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  • Johns Hopkins University APL Unveils Location-Specific Emergency Alert Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Johns Hopkins University APL Unveils Location-Specific Emergency Alert Tech

    Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory has conceptualized a new smartphone-based emergency alert technology that works to provide location-specific notifications to users. The lab said Wednesday the Arbitrary-Size Location-Aware Targeting concept utilizes geolocation technologies to boost the alerts’ accuracy of delivery. “ASLAT uses the location awareness of wireless devices — their internal knowledge of where they are […] More

  • Research and Markets: Systems Integration to Drive Health IT Market Activity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Systems Integration to Drive Health IT Market Activity

    Research and Markets has reported that increased activity toward the integration of remote monitoring and diagnosis systems will drive activity in the global healthcare information technology market through 2019. The company said Tuesday its latest report predicts a compound annual growth rate of 6.44 percent for the market over a five-year period ending 2019 due to the increased IT integration […] More

  • ReportBuyer: Military Satellite Market to Reach Nearly $10B Value in 2025 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ReportBuyer: Military Satellite Market to Reach Nearly $10B Value in 2025

    A Strategic Defense Intelligence report released by ReportBuyer predicts that the global military satellite market will climb in value from $5.7 billion this year to $9.7 billion in 2025. ReportBuyer said Wednesday the 5.47-percent compound annual growth rate over the 10-year forecast period is due to factors such as spending and modernization activities. According to the report, North America […] More

  • Research and Markets: Cloud Storage Market Worth $65B by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Cloud Storage Market Worth $65B by 2020

    A Research and Markets report predicts that the market for cloud storage products will reach a value of $65.41 billion in 2020 from $18.87 billion in 2015, at a compound annual growth rate of 28.22 percent. The company said Sept. 3 the growing adoption of cloud storage gateways and demand for big data storage will drive market growth […] More

  • CloudPassage to Offer Agencies Halo Security Platform Through AWS GovCloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CloudPassage to Offer Agencies Halo Security Platform Through AWS GovCloud

    CloudPassage‘s Halo platform will be available to federal government customers through Amazon Web Services‘ GovCloud for the U.S. region as the security company works to achieve FedRAMP-ready status. CloudPassage said Tuesday it is seeking to obtain a certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to provide agile security functions to the Defense Department and other government agencies. “As government […] More

  • Dave Rey: Salesforce to Offer Analytics Cloud for Gov't Under FedRAMP ATO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dave Rey: Salesforce to Offer Analytics Cloud for Gov’t Under FedRAMP ATO

    Salesforce.com has received an authorization under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to offer Salesforce Analytics Cloud with its Salesforce Government Cloud portfolio to public sector agencies. Dave Rey, executive vice president of sales for Salesforce’s North American public sector business, wrote in a blog entry posted Tuesday that Salesforce Analytics Cloud works to provide data intelligence to agencies. He added that […] More

  • DFAS Kicks Off Human Capital Consulting Services Search - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DFAS Kicks Off Human Capital Consulting Services Search

    The Defense Finance and Accounting Service has issued a notice that calls on potential industry sources with the interest and capability to provide human capital consulting services. In a notice posted Monday on FedBizOpps, DFAS said it aims to determine the availability of qualified service providers in support of market research and program planning efforts. Requirements […] More

  • Gene Colabatistto: New Defense Contracts to Build CAE's Training Services Portfolio - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gene Colabatistto: New Defense Contracts to Build CAE’s Training Services Portfolio

    CAE received $76.5 million in contracts during its second fiscal quarter for training services and simulation products, including defense contracts from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and German air force. The company said Tuesday it will continue to provide KC-135 Aircrew Training System services to the Air Force, T-44C aircrew training services to the Navy and Eurofighter training device maintenance […] More

  • Northrop Completes F-35 Center Fuselage for Integration In Japan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Completes F-35 Center Fuselage for Integration In Japan

    Northrop Grumman will deliver the AX-5 center fuselage to Japan for integration into a conventional takeoff and landing variant of the Lockheed Martin F-35 aircraft. That F-35A jet will be the first to be assembled at Japan’s F-35 final assembly and checkout facility in Nagoya, Northrop said Sunday. The company added it held a ceremony Friday at its Palmdale Aircraft […] More

  • DOE, GSA Issue RFI for Green Building Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE, GSA Issue RFI for Green Building Tech

    The Energy Department and General Services Administration has asked industry, academia and nonprofit organizations to provide data on green building technologies to support DOE’s High Impact Technology Catalyst program and GSA’s Green Proving Ground program. GSA said Monday the agencies’ joint request for information is focused on the areas of energy management, renewable energy, water conservation and reuse, and on equipment such as […] More

  • Blue Canopy to Provide AWS Cloud-Based HPC, Analytics to SEC - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Blue Canopy to Provide AWS Cloud-Based HPC, Analytics to SEC

    Blue Canopy Group has received a five-year, $39 million prime contract to build a high-performance computing infrastructure hosted on Amazon Web Services‘ cloud environment for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission‘s office of information technology. The HPCI will feature a big data analytics function in support of SEC’s efforts to detect high-frequency trading and stop fraud, Blue Canopy […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Builds Lasers With Fiber Modules for Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Builds Lasers With Fiber Modules for Army

    Lockheed Martin has commenced the production of lasers with commercial fiber components for the U.S. Army based on a modular design that supports varied laser power as per mission requirement. The company said Monday the first laser will have a power of 60 kilowatts, which the Army can extend to 120 kilowatts due to its modularity. “With modular lasers, […] More