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  • Visiongain: Military Electro-Optical IR Systems Market Hit $8B in 2014 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Visiongain: Military Electro-Optical IR Systems Market Hit $8B in 2014

    Visiongain has released a new report that indicates the military electro-optical infrared systems market reached $8.38 billion in 2014. The report also predicts an increase in demand for military EO/IR systems through 2024, with North America and Europe slated to lead the market in technology and research and development, Reportlinker said Wednesday. Emerging military nations will look to integrate those systems into new procurement and […] More

  • Transparency Market Research: Global Military Radar Market to Reach $8.4B in 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Transparency Market Research: Global Military Radar Market to Reach $8.4B in 2019

    Transparency Market Research has released a report that predicts the global military radar market will reach $8.44 billion in worth in 2019. The increase represents a 2.9 percent compound annual growth rate from the $6.9 billion recorded in 2012, Transparency Market Research said Thursday. Security and economic concerns, strategic alliances, border protection issues, growing government defense investments and increasing demand […] More

  • Norma Lee Todd: Johns Hopkins APL Records Tech Transfer Increase in 2014 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Norma Lee Todd: Johns Hopkins APL Records Tech Transfer Increase in 2014

    Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory says it has experienced record growth for initiatives to move its scientific discoveries into the commercial sector in 2014. APL said Wednesday it signed 77 license agreements covering lab-developed technologies this year, up from 40 technology license deals recorded a year ago. The number of invention disclosures from the […] More

  • IBM Develops Analytics-Based Cloud Management Tech; Leonard Hand Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Develops Analytics-Based Cloud Management Tech; Leonard Hand Comments

    IBM has developed and patented an automated, analytics-based technique for the movement of workloads between cloud centers in an effort to help bolster the performance of cloud computing systems. The company said Tuesday the “dynamic” cloud management technology uses analytics to determine the optimal allocation of cloud resources and works to provide greater control over deployments and workloads. “Cloud delivery models are […] More

  • QTS Secures FedRAMP Compliance Via CSP Supplied Path; Chad Williams Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QTS Secures FedRAMP Compliance Via CSP Supplied Path; Chad Williams Comments

    QTS has established Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program compliance for its QTS Federal Cloud offering following a third-party security assessment by Veris Group. The company said Wednesday it secured FedRAMP compliance through the CSP Supplied path, allowing federal agencies to assess the company’s security package for agency-specific security authorization. Chad Williams, chairman and CEO of QTS, said FedRAMP compliance enables […] More

  • DLT Highlights Cyber Threats to Gov't in 2014 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLT Highlights Cyber Threats to Gov’t in 2014

    DLT Solutions has highlighted what it sees as the top cybersecurity threats the U.S. government faced in 2014 and the countermeasures agencies have adopted to combat those threats. Caron Beesley wrote in an analysis piece published Wednesday the lack of awareness and cyber training among federal employees hampers government efforts to counter sophisticated attacks. Beesley, editor of DLT Solutions’ […] More

  • DHS Seeks Method to Automate Cyber Defense - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Seeks Method to Automate Cyber Defense

    The Department of Homeland Security has reached out to industry for ideas on how to automatically defend cyber systems and networks against attacks. DHS issued a request for information on Dec. 3 that indicates the agency’s plan to create an automated environment for monitoring security risks to government infrastructure. The Enterprise Automated Security Environment program […] More

  • Harris, Agilex Recognized at GTSC's Annual Awards for Homeland and Nat'l Security Firms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris, Agilex Recognized at GTSC’s Annual Awards for Homeland and Nat’l Security Firms

    An organization that represents small- and medium-sized businesses in the homeland and national security markets recognized Harris Corp. and Agilex for their work in the sectors at a ceremony held Tuesday in Arlington, Virginia at the U.S. Navy League. The Government Technology & Services Coalition says it gives its Annual Awards to people and firms […] More

  • Northrop Marks Milestone in Center Fuselage Work on Norway's F-35 Order; Brian Chappel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Marks Milestone in Center Fuselage Work on Norway’s F-35 Order; Brian Chappel Comments

    Northrop Grumman has finished work on the first of 52 center fuselages it has designed for the Royal Norwegian Air Force’s planned order of F-35 Lightning II – the AM 1 conventional takeoff and landing variant. The company said Wednesday it reached the milestone on time and within budget, utilizing an integrated assembly line approach to produce the […] More

  • Jim Sponnick: ULA to Launch Orbital's Cygnus Cargo Delivery Spacecraft to ISS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jim Sponnick: ULA to Launch Orbital’s Cygnus Cargo Delivery Spacecraft to ISS

    United Launch Alliance has partnered with Orbital Sciences to provide launch services for the transportation of cargo to the International Space Station as part of NASA‘s Commercial Resupply Services program. ULA said Tuesday the agreement includes one cargo mission that will launch late next year from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station with the Atlas V 401 vehicle as well as an optional mission in 2016. […] More

  • Autonomic Resources Approved to Authorize Commercial Data Centers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Autonomic Resources Approved to Authorize Commercial Data Centers

    Autonomic Resources has been approved to authorize commercial data center facility space under a provisional authority-to-operate through the FedRAMP program. The ARC-P Secure Data Center offering is intended to help agencies and government contractors secure their non-virtualized and legacy information technology systems to meet regulatory requirements, Autonomic Resources said Tuesday. Autonomic Resources and an accredited third-party assessment team will validate the […] More

  • SunPower Lands 1st Task Order Under Army Energy IDIQ's Solar Portion; Amanda Simpson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SunPower Lands 1st Task Order Under Army Energy IDIQ’s Solar Portion; Amanda Simpson Comments

    The U.S. Army plans to award SunPower a task order to execute a large-scale renewable energy project at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama with the intent to produce up to 18,000 megawatt-hours of power per year. The Office of Energy Initiatives writes Friday that the proposed solar project is the first under the solar technology portion of the Army’s renewable and alternative energy program, a […] More