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  • CSRA, Perspica Partner to Offer AI-Based Analytics Tech in Federal Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA, Perspica Partner to Offer AI-Based Analytics Tech in Federal Sector

    CSRA and Perspica have partnered to offer federal government customers an artificial intelligence-powered analytics technology designed to process and analyze large amounts of data. Both companies formed the alliance through CSRA’s Emerging Technology initiative and will use Perspica’s predictive analytics tool in efforts to help customer agencies identify threats that could cause service outages or performance decline, CSRA said Wednesday. Perspica’s analytics platform works […] More

  • DigitalGlobe Launches Web-Based Imagery Access Service; Dan Jablonsky Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DigitalGlobe Launches Web-Based Imagery Access Service; Dan Jablonsky Comments

    DigitalGlobe has launched a new web-based subscription service for international defense and intelligence customers to access the satellite operator’s library of more than 2.7 billion square miles of imagery. SecureWatch is designed to combine multisource geospatial intelligence content such as satellite imagery with different refresh intervals and resolutions, geographic information system layers, news stories and social media […] More

  • Iraqi Governor Recognizes Janus Global for Demining Efforts in Anbar Province - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iraqi Governor Recognizes Janus Global for Demining Efforts in Anbar Province

    Gov. Sohaib Alrawi of Anbar Province in Iraq has acknowledged Janus Global Operations’ mine clearing efforts in the province through a Twitter post. Alrawi also recognized through the social media post the training support the company has provided to Iraqis to help deal with mines and other improvised explosive devices left by the Islamic State militant organization, […] More

  • Denise Perry Named Ensco HR Division Acting Manager - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Denise Perry Named Ensco HR Division Acting Manager

    Denise Perry, formerly deputy manager of the human resources division at science and engineering contractor Ensco, has been named acting manager of the HR division. The 16-year Ensco veteran led the implementation of HR practices, programs and processes as well as helped address personnel and workplace challenges in her previous role, the company said Tuesday. Perry worked at Rosslyn, Virginia-based media […] More

  • Iridium Eyes Mid-June Launch for 2nd Batch of NEXT Satellites; Matt Desch Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium Eyes Mid-June Launch for 2nd Batch of NEXT Satellites; Matt Desch Comments

    Iridium Communications aims to launch the second batch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites to low Earth orbit in mid-June aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The satellite communications company said Wednesday the original schedule for the second mission moved from mid-April due to a backlog in the SpaceX launch manifest. “Even with this eight-week shift, SpaceX’s targeted schedule completes our […] More

  • Unisys’ Casey Coleman: Agencies Should Pursue IT Modernization Amid Federal Hiring Freeze - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys’ Casey Coleman: Agencies Should Pursue IT Modernization Amid Federal Hiring Freeze

    Casey Coleman, vice president of the federal civilian business group at Unisys, has said the White House’s implementation of a federal hiring freeze may provide government agencies an opportunity to reassess priorities and advance information technology modernization efforts. She wrote in a Federal Times article published Monday that agencies should work to “take legacy systems and hollow them out […] More

  • NASA to Deploy Autonomous Rendezvous Tech on SpaceX-Built Cargo Spacecraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA to Deploy Autonomous Rendezvous Tech on SpaceX-Built Cargo Spacecraft

    NASA plans to launch a technology module with an unmanned SpaceX-built cargo spacecraft in a bid to demonstrate autonomous rendezvous in space. The Raven module will be deployed aboard Dragon spacecraft as part of SpaceX’s 10th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station, NASA said Tuesday. Raven will test technologies that could facilitate development of a relative navigation system for future NASA missions such […] More

  • SAP NS2's Mark Testoni: Education, Tech, Cooperation Key in Ransomware Mitigation Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP NS2’s Mark Testoni: Education, Tech, Cooperation Key in Ransomware Mitigation Efforts

    Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services, has said he believes public sector agencies can mitigate ransomware attacks through innovation, education and collaboration with companies. Testoni wrote in a guest post published Tuesday on GCN that data from human sources and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems must be incorporated in real time to help prevent ransomware […] More

  • Teracore Secures TSA Systems Engineering, Technical Assistance Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Teracore Secures TSA Systems Engineering, Technical Assistance Contract

    Teracore has received a $31.5 million contract to provide systems engineering and technical support to the operations and engineering division of the Transportation Security Administration‘s information technology office. The company said Tuesday the contract covers quality assurance, oversight, technical and business operations support for cloud, as-a service, data center migration and business and management activities. Luis Perez, Teracore […] More

  • Virginia Selects Magellan Health Subsidiary for Complex Care Service Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Virginia Selects Magellan Health Subsidiary for Complex Care Service Program

    A Magellan Health subsidiary has secured a contract from the Commonwealth of Virginia to support a statewide healthcare program designed for individuals with complex needs. Magellan Complete Care of Virginia is among six companies that won contracts under the state’s Commonwealth Coordinated Care Plus program, the company said Monday. The CCC Plus program falls under Medicaid’s Managed Long Term Services […] More

  • Orbital ATK's Abu Dhabi-Based Defense Venture to Co-Locate With Al Tuff International; Mike Kahn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK’s Abu Dhabi-Based Defense Venture to Co-Locate With Al Tuff International; Mike Kahn Comments

    Orbital ATK will co-locate its joint venture with Al Tuff International at the Addax Commercial Tower in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, as part of the rocket manufacturer’s regional defense market push. Both companies organized the Orbital ATK Middle East business to offer defense products and services to clients across UAE in the areas of ammunition production, precision and strike munitions, Bushmaster cannons and special […] More

  • Vectrus Awarded US Airfield Support Task Order; Chuck Prow Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vectrus Awarded US Airfield Support Task Order; Chuck Prow Comments

    A Vectrus subsidiary has received a potential $14 million task order to provide  logistics services at a U.S. Air Force installation located in Bagram, Afghanistan. Vectrus Systems Corp. will support the Bagram Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron as part of the firm-fixed-price order that was awarded through the Air Force Contract Augmentation Program IV, the company said Tuesday. “The AFCAP program supports the […] More