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  • DigitalGlobe, Exelis Leaders Talk Remote Sensing Tech During Google Hangout - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DigitalGlobe, Exelis Leaders Talk Remote Sensing Tech During Google Hangout

    DigitalGlobe and Exelis‘ Visual Information Solutions subsidiary co-hosted a Google Hangout Thursday to discuss the role of remote sensing, satellite imagery and cloud technologies could address environmental issues. DigitalGlobe said Thursday that Kumar Navulur and Bill Baugh from its strategic business development and advanced geospatial products sectors, respectively, discussed how these technologies helped both mitigate and assess the impact of environmental […] More

  • Allied Market Research: Global Internet Security Market Worth $43B by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Allied Market Research: Global Internet Security Market Worth $43B by 2020

    A new report from Allied Market Research projects the global Internet security market to be worth $42.8 billion by 2020 due to what the firm sees as increasing use Internet-based applications, particularly for online financial transactions. The firm said Thursday the market value for Internet security will climb at a compound annual growth rate of 8.1 percent over the next six years as […] More

  • Robert Griffin: IBM Offers Mobile Police Data Access to Support Crime Prevention - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Robert Griffin: IBM Offers Mobile Police Data Access to Support Crime Prevention

    IBM has released a mobile application for its i2 COPLINK offering, which works to expand on the company’s software that supports access to law enforcement data for analysts, investigators or officers in the field. I2 COPLINK Everywhere links with the i2 COPLINK database to enable police officers to use handheld devices to access, check and compare information such as vehicle license plates, […] More

  • Leidos Completes Maritime Autonomy System Tests on DARPA Unmanned Vessel - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Completes Maritime Autonomy System Tests on DARPA Unmanned Vessel

    Leidos has concluded a 42-day test of its maritime autonomy system under the Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The company said Tuesday it equipped a surrogate vessel with the autonomy software and associated sensors to perform maneuvers and ACTUV mission functions to evaluate its compliance with the International Maritime Organization’s collision regulations. Leidos conducted […] More

  • Craig Cooning: Boeing to Use 'Space Program' Approach for Missile Defense System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Craig Cooning: Boeing to Use ‘Space Program’ Approach for Missile Defense System

    Boeing is planning to utilize systems engineering controls from military space programs for its $41 billion Ground-based Midcourse Defense system in response to reviews on the design’s reliability, Reuters reported Tuesday. Andrea Shalal writes that the company is coordinating with Missile Defense Agency Director Vice Adm. James Syring to revamp GMD by adopting a “space program” approach. “There’s a higher […] More

  • Travis Slocumb: Raytheon, Navy Test Airborne Electronic Attack System vs. Threat Radars - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Travis Slocumb: Raytheon, Navy Test Airborne Electronic Attack System vs. Threat Radars

    Raytheon and the U.S. Navy have conducted flight tests on a prototype airborne electronic warfare system at the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in California. The Next Generation Jammer, which features an active electronically scanned array radar and digital receiver and techniques generator, was fitted onto a Gulfstream business jet, Raytheon said Wednesday. Travis Slocumb, vice president of electronic warfare systems […] More

  • Jorge Titinger: SGI Computing Tech to Support NASA Climate Research Data Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jorge Titinger: SGI Computing Tech to Support NASA Climate Research Data Work

    SGI will provide its high-performance computing products to support the climate research and analysis activities of NASA‘s Center for Climate Simulation at Goddard Space Flight Center. The company said Monday NCCS has replaced some portions of its Discover supercomputer with SGI Rackable clusters to process weather and climate simulation data at a speed of 1.9 petaflops. […] More

  • Marillyn Hewson: Lockheed Continues Support for Energy Sector Through STEM Talent - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marillyn Hewson: Lockheed Continues Support for Energy Sector Through STEM Talent

    Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson has highlighted the company’s partnership with the Energy Department, universities and industry in addressing the challenges in the energy sector and encouraging careers in science, technology, engineering and math. Hewson said Tuesday in her address during the first anniversary of DOE’s Minorities in Energy project that Lockheed supports the agency in meeting the energy needs […] More

  • Deltek's Alex Rossino: Challenges Could Drive Growth in Gov't Cloud Investments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deltek’s Alex Rossino: Challenges Could Drive Growth in Gov’t Cloud Investments

    Alex Rossino, a principal research analyst at Deltek, says that seven trends across federal agencies could initiate a potential 21-percent growth in cloud investments in the public sector over the next five years. Rossino writes Tuesday that the market for commercial cloud services will reach a value of $6.5 billion by 2019 due to the need for policies, tools, […] More

  • SGI to Resell Seagate's ClusterStor Appliances; Jorge Titinger Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SGI to Resell Seagate’s ClusterStor Appliances; Jorge Titinger Comments

    SGI will offer its customers Seagate Technology‘s storage appliances under a reselling partnership agreement that targets academic, industry and government markets with their combined storage and high-performance computing products. The companies said Tuesday SGI customers will have access to Seagate’s ClusterStor Secure Data Appliance, ClusterStor 1500, ClusterStor 6000 and ClusterStor 900. Jorge Titinger, president and CEO of SGI, said he expects the partnership to help […] More

  • Lisa Durant: IT Should Base BYOD Policies on Users, Device, App, Content - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lisa Durant: IT Should Base BYOD Policies on Users, Device, App, Content

    Lisa Durant, a research analyst at Nemertes Research, says information technology companies that adopt bring-your-own-device programs should develop policies for the applications, content, users and their devices to protect the organization from data leaks. Durant wrote in a piece published Monday on AT&T‘s Networking Exchange Blog that administrators should cover these factors in their approach to help facilitate user flexibility and information […] More

  • Navy Tests Lockheed's F-35C Aboard Carrier at Night - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Tests Lockheed’s F-35C Aboard Carrier at Night

    Lockheed Martin‘s F-35C Lightning II aircraft has completed an initial round of at-sea development tests aboard the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier, where the Joint Strike Fighter performed nighttime landings and other maneuvers. The U.S. Navy said Monday that the F-35 Lightning II Integrated Test Force of the Naval Air Station Patuxent River’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 evaluated the aircraft’s suitability and […] More