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  • Deloitte Secures $63M NGA HR Mgmt Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte Secures $63M NGA HR Mgmt Contract

    Deloitte has received a $63 million contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to provide management services to NGA’s human development directorate. NGA said Wednesday the professional services firm will support the directorate in efforts to implement a new approach to oversee human resources operations that include recruitment and retirement programs. Deloitte is an audit, consulting, tax and […] More

  • Diffeo Earns First Prize in NGA Disparate Data Access Tilt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Diffeo Earns First Prize in NGA Disparate Data Access Tilt

    Diffeo has received the top prize in the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency‘s challenge that required access to disparate data sets with the use of machine intelligence algorithms. Diffeo integrated its research and analysis process with machine intelligence algorithms into the system to create a knowledge graph of people, places, organizations and events and their inter-relationships under […] More

  • Planet to Provide NGA Global Nanosatellite Imagery Access; Robert Cardillo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Planet to Provide NGA Global Nanosatellite Imagery Access; Robert Cardillo Comments

    Commercial imagery provider Planet has been awarded a $20 million introductory contract to supply small satellite imagery of Earth’s landmass to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. NGA will have access to a global imagery collection called the Planet Feed every 15 days and share the feed with the National System for Geospatial Intelligence and civil federal community, the agency said […] More

  • MapR Creates Federal Advisory Board to Aid Govt Clients in IT Modernization Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MapR Creates Federal Advisory Board to Aid Govt Clients in IT Modernization Efforts

    San Jose, California-based converged data platform developer MapR Technologies has established a federal advisory board that aims to help familiarize U.S. government customers with big data management technologies. MapR said Wednesday the advisory board comprises former government leaders who previously worked at the Defense Department, intelligence community and federal civilian agencies and have knowledge of various issues that affect the government’s information technology modernization efforts. “The board […] More

  • Tony Frazier: DigitalGlobe's Radiant Purchase Seeks to Help Support Intell Agencies' Cloud Goals - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tony Frazier: DigitalGlobe’s Radiant Purchase Seeks to Help Support Intell Agencies’ Cloud Goals

    Intelligence analysts must be able to access data from cloud computing platforms to support information-based services and insights for agencies, DigitalGlobe services business lead Tony Frazier told National Defense magazine in an article published Monday. Longmont, Colorado-based DigitalGlobe announced its $140 million acquisition of geospatial information services provider The Radiant Group Oct. 11 and will add 400 employees with secret security clearances with 250 of them software developers. […] More

  • Burns & McDonnell Chosen for Future NGA St Louis Campus Commissioning Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Burns & McDonnell Chosen for Future NGA St Louis Campus Commissioning Services

    Burns & McDonnell has received a potential $9.5 million contract to provide commissioning support services for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s future 99-acre replacement campus in north St. Louis, Missouri. The company said Monday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers planning, programming, design, construction and operation services at the Next NGA West campus. NGA announced in June the finalization of […] More

  • FCi Federal Creates Advisory Board to Support Expansion Initiatives; Scott Miller Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FCi Federal Creates Advisory Board to Support Expansion Initiatives; Scott Miller Comments

    Ashburn, Virginia-based FCi Federal has established a board of advisers as the professional services company looks to expand its market footprint and grow its portfolio. The advisory board consists of public and private sector veterans with background in immigration, intelligence, diplomacy, transportation and homeland security, FCi Federal said Monday. “The formation of the board of advisers signals […] More

  • INSA Names Defense & Intell Analyst Larry Hanauer as Policy VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    INSA Names Defense & Intell Analyst Larry Hanauer as Policy VP

    Larry Hanauer, a former senior international policy analyst at RAND Corp., has joined the Intelligence and National Security Alliance as vice president for policy. He will oversee the nonprofit organization’s councils, task forces and other member-driven groups that aim to address national security issues through thought leadership and collaborative, public-private recommendations, INSA said Wednesday. At RAND, Hanaeur analyzed […] More

  • Blue Compass to Facilitate NGA-Sponsored Hackathon Series for Developers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Blue Compass to Facilitate NGA-Sponsored Hackathon Series for Developers

    Blue Compass will serve as lead facilitator on a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency-sponsored hackathon series that seeks to foster relationships with software developers and industry in support of NGA programs. The Tysons Corner, Virginia-based company said Friday the competition also aims to promote NGA programs such as the Innovative GEOINT Application Platform Provider project that looks to incentivize app developers […] More

  • NGA, US Geological Survey Solicit Applications from Universities for Geospatial Sciences Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NGA, US Geological Survey Solicit Applications from Universities for Geospatial Sciences Program

    The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Geological Survey have begun to solicit applications from universities and schools that are interested to serve as partners of a geospatial sciences program. NGA formed the Centers of Academic Excellence in Geospatial Sciences program with USGS in an effort to establish partnerships with the U.S. academic community in […] More

  • SOSi Names Stephen Iwicki as Intelligence Solutions Group VP, Promotes Robert Billeaud to Operations SVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SOSi Names Stephen Iwicki as Intelligence Solutions Group VP, Promotes Robert Billeaud to Operations SVP

    SOS International has named Stephen Iwicki, a former vice president at General Dynamics‘ information technology business, as the new intelligence solutions group vice president following the appointment of Robert Billeaud as senior vice president for operations. SOSi said Tuesday Iwicki will be in charge of a company business unit that holds a potential $150 million contract to support U.S. Army operations in Afghanistan. “He brings […] More

  • CCRi to Develop Analytics-Based GEOINT Data Evaluation Tool Under NGA Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CCRi to Develop Analytics-Based GEOINT Data Evaluation Tool Under NGA Contract

    Commonwealth Computer Research Inc. has received a $499,767 contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to develop a data analytics-based platform designed to evaluate and identify GEOINT data that has potential value to users. NGA awarded the contract under the first topic of a broad agency announcement for the agency’s Boosting Innovative GEOINT program, NGA said Wednesday. CCRi will […] More