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  • DARPA Introduces Miniaturized Electronic Components for Wireless Communications - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Introduces Miniaturized Electronic Components for Wireless Communications

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has unveiled a new set of minitiaturized electronic components DARPA has called “circulators” its researchers designed with doubled radio frequency capacity to give users increased web search and download speeds via wireless communications. Columbia University electrical engineers Harish Krishnaswamy and Negar Reiskarimian led the project under DARPA’s Arrays at Commercial Timescales program and introduced […] More

  • Dell Updates SonicWall Mobile OS; Patrick Sweeney Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell Updates SonicWall Mobile OS; Patrick Sweeney Comments

    Dell‘s security unit has updated its operating system that works to provide SSL virtual private network access to applications, data and resources for remote workers who use mobile devices. The new SonicWall Secure Mobile Access version looks to help industry and government clients secure their networks across all data type, device and remote worker location, Dell said Wednesday. Dell […] More

  • Inmarsat to Provide Comm Systems for U.K.'s Joint Service Medical Research Expedition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat to Provide Comm Systems for U.K.’s Joint Service Medical Research Expedition

    Inmarsat has been chosen to supply communications equipment to a group of British military personnel who will climb Mount Dhaulagiri in Nepal as part of a joint service medical research initiative. The company said Tuesday the British Services Dhaulagiri Medical Research Expedition team will use six IsatPhone 2 phones, an IsatHub satellite connectivity terminal and four Broadband Global Area […] More

  • MobileIron Near NSA, NIAP Security Certifications for Mobile Device Mgmt Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MobileIron Near NSA, NIAP Security Certifications for Mobile Device Mgmt Tool

    MobileIron is in the process of obtaining two security certifications for its mobile device management platform, Fedscoop reported Tuesday. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company’s MobileIron Core tool is under review by the National Information Assurance Partnership and the National Security Agency, Greg Otto writes. NIAP — a joint venture of NSA and the National Institute of Standards […] More

  • CloseWatch Raises Funds for Crime Alert Mobile App; Mike Malcolm Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CloseWatch Raises Funds for Crime Alert Mobile App; Mike Malcolm Comments

    CloseWatch has secured $1.49 million in a seed funding round from ECAP Holdings and a group of angel investors to further develop an analytics-based mobile application designed to help citizens report crimes to law enforcement agencies. The CloseWatch-built iWatch mobile app works to classify tips of illegal activities and threats based on the FBI’s standard crime […] More

  • Report: 5 Tech Firms Support Apple Stance on Customer Data Protection - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: 5 Tech Firms Support Apple Stance on Customer Data Protection

    Five technology companies back Apple‘s resistance to help the FBI unlock an iPhone to assist in the investigation of a shooting incident that took place in San Bernardino, California, in December 2015, Mashable reported Thursday. Seth Fiegerman writes Apple CEO Tim Cook has argued the de-encryption tool being demanded by federal authorities could set a “dangerous” precedent and compromise the security and privacy […] More

  • Blackstone Technology Group Helps DHS Build Mobile DevOps Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Blackstone Technology Group Helps DHS Build Mobile DevOps Platform

    The Department of Homeland Security has collaborated with Blackstone Technology Group to develop a shared service platform for agency information technology professionals to build, test and implement mobile applications. Blackstone Technology said Wednesday the DHS’s Office of the Chief Information Officer has featured the development-and-operations platform Carwash as an innovation project model in the department’s IT strategic […] More

  • Airborne Systems-Built Software Aims to Guide Parachutists to Landing Targets; Vincent Mignot Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airborne Systems-Built Software Aims to Guide Parachutists to Landing Targets; Vincent Mignot Comments

    Airborne Systems has developed a navigation software designed to help military parachutists reach their landing targets, Fedscoop reported Wednesday. Greg Otto writes the Airborne Systems-developed Pilot software is installed on Panasonic-built Toughpad ruggedized tablet attached to the parachute and works to measure distance, altitude and wind speed from the landing target. “[The tablets] cannot be […] More

  • IDC: Global Mobility Spending to Reach Nearly $2T by 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IDC: Global Mobility Spending to Reach Nearly $2T by 2019

    A new International Data Corp. report predicts consumer and enterprise spending on mobile software, devices and services to hit $1.85 trillion by 2019, up from $1.66 trillion in 2015. IDC said Thursday the figure represents a compound annual growth rate of 2.7 percent over four years as commercial enterprises across industries seek to transform their operations. According to […] More

  • Carahsoft Adds Sonim Technologies’ Mobile Platforms to 2 Govt Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Adds Sonim Technologies’ Mobile Platforms to 2 Govt Contracts

    Carahsoft Technology has agreed to offer Sonim Technologies’ mobile devices and related accessories to U.S. public sector customers through Carahsoft’s two government contracts. Sonim’s mobile devices such as the XP7 smartphone will be available to government agencies through Carahsoft’s National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance and Cooperative Purchasing Network contracts, Sonim said Thursday. “Sonim is excited to be included among Carahsoft’s […] More

  • Precise Biometrics Receives Mobile Smart Card Reader Order from DLA; Hakan Persson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Precise Biometrics Receives Mobile Smart Card Reader Order from DLA; Hakan Persson Comments

    Precise Biometrics has received a $131,842 follow-up order for its Tactivo mobile smart card reader from the Defense Logistics Agency. DLA placed the order through Precise Biometrics’ partner TX Systems and the company will produce Tactivo for iPhone devices, Precise Biometrics said Tuesday. “We are pleased to see that DLA continues to scale up their usage of […] More

  • AT&T Receives Education Dept Mobile Service Support Contract; Mike Leff Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T Receives Education Dept Mobile Service Support Contract; Mike Leff Comments

    AT&T has secured a three-year contract to provide mobile devices and related management support services for the Education Department. The contract covers data and voice services, smartphones and tablet devices, onsite support and mobile device management services, AT&T said Tuesday. Mike Leff, vice president for civilian agencies at AT&T’s government solutions business, said the company’s mobility […] More