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  • ARGO Systems Lands $90M Navy Power System Support IDIQ
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    ARGO Systems Lands $90M Navy Power System Support IDIQ

    ARGO Systems has won a potential five-year, $90 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide support services for critical power systems at government facilities worldwide. The Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center awarded the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract through a competitive acquisition process with three offers received, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The award covers planning, […] More

  • CGI to Develop Electronic Vote Counting System for Scotland; Maggie Morrison Comments
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    CGI to Develop Electronic Vote Counting System for Scotland; Maggie Morrison Comments

    CGI has been awarded a $9.8 million contract to develop an electronic ballot counting system for Scotland’s government in preparation for the U.K. member country’s election in 2017. The company will provide end-to-end services, software and technical infrastructure for the postal balloting process, CGI said Tuesday. “The next 12 months will be of vital importance as we […] More

  • Technavio: Global Professional Service Robotics Market to See 22.65% CAGR in 2015-2019
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    Technavio: Global Professional Service Robotics Market to See 22.65% CAGR in 2015-2019

    Technavio has forecast the global professional service robotics market to climb at a compound annual growth rate of 22.65 percent from 2015 through 2019. Technavio commented that the application of professional service robots in helping humans to perform various operations creates a global demand for robotics. The report also finds that Internet of Things, automation, machine-to-machine […] More

  • ABI Research: Global Threat, Vulnerability Management Market to Reach $8.6B by 2020
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    ABI Research: Global Threat, Vulnerability Management Market to Reach $8.6B by 2020

    ABI Research has predicted in a new report that the global threat and vulnerability management market will reach $8.6 billion by 2020 from $5.3 billion in 2015. Monolina Sen, senior analyst in digital security at ABI Research, stated cloud computing and big data are projected to give rise to new vulnerabilities, thus spurring the demand for […] More

  • MarketsandMarkets: Mobile Health Solutions Market to Hit $59.15B by 2020
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    MarketsandMarkets: Mobile Health Solutions Market to Hit $59.15B by 2020

    MarketsandMarkets has predicted the global mHealth solutions market to hit $59.15 billion by 2020, representing a compound annual growth rate of 33.4 percent. The report cites the growing use of smartphones, tablets, connected medical devices, mHealth applications in healthcare management, 3G and 4G networks and patient-centric healthcare delivery as factors that will drive the market, […] More

  • Dell Survey: 82% of Federal Agencies Use NIST Cyber Framework
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    Dell Survey: 82% of Federal Agencies Use NIST Cyber Framework

    A new Dell survey has found that 82 percent of federal information technology personnel say their agencies use the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity in efforts to improve security of computer networks. The NIST cybersecurity framework aims to help agencies “identify, detect, protect, respond and recover from cyber threats,” Paul Christman, […] More

  • Accenture Study: Citizens Increasing Demand for Digital Govt Services
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    Accenture Study: Citizens Increasing Demand for Digital Govt Services

    A new Accenture survey of U.S. citizens indicates an increase in demand for digital platforms to facilitate their interactions with government and access to public services. The company said Tuesday 86 percent of respondents seek increased digital interactions as 92 percent stated improvements in the deployment of digital services would have a positive effect on their view of government. Accenture surveyed 6,624 […] More

  • Int’l Space Station Captures Orbital ATK Cygnus Spacecraft for 50-Day Stay
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    Int’l Space Station Captures Orbital ATK Cygnus Spacecraft for 50-Day Stay

    The International Space Station captured an Orbital ATK-built spacecraft at 6:19 a.m. Eastern time to start a 50-day berthing period for astronauts on the ISS to carry out scientific studies with cargo and other research supplies delivered by the company’s Cyngus ship. NASA said Wednesday astronaut Kjell Lindgren used the space station’s robotic arm to take in Cyngus and the spacecraft […] More

  • US Navy, MDA, Japan Test Raytheon SM-3 Variant; Taylor Lawrence Comments
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    US Navy, MDA, Japan Test Raytheon SM-3 Variant; Taylor Lawrence Comments

    The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, Navy and the Japanese defense department have demonstrated a variant of Raytheon‘s Standard Missile-3 weapon during a live-fire flight test in Point Mogu, California. Raytheon built a 21-inch-diameter system against medium and intermediate ballistic missile threats for U.S. and Japan’s SM-3 Cooperative Development Project, MDA said Tuesday. The company said its SM-3 Block IIA launched from an […] More

  • Carahsoft Adds Dataguise Info Security Platform to GSA Schedule; Michael Shrader Comments
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    Carahsoft Adds Dataguise Info Security Platform to GSA Schedule; Michael Shrader Comments

    Dataguise has partnered with Carahsoft Technology to offer U.S. public-sector clients access to data protection technology through a General Services Administration  acquisition vehicle. DgSecure is now available to government organizations via Carahsoft’s GSA schedule contract, Dataguise said Tuesday. “Given the exponential growth of data and the increasingly aggressive cyber attacks on government agencies, cybersecurity initiatives need to start […] More

  • AT&T Receives Education Dept Mobile Service Support Contract; Mike Leff Comments
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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

  • MDA Taps a.i. solutions for $73M BMD System Support Contract
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    MDA Taps a.i. solutions for $73M BMD System Support Contract

    The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a.i. solutions a potential three-year, $73 million contract to provide engineering, consulting and mission assurance support services for the Ballistic Missile Defense System. The cost-plus-fixed-fee contract also covers risk management quality assurance process, system fielding, sustainment, ground and flight tests, configuration management, parts, and test anomaly and technical risk […] More