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  • Lyn Hurd: Fulcrum Healthcare to Help Intellect Solutions Update Defense HAIMS System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lyn Hurd: Fulcrum Healthcare to Help Intellect Solutions Update Defense HAIMS System

    Fulcrum‘s healthcare division will support Intellect Solutions as a subcontractor in providing enhancement and maintenance services for the Defense Health Clinical Systems‘ Healthcare Artifact and Image Management Solution. Lyn Hurd, the division’s vice president, said Thursday that the company will help in updating the service treatment records and clinical workflows on the HAIMS websites. The HAIMS program works to facilitate […] More

  • Verizon's Rafeeq Rehman: Active Monitoring, Response Plans Key in Data Breach Mitigation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Verizon’s Rafeeq Rehman: Active Monitoring, Response Plans Key in Data Breach Mitigation

    Companies should actively monitor their networks, establish a crisis management plan and instill employee awareness to mitigate the impact of cyber attacks on both operations and business, Verizon‘s Rafeeq Rehman says. Recent incidents of data breaches indicate how hackers can target even old data as companies store these information for use in analytics applications, Rehman writes on Verizon’s enterprise cloud […] More

  • Dan Hart: Boeing GPS IIF Program Moves Forward With 8th Satellite Launch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dan Hart: Boeing GPS IIF Program Moves Forward With 8th Satellite Launch

    Boeing has received signal confirmation that its eighth GPS IIF satellite in space has started to prepare for full operations after its launch from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The GPS IIF-8 satellite launched aboard United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V rocket and is the last launch for the U.S. Air Force program this year, Boeing said Wednesday. “The schedule this year […] More

  • Jim Sponnick: ULA Achieves 50th Atlas V Mission With 8th USAF GPS Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jim Sponnick: ULA Achieves 50th Atlas V Mission With 8th USAF GPS Satellite

    United Launch Alliance has launched the latest global positioning system satellite to join the on-orbit constellation that will provide timing and navigation services for a U.S. Air Force program. The company said Wednesday that an Atlas V 401 Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle carried the GPS IIF-8 satellite to space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Jim Sponnick, ULA vice president for the […] More

  • NASA, Lockheed Wrap Up Orion Spacecraft Assembly, System Evaluations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Lockheed Wrap Up Orion Spacecraft Assembly, System Evaluations

    Lockheed Martin and NASA have moved another step closer to launching the Orion crew exploration vehicle following completion of production and assessment work on the spacecraft. The Lockheed-built Orion capsule will be integrated with a Delta IV heavy-lift rocket on a pad at NASA’s Space Launch Complex 37 in Florida in November, the company said […] More

  • Dave Amoriell: Xerox Maven Software Deployed for Ebola Contact Tracing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dave Amoriell: Xerox Maven Software Deployed for Ebola Contact Tracing

    Xerox has released an update of its Maven outbreak management software that works to host contact-tracing data on communicable diseases such as Ebola and other public health information in a cloud platform. The company said Thursday that Maven leverages data and analytics to track the path of infection or exposure to disease and facilitates data sharing and integration between public […] More

  • Harris to Build Wideband Tactical Radios for Central Asian Client; Brendan O'Connell Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Build Wideband Tactical Radios for Central Asian Client; Brendan O’Connell Comments

    Harris Corp. has won an $18 million contract to supply Falcon III wideband tactical radios to a nation client in Central Asia. The customer plans to deploy the RF-7800H high-frequency manpack and the RF-7850M multiband handheld radios to its frontline forces through the radio systems, Harris said Thursday. “Harris radios deliver highly reliable and secure communications for critical missions on the battlefield,” said […] More

  • Northrop's Jeffrey Palombo Showcases Open-Architecture Avionics System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop’s Jeffrey Palombo Showcases Open-Architecture Avionics System

    Northrop Grumman has exhibited an integrated avionics system built to help develop configurable aircraft in the future. The company showcased its newest avionics equipment and highlighted other C4ISR initiatives during a National Press Club briefing, Northrop said Wednesday. Jeffrey Palombo, vice president and general manager of Northrop’s land and self protection systems division, said airplanes need open architecture design of sensors, surveillance equipment […] More

  • Boeing, Danish Firms Ink A&D Market Partnership; Debbie Rub Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, Danish Firms Ink A&D Market Partnership; Debbie Rub Comments

    Boeing has partnered with six Danish companies to pursue business opportunities in the defense and aerospace industries. Boeing inked agreements with Danish Aerotech, Falck Schmidt Defence Systems, IFAD, Multicut, Systematic and Terma in connection with Boeing’s F/A-18 Super Hornet offering to Denmark, Boeing said Thursday. “The areas of cooperation identified in these agreements draw upon the specialized capabilities of Danish industry to […] More

  • Rich Wronski: Charles River Analytics, Passport Systems to Build Radiation Detection System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rich Wronski: Charles River Analytics, Passport Systems to Build Radiation Detection System

    Charles River Analytics and Passport Systems will support the Radiation Awareness and Interdiction Network Advanced Technology Demonstration program of the Department of Homeland Security‘s Domestic Nuclear Detection Office under a potential $6.9 million contract. DHS/DNDO awarded Passport Systems the contract on the program’s preliminary design phase through February 2015, the companies said Wednesday. Rich Wronski, vice president of Charles River […] More

  • MarketsandMarkets: Demand for Power Boats to Drive Marine Composites Market Growth - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MarketsandMarkets: Demand for Power Boats to Drive Marine Composites Market Growth

    MarketsandMarkets predicts the marine composites market will rise in value to $4.97 billion over the next five years due to increases in demand for high-speed boats, fuel-efficient vehicles and design flexibility. The firm said Tuesday that the costs of carbon fiber, styrene regulations and potential issues with the reparability and recyclability of composites could hinder further growth in the market. The report also […] More

  • Pat Calhoun: McAfee Report Shows Trade-Off Between Network Security, Performance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pat Calhoun: McAfee Report Shows Trade-Off Between Network Security, Performance

    A recent McAfee report says that a majority of information technology professionals surveyed noted security as the focus of their companies’ network design, but some forego security functions in order to emphasize network performance. The company said Wednesday the “Network Performance and Security” report showed the challenges that IT organizations face in balancing network security and performance. “It is unfortunate that turning off […] More