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  • Deloitte Presents to HHS Blockchain Adoption Opportunities to Address Health Info Exchange Concerns - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte Presents to HHS Blockchain Adoption Opportunities to Address Health Info Exchange Concerns

    Deloitte‘s response to the Department of Health and Human Services‘ blockchain ideation challenge focuses on six current “pain points” in the Health Information Exchange and the potential use of blockchain to address them. Deloitte said Thursday HIE users face challenges in the difficulty to establish a trust network, costs per transaction, the lack of a Master Patient Index, inconsistent data standards, […] More

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    Tripwire Study: Govt IT Professionals Fear Cyber Attacks on City Infrastructure Systems

    A study conducted by Dimensional Research on behalf of Tripwire says 88 percent out of 200 state and local government information technology professionals interviewed believe a cyber attack on city infrastructure systems poses a threat to public safety. Tripwire said Thursday 78 percent of respondents believe there will likely be a cyber attack against smart city services in […] More

  • CAE to Support Army Pilot Training Program Through New Alabama Facility; Ray Duquette Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE to Support Army Pilot Training Program Through New Alabama Facility; Ray Duquette Comments

    CAE‘s U.S. business unit plans to open a new flight training facility in Dothan, Alabama, by spring 2017 as part of the aerospace and defense contractor’s $75 million capital investment in the state. CAE USA expects to provide integrated classroom instruction, simulator training and live-training services to more than 450 U.S. Army fixed-wing aviators and U.S. Air Force C-12 twin turboprop […] More

  • Airbus to Erect Integrated Tech Center in Germany to Expand Satellite Integration Site - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus to Erect Integrated Tech Center in Germany to Expand Satellite Integration Site

    Airbus Group‘s defense and space business unit will invest approximately $48.2 million to build an integrated technology center in support of efforts to “future-proof” its Friedrichshafen site in Germany. Airbus said Thursday the center works to expand Hall 6 that currently serves as a satellite integration facility. “The investment in the new ITC building makes the site a global ‘center […] More

  • Marine Corps Tests General Dynamics-Made Aviation C2 System; Larry Grove Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marine Corps Tests General Dynamics-Made Aviation C2 System; Larry Grove Comments

    The U.S. Marine Corps has completed an operational test on the General Dynamics-built Common Aviation Command and Control System at a Marine Corps weapons and tactics instructor course in Arizona. General Dynamics said Wednesday the service branch’s Marine Air-Ground Task Force uses the CAC2S platform that visually integrates C2 data collected from aerial and ground-based radar systems […] More

  • Saab's US Subsidiary to Develop Shipboard Air Traffic Radar Tech for Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab’s US Subsidiary to Develop Shipboard Air Traffic Radar Tech for Navy

    A Saab Group subsidiary will provide three shipboard air traffic radar systems to the U.S. Navy over a four-year period under an initial engineering and manufacturing development contract. The Navy will deploy AN/SPN-50 (V)1 radars from Saab Defense and Security USA on the military branch’s aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships to replace the current AN/SPN-43C model, the company said Wednesday. The SPN-50 system is […] More

  • DigitalGlobe, NGA Renew EnhancedView Imagery Service Agreement; Jeffrey Tarr Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DigitalGlobe, NGA Renew EnhancedView Imagery Service Agreement; Jeffrey Tarr Comments

    DigitalGlobe has secured a one-year contract renewal from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to continue to provide U.S. government agencies on-demand access to the company’s satellite imagery through the Global Enhanced GEOINT Delivery program. The company delivers imagery at multiple classification levels via a web browser or a mobile device to warfighters, the intelligence community and other government entities under the EnhancedView […] More

  • Microsemi Product Line Continues to Support NASA Juno Spacecraft Mission in Jupiter - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsemi Product Line Continues to Support NASA Juno Spacecraft Mission in Jupiter

    Microsemi has supported a NASA mission that completed the successful orbit insertion of the Juno spacecraft sent to Jupiter to begin the data collection phase of its mission following a five-year journey. The company said Tuesday its RTSX-SU and RTAX-S field programmable gate array product lines were used in various applications during the launch of the Juno spacecraft […] More

  • Rockwell Collins, DCMA Agree to Implement New Commercial Item Procurement Process - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins, DCMA Agree to Implement New Commercial Item Procurement Process

    Rockwell Collins has signed a memorandum of agreement with the Defense Contract Management Agency to establish a new procurement process for commercial items to be used in military applications. The aviation product maker said Wednesday the new process outlined information required from Rockwell Collins to comply with government-recommended commercial item classification and pricing structures. Industry and government partners pursue these types […] More

  • Carahsoft's John Lee: GSA's 'FedRAMP Accelerated' Seeks Streamlined Cloud Application Process - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft’s John Lee: GSA’s ‘FedRAMP Accelerated’ Seeks Streamlined Cloud Application Process

    The General Services Administration‘s move to restructure its cloud computing authorization approval process aims to help cloud service providers streamline the steps necessary to achieve a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Authority to Operate designation, a Carahsoft executive has said. John Lee, vice president of cloud solutions at Carahsoft, wrote in a blog post published Tuesday the FedRAMP Accelerated review […] More

  • DHA Taps CNTS to Support DoD Health Surveillance Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHA Taps CNTS to Support DoD Health Surveillance Mission

    Cherokee Nation Technology Solutions has secured a $17.1 million firm-fixed-price contract to provide support services to the armed forces health surveillance branch of the public health division within the Defense Health Agency‘s healthcare operations directorate. The Defense Department said Tuesday the contractor will help DHA conduct health surveillance for DoD and assist in the analysis, interpretation and dissemination of […] More

  • Marine Corps Orders Bren-Tronics Rugged Battery Chargers; Per Sai Fung Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marine Corps Orders Bren-Tronics Rugged Battery Chargers; Per Sai Fung Comments

    Bren-Tronics has been awarded a potential five-year, $38 million contract by the U.S. Marine Corps to produce and deliver portable battery charging systems as part of the Marine Corps Systems Command’s 2016 acquisition strategy. The contract contains one base year and four option years and the company will start delivery of its Advanced Battery Chargers to the service branch in the […] More