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  • Study: Demand for Military Electro-Optical IR Tech to Increase Over Next Decade - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Study: Demand for Military Electro-Optical IR Tech to Increase Over Next Decade

    An ASDReports.com report estimates the market value for military electro-optical and infrared systems stands at about $8.38 billion and would continue to grow for the next 10 years. The business intelligence firm said Monday the sector could enjoy steady growth through 2024 due to the growing military applications of EO/IR technology. Adoption of smaller and […] More

  • Lockheed, University of Alabama Form Data Analytics Partnership; Ray O. Johnson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, University of Alabama Form Data Analytics Partnership; Ray O. Johnson Comments

    Lockheed Martin and the University of Alabama have partnered to establish a data science center that will offer analytics research services to other organizations. The lab will be built to provide a collaborative data analytics environment for government, commercial and academic organizations and work to help them solve complex operational issues, UA said Monday. Dr. Ray […] More

  • Dan Clever: DHS' EAGLE II Vehicle to See Uptick in Activity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dan Clever: DHS’ EAGLE II Vehicle to See Uptick in Activity

    Industry and government executives have offered a range of opinions on a $22 billion information technology acquisition vehicle run by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Times reported Thursday. Christy O’Farrell writes the Enterprise Acquisition Gateway for Leading Edge Solutions II program appears to be gaining momentum almost four years after the agency issued the […] More

  • Rich Mather: Johns Hopkins University, Toshiba Partner for Health Data Analytics Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rich Mather: Johns Hopkins University, Toshiba Partner for Health Data Analytics Initiative

    Toshiba Group has partnered with Johns Hopkins University to establish a research facility that aims to leverage big data to analyze medical conditions and improve patient care. The Toshiba Center for Big Data in Healthcare is located at the Johns Hopkins Science + Technology Park in Baltimore and seeks to identify potential treatments for patients […] More

  • Deltek's Ashley Bergander: VA, DOE, AF Planning Multibillion Dollar Recompete Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deltek’s Ashley Bergander: VA, DOE, AF Planning Multibillion Dollar Recompete Contracts

    Deltek expects three federal agencies to launch solicitations for recompete contracts worth almost $30 billion combined in the next three months, the Washington Post reported Sunday. Ashley Bergander, research manager at Deltek, writes the contract vehicles from the Air Force as well as the departments of Energy and Veterans Affairs will be open to both […] More

  • Dan Carusi: Deltek Introduces GovCon Training Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dan Carusi: Deltek Introduces GovCon Training Program

    Deltek has launched a new educational program with the aim to keep companies up to date on government contracting procedures and federal acquisition regulations. The company said Friday it offers several GovCon courses year-round at its learning facility in Herndon, Virginia. “Knowledge of federal government regulations can be a barrier to market entry for many […] More

  • Jacobs JV to Provide Design Services for $2B Florida I-4 Overhaul Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs JV to Provide Design Services for $2B Florida I-4 Overhaul Project

    A Jacobs Engineering Group–HDR joint venture is part of a design-build consortium that won a $2.32 billion contract for the 21-mile Interstate 4 modernization project in Florida. The Florida Transportation Department picked I-4 Mobility Partners to construct 15 interchanges, more than 140 bridges and four toll lanes between Orange and Seminole counties, Jacobs said Friday. […] More

  • Jeff Barr: AWS Grows GovCloud Virtual Machine Portfolio - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeff Barr: AWS Grows GovCloud Virtual Machine Portfolio

    Amazon Web Services has expanded its instance offerings for an AWS platform designed to help U.S. government customers process sensitive workloads in cloud environment. Jeff Barr, AWS chief evangelist, writes in a blog post published Thursday the company added five more EC2 virtual machine types hosted on the AWS GovCloud (US) system. HS1 instance is […] More

  • Dell-HP-Intel-Emerson Alliance Develops Data Center Mgmt Interface - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell-HP-Intel-Emerson Alliance Develops Data Center Mgmt Interface

    A consortium comprising of Dell, Hewlett Packard, Intel and Emerson‘s network power business has developed a technical industry standard to help administrators manage, secure and modernize data center systems. Redfish network interface is designed to make different server platforms interoperable and extract insights from big data to improve system monitoring, the companies said Thursday. The […] More

  • RSA, TeleSign Combine Authentication Tools to Protect Online User Accounts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    RSA, TeleSign Combine Authentication Tools to Protect Online User Accounts

    RSA and TeleSign have partnered to add a phone-based verification service to an RSA technology offering that works to help organizations prevent fraudulent transactions on their web portals. Telesign said Wednesday it will provide voice or SMS one-time passwords for users of RSA’s Adaptive Authentication fraud detection platform. Adaptive Authentication is designed to evaluate login […] More