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  • Acendre Forecasts Federal Market HR 'Trends to Watch' in 2017 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Acendre Forecasts Federal Market HR ‘Trends to Watch’ in 2017

    Acendre has unveiled a report on “Federal Government Market Trends to Watch” for 2017 on the human capital landscape with the help of insights from human resource leaders in government and the People Analytics Center of Excellence. Acendre said Tuesday the report discusses trends on automated performance management, agency budgets, information technology modernization plans, contractor […] More

  • Esri, ArcticDEM Develop New Elevation Models to Serve as Adaptation Tools for Groups in the Arctic - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Esri, ArcticDEM Develop New Elevation Models to Serve as Adaptation Tools for Groups in the Arctic

    Esri and the ArcticDEM project have unveiled new elevation models and updated previously released systems to offer a resource for adaptation and planning to groups in the Arctic region that face potential climate change concerns. Esri said Tuesday that accessibility to its online platform will help ArcticDEM address a requirement elevation data in remote locations and […] More

  • Persistence Market Research: Next-Gen Data Storage Tech Market to Expand by 2021 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Persistence Market Research: Next-Gen Data Storage Tech Market to Expand by 2021

    Persistence Market Research sees an expansive growth in the next generation data storage technology market by 2021 to cater to the amount of data collected from various technologies such as mobile phones, smart homes and wearable electronics. PMR said Tuesday Avago Technologies, Dell, Drobo, EMC, Hewlett-Packard Development Company, Hitachi Data Systems, HGST, IBM, Micron Technology, […] More

  • Haiyan Song: Organizations will Integrate Machine Learning Tech to Automate Data Breach Response - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Haiyan Song: Organizations will Integrate Machine Learning Tech to Automate Data Breach Response

    Haiyan Song, Splunk vice president of security markets, said more organizations will adopt adaptive response, behavioral analytics and machine learning strategies to automate response, retrieval and sharing in multivendor environments. Song wrote in an opinion piece published Tuesday machine learning-based systems will increase in 2017 as government and industry organizations look to respond threats such as […] More

  • BAE Systems-Led Coalition Inks Agreement With UK MoD to Assess Army Battle Tanks - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Systems-Led Coalition Inks Agreement With UK MoD to Assess Army Battle Tanks

    A BAE Systems-led consortium of companies has inked an agreement with the U.K.’s defense ministry for the assessment phase of a program to modernize the British army’s main battle tanks. BAE Systems said Thursday it will lead the Team Challenger 2 team which will collaborate with the Ministry of Defence to develop options for system replacement […] More

  • Lockheed Nabs Potential $70M Army Modification to Extend Logistics Support for Apache Sights System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Nabs Potential $70M Army Modification to Extend Logistics Support for Apache Sights System

    Lockheed Martin has secured a potential $69.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to continue performance-based logistics services in support of a program that aims to develop a long-range precision engagement and pilotage system. The Defense Department said Thursday the Army Contracting Command will obligate the full amount for work to support the Modernized Target […] More

  • KBR to Assist Scientific Management Associates in Technical Training Program for Australia's Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KBR to Assist Scientific Management Associates in Technical Training Program for Australia’s Navy

    KBR has landed a five-year subcontract from Scientific Management Associates to help the latter provide technical training support services to the Australian navy at the HMAS Cerberus navy training establishment. KBR said Thursday the contract will cover the design and delivery of constructive, live and virtual training environments and training management systems in support of efforts to […] More

  • Air Force Taps Raytheon to Demonstrate New SATCOM Tech to Link Users with Military Personnel - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps Raytheon to Demonstrate New SATCOM Tech to Link Users with Military Personnel

    Raytheon has landed a $37 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to demonstrate new satellite communications technology designed to link tactical users with military personnel in contested environments. The company said Wednesday the Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base will manage the Protected Tactical Services Field Demonstration that will […] More

  • Robbins Gioia Partners with Air Force to Develop New Cyber Techniques to Address Potential Threats - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Robbins Gioia Partners with Air Force to Develop New Cyber Techniques to Address Potential Threats

    Alexandria, Virginia-based information technology management firm Robbins Gioia has entered a partnership with the U.S. Air Force that aims to develop cyber techniques designed to address enemy attacks, Defense Systems reported Monday. Kris Osborn writes the tactics look to filter current systems and identify potential target areas for cyber attacks on networks as well as […] More

  • DCNS Opens New Australia-Based Office to Support Country's Submarine Replacement Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DCNS Opens New Australia-Based Office to Support Country’s Submarine Replacement Project

    France-based naval shipbuilder DCNS has established a new headquarters for its Australian subsidiary that will design the future submarine of Australia’s navy as part of an intergovernmental agreement between the two countries. DCNS said Wednesday its Adelaide Future Submarine Facility is scheduled to begin operations in early 2017 and will support activities such as the transfer of technology from France to Australia, […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Awarded 5-Year DISA Data Link Service Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins Awarded 5-Year DISA Data Link Service Contract

    Rockwell Collins has secured a potential five-year contract from the Defense Information System Agency to provide data link services to U.S. government and military aircraft. The Data Link Service Provider 4 contract covers command-and-control communications, global flight planning, flight deck safety and broadband cabin services for vehicles such as the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command Transport and Very Important Person Special […] More

  • UTC Subsidiary to Sustain Air Force F119 Engines Under $69M Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UTC Subsidiary to Sustain Air Force F119 Engines Under $69M Contract Modification

    A United Technologies Corp. subsidiary has been awarded a potential $68.7 contact modification for sustainment work on afterburning turbofan engines for the U.S. Air Force. Pratt and Whitney will offer necessary labor for the sustainment of F119 engines, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has obligated the full amount of the modification from fiscal […] More