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  • Ken Asbury: CACI Adds C4ISR Work Through Army SIGINT System Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ken Asbury: CACI Adds C4ISR Work Through Army SIGINT System Support Contract

    CACI International will provide lifecycle support for the Guardrail/Common Sensor airborne location and dissemination system under a potential 30-month, $41 million contract with the U.S. Army‘s project manager for sensor-aerial intelligence. “Our new work with the Army’s [PM SAI] represents an important step forward in the expansion of our C4ISR and Intelligence markets,” Ken Asbury, CACI president and CEO, […] More

  • IBM to Help Build 'Internet of Vehicles' Platform in Beijing; Ernie Hu Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM to Help Build ‘Internet of Vehicles’ Platform in Beijing; Ernie Hu Comments

    IBM has partnered with Beijing TransWiseway Information Technology to develop a cloud-based “Internet of Vehicles” platform to help Chinese motorists use Web and mobile applications through in-vehicle services. The IoV platform will be designed to apply analytics to data gathered by devices and sensors installed on vehicles and trucks to generate information on weather and traffic conditions, IBM […] More

  • Deloitte Report Shows Positive Momentum for U.S. M&A Deals; Tom McGee Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte Report Shows Positive Momentum for U.S. M&A Deals; Tom McGee Comments

    Deloitte has released its first annual report on mergers and acquisitions activity in the U.S., indicating a generally positive M&A outlook among 2,500 companies and private equity firms over the next two years. Deloitte’s “M&A Trends Report 2014: A comprehensive look at the M&A market” shows 84 percent of corporate executive respondents see a sustained or increased […] More

  • Matt Warren on Systemizing Mobile App Environments, Agilex's Big Data Push for Law Enforcement & The Power of Sharing Data Between Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matt Warren on Systemizing Mobile App Environments, Agilex’s Big Data Push for Law Enforcement & The Power of Sharing Data Between Agencies

    Matt Warren serves as president of Agilex‘s Justice and Homeland Security Sector, where the long-time federal government marketplace leader manages that business and is responsible for its growth. A close-to-six-year Agilex veteran, Warren joined Agilex in 2008 after spending more than 10 years with Oracle, where he helped start the homeland security sales team and […] More

  • Salesforce.com Gets HHS Authorization for Gov't Cloud Service; Dave Rey Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Salesforce.com Gets HHS Authorization for Gov’t Cloud Service; Dave Rey Comments

    Salesforce.com has received authorization from the Department of Health and Human Services to operate the Salesforce Government Cloud service that looks to provide government customers with platform-as-a-service and software-as-a-service offerings. The company said Friday the cloud offering enables clients to customize or expand applications through the Salesforce1 Platform or develop new applications within a single, web-based environment. “Government organizations need to be assured […] More

  • NetApp Opens New R&D Lab in NC's Research Triangle Park; Rich Clifton Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NetApp Opens New R&D Lab in NC’s Research Triangle Park; Rich Clifton Comments

    NetApp has opened a 155,000-square-foot research and development laboratory in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park to host the development and testing of NetApp’s storage and data management producs. Rich Clifton, NetApp’s executive vice president of customer success operations, said Friday. that the company opened the laboratory to function as a “global backbone for delivering enterprise-class service and […] More

  • Iridium Extends Satellite Services Deal With SkyBitz; David Wigglesworth Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium Extends Satellite Services Deal With SkyBitz; David Wigglesworth Comments

    Iridium Communications will continue providing satellite connectivity to SkyBitz in order to help the latter company’s customers track global assets and use asset information to make business decisions. SkyBitz developed its SkyBitz as a Service offering to help clients eliminate requirements for owning and maintaining hardware, Iridium said Thursday. “[SBS] can have a significant and positive impact on the bottom line of […] More

  • IBM, SAP Form Business Transformation Services Alliance; Till Dengel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM, SAP Form Business Transformation Services Alliance; Till Dengel Comments

    IBM and SAP have formed a collaboration to combine the former’s technology implementation and configuration services with the latter’s software to deliver business transformation services to the transportation and logistics industry. The team will work to address industry demand for business processes that leverage new technologies in analytics, cloud, mobile and other areas, the companies […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Subcontracts Lockheed for Coast Guard Cutter C4ISR System; Joe Buss Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Subcontracts Lockheed for Coast Guard Cutter C4ISR System; Joe Buss Comments

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has awarded Lockheed Martin a $69 million subcontract to provide a C4ISR system for the U.S. Coast Guard‘s USCGC Kimball, the seventh vessel in the agency’s National Security Cutter fleet. Lockheed said Wednesday it has also supplied the C4ISR system for the six previous NSCs to help users gather and exchange maritime data, detect potential sea threats and facilitate […] More

  • George Vardoulakis: Northrop-Diamond Aircraft Team to Explore Intell Collection Aircraft Market Opportunities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    George Vardoulakis: Northrop-Diamond Aircraft Team to Explore Intell Collection Aircraft Market Opportunities

    Northrop Grumman will establish an office near London International Airport in Ontario through a partnership with Diamond Aircraft Industries to offer intelligence-gathering aircraft systems in Canada and other international markets. George Vardoulakis, vice president of medium-range tactical systems at Northrop, said Wednesday the companies will work to combine Northro’s manned and unmanned systems technology and Diamond […] More

  • KPMG Opens R&D Lab to Facilitate Data, Analytics Offerings; Mark Toon Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KPMG Opens R&D Lab to Facilitate Data, Analytics Offerings; Mark Toon Comments

    KPMG has opened a virtual research and development center and innovation hub to develop data and analytics business solutions for member firms’ clients in support of KMPG Capital acquisitions and partnerships. The KPMG Insights Labs will facilitate R&D activity for KPMG Capital assets and intellectual property, including the demonstration and verification of proof-of-concept designs, KPMG said Wednesday. “While companies […] More

  • Systems Made Simple Wins Recompete for VETSNET Program Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Systems Made Simple Wins Recompete for VETSNET Program Contract

    Systems Made Simple will continue its development support work for the Veterans Benefits Management System and Benefits Gateway Services program after winning a recompete for a contract. The company said Thursday it will facilitate the development, testing and standardization of the Veterans Service Network and BGS with the goal of detecting and addressing production issues. VETSNET contains applications that process compensation and […] More