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  • Deloitte Report: Agencies Should Use Analytics to Derive Insights from Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte Report: Agencies Should Use Analytics to Derive Insights from Data

    A new Deloitte report says government agencies that seek to become “data-centric organizations” should develop a platform designed to collect, store and distribute mission-critical data as well as use analytics to make decisions and generate insights from data. The “Mission analytics: Data-driven decision making in government” report also calls for agencies to develop missions that […] More

  • AT&T to Help NASA Update Deep Space Network's Comms Capacity Through VPN; Mike Leff Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T to Help NASA Update Deep Space Network’s Comms Capacity Through VPN; Mike Leff Comments

    AT&T has been selected by NASA to provide a high-speed virtual private network intended to connect the radio antennas of a scientific telecommunications system that supports the agency’s interplanetary spacecraft missions. The company said Wednesday its VPN technology will work to increase the Deep Space Network‘s data transmission capacity up to three times faster than its current bandwidth without the need for hardware upgrades. […] More

  • NIKA to Analyze Army Medical Command’s Energy Use, Water Conservation Data; Kabir Chaudhary Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIKA to Analyze Army Medical Command’s Energy Use, Water Conservation Data; Kabir Chaudhary Comments

    NIKA has received a $1.1 million contract to store, analyze and evaluate data related to the U.S. Army Medical Command’s energy consumption and conservation efforts. The company will provide data modeling and analysis reports for Medcom’s energy and water consumption data across more than 30 Army medical facilities, NIKA said Tuesday. NIKA’s team will develop a […] More

  • State Dept OKs AN/SPS-77 Air Search Radar Sale to Philippines - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Dept OKs AN/SPS-77 Air Search Radar Sale to Philippines

    The State Department has approved a potential $25 million foreign military sale of AN/SPS-77 Sea Giraffe three-dimensional air search radars and related equipment to the Philippines. Saab and VSE will serve as the principal contractors for the sale that covers two AN/SPS-77 radars and installation, operator training, system operational testing and documentation support services, the Defense Security […] More

  • Companies Pitch Off-the-Shelf Tech Platforms to DoD SCO Chief Will Roper - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Companies Pitch Off-the-Shelf Tech Platforms to DoD SCO Chief Will Roper

    The National Defense Industrial Association hosted a meeting on Nov. 14 to allow representatives from companies to present their commercial off-the-shelf technology platforms to Will Roper, director of the Defense Department’s strategic capabilities office, the National Defense magazine reported Monday. Sandra I. Erwin writes executives from Allegheny Technologies, Battelle, Creative Micro Systems, Endeavor Robotics, General Atomics, […] More

  • NASA Seeks R&D Proposals for Future Robotic Planetary Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Seeks R&D Proposals for Future Robotic Planetary Mission

    NASA has begun to solicit proposals for a robotic planetary mission that the space agency aims to launch by the mid-2020s. The agency said Friday the future program will serve as the fourth mission under NASA’s New Frontiers portfolio that includes the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt; the Juno mission to Jupiter; and the […] More

  • Boeing-NCDMM-SwRI Team to Help Air Force Develop Multipurpose Robotic Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing-NCDMM-SwRI Team to Help Air Force Develop Multipurpose Robotic Tech

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $6.7 million contract to a team comprised of Boeing, Southwest Research Institute and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining to help the military branch develop software and technology for a multi-process robotic system. SwRI said Wednesday the team aims to build and demonstrate a mobile robotic platform that will […] More

  • Parsons Subsidiary Lands Cybercom Support Task Order; Carey Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Subsidiary Lands Cybercom Support Task Order; Carey Smith Comments

    Parsons‘ Secure Mission Solutions subsidiary has secured a five-year task order from the General Services Administration to provide support services for the U.S. Cyber Command. Parsons said Wednesday it will help USCYBERCOM address its capability development group’s requirements through research and development, engineering, test and evaluation, information technology and professional services. “This award continues our longstanding support of USCYBERCOM’s mission […] More

  • DCMA, Lockheed Hold Retirement Ceremony for Former Air Force Switch Engine - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DCMA, Lockheed Hold Retirement Ceremony for Former Air Force Switch Engine

    The Defense Contract Management Agency and Lockheed Martin co-hosted a retirement ceremony for a U.S. Air Force railroad switch engine that will be given to the Williston, Florida-based educational facility Kirby Family Farm. DCMA said Tuesday the engine 1248 was previously used to transport C-5 Galaxy and C-130 Super Hercules parts as well as autoclaves for B-1 Bomber […] More

  • Metron to Design Autonomous Tech for Navy UUVs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Metron to Design Autonomous Tech for Navy UUVs

    Metron has won a potential four-year, $33.9 million contract to help the U.S. Navy design, test and implement software to facilitate autonomous operation of unmanned undersea vehicles. The company will also design and integrate government-provided hardware to help address autonomy goals for various military missions, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Work will occur in Virginia, California and Maine […] More

  • United Technologies Names Intel's Diane Bryant to Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    United Technologies Names Intel’s Diane Bryant to Board of Directors

    United Technologies Corp. has appointed Diane Bryant, Intel executive vice president, to become a member of the global industrial conglomerate’s board of directors effective Jan. 1. 2017. Bryant currently leads the development of platforms for the digital services industry as general manager of Intel’s data center group, UTC said Wednesday. UTC CEO Greg Hayes said Bryant’s technology and digital economy […] More

  • Texas Workforce Commission Picks Maximus as 2016 Regional Employer of the Year - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Texas Workforce Commission Picks Maximus as 2016 Regional Employer of the Year

    Maximus has been selected as a regional 2016 Employer of the Year by the Texas Workforce Commission’s Texas Workforce Solution – Vocational Rehabilitation Services division for efforts to employ and retain persons with disabilities. The government services provider said Wednesday a special committee selected the awardee from a pool of nominees that was submitted by TWS-VRS regional staff and […] More