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  • NASA: Gravity Anomalies on Moon May Indicate Ancient Volcanic Activity, Not Asteroid Impact - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA: Gravity Anomalies on Moon May Indicate Ancient Volcanic Activity, Not Asteroid Impact

    NASA has collected evidence that the topography of the Oceanus Procellarum region of the moon believed to be the result of an asteroid impact may have been caused instead by the formation of rift valleys. The agency said Wednesday it used the Lockheed Martin-built Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory to observe the gravity gradients of the moon’s surface and found gravitational anomalies. The GRAIL gravity […] More

  • Report: Air Force Could Award Long-Range Radar Contract Next Week - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Air Force Could Award Long-Range Radar Contract Next Week

    The Air Force could unveil the winner of a contract to build the branch’s long-range radar system as soon as next week, Reuters reported Wednesday. Andrea Shalal writes Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall has approved the service’s Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar procurement plan. Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon are all vying for the contract. The […] More

  • Bob McDonald: VA Taps MITRE to Help Assess Programs, Practices - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bob McDonald: VA Taps MITRE to Help Assess Programs, Practices

    MITRE Corp. will work with the Department of Veterans Affairs to assess healthcare processes throughout the VA under a contract with undisclosed terms. The nonprofit research and development organization will serve as program integrator and coordinate the results of third-party assessments under the Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act of 2014, the VA said Thursday. Bob McDonald, veterans affairs secretary, said the independent assessment “will provide the department a […] More

  • HHS Furthers Influenza Diagnostics Test with New Contracts; Robin Robinson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS Furthers Influenza Diagnostics Test with New Contracts; Robin Robinson Comments

    The Department of Health and Human Services has respectively awarded $12.9 million and $14.7 million contracts to Alere and InDevR to further develop influenza detection test methods. Alere will work to develop a method to identify a patient infected with influenza virus type A or B based on its iNAT Influenza A&B test, HHS said Wednesday. InDevR will also continue work on its FluChip-8G test to […] More

  • ATK, NASA Put Orion's Launch Abort Motor Igniter Through Qualification Test; Charlie Precourt Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ATK, NASA Put Orion’s Launch Abort Motor Igniter Through Qualification Test; Charlie Precourt Comments

    ATK and NASA have conducted a static test on the Orion crew transport spacecraft’s launch abort motor igniter at the company’s facility in Promontory, Utah as the company seeks to move toward production. The igniter is part of Orion’s Launch Abort System and designed to activate the abort motor for the crew module in case of any problems during […] More

  • HP's Big Data Tech Selected for Auckland Road Safety Mgmt Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HP’s Big Data Tech Selected for Auckland Road Safety Mgmt Project

    Hewlett Packard will provide its big data and analytics technology to help the city of Auckland, New Zealand, transportation agency manage traffic flow and incidents. Auckland Transport will implement an HP IDOL-powered video analytics system as well as the company’s HAVEn big data platform to analyze public safety data across the city, HP said Tuesday. […] More

  • Peggy McCullough: Bechtel, DOE Work to Ensure Radioactive Waste Plant Safety - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Peggy McCullough: Bechtel, DOE Work to Ensure Radioactive Waste Plant Safety

    Bechtel is set to resume engineering work at the U.S. Energy Department‘s nuclear waste vitrification facility in Washington following completion of safety and quality assessments on the site. DOE told Bechtel to continue building the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant’s facility that would vitrify high-level radioactive waste to reduce its potential impact on the […] More

  • Yogesh Khanna: CSC-MobileIron Team Aims to Help Federal Clients Bolster Mobile Security - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Yogesh Khanna: CSC-MobileIron Team Aims to Help Federal Clients Bolster Mobile Security

    Computer Sciences Corp. and MobileIron will collaborate to develop cloud-based applications designed to help U.S. military and civil government organizations secure mobile data. The companies seek to integrate MobileIron’s enterprise cloud device management platform into CSC’s mobile security offerings for the federal sector, MobileIron said Wednesday. MobileIron says its technology is built to manage iOS […] More

  • Exelis Reaches New ADS-B Milestone for FAA NextGen Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis Reaches New ADS-B Milestone for FAA NextGen Project

    Exelis has completed a round of milestones for the Federal Aviation Administration’s flagship program designed to help modernize air traffic control in the country. The company said Sept. 25 that it has delivered more than the required surveillance coverage for the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast system while staying within cost obligations. Exelis indicated that it has installed […] More

  • ViON Releases New Private Cloud Package; Tom Frana Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ViON Releases New Private Cloud Package; Tom Frana Comments

    ViON Corp. has launched a new private cloud computing package that offers enterprises a set of resources to develop and manage their information technology infrastructure. The Agile Cloud Platform suite includes software, networking, servers and storage with management, advanced monitoring and virtualization capabilities, and round the clock customer and technical support, ViON said Thursday. “ViON’s Agile Cloud Platform offers infrastructure […] More

  • Lenovo Closes IBM x86 Server Business Buy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lenovo Closes IBM x86 Server Business Buy

    Lenovo has completed the initial terms for its acquisition of IBM‘s x86 server business. Lenovo has bought the System x, BladeCenter and Flex System blade servers and switches, x86-based Flex integrated systems, NeXtScale and iDataPlex servers, IBM said Wednesday. The company will also serve as IBM’s original equipment manufacturer and reseller of IBM’s Storwize storage products, Linear Tape Open products […] More