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  • Salesforce Introduces Unified Payment System for LA Travelers; Dave Rey Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Salesforce Introduces Unified Payment System for LA Travelers; Dave Rey Quoted

    The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority in California has implemented a Salesforce-powered unified payment system for local commuters to pay for travel through a single digital hub. Publicis.Sapient helped LA Metro architect and launch the TAPforce on the Salesforce Platform to serve as a “one-stop shop” for payment transactions and program registrations across multiple account-based transport options throughout […] More

  • Report: Launch Service Providers Want Fewer Rocket Design Options - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Launch Service Providers Want Fewer Rocket Design Options

    Some launch service providers have moved to decrease the number of their rocket offerings as part of cost-saving efforts, SpaceNews reported Wednesday. Tory Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance, told audience at the SpaceCom Expo held Wednesday in Houston the company has reduced Atlas 5 and Delta 2 and 4 configurations from 41 to […] More

  • TechFlow to Support USDA IT Modernization Effort; Greg Godbout Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TechFlow to Support USDA IT Modernization Effort; Greg Godbout Quoted

    TechFlow has received a contract from the General Services Administration to provide information technology services to the Agriculture Department through centers of excellence. The company said Monday it will help USDA update infrastructure and adopt cloud technology, with a special focus on the areas of replatforming, application rehosting, cloud platform services and DevSecOps. Greg Godbout, chief […] More

  • DARPA Requests Info on Distributed Consensus Protocols - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Requests Info on Distributed Consensus Protocols

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked industry to submit input on other potential applications of distributed consensus protocols that are widely used in cryptocurrency or blockchain technology. A FedBizOpps notice posted Nov. 19 states that DARPA seeks methods to create large-scale permissionless distributed protocols without depending on currency transfers, economic-based security models for multiparty computation […] More

  • DHS, Industry to Assess First Responder Tech Through Operational Experimentation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS, Industry to Assess First Responder Tech Through Operational Experimentation

    The Department of Homeland Security’s science and technology directorate and industry will conduct an operational experimentation from Dec. 4 to 5 in Houston to assess technology platforms used by first responders. DHS said Tuesday it will work with 13 Houston-based public safety agencies and commercial partners to evaluate systems through the Next Generation First Responder – […] More

  • PDRI Awarded DHS Cyber Workforce Screening Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PDRI Awarded DHS Cyber Workforce Screening Services Contract

    Arlington, Va.-based talent management platforms provider PDRI will conceptualize and manage a cybersecurity workforce assessment initiative for the Department of Homeland Security under a multimillion-dollar award. The company said Tuesday it will work with subcontractor partners IBM‘s talent management solutions business, Booz Allen Hamilton and Human Resources Research Organization on the contract. PDRI will provide DHS with proficiency assessments to […] More

  • Abaco, EIZO Forge Video Processing Tech Dev't Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Abaco, EIZO Forge Video Processing Tech Dev’t Partnership

    Abaco Systems has partnered with EIZO Rugged Solutions to meet the video processing requirements of military and aerospace clients.  Abaco said Tuesday it will leverage EIZO’s experience in general-purpose graphics processing unit and video processing technology to offer new platforms for use in electronic warfare; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; remote sensing; and other compute-intensive operations. The collaboration with EIZO allows […] More

  • Rite-Solutions Lands $50M Naval Undersea Warfare Center IT Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rite-Solutions Lands $50M Naval Undersea Warfare Center IT Services Contract

    Rite-Solutions has secured a $49.6M contract to provide information technology services to the Naval Undersea Warfare Center. The company said Monday it will support NUWC’s activity chief information officer/information technology division, which handles compliance, maintenance, operations and strategic planning of the center’s IT architecture. The contract covers delivery of services such as application management, software […] More

  • NS2 Serves Graduates First UK Vets Under Tech Training, Employment Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NS2 Serves Graduates First UK Vets Under Tech Training, Employment Program

    NS2 Serves has graduated the first-ever group of U.K. veterans who received instruction under the U.S.-based nonprofit’s technology training and employment program. Former U.K. army air corps officers Aidan Gray and Ryan Dix completed NS2 Serves’ three-month, in-residence schooling to garner technical and “soft business” skills to aid them as they make their transition from […] More

  • Northrop’s Cygnus Spacecraft Arrives at ISS for 10th Cargo Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop’s Cygnus Spacecraft Arrives at ISS for 10th Cargo Resupply Mission

    A Northrop Grumman spacecraft has reached the International Space Station for its 10th cargo resupply mission with NASA. The company said Monday the Cygnus spacecraft, also called “S.S. John Young,” transported 7.4K pounds of crew supplies and research materials to ISS after it launched Saturday from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia aboard an Antares rocket. ISS crew used the […] More

  • Northrop Launches Cygnus Spacecraft for 10th ISS Cargo Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Launches Cygnus Spacecraft for 10th ISS Cargo Mission

    Northrop Grumman on Saturday launched the Cygnus cargo spacecraft on a mission to deliver 7,400 pounds of NASA‘s scientific equipment and crew supplies to the  International Space Station. The company said Saturday its vehicle, nicknamed S.S. John Young, lifted off at 4:01 a.m. Eastern time from the Wallops Flight Facility’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A  in Virginia aboard the medium-class Antares rocket. […] More