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  • Diana Gowen: Telecom Industry Faces Market 'Pivot' to Cyber, Cloud Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Diana Gowen: Telecom Industry Faces Market ‘Pivot’ to Cyber, Cloud Tech

    Diana Gowen believes the telecommunications industry faces a challenge in getting both business and personnel to adjust to the market pivot toward cloud computing, managed services and other emerging technologies, she told FCW in an interview published Monday. Gowen, who retired in July as senior vice president and general manager of CenturyLink’s public sector business, spoke with reporter Nick Wakeman about […] More

  • Cisco Intercloud Network Adds 30 Partners, 250 Global Data Centers; Rob Lloyd Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco Intercloud Network Adds 30 Partners, 250 Global Data Centers; Rob Lloyd Comments

    Cisco has added at least 30 Intercloud Fabric partners and 250 data centers as the company pushes forward with its plans to build a global network of interconnected clouds to support the Internet of Everything. The company said Monday its partners – cloud providers, builders, aggregators and resellers as well as independent software vendors – deploy hybrid cloud infrastructure to support enterprise operations. Rob Lloyd, Cisco president […] More

  • IPKeys-Booz Allen Team Lands DISA Global Info Grid Services Task Order; Robert Nawy Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IPKeys-Booz Allen Team Lands DISA Global Info Grid Services Task Order; Robert Nawy Comments

    IPKeys Technologies and partner Booz Allen Hamilton will provide support services to the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s Mission Assurance Directorate and NetOps division as part of a new task order award. IPKeys said Monday the task order falls under the Global Information Grid Services Management Engineering, Transition and Implementation contract and covers both implementation and security assessments for NetOps’ enterprise portfolio. Robert […] More

  • Lenovo to Complete $2B Buy of IBM's x86 Server Business in Oct. - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lenovo to Complete $2B Buy of IBM’s x86 Server Business in Oct.

    IBM expects to complete the $2.1 billion sale of its x86 server business to Lenovo on Oct. 1 as the latter firm moves to expand its offerings in enterprise hardware and services. Lenovo said Monday that System x, BladeCenter, Flex System, NeXtScale, iDataPlex, x86-based Flex systems and blade networking are included in the transaction. Yang Yuanqing, Lenovo chairman and CEO, said the company will now focus on managing […] More

  • NASA Starts Commercial Resupply Services Program's 2nd Round; William Gerstenmaier Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Starts Commercial Resupply Services Program’s 2nd Round; William Gerstenmaier Comments

    NASA has released a second request for proposals through its commercial space program for more companies to launch logistical and research payloads and help send supplies to the International Space Station. The Commercial Resupply Services 2 program includes at least six flights to and from ISS for each potential contract through 2020 and an option for additional flights through 2024, NASA said Friday. “To […] More

  • MarketsandMarkets: Maritime Security Market to Grow 8.4% Through 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MarketsandMarkets: Maritime Security Market to Grow 8.4% Through 2019

    A new MarketsandMarkets report rorecasts the maritime security market to reach $20.87 billion in value in 2019 at a compound annual growth rate of 8.4 percent over the next five years. The firm said Thursday that the awareness of maritime threats, regulations, standards and international trade practices, as well as the globalization of maritime security operations will drive the market. The report also listed Kongsberg, Northrop […] More

  • Bob Picciano: IBM to Offer New Natural Language-Based Watson Analytics Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bob Picciano: IBM to Offer New Natural Language-Based Watson Analytics Service

    IBM has launched an interactive Watson Analytics service that is designed with cognitive functions that work to recognize natural languages for self-service visual and predictive data analytics. The company said Sept. 16 that the service will initially be available as a cloud-based tool that delivers automated services such as data refinement and data warehousing via desktop-based or mobile applications. “Watson Analytics is designed […] More

  • Research and Markets: Global Military UAV Market Growth to Slow Through 2022 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Global Military UAV Market Growth to Slow Through 2022

    A new report from Research and Markets has highlighted what the firm identifies as the drivers, restraints, trends and potential revenue opportunities in the global market for military unmanned aerial vehicles The market research firm said Thursday that the market’s growth will slow down through 2022 and that the U.S. will hold the largest market share, followed by Asia-Pacific and Europe. Research and Markets’ “Global […] More

  • Marillyn Hewson Highlights Lockheed STEM, Collaboration Initiatives - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marillyn Hewson Highlights Lockheed STEM, Collaboration Initiatives

    Marillyn Hewson, chairman, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin, has outlined the company’s planned strategy for technology initiatives as she encouraged collaboration and innovation among Lockheed’s engineering, scientific and technical workforce. The company said Wednesday Hewson also pointed to new education efforts on science, technology, engineering and math during an address at the Lockheed Martin Fellows Conference. “Together, we envision a […] More

  • Boeing Leases Space for SC Research, Tech Hub; Candy Eslinger Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Leases Space for SC Research, Tech Hub; Candy Eslinger Comments

    Boeing has leased office and laboratory space in North Charleston, South Carolina for a planned research and technology center the company plans to open within its current quarter, the Charleston Regional Business Journal reported Tuesday. Liz Segrist writes that the future Boeing Research & Technology – South Carolina facility covers an area of 100,000 square feet […] More

  • Northrop Completes Design Review Series on AESA F-16 Radars; Jeff Leavitt Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Completes Design Review Series on AESA F-16 Radars; Jeff Leavitt Comments

    Northrop Grumman has completed a series of engineering and manufacturing development design reviews on its active electronically scanned array radar that will replace legacy radar systems on Lockheed Martin‘s F-16 aircraft. Northrop said Wednesday that Lockheed chose the AN/APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar under separate F-16 upgrade programs to replace the radars used by U.S. and Taiwanese soldiers. Jeff […] More

  • Exelis Imaging System Captures California Forest Fire; Rob Mitrevski Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis Imaging System Captures California Forest Fire; Rob Mitrevski Comments

    DigitalGlobe has released a new series images taken by its WorldView-3 satellite with the Exelis‘ shortwave infrared imager, which works to capture images through atmospheric conditions such as smoke. Exelis said Wednesday that the imaging system — which contains the SWIR, a telescope and sensors – captured the image of a forest fire at the Klamath National Forest in California through thick smoke. “SWIR can remove some […] More