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  • DoD Taps Smartronix for On-Site Managed IT Services; John Parris Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Taps Smartronix for On-Site Managed IT Services; John Parris Comments

    Smartronix has secured a task order through a National Institutes of Health-run information technology contract vehicle to provide on-site managed services to  the Defense Department. The company said Wednesday it will deliver cloud services such as infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service to DoD and department-approved mission partners on premises. Smartonix received the order under the Chief Information Officer–Solutions and Partners 3 governmentwide […] More

  • Cambridge to Help FEMA Update Natl Preparedness Integrated Exercise System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cambridge to Help FEMA Update Natl Preparedness Integrated Exercise System

    Cambridge International Systems has secured a prime contract to update a system the Federal Emergency Management Agency uses to plan, conduct and assess preparedness based exercises. Arlington, Virginia-based Cambridge said Jan. 12 it will provide project design, development, implementation, integration, management, operations and maintenance services for the National Preparedness Integrated Exercise System. The company will also host NPIES’ three-tier […] More

  • ICF Selected to Pursue Data Projects With Commerce Dept's National Tech Information Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF Selected to Pursue Data Projects With Commerce Dept’s National Tech Information Service

    The Commerce Department‘s National Technology Information Service has selected ICF as one of 35 industry and research partners eligible to pursue opportunities to support the agency’s data projects across the federal government. ICF said Tuesday it will work alongside data science and data analytics companies and research groups to help NTIS on the development of big […] More

  • Motorola Solutions-RapidSOS Alliance Seeks to Deliver Emergency Data From Connected Devices - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Motorola Solutions-RapidSOS Alliance Seeks to Deliver Emergency Data From Connected Devices

    RapidSOS and Motorola Solutions have partnered in an effort to increase the amount of data available to public safety agencies and first responders as well as provide information that can aid response times and emergency outcomes. Both companies aim to establish an end-to-end emergency data connectivity network that will work to collect third-party data from connected devices and flow through […] More

  • UltiSat Awarded DISA Task Order to Support NGA Deployable Comm Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UltiSat Awarded DISA Task Order to Support NGA Deployable Comm Systems

    UltiSat has received a task order from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide Ku-band bandwidth capacity to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency‘s deployable communications systems. The company said Friday it will offer Ku-band bandwidth and backhaul services in both continental and outside continental U.S. to support NDCS GEOINT operations around the world. The commercial satellite communications […] More

  • Reportlinker: Global C4ISR Market to Grow 2.85% Annually Through 2026 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reportlinker: Global C4ISR Market to Grow 2.85% Annually Through 2026

    A new Reportlinker study predicts the worldwide market for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems will grow at a 2.85 percent compound annual growth rate through 2026 due to an increasing demand for interoperable and integrated systems. Reportlinker’s “Global C4ISR Market 2016-2026” report also forecasts the land-based systems segment to dominate the C4ISR market that also covers airborne […] More

  • CAE Reports $134M in Simulation, Training Support Contracts; Gene Colabatistto Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE Reports $134M in Simulation, Training Support Contracts; Gene Colabatistto Comments

    CAE has reported defense contracts worth a combined value of approximately $134.1 million that cover new simulation products, simulator updates and training support services for global military customers. CAE said Tuesday the contracts include a deal with Babcock France to support pilot training of the French air force and orders from Airbus for a new C295 full-flight simulator to be […] More

  • Defense News: Raytheon Protests Army Artillery Tactical Data System Award to Leidos - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Defense News: Raytheon Protests Army Artillery Tactical Data System Award to Leidos

    Raytheon has filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office regarding a U.S. Army contract awarded to Leidos for the delivery of a new joint and coalition command and control fires support system, Defense News reported Friday. Jen Judson writes Leidos will not be able to proceed on the terms of the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System contract until GAO renders […] More

  • Education Dept Taps SRI International Division to Manage Appalachian Regional Educational Lab - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Education Dept Taps SRI International Division to Manage Appalachian Regional Educational Lab

    SRI International‘s education division has secured a five-year contract from the Education Department‘s Institute of Education Sciences to oversee the Regional Educational Laboratory in Appalachia. The company said Friday REL Appalachia will collaborate with school districts, state departments of education and other stakeholders to develop and conduct research on how to boost student academic outcomes across the […] More

  • McKinsey Study: Current Tech Could Automate Half of Paid Jobs Worldwide - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    McKinsey Study: Current Tech Could Automate Half of Paid Jobs Worldwide

    A new study from McKinsey Global Institute estimates nearly half of activities employees carry out in the world’s workforce at approximately $16 trillion in wages could be automated with the use of currently demonstrated technologies. McKinsey Global Institute said Thursday the report on “A future that works: Automation, employment, and productivity” has estimated automation to raise productivity growth by 1.4 […] More

  • Microsoft's Azure Govt Cloud Gets DoD Impact Level 5 Provisional Authorization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft’s Azure Govt Cloud Gets DoD Impact Level 5 Provisional Authorization

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has granted Microsoft‘s government cloud platform an information level impact 5 provisional authorization that offers Defense Department personnel an option to use the cloud service to manage controlled unclassified data. Tom Keane, Microsoft Azure general manager, wrote in a blog post published Friday the company worked with DISA and other mission partners to help Azure Government meet cloud computing […] More

  • Maximus Unit Lands Spot on UK Govt Employment, Health Services Framework; Richard Montoni Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maximus Unit Lands Spot on UK Govt Employment, Health Services Framework; Richard Montoni Comments

    Maximus‘ Remploy subsidiary has secured a spot in Region Six on a framework the U.K. government plans to use for the provision of employment and health services. The company said Thursday Remploy may bid as a prime contractor for contracts procured in Wales via the Umbrella Agreement for the provision of Employment and Health Related Services, […] More