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  • Lockheed, Guardtime Demo Cyber Threat Mitigation System; Ron Bessire Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Guardtime Demo Cyber Threat Mitigation System; Ron Bessire Comments

    Lockheed Martin and Guardtime have tested a technology designed to help address data threats in military, aerospace and industry. The companies demonstrated the system’s performance in mitigating data manipulation attempts within a networked mission-centric environment at Lockheed’s Center for Innovation, Lockheed said Wednesday. “Network, software and data integrity are critical qualities for our products and our […] More

  • ReportBuyer: Military Satellite Market to Reach Nearly $10B Value in 2025 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ReportBuyer: Military Satellite Market to Reach Nearly $10B Value in 2025

    A Strategic Defense Intelligence report released by ReportBuyer predicts that the global military satellite market will climb in value from $5.7 billion this year to $9.7 billion in 2025. ReportBuyer said Wednesday the 5.47-percent compound annual growth rate over the 10-year forecast period is due to factors such as spending and modernization activities. According to the report, North America […] More

  • Research and Markets: Civilian Drones Market to See 28% CAGR Through 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Civilian Drones Market to See 28% CAGR Through 2019

    A new report from Research and Markets  predicts the global market for civilian drones to experience a compound annual growth rate of 28 percent over the next four years. Demand for civilian unmanned aerial systems for use in crop surveillance operations will drive market growth, the firm said Tuesday. Risks of accidents posed by such drones to […] More

  • Cubic to Produce Baseband Equipment for GATR Technologies; Michael Barthlow Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic to Produce Baseband Equipment for GATR Technologies; Michael Barthlow Comments

    GATR Technologies has awarded Cubic’s subsidiary DTECH LABS a $2.7 million contract to produce baseband equipment for use in a U.S. Marine Corps program. DTECH’s mobile, modular, micro-single enclave baseband tool will pair with GATR Technologies’ inflatable satellite antenna in support of Marine Corps’ High Bandwidth Signals Intelligence Palletized Terminal program, Cubic said Tuesday. The […] More

  • CloudPassage to Offer Agencies Halo Security Platform Through AWS GovCloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CloudPassage to Offer Agencies Halo Security Platform Through AWS GovCloud

    CloudPassage‘s Halo platform will be available to federal government customers through Amazon Web Services‘ GovCloud for the U.S. region as the security company works to achieve FedRAMP-ready status. CloudPassage said Tuesday it is seeking to obtain a certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to provide agile security functions to the Defense Department and other government agencies. “As government […] More

  • NASA Opens Tech Patent Opportunities for Startups; David Miller Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Opens Tech Patent Opportunities for Startups; David Miller Comments

    NASA has launched a new initiative to help startup businesses apply for a free license of patented technologies. NASA said Wednesday startup applicants will have the opportunity to obtain licenses of more than 1,200 NASA technologies such as coatings, sensors, aeronautics technologies and instrumentation, among others. The Startup NASA initiative aims to help startups raise capital […] More

  • Alcoa to Supply Titanium for Lockheed’s F-35; Klaus Kleinfeld Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Alcoa to Supply Titanium for Lockheed’s F-35; Klaus Kleinfeld Comments

    Lockheed Martin has awarded a potential nine-year, $1.1 billion subcontract to Alcoa for titanium plate and billet components on the F-35 fighter jet from 2016 to 2024. Lockheed will use the titanium build the airframe structures for F-35 variants such as the conventional takeoff and landing aircraft, short takeoff/vertical landing aircraft and the carrier variant, Alcoa said […] More

  • Dave Rey: Salesforce to Offer Analytics Cloud for Gov't Under FedRAMP ATO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dave Rey: Salesforce to Offer Analytics Cloud for Gov’t Under FedRAMP ATO

    Salesforce.com has received an authorization under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to offer Salesforce Analytics Cloud with its Salesforce Government Cloud portfolio to public sector agencies. Dave Rey, executive vice president of sales for Salesforce’s North American public sector business, wrote in a blog entry posted Tuesday that Salesforce Analytics Cloud works to provide data intelligence to agencies. He added that […] More

  • DFAS Kicks Off Human Capital Consulting Services Search - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DFAS Kicks Off Human Capital Consulting Services Search

    The Defense Finance and Accounting Service has issued a notice that calls on potential industry sources with the interest and capability to provide human capital consulting services. In a notice posted Monday on FedBizOpps, DFAS said it aims to determine the availability of qualified service providers in support of market research and program planning efforts. Requirements […] More

  • Lockheed Completes Spacecraft Electronics Factory Revamp - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Completes Spacecraft Electronics Factory Revamp

    Lockheed Martin has completed renovation works on an electronics production facility in Littleton, Colorado. Lockheed said Tuesday the open of the newly-renovated manufacturing facility at the campus of Lockheed’s space systems company coincides with the celebration of the National Manufacturing Day on Friday. The company will use the 28,000-square-foot factory to design, fabricate and perform environmental […] More

  • DynCorp Lands $77M US Army Logistics Contract; Randy Bockenstedt Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp Lands $77M US Army Logistics Contract; Randy Bockenstedt Comments

    DynCorp International has been awarded two contracts worth up to $77 million combined to assist the U.S. Army geographic combatant command in North America and the Pacific in operational planningfunctions. The task orders fall under the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program IV vehicle and both contain a one-year base period and two one-year options, the company said Monday. “DI’s LOGCAP team is proud to […] More