zero-day threats and malicious links in digital correspondence, according to a June 1 blog post by Shobhit Sahay, technical product manager of Microsoft’s Office […] More

  • McKinsey Report Highlights Public-Private Infrastructure Funding Gap - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    McKinsey Report Highlights Public-Private Infrastructure Funding Gap

    A McKinsey & Co. report projects that $57 trillion in funds will be needed to build and repair public infrastructure assets through 2030 but governments are unlikely to meet the global demand for infrastructure. McKinsey’s Alastair Green, Tim Koller, and Robert Palter said they believe many public works projects fail to attract private funding due […] More

  • Carahsoft to Offer Acronis Mobility Tools in Govt Market; Lauren Leggat Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Offer Acronis Mobility Tools in Govt Market; Lauren Leggat Comments

    Carahsoft Technology will serve as a master government aggregator for Acronis‘ portfolio of mobile data access and sharing platforms under a partnership agreement between the companies. The Acronis Access Advanced suite is designed to help government and other enterprise clients view, share and protect content on mobile devices or personal computers, Acronis said Monday. Lauren […] More

  • CACI to Help Navy Engineer, Test Electro-Optical Sensors; Ken Asbury Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI to Help Navy Engineer, Test Electro-Optical Sensors; Ken Asbury Comments

    CACI International has received a $32 million task order to provide technical, engineering and logistics support services for the U.S. Navy‘s electro-optical sensors. The company will collaborate with the Naval Surface Warfare Center to test and evaluate multi-platform EO technologies, CACI said Tuesday. CACI CEO Ken Asbury, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 list for […] More

  • CSC-AIA Survey: A&D Companies Focus on Tech Development, Modernization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSC-AIA Survey: A&D Companies Focus on Tech Development, Modernization

    Computer Sciences Corp. and the Aerospace Industries Association have released the findings of a survey that highlights business, technology and economic perspectives from aerospace and industry executives. The 2015 A&D Market Survey says companies are investing more in efforts toward product innovation, technology improvements and cybersecurity, CSC said. Forty-one percent of senior executive respondents said their organizations […] More

  • General Dynamics Gets Army OK for Full WIN-T System Production; Chris Marzilli Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Gets Army OK for Full WIN-T System Production; Chris Marzilli Comments

    General Dynamics has received approval from the U.S. Army to commence full-rate production of the company’s wireless battlefield communication systems for the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment 2 program. The company built the WIN-T platform to help Army commanders and soldiers communicate with each other and projects that all military units will have access to the […] More

  • Technavio's Faisal Ghaus: Mobile Helps Drive Demand for Unified Comms-as-a-Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Technavio’s Faisal Ghaus: Mobile Helps Drive Demand for Unified Comms-as-a-Service

    Technavio has forecast a 28 percent year-over-year growth for the global unified communications-as-a-service market from 2015 to 2019. Faisal Ghaus, a vice president of Technavio, said Thursday the UCaaS market growth is driven by an increase in the use of smartphones for enterprise bring-your-own-device programs. Ghaus projected Asia Pacific will be the biggest adopter of […] More

  • DoD Approves $4B Navy Carrier Construction Contract for Huntington Ingalls - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Approves $4B Navy Carrier Construction Contract for Huntington Ingalls

    Huntington Ingalls Industries is set to receive a $4 billion contract to design and build the U.S. Navy‘s second Ford-class aircraft carrier, Bloomberg reported Friday. Anthony Cappacio writes the Navy has obtained approval from U.S. Defense Department acquisition chief Frank Kendall to move forward on the USS John F. Kennedy carrier construction project. Beci Brenton, […] More

  • Rick Ambrose: 3D Printing Tech Helps Lockheed Shorten Satellite Development Cycle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rick Ambrose: 3D Printing Tech Helps Lockheed Shorten Satellite Development Cycle

    Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin‘s space systems segment, told Al.com in an interview published Thursday that the company has adopted three-dimensional printing technology with the goal of reducing system research and development cycle times. Ambrose told Al.com reporter Lee Roop that Lockheed uses 3D printers to build small satellite components. “We see […] More

  • Report: Navy to Launch UCLASS Contract Competition After DoD's Aircraft Portfolio Review - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Navy to Launch UCLASS Contract Competition After DoD’s Aircraft Portfolio Review

    The U.S. Navy cannot issue a formal solicitation for the Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike System contract until the Defense Department has completed its review of military aircraft portfolio, Reuters reported Wednesday. Andrea Shalal writes Rear Adm. Mike Manazir, director of air warfare at the Navy, said the military service finalized UCLASS development requirements […] More

  • Arion to Distribute Iridium's Mobile Satcom Offerings in South Korean Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Arion to Distribute Iridium’s Mobile Satcom Offerings in South Korean Market

    Iridium Communications has chosen Arion Communication to be a distributor of Iridium’s mobile satellite communication products and services to government, military and commercial clients across South Korea. Arion also seeks to offer South Korean businesses a global machine-to-machine connectivity through the NEXT satellite network, Iridium said Thursday. The companies’ reseller agreement covers Iridium’s OpenPort broadband […] More

  • Technavio Sets 8% CAGR for Enterprise IT Security Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Technavio Sets 8% CAGR for Enterprise IT Security Market

    An analysis by Technavio predicts the worldwide market for enterprise information technology security platforms will achieve an average growth of 7.83 percent from 2015 to 2019. Technavio has observed more government and commercial organizations adopting tools to prevent theft and unauthorized access of their enterprise data as well as to mitigate sophisticated threats, Market Research […] More