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  • NASA Taps DigitalGlobe to Provide Satellite Imagery for Earth Observation Studies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Taps DigitalGlobe to Provide Satellite Imagery for Earth Observation Studies

    Maxar Technologies‘ DigitalGlobe business has received a potential five-year, $7M contract from NASA to provide high-resolution commercial electro-optical and synthetic aperture radar satellite imagery for Earth observation studies. Under the blanket purchase agreement, the space agency will leverage DigitalGlobe’s 100-petabyte imagery library and Geospatial Big Data platform and satellite data from the WorldView constellation, Maxar said Wednesday. […] More

  • FEMA Seeks Identity Verification, Authentication System for Disaster Relief Applications - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FEMA Seeks Identity Verification, Authentication System for Disaster Relief Applications

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency has issued a draft solicitation for identity verification and authentication services to attend to disaster survivors in need of government assistance, NextGov reported Wednesday. FEMA said in a performance work statement that it seeks to incorporate IV&A products and services in the registration process of individuals seeking disaster relief and […] More

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    General Dynamics’ Matthew McFadden: Innovation Key to Federal Data Security

    Matthew McFadden, cyber director for General Dynamics’ information technology business, has said federal agencies should continuously innovate as part of efforts to protect information systems. He wrote in a blog entry posted Tuesday that government IT leaders should partner with companies and adopt new technology such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, security orchestration, automation and blockchain […] More

  • Charles River Laboratories Begins Management Support Work for NIAID Under $96M Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Charles River Laboratories Begins Management Support Work for NIAID Under $96M Contract

    Charles River Laboratories has started providing management support services and personnel to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases under a potential five-year, $95.7M contract. The company said Tuesday its Insourcing Solutions business is supervising 200 of its staff tasked to support NIAID’s biomedical research operations across various scientific disciplines. Other services included in […] More

  • BAE Demonstrates XTS Guard 5’s Features for Intelligence Data Sharing Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Demonstrates XTS Guard 5’s Features for Intelligence Data Sharing Operations

    BAE Systems showcased the ability of its XTS Guard 5 software to streamline and secure information sharing operations among federal agencies and networks at the 2018 Enterprise Challenge this past spring. The company said Tuesday the system provided intelligence agencies with geospatial imagery and data to share different data types such as email, attachments and chat from various […] More

  • NASA Issues RFI on Potential Space Weather Follow-On Program Instruments, Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Issues RFI on Potential Space Weather Follow-On Program Instruments, Services

    NASA seeks information on vendors that can provide equipment and services necessary to administer the Space Weather Follow-On program for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. A FedBizOpps notice posted Monday says NASA seeks concepts for a SWFO-L1 mission instrument that can produce observational products for solar wind plasma velocity, density, temperature observation, suprathermal ion […] More

  • Vcinity Unveils Data Access-on-Demand Tech, Partners With Peraton to Support USAF Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vcinity Unveils Data Access-on-Demand Tech, Partners With Peraton to Support USAF Customers

    Vcinity has launched a technology platform designed to help enterprise customers access real-time data on demand and obtain insight from information assets. The company said Monday its patented offering will allow users to move and view geographically dispersed data on premise or in a cloud environment to support their organizations’ digital initiatives. An International Data Corp. […] More

  • FBI Modifies Vendor Selection Approach for Potential $5B IT Contract Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FBI Modifies Vendor Selection Approach for Potential $5B IT Contract Vehicle

    The FBI has decided not to conduct a full and open competition when selecting vendors for the bureau’s potential $5B contract vehicle covering information technology products and support services, Nextgov reported Monday. The report noted the bureau intends to award 15 to 22 spots on the IT Supplies and Support Services contract to multiple large and […] More

  • Thales to Help NOAA Build Ground Terminal for Global Navigation Satellite System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales to Help NOAA Build Ground Terminal for Global Navigation Satellite System

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has selected Thales to build a facility at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico for receiving and processing distress beacon signals from Global Navigation Satellite System satellites. Thales said Monday it will establish the Southwest USA Medium-Earth Orbit Local User Terminal to support NOAA’s Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking […] More

  • Leidos Obtains CMMI for Development Level 3 Appraisal; James Cantor Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Obtains CMMI for Development Level 3 Appraisal; James Cantor Quoted

    Leidos has received a Capability Maturity Model Integration for Development Level 3 appraisal for its methodology to initiate programs and product assessments in accordance with industry best practices. The CMMI Institute granted the rating after reviewing Leidos’ systems and software engineering, integration, maintenance, management and development processes with the Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement, the company […] More

  • Everbridge's Cloud-Based Critical Comms Tech Suite Gets DISA OK - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Everbridge’s Cloud-Based Critical Comms Tech Suite Gets DISA OK

    Everbridge has received approval from the Defense Information Systems Agency to offer defense agencies a suite of cloud-based technology products designed to facilitate communications in the event of a critical situation. DISA granted a provisional authorization at impact level 2 to the company’s mass notification, incident communications and information alerting systems, Everbridge said Monday. The PA […] More

  • IBM Develops Open Source Platform for Cloud-Based Workload Mgmt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Develops Open Source Platform for Cloud-Based Workload Mgmt

    IBM has unveiled an open source platform designed to help organizations manage workloads and applications across multiple cloud computing systems. The company said Monday its Multicloud Manager includes a dashboard where users can oversee businesses, security and governance processes through various cloud systems from different providers. The technology is designed to run on IBM’s Cloud Private […] More