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  • FedRAMP Board Approves SecureKey's ID Authentication Tool; Charles Walton Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FedRAMP Board Approves SecureKey’s ID Authentication Tool; Charles Walton Comments

    SecureKey Technologies has received the FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board provisional authority to operate for the company’s briidge.net exchange cloud-based identity and authentication platform after a review by third-party assessor Veris Group. The platform will work to help citizens use Connect.gov and access digital government services with government-approved, commercially issued online credentials, SecureKey said Tuesday. “Looking ahead to a digital future, identity services will be vital […] More

  • TCS to Help South Dakota Link 911 Centers Statewide; Lynne Seitz Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TCS to Help South Dakota Link 911 Centers Statewide; Lynne Seitz Comments

    TeleCommunication Systems Inc. has won a five-year, $16.4 million contract to interconnect 911 emergency call centers across the state of South Dakota. TCS will operate South Dakota’s NG9-1-1 system for 29 of the state’s public safety answering centers under the direction of the South Dakota 911 Coordination Board, TCS said Thursday. Lynne Seitz, senior vice […] More

  • Strategic Defense Intelligence: Counterterror Efforts to Spur US ISR Tech Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Strategic Defense Intelligence: Counterterror Efforts to Spur US ISR Tech Market

    Strategic Defense Intelligence has released new report that predicts the U.S.’ command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance market to reach $74.3 billion in value by 2024. The report also indicates that the nation’s growing counterterrorism programs could further the U.S. government’s demand for ISR technologies, Strategic Defense Intelligence said Thursday. “The efficacy of these systems […] More

  • Lockheed Designs Open Source Analytics Software; Jason O’Connor Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Designs Open Source Analytics Software; Jason O’Connor Comments

    Lockheed Martin has introduced an open source platform for developers and non-developers to process analytics work in real time. The StreamFlow software launched on hosting service GitHub and is designed to work with the Apache Storm open source computation system, Lockheed said Thursday. “The next step in data analytics relies on the inclusion of diverse expertise and we envision […] More

  • ManTech Subsidiary Completes Shape Test on Webb Telescope's 1st Sunshield Layer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech Subsidiary Completes Shape Test on Webb Telescope’s 1st Sunshield Layer

    A subsidiary of ManTech International has finished the shape testing of the first sunshield membrane layer of NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope as a subcontractor to Northrop Grumman. NeXolve assembled and tested the layer’s three-dimensional shape with laser beams to confirm if it meets shape specifications, ManTech said Thursday. “We are now proceeding with the remaining layers and will test each […] More

  • Carahsoft Adds Gigamon Traffic Visibility Product to GSA Schedule - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Adds Gigamon Traffic Visibility Product to GSA Schedule

    Carahsoft Technology will offer Gigamon‘s Unified Visibility Fabric product to government clients via a GSA Schedule contract and act as the master government aggregator for the traffic visibility networking provider. “IT network and security teams at the federal level face the unparalleled challenge of protecting information as a matter of national security,” Dennis Reilly, vice president of Gigamon’s federal business, said […] More

  • Boeing Hands Air Force F-22 Mission Simulators - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Hands Air Force F-22 Mission Simulators

    Boeing has delivered and installed two F-22 simulators at a U.S. Air Force mission training center for the branch’s fighter pilots. The simulators are designed with the company’s Constant Resolution Visual System that aims to provide warfighters a 360-degree view of flight environment, Boeing said Thursday. The Air Force’s F-22 training infrastructure is built to […] More

  • William Arras: DigitalGlobe, NGA Partner to Deliver Ebola-Related Geospatial Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    William Arras: DigitalGlobe, NGA Partner to Deliver Ebola-Related Geospatial Data

    The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has partnered with DigitalGlobe to offer geospatial intelligence and mapping products for government and private organizations that conduct Ebola response operations in West Africa. DigitalGlobe said Wednesday the agency introduced Image City Map GEOINT products that are based on the company’s satellite imagery and human geography data sets and designed to […] More

  • Steve Rosser of Parsons Joins NDIA Washington Chapter's Board; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Steve Rosser of Parsons Joins NDIA Washington Chapter’s Board; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments

    Steve Rosser, a program director at Parsons and a 24-year U.S. Navy veteran, has joined the board of directors at the National Defense Industrial Association’s Washington Chapter. Rosser will support NDIA’s work to help the U.S. government and industry address national security issues, Parsons said Thursday. “Parsons is pleased that Steve’s leadership ability and in-depth […] More

  • Transparency Market Research: Global PaaS Market Worth $8B by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Transparency Market Research: Global PaaS Market Worth $8B by 2020

    A new Transparency Market Research report predicts that the global platform-as-a-service market will achieve a compound annual growth rate of 25.7 percent through 2020 to reach a market value of $7.98 billion. The firm said Tuesday that the growth is due to companies adopting PaaS to lower capital expenses while allowing increased operational expenses. It added that other perceived benefits to PaaS include scalability, […] More

  • DRT to Perform Technical Services for US Navy’s Enterprise Network; Susan Kidd Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DRT to Perform Technical Services for US Navy’s Enterprise Network; Susan Kidd Comments

    DRT Strategies Inc. has won a three-year, $84 million contract to perform technical support services for the U.S. Navy’s next generation enterprise network. The company will work to manage programs, seats, devices, applications, network operations, information assurance, cyber assets and network resources, DRT said Monday. “We look forward to working together with Fleet Logistic Center […] More

  • SAIC Crowdsources Ideas for NOAA Mobile Applications - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC Crowdsources Ideas for NOAA Mobile Applications

    Science Applications International Corp. asked the weather industry at a January conference for ideas on nontraditional ways to use National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration open data. The five winners that were selected were mobile applications for traffic forecasting, weather uncertainty tracking, weather emergency alert and medical preparedness, SAIC said Wednesday. The online contest, which ran for 10 […] More