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  • HHS OIG Requests Info on Big Data Analytics Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS OIG Requests Info on Big Data Analytics Tools

    The Department of Health and Human Services‘ Office of the Inspector General has asked industry to provide information on current analytics technology products designed to manage large amounts of data from structured and unstructured sources. A FedBizOpps notice published Tuesday says HHS OIG looks to help staff members explore, analyze information with the use of technology and use […] More

  • Air Force Orders Lockheed Missile Instrumentation Kits - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Orders Lockheed Missile Instrumentation Kits

    Lockheed Martin has secured a potential $44.1 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to manufacture intelligent test instrumentation kits that will support tests of the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile system. JASSM tests will cover telemetry and flight termination assessments and the iTIK units will offer support for various missile programs, Lockheed said Tuesday. “The new […] More

  • IBM-Mellanox-Nvidia Team Aims to Complete New DOE Supercomputers in Early 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM-Mellanox-Nvidia Team Aims to Complete New DOE Supercomputers in Early 2018

    A team composed of IBM, Nvidia and Mellanox is scheduled to complete the development of two supercomputing machines at the Energy Department‘s Oak Ridge and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories early next year. The alliance is working to build ORNL’s Summit and LLNL’s Sierra computers through a $325 million project DOE awarded in late 2014. Dave Turek, vice president of exascale systems […] More

  • General Atomics RPA Platform Demos Submarine Tracking Feature at Navy Exercise - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics RPA Platform Demos Submarine Tracking Feature at Navy Exercise

    General Atomics‘ MQ-9 Predator B remotely piloted aircraft platform demonstrated a capacity to remotely detect and track submerged contacts during a U.S. Naval exercise held in October at the Southern California Offshore Range. The company said Monday General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. supported the U.S. Navy exercise which showcased new maritime patrol systems including anti-submarine […] More

  • Leonardo Delivers Surveillance RPA Platform to Middle East-Based Client - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo Delivers Surveillance RPA Platform to Middle East-Based Client

    Leonardo has shipped a remotely piloted air system that will work to aid surveillance missions of an unnamed an unnamed launch client in the Middle East. The company said Monday the Falco EVO platform completed acceptance tests at Leonardo’s Italy-based design and construction facility in August. Falco EVO is part of the company’s Falco RPAS family of aircraft […] More

  • Raytheon's Thomas Kennedy: Threats Target Nat'l Defense, Infrastructure Amid Increased Connectivity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon’s Thomas Kennedy: Threats Target Nat’l Defense, Infrastructure Amid Increased Connectivity

    Thomas Kennedy, chairman and CEO at Raytheon, has said nation states, cyber criminals and “hacktivists” pose a threat to infrastructure, businesses, individuals and national defense, The Financial News and Daily Record reported Friday. Kennedy noted at the Davis Leadership Forum at Jacksonville University in Florida that current cybersecurity vulnerabilities exist in more than information technology […] More

  • NASA Evaluates SpaceX's Potential Reuse of Falcon 9 Launch Vehicle on Future ISS Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Evaluates SpaceX’s Potential Reuse of Falcon 9 Launch Vehicle on Future ISS Mission

    NASA will evaluate SpaceX‘s potential reuse of a previously-deployed first stage launch vehicle on a future mission to the International Space Station, Space News reported Saturday. Dan Hartman, ISS deputy program manager, said during a press conference at the space agency’s Wallops Flight Facility that the agency currently performs a review on the Falcon 9‘s use […] More

  • UK MoD Taps Leonardo for Radar Threat Simulation Equipment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UK MoD Taps Leonardo for Radar Threat Simulation Equipment

    Leonardo has inked a contract with the U.K. ministry of defense to deliver equipment that can help simulate radar threats to the U.K. air force’s A400M transport aircraft prior to launch. The company said Sunday the simulations will help commanders implement defensive aids suites that can help the A400M aircraft function properly during its flight […] More

  • PatientPoint, Veteran Group Partner to Offer Education Platform in Federal Healthcare Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PatientPoint, Veteran Group Partner to Offer Education Platform in Federal Healthcare Sector

    PatientPoint has partnered with The Veteran Group to offer point-of-care education and engagement platforms to the Department of Veterans Affairs and other federal healthcare providers. The Veteran Group will deploy and install PatientPoint’s health technology products at government customer facilities in an effort to help improve clinician-patient communication, PatientPoint said Thursday. Larry Carver, president and CEO […] More

  • CTC JV Receives Air Force Energy Enterprise Support Orders; Ed Sheehan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC JV Receives Air Force Energy Enterprise Support Orders; Ed Sheehan Comments

    A joint venture of Concurrent Technologies Corp. and the University of Dayton Research Institute received $3 million in task orders during the months of August and September to support U.S. Air Force‘s energy management and efficiency efforts. E2 Technologies secured the orders as part of a potential $99 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Advanced Power Technology […] More

  • Ball Aerospace Helps Prepare NOAA Weather Satellite for Launch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ball Aerospace Helps Prepare NOAA Weather Satellite for Launch

    Ball Aerospace has helped encapsulate a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather satellite inside the nose cone of a United Launch Alliance-built Delta II launch vehicle and prepared the instrument for its scheduled launch. The company said Thursday the NOAA-NASA team’s Joint Polar Satellite System-1 weather satellite will be deployed from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in […] More