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  • EMC, Pivotal Deploy New Enterprise Big Data Offering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    EMC, Pivotal Deploy New Enterprise Big Data Offering

    EMC has unveiled a new enterprise-grade big data offering equipped with Pivotal HD that seeks to combine analytics capabilities and a highly scalable infrastructure. The new Data Lake Hadoop storage arrays include EMC Isilon X410 nodes that have been preconfigured for quick deployment as well as the SQL-compliant Pivotal HAWQ query tool for HDFS file […] More

  • DoD Turns to Private Sector for Spectrum Mgmt Aid; Frederick Moorefield Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Turns to Private Sector for Spectrum Mgmt Aid; Frederick Moorefield Comments

    The Defense Department is seeking concepts from the private sector to manage electromagnetic spectrum usage with the goal of fulfilling bandwidth requirements of the military, SIGNAL Magazine reported July 1. Sandra Jontz writes DoD officials are developing a plan to implement its spectrum management strategy while factoring in national security issues and the reallocation of […] More

  • Deltek’s Jennifer Sakole: Q4 Solicitations to Jump $21B From Prior Year Period - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deltek’s Jennifer Sakole: Q4 Solicitations to Jump $21B From Prior Year Period

    Deltek expects the total value of government solicitations for the fourth quarter of 2014 to reach at least $63 billion, almost $21 billion higher than the total value for the same period last year, the Washington Post reported Sunday. Jennifer Sakole, a principal analyst at Deltek, writes that the mid-Atlantic region will present 450 of the anticipated 1,300 total solicitations and be worth an estimated $28 […] More

  • CGI to Build European Satnav Commercial Platform; Steve Smart Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI to Build European Satnav Commercial Platform; Steve Smart Comments

    The European Commission has awarded CGI a contract to develop a commercial application for the European-made global navigation satellite system Galileo. CGI will build the core platform for the Galileo Commercial Service program with the goal of delivering location-based information in vertical markets such as transportation, insurance and personal mobility, CGI said Tuesday. Galileo is […] More

  • Scott Smith: Iridium NEXT Test Call Moves Launch Preparations Forward - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Scott Smith: Iridium NEXT Test Call Moves Launch Preparations Forward

    Iridium Communications and Thales Alenia Space have completed a test call of the L-band hardware and associated software for the Iridium NEXT constellation, demonstrating end-to-end call flow through satellite, ground and public switched telephone networks. Iridium said Tuesday the milestone validates the Iridium NEXT system’s capabilities for satellite communications as the companies prepare for the first launch next year. “Placing […] More

  • Tanaz Shahrzad: GCS to Help Lockheed Update Federal Acquisition Service's Applications - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tanaz Shahrzad: GCS to Help Lockheed Update Federal Acquisition Service’s Applications

    Lockheed Martin will work with professional services contractor GCS to refresh the application infrastructure for the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service under a potential $400 million task order. Lockheed selected McLean, Virginia-based GCS to provide operation, maintenance, enhancement and development services for the CIO Applications, Maintenance, Enhancements, and Operations as a subcontractor, GCS said Tuesday. Tanaz Shahrzad, GCS […] More

  • Tony Smeraglinolo: Engility Lands New Navy Logistics Services Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tony Smeraglinolo: Engility Lands New Navy Logistics Services Work

    Engility Holdings has won an $11 million recompete order to provide technical support for the U.S. Navy’s military command in Florida, a contract award that Engility President and CEO Tony Smeraglinolo says is part of the company’s logistics services portfolio. The contract covers logistics assistance work for the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division’s landing craft air cushion […] More

  • David Johnston: Boeing-Led Team to Help Australia Refresh HF Comm System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    David Johnston: Boeing-Led Team to Help Australia Refresh HF Comm System

    A team of companies led by Boeing will help the Australian defense department update the military’s high-frequency communications system under a contract worth more than $26 million. Alcatel Lucent and Ebor Computing will work with Boeing and Australia’s defense materials organization to bring new communications tools to maturity, Australian Defense Minister David Johnston said Monday. “This contract… builds upon […] More

  • Sao Paulo Airport Starts Using Rockwell Collins' ARINC Passenger Reconciliation System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sao Paulo Airport Starts Using Rockwell Collins’ ARINC Passenger Reconciliation System

    Rockwell Collins is helping Brazil-based Sao Paulo International Airport put the company’s ARINC VeriPax passenger reconciliation system into action and the system went live prior to the start of the 2014 World Cup on June 12. The system is built to improve passenger flow by at least 15 percent by using two-dimensional scanners and automated passenger screening technologies, the company said Monday. “Hosting […] More

  • Red Hat: Enterprises Should Virtualize IT to Facilitate Cost, Operating Efficiencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Red Hat: Enterprises Should Virtualize IT to Facilitate Cost, Operating Efficiencies

    Red Hat is urging enterprises to adopt virtualization for their IT infrastructures and data centers to foster operational and cost efficiencies. In an infographic posted Monday on the Red Hat website, the company illustrates the path to innovation, from modernizing the data center, to standardizing operations and to virtualizing IT resources, in order to realize positive business […] More

  • Boeing to Develop Satellite for Intelsat; Thierry Guillemin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Develop Satellite for Intelsat; Thierry Guillemin Comments

    Boeing has received an order from Intelsat for the ninth Epic Next Generation satellite. Boeing develops the 35e EpicNG satellite based on its 702 medium power platform, Boeing said Tuesday. Thierry Guillemin, Intelsat executive vice president and chief technical officer, said the company aims for the satellite-based infrastructure to meet customer demands for commercial plane bandwidth […] More