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  • Microsoft, Missouri Enter Criminal Justice Information Services Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft, Missouri Enter Criminal Justice Information Services Agreement

    Microsoft and the state of Missouri have entered into an agreement to help law enforcement agencies protect criminal justice information through the use of the company’s cloud platform. Rochelle Eichner, director of risk and compliance for Microsoft’s Azure Government engineering team, wrote in a blog entry posted Thursday the company has signed Criminal Justice Information Services agreements with 26 states […] More

  • Mitre, Singapore's Nanyang Technological University Form 'Smart' Tech R&D Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mitre, Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University Form ‘Smart’ Tech R&D Partnership

    Mitre and Singapore-based Nanyang Technological University have signed two research agreements to develop multiple technology platforms in support of Singapore’s Smart Nation initiative, The partnership aims to help increase safety in the workplace and productivity in courts with smart technologies, Mitre said Friday. NTU Professor Freddy Boey said the university seeks to combine its expertise in systems engineering and sustainable […] More

  • MBDA, Poland's PGZ Group Enter Agreement for Missile Systems Cooperation, Tech Transfer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MBDA, Poland’s PGZ Group Enter Agreement for Missile Systems Cooperation, Tech Transfer

    MBDA has entered into an agreement with state-owned Polish defense group Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa to boost cooperation on missile-related technologies. The strategic partnership agreement also involves the potential transfer of MBDA’s missile technologies to companies under the PGZ group and the companies’ inclusion in MBDA’s international supply chain, the missile manufacturer said Feb. 2. MBDA noted the […] More

  • DHS Taps NTT DATA for Biometric System Testing, Quality Assurance Services; Tim Conway Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Taps NTT DATA for Biometric System Testing, Quality Assurance Services; Tim Conway Comments

    NTT DATA has received an $8 million contract to provide independent system-level test support and quality assurance services to the Department of Homeland Security‘s Office of Biometric Identity Management. The company said Wednesday it will help sustain OBIM’s legacy Automated Biometric Identification System and support the implementation of DHS’ new Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology under the contract. “Modernizing legacy infrastructure and applications […] More

  • 6 Tech Firms Team Up to Boost Internet-of-Things Security - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    6 Tech Firms Team Up to Boost Internet-of-Things Security

    AT&T, IBM, Nokia, Palo Alto Networks, Symantec and Trustonic have forged an alliance with the goal to help businesses and consumers address security risks tied to the internet of things. The IoT Cybersecurity Alliance aims to promote awareness on cybersecurity measures designed to increase safety of the IoT ecosystem, foster partnership and support technology development, AT&T said Wednesday. “Be it a connected […] More

  • Boeing Plans New Defense Business Unit in India - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Plans New Defense Business Unit in India

    Boeing plans to establish a defense business unit in India as part of the aircraft manufacturer’s expansion efforts in the country, The Economic Times reported Wednesday. The report said Pratyush Kumar, president of Boeing’s India-based subsidiary, will also lead the Boeing Defence India business. Kumar said BDI will work to help Boeing expand the company’s partnership with India’s defense ministry. […] More

  • DARPA Seeks Research Proposals for Online Social Behavior Simulation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Seeks Research Proposals for Online Social Behavior Simulation

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has begun to solicit industry proposals to research and develop technologies that will work to simulate the spread of information across online platforms. DARPA said in a broad agency announcement posted Monday on FedBizOpps that proposals for the Computational Simulation of Online Social Behavior program should include approaches to foster scientific advances. The agency introduced the SocialSim program […] More

  • Lockheed, PrecisionHawk, Video Inform Adopt DigitalGlobe's Geospatial Big Data Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, PrecisionHawk, Video Inform Adopt DigitalGlobe’s Geospatial Big Data Platform

    DigitalGlobe has added three new companies to its roster of partners and customers that use the satellite imagery provider’s geospatial big data analytics platform. Lockheed Martin, PrecisionHawk and Video Inform are among the companies that joined DigitalGlobe’s GBDX ecosystem or extended their commitments in the fourth quarter of 2016, DigitalGlobe said Tuesday. Lockheed uses GBDX in an effort to create commercial […] More

  • Aurora Flight Sciences Tests UAS Capture System Prototype Under DARPA Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aurora Flight Sciences Tests UAS Capture System Prototype Under DARPA Program

    Aurora Flight Sciences has tested a technology demonstration platform designed to retrieve unmanned aerial systems as part of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program. DARPA said Monday the SideArm prototype worked to capture a Lockheed Martin-built Fury UAS flying at full speed. “SideArm aims to replicate carriers’ capability to quickly and safely accelerate and decelerate planes through a portable, […] More

  • AWS Enters Agreement With Plano, TX to Provide GovCloud to City Agencies, Police - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS Enters Agreement With Plano, TX to Provide GovCloud to City Agencies, Police

    Amazon Web Services and the city of Plano, Texas, have entered into an agreement to give local government and law enforcement agencies access to the company’s U.S. government cloud platform. AWS said Monday the Criminal Justice Information Services agreement works to enable Plano’s city government and police department to use AWS GovCloud (US) to utilize encryption and other features […] More

  • Technology CEO Council Recommends $1T Cost Reduction Plan for Trump Administration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Technology CEO Council Recommends $1T Cost Reduction Plan for Trump Administration

    A new report from the Technology CEO Council outlines ways the federal government could save approximately $1 trillion in the next decade through the implementation of modern technologies. The report titled “The Government We Need” has been shared with President Donald Trump’s team including Vice President Mike Pence and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, TCC said Jan. […] More

  • Boeing Receives Saudi F-15 Radar Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Receives Saudi F-15 Radar Contract Modification

    Boeing has been awarded an $18.3 million contract modification by the U.S. Air Force to supply AN/APG-63(V) 3 radar for the Saudi Arabian air force’s F-15SA aircraft. The Defense Department said Monday work will primarily occur in Forest, Mississippi, through March 31, 2017. The modification falls under a foreign military sales agreement between the U.S. government and Saudi Arabia. Boeing-built F-15 jets serve as […] More