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  • Raytheon, Kongsberg Extend Partnership on Missile Development for Another 10 Years - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Kongsberg Extend Partnership on Missile Development for Another 10 Years

    Raytheon has inked a 10-year agreement with Kongsberg to extend their collaboration on the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System program and continue work on system performance and capabilities. Raytheon said Monday the combined efforts will include the integration of the Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile – Extended Range with the NASAMS system. Eirik Lie, executive vice pesident of Kongsberg’s defense systems business, […] More

  • DOJ Surveys Potential Sources of Cyber Operations Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOJ Surveys Potential Sources of Cyber Operations Support

    The Justice Department is conducting market research on potential sources of cybersecurity operations support services to the Justice Security Operations Center. In a notice posted June 3 on FedBizOpps, DOJ said it is seeking vendors with the resources and experience to support JSOC’s threat detection, monitoring and response functions. The department noted that its needed capabilities […] More

  • GSA Opens Solicitation for Rooftop Solar Power Purchase Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Opens Solicitation for Rooftop Solar Power Purchase Agreement

    The General Services Administration has issued a solicitation for the installation of solar power systems on rooftops of government buildings in Washington under a potential 20-year power purchase agreement. In a notice posted Thursday on FedBizOpps, GSA said the chosen contractor will provide design, maintenance and operations services as well as labor, tools, materials and equipment for the PV […] More

  • Raytheon Eyes Potential Int'l Sales of Forward-Based Ballistic Missile Defense Radar - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Eyes Potential Int’l Sales of Forward-Based Ballistic Missile Defense Radar

    The U.S. government has approved potential foreign military sale contracts with several allied nations for Raytheon‘s AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar in forward-based mode. The company said Monday the forward-based configuration puts AN/TPY-2 close to enemy bases to detect ballistic missiles soon after launch and transmit information on the target using a command-and-control battle management network. Dave Gulla, vice president […] More

  • CA-Commissioned Study Reports High Interest in Enterprise Big Data Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CA-Commissioned Study Reports High Interest in Enterprise Big Data Projects

    A study commissioned by CA Technologies reports that a majority of organizations that have implemented enterprise big data strategies see or anticipate effective targeted sales and marketing campaigns and revenue growth. The company said Monday Vanson Bourne‘s “The State of Big Data Infrastructure: Benchmarking Global Big Data Users to Drive Future Performance” report shows continued interest in […] More

  • Boeing Receives 3rd ABS Order for All-Electric Propulsion Satellite; Mark Spiwak Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Receives 3rd ABS Order for All-Electric Propulsion Satellite; Mark Spiwak Comments

    Boeing will build a third 702SP all-electric propulsion satellite for ABS to provide satellite services to Australia, New Zealand, Russia and countries in the Middle East, South Asia and Southeast Asia. The company said Friday ABS-8 will add to the ABS-3A and future ABS-2A all-electric propulsion satellites and replace ABS-7 at its orbital location. Mark Spiwak, president of Boeing’s satellite systems business, […] More

  • MapR, Microsoft to Offer Hadoop On-Demand Via Azure Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MapR, Microsoft to Offer Hadoop On-Demand Via Azure Cloud

    Microsoft and MapR Technologies are planning to deliver MapR Distribution for Apache Hadoop via Azure‘s cloud services and integrate MapR Distribution with Azure Data Lake. MapR said Wednesday the partnership aims to provide Hadoop to clients on demand and enable additional capacity for storage and analytics. Azure customers will also have access to the MapR-DB NoSQL database and MapR Distribution via the Microsoft […] More

  • MarketsandMarkets: Cybersecurity Market to Hit $170B by 2020 at 9.8% CAGR - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MarketsandMarkets: Cybersecurity Market to Hit $170B by 2020 at 9.8% CAGR

    A MarketsandMarkets study reports that the cybersecurity market will reach a value of $170.2 billion by 2020 due to the continued evolution of cyber threats and the corresponding increase in strictness of government cyber regulations. The company said Wednesday the market will grow from $106.3 billion in 2015 at a five-year compound annual growth rate of 9.8 percent, with […] More

  • IBM, Selex ES to Combine Tech for Cybersecurity Competence Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM, Selex ES to Combine Tech for Cybersecurity Competence Center

    IBM has partnered with Finmeccanica‘s Selex ES company to form a virtual cybersecurity competence center that will deliver their combined technologies to combat cyber crime. Selex said Monday the center will work to provide services for the defense of both private and public information technology infrastructure, as well as intellectual property. The company added that the competence center will […] More

  • Lockheed Puts NIST Software Test Tool Through Pilot Examination - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Puts NIST Software Test Tool Through Pilot Examination

    Lockheed Martin has estimated the usage of National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s software testing tool for product development programs could help reduce costs for test planning and design by up to 20 percent. NIST said Wednesday the company conducted a two-year study of the Advanced Combinatorial Testing System as part of a cooperative research and development agreement […] More

  • Telos ID, Carillon Federal Services Partner on Gov't Channeling Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Telos ID, Carillon Federal Services Partner on Gov’t Channeling Programs

    Telos‘ identity management solutions company has partnered with Carillon Federal Services for the use of  interoperable Personal Identity Verification credentials with Telos ID’s channeling programs with the FBI and Transportation Security Administration. Telos said Tuesday Carillon will issue PIV-I credentials, which Telos ID will use for authentication functions with TSA Designated Aviation Channeling and FBI’s IDVetting. Telos’ TSA and FBI programs […] More

  • AWS, Community Energy to Build Solar Farm in Virginia; Jerry Hunter Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS, Community Energy to Build Solar Farm in Virginia; Jerry Hunter Comments

    Amazon Web Services and Community Energy will build and operate a new solar farm in Accomack County, Virginia, that will work to generate 170,000 megawatt hours of solar energy a year beginning October 2016. AWS said Wednesday the future 80-megawatt Amazon Solar Farm US East facility will power AWS Cloud data centers in the region under a power purchase agreement. […] More