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  • Raytheon Sponsors Int'l Cybersecurity Forum; Neha Gurnani Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Sponsors Int’l Cybersecurity Forum; Neha Gurnani Comments

    Raytheon will host, sponsor and participate in Fleming Gulf‘s Kingdom Cybersecurity Forum on May 12 and 13 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which is expected to highlight the state of cybersecurity and current technologies available in the marketplace. “With Raytheon as the official host and headline sponsor of the forum, participants can expect to learn about future […] More

  • Keith Morrison Appointed Board Chair at Defense Tech Company SDI - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Keith Morrison Appointed Board Chair at Defense Tech Company SDI

    Keith Morrison, CEO of Canadian technology firm Gedex, has been appointed chairman of the board at defense technology firm Security Devices International following the latter company’s annual stockholders meeting on Wednesday. SDI said Monday that Morrison will aim to guide the company’s growth by using his previous business and corporate governance experience. Morrison is a board member at Marengo […] More

  • SGI to Collaborate with Mass., Harvard Hospitals on Medical Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SGI to Collaborate with Mass., Harvard Hospitals on Medical Research

    SGI Corp. has won a contract to work with two hospitals on efforts on projects related to real-time diagnostic imaging and medical research. The company will use its high performance computing and big data products to update applications that the Center for Advanced Medical Imaging Sciences uses to research medical diagnostic imaging technology, the company […] More

  • Dave Schmitz: Cubic Search-and-Rescue Tool Adopted for US, NATO Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dave Schmitz: Cubic Search-and-Rescue Tool Adopted for US, NATO Missions

    Cubic Corp. will provide combat search and rescue and other personnel recovery missions to the U.S. military under an estimated $3.4 million contract. The company’s Personnel Locator Systems work to carry out voice and data transfer functions during searches for soldiers, Cubic said Thursday. Dave Schmitz, president of Cubic Defense Systems, said PLS systems are used […] More

  • General Dynamics to Update Army Information Network Software; Chris Marzilli Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Update Army Information Network Software; Chris Marzilli Comments

    General Dynamics’ C4 systems business unit has been awarded a $59 million contract to update the software system for the U.S. Army’s information network vehicles. The Warfighter Information Network – Tactical Increment 2 will feature soldier network extension and point-of-presence vehicles, General Dynamics said Thursday. General Dynamics C4 Systems developed the WIN-T Increment 2 network […] More

  • Scott Rudy: Boeing Moves Forward on Reconnaissance Helicopter Production - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Scott Rudy: Boeing Moves Forward on Reconnaissance Helicopter Production

    Boeing has completed a 20-minute flight test of its AH-6i reconnaissance helicopter to demonstrate its close-air support and light-attack features as the company prepares for full-scale production. “This first AH-6 flight in the production configuration takes us closer to delivering an advanced light attack and reconnaissance helicopter that meets the needs of defense forces around the world,” Scott Rudy, Boeing’s […] More

  • Lockheed Selected for Defense IT Consolidation Project in Australia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Selected for Defense IT Consolidation Project in Australia

    Australia’s defense department has selected Lockheed Martin as the preferred tenderer for a project to consolidate the agency’s 280 data centers worldwide into 11 locations. Lockheed and Australian defense officials aim to finalize the Centralized Processing Project contract in the third quarter of 2014, the defense department said Thursday. The department intends to integrate military […] More

  • Vormetric's Damian Harvey: IT Pros Not Yet Fully Aware of Insider Threat Impact - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vormetric’s Damian Harvey: IT Pros Not Yet Fully Aware of Insider Threat Impact

    Damian Harvey, country manager for Australia and New Zealand at Vormetric, said Australian information technology professionals have yet to become fully aware of the damage an insider threat could bring to their companies. “We are still seeing organizations spend millions on perimeter defenses while neglecting to lock up their data or appropriately control access,” Harvey said Thursday. […] More

  • Rod Johnson: Oracle Launches Cloud Migration Service for Software Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rod Johnson: Oracle Launches Cloud Migration Service for Software Customers

    Oracle has kicked off a program to help enterprise clients migrate their on-premise human capital management and customer relationship management applications to cloud-based HCM and CRM apps. The Customer 2 Cloud program is open to customers using Oracle’s Siebel, E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne software products, Oracle said Wednesday. “Despite clear and significant […] More

  • David Fout: Aquilent Aims to Help Agencies Go Open Source With New Drupal Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    David Fout: Aquilent Aims to Help Agencies Go Open Source With New Drupal Tool

    Aquilent has unveiled a new Drupal-based architecture to help government organizations manage and deliver online content in a cloud environment. The Drupal Platform works to help agencies use open-source technology to secure digital communications and engage with the public, Aquilent said Thursday. According to the company, the platform works to help customers integrate Drupal-powered sites […] More

  • Boeing to Develop Automated Airport Traveler Cart - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Develop Automated Airport Traveler Cart

    Boeing is developing a self-running carriage for travelers to reach short-distance destinations in an airport, Wichita Business Journal reported Wednesday. Daniel McCoy writes Boeing recently moved to obtain a patent for the automated vehicle intended for persons with mobility issues. Boeing would design the vehicle to receive gate information and carry one to two passengers to […] More

  • CA Technologies Unveils New ID Mgmt Offering; Mike Denning Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CA Technologies Unveils New ID Mgmt Offering; Mike Denning Comments

    CA Technologies has released a new identity management services offering for customers to gain insights into data collected from network access controls. The company intends for network operators to process access requests and approvals for enterprise users by using the CA Identity Suite, CA said Wednesday. “The IAM engagement must be easy for business users, incorporating […] More