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  • HP to Help Texas Install New Teacher Pension Info System; Amy Morgan, Mike Poth Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HP to Help Texas Install New Teacher Pension Info System; Amy Morgan, Mike Poth Comments

    Hewlett-Packard has been awarded a potential eight-year contract to help the state of Texas install a new pension administration system intended to serve more than 1 million active and 300,000 retired teachers. The Teacher Retirement System of Texas manages a $120 billion trust fund that was started to finance member benefits and manage accounts, HP said […] More

  • Northrop Grumman to Exhibit Offerings at Singapore Airshow; Ian Irving Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Grumman to Exhibit Offerings at Singapore Airshow; Ian Irving Comments

    Northrop Grumman will participate in an aerospace and defense show in Singapore to demonstrate its technologies and exhibit scale models of its aircraft and equipment used for surveillance, fire control and other missions. The global security company said Wednesday the Singapore Airshow 2014 is an opportunity to highlight its capabilities to potential customers and emphasize […] More

  • Teledyne to Build NASA Space Launch System Adapter; Robert Mehrabian Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Teledyne to Build NASA Space Launch System Adapter; Robert Mehrabian Comments

    A subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies will build a launch vehicle stage adapter for NASA to use on the agency’s Space Launch System under a five-year, $60 million contract. Teledyne Brown Engineering unit will use the Marshall Space Flight Center’s advanced welding facility to assemble the adapter, which is intended to protect and support SLS’ core and […] More

  • Accenture Secures Spot on UK Govt Cloud Services Vehicle; Mark Lyons Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture Secures Spot on UK Govt Cloud Services Vehicle; Mark Lyons Comments

    Accenture has been included in the U.K. government’s catalog listing of approved vendors for cloud and digital services. Through its spot on the G-Cloud 4 vehicle, Accenture will make its cloud portfolio available through the government-hosted Cloudstore platform and the Digital Services Framework, Accenture said Tuesday. “Through these two vehicles public sector organizations now have much […] More

  • CACI to Help Interior Dept Run Financial, Business Mgmt System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI to Help Interior Dept Run Financial, Business Mgmt System

    CACI International will manage system security and support business intelligence reporting work for the Interior Department’s business integration office under a potential five-year, $95 million contract, according to a Jan. 31 FedBizOpps post. DOI aims to leverage software products such as SAP ECC, SAP BusinessObjects and Compusearch PRISM to further develop mobile and light applications, the […] More

  • CGI to Help Install Windows 8.1 on Sweden Transport Agency PCs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI to Help Install Windows 8.1 on Sweden Transport Agency PCs

    CGI will work with Sweden’s national transport administration to install Microsoft’s Windows 8.1 operating system on computers housed inside 11,000 workplaces across 120 locations in the country. The company will provide the modernization and operation services to Trafikverket under a potential seven-year contract worth up to an estimated $76.9 million, CGI said Tuesday. Sweden’s Trafikverket agency has […] More

  • Lockheed to Build Air Force Weapon, Sensor Data Visualization Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Build Air Force Weapon, Sensor Data Visualization Software

    Lockheed Martin will develop software for the U.S. Air Force to plan air and missile defense missions with the goal of linking weapon and sensor data with map-based planning and other decision tools. The U.S. Air Force Operations Center intends to integrate missile defense data sources into a single visualization platform so operators can generate […] More

  • George Schultz: Lockheed to Modify Design for Future Super Hercules Civil Variant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    George Schultz: Lockheed to Modify Design for Future Super Hercules Civil Variant

    Lockheed Martin has notified the Federal Aviation Administration that the company plans to produce a civil variant of its C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft. The LM-100J variant plane is intended to leverage technology and design upgrades from the L-100 plane for other functions such as aerial firefighting and airborne medical patient transportation, Lockheed said Monday. […] More

  • IBM Partners with Twitter in Patent Agreement; Ken King Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Partners with Twitter in Patent Agreement; Ken King Comments

    IBM sold 900 patents to Twitter in December under a patent cross-license agreement, IBM said Friday. “[The deal] demonstrates our commitment to licensing access to our broad patent portfolio,” said Ken King, general manager of Intellectual Property for IBM. “We look forward to a productive relationship with Twitter in the future,” he added. The financial terms […] More

  • Kofax Names James Urry to its Board of Directors; Greg Lock Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kofax Names James Urry to its Board of Directors; Greg Lock Comments

    James Urry, partner at Augusta Columbia Capital Group, has been appointed a non-executive director and member of the nominating committee at Kofax. Effective February 3, Urry will be the tenth member of the board for the smart process applications company. “Jamie brings to the Kofax board a deep understanding of capital markets and wealth of […] More

  • Virginia Barnes: Boeing Looks to AMRO in 'Next-Gen' Space Supplier Search - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Virginia Barnes: Boeing Looks to AMRO in ‘Next-Gen’ Space Supplier Search

    Boeing will mentor metallic structure maker AMRO Fabricating Corp. under a three-year agreement as part of a mentor-protege program run by NASA. AMRO produces aluminum alloy panels for Boeing’s Space Launch System and will help with marketing and business development, management development and supply chain management work for the SLS, Boeing said Friday. AMRO is a […] More

  • IBM Unveils HR Tool for Big Data, Workforce Management - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Unveils HR Tool for Big Data, Workforce Management

    IBM launched a workforce management and talent acquisition tool that is designed for big data analytics during the IBM Connect 2014 event in Orlando, Fla., eWeek reported Thursday. Darryl Taft writes the IBM Kenexa Talent Suite is intended to help human resources and company executives process workforce data for hiring prospective employees, as well as […] More