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  • Jeffrey Tarr: DigitalGlobe Invests in WorldView Satellite Life Extension - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeffrey Tarr: DigitalGlobe Invests in WorldView Satellite Life Extension

    DigitalGlobe has invested an undisclosed amount of money to increase the useful lives of the company’s two older Earth observation satellites. The goal is to extend the WorldView-1 service life by 2.5 years until the fourth quarter of 2020 and the WorldView-2 lifespan by 2 years through 2022, DigitalGlobe said Thursday. Jeffrey Tarr, DigitalGlobe CEO, […] More

  • Rob Weiss: Lockheed to Continue Open Architecture Support for USAF Aircraft Modernization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rob Weiss: Lockheed to Continue Open Architecture Support for USAF Aircraft Modernization

    Lockheed Martin has deployed its Skunk Works Enterprise Open Systems Architecture to integrate multiple sensors that are compliant with the U.S. Air Force‘s Open Mission Systems standard into the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft. The company said Dec. 10 that the three-week flight test series utilized Lockheed’s mission management software, an IP-based data link and four OMS-compliant sensor payloads to perform mission operations. Rob Weiss, […] More

  • Richard Montoni: MAXIMUS Delivers UK Work Program to Additional Region - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Richard Montoni: MAXIMUS Delivers UK Work Program to Additional Region

    MAXIMUS will deliver the U.K. department for work and pensions’ Work Program to North East Yorkshire and the Humber beginning Feb. 2, 2015, as part of a performance-based contract potentially worth $14 million. MAXIMUS CEO Richard Montoni said Thursday that the company works to support government welfare reform programs by providing personalized assistance to job seekers in the region. The Work Program […] More

  • IBM Modifies Cloud Contract Structure for Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Modifies Cloud Contract Structure for Clients

    IBM has drafted what it says is a “simplified” contract for its cloud offerings as it sought to provide clients with an option for accelerated service delivery. The new two-page document is a condensed version one-fifths shorter than traditional service agreements, IBM said Thursday. “It’s ironic that cloud computing represents a faster and more innovative […] More

  • Research and Markets: Small Arms Market Set for 2% CAGR - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Small Arms Market Set for 2% CAGR

    The global small arms market is set for a 2.21 percent year-over-year growth from 2014 to 2018, new analysis from Research and Markets revealed. The report, entitled “Global Small Arms Market 2014-2018,” highlighted efforts to innovate in light weapons technology, such as the U.S. government’s LSAT program, as a chief influencer in product development, the […] More

  • Lockheed Selects L-3 Digital Data Link for Small UAS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Selects L-3 Digital Data Link for Small UAS

    Lockheed Martin has awarded a subcontract to L-3 Communications to equip the U.K. defense ministry’s Desert Hawk III DDL digital platform with the MICRO Secure Digital Data Link. The companies said Dec. 1 that L-3’s MICRO SDDL will support communications for the small unmanned aircraft system’s command-and-control and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations. Kevin Westfall, director of LM MST’s unmanned solutions business, said that […] More

  • NSR: SATCOM Tech Demand to Drive UAS Market Through 2023 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NSR: SATCOM Tech Demand to Drive UAS Market Through 2023

    NSR projects global revenues of the satellite-based unmanned aerial systems market to be $3.1 billion by 2023, up from $1.3 billion last year. Growth will be driven by demand for satellite communications technology intended to support drones used in homeland security, disaster management and peacekeeping operations, NSR said Thursday. Commercial satellite operators are projected to […] More

  • Booz Allen Surveys Consumer, Provider Sentiment on Healthcare's Future; Grant McLaughlin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen Surveys Consumer, Provider Sentiment on Healthcare’s Future; Grant McLaughlin Comments

    A new Booz Allen Hamilton study has identified control of costs as among the top emerging trends in U.S. healthcare. The poll noted several differences between patient and provider sentiment on the future of the industry, but it also revealed agreement from both sides on certain aspects of access and delivery, Booz Allen said Wednesday. Booz […] More

  • IBM Adds New Global Cloud Centers Under $1B Expansion Plan; Jim Comfort Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Adds New Global Cloud Centers Under $1B Expansion Plan; Jim Comfort Comments

    IBM has opened new cloud centers in 12 new sites across Asia, Europe and the Americas as part of the company’s $1.2 billion expansion plan to meet hybrid cloud computing demand from enterprise clients. The company said Wednesday the new facilities in Tokyo, Frankfurt, Mexico City and other areas bring IBM’s total cloud centers to 40. The new cloud centers […] More

  • ReportBuyer Forecasts 9% CAGR for Datacenter Power Industry Through 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ReportBuyer Forecasts 9% CAGR for Datacenter Power Industry Through 2019

    A new market report has forecast a global datacenter power market that will become a $24 billion industry in five years, with high demand for storage providing impetus for the development. The analysis published by Mordor Intelligence indicates a compound annual growth rate of 9.67 percent for the $15 billion sector from 2014 to 2019, London-based ReportBuyer said […] More

  • Eastern Foundry Forms Government Tech, Innovation Incubator; Geoff Orazem Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Eastern Foundry Forms Government Tech, Innovation Incubator; Geoff Orazem Comments

    Eastern Foundry has launched a government technology and innovation incubator in Crystal City in an effort to help companies pursue government business opportunities. Geoff Orazem, Eastern Foundry’s co-founder and CEO, said Tuesday the incubator is intended to provide “reasonably priced office space and business services” to small government contractors. Orazem added that government tech innovators […] More

  • Infosys, Unisys to Provide Shared Services to Australian State Gov't - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Infosys, Unisys to Provide Shared Services to Australian State Gov’t

    Infosys and Unisys are set to sign a memorandum of understanding with the government of New South Wales in Australia for the implementation of shared services across state agencies. Dominic Perrottet, NSW minister for finance and services, said in an announcement posted Wednesday that the government has selected the two companies to deliver shared services in areas such as human […] More