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  • Tom Wheeler, Former Chairman of FCC, Joins RapidSOS Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tom Wheeler, Former Chairman of FCC, Joins RapidSOS Advisory Board

    Tom Wheeler, former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), is joining the RapidSOS Advisory Board.  Wheeler joins two other former FCC chairmen on the Advisory Board, which includes executives with extensive expertise across telecommunications, technology, and public safety sectors. “RapidSOS’ Emergency Platform connects users to emergency services faster and with more data – transforming the […] More

  • McKinsey Unveils Methodology to Measure Government Spending Productivity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    McKinsey Unveils Methodology to Measure Government Spending Productivity

    McKinsey and Company‘s government performance research hub has developed a database and benchmarking methodology that works to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of government spending in efforts to advance productivity. The company said that the McKinsey Center for Government’s Government Productivity Scope aims to identify public sector productivity opportunities across healthcare, education, public safety, transportation and taxation. The methodology […] More

  • BAE Eyes Prototype Design, Test, Integration Task Orders Under Army Contract; DeEtte Gray Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Eyes Prototype Design, Test, Integration Task Orders Under Army Contract; DeEtte Gray Comments

    BAE Systems is in line to provide design, test and integration support for space, high-altitude and missile defense technology prototypes to the U.S. Army‘s Space and Missile Defense Command and Army Forces Strategic Command. The company said Wednesday it will bid on task orders to provide the required services under a potential $3 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract the Army awarded to eight […] More

  • Boeing Launches Ventures Arm for Aerospace, Manufacturing Investments; Dennis Muilenburg, Greg Smith Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Launches Ventures Arm for Aerospace, Manufacturing Investments; Dennis Muilenburg, Greg Smith Comment

    Boeing has unveiled a new venture capital arm that will work to invest in new aerospace technologies, manufacturing techniques and business models in efforts to facilitate innovation, expansion and disruptive market opportunities. The company said Wednesday Steve Nordlund, vice president of strategy for the defense, space and security business, will take the role of VP at Boeing HorizonX. […] More

  • Salesforce Gov't Cloud Gets DISA Impact Level 4 Provisional Authorization; Dave Rey Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Salesforce Gov’t Cloud Gets DISA Impact Level 4 Provisional Authorization; Dave Rey Comments

    Salesforce has secured provisional authorization at Impact Level 4 from the Defense Information Systems Agency for the deployment of the company’s cloud platform for the public sector. The IL4 provisional authorization serves to enable Defense Department mission owners and contractors to use Salesforce Government Cloud to manage controlled unclassified information, the company said Tuesday. “The aerospace and defense sectors are ripe for […] More

  • CenturyLink to Offer EagleForce's Pharmaceutical Predictive Analytics Tech to Gov't; Erich Sanchack Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink to Offer EagleForce’s Pharmaceutical Predictive Analytics Tech to Gov’t; Erich Sanchack Comments

    CenturyLink will offer EagleForce Associates‘ predictive analytics technology for pharmaceutical monitoring to federal, state and local government agencies under an exclusive sales and distribution agreement between the two companies. The deal works to expand CenturyLink’s big data analytics portfolio and support government efforts to curb prescription drug waste, fraud and abuse, the company said Tuesday. Erich Sanchack, CenturyLink senior vice president […] More

  • AECOM Unit Lands Army Contract for Environmental Consulting Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AECOM Unit Lands Army Contract for Environmental Consulting Services

    AECOM‘s technical services business has secured a $25 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army to provide environmental consulting services. The Defense Department said Tuesday the competitive contract will potentially run through March 13, 2022. The Army will provide information on the work locations and allotted funds with the award of each order, DoD added. AECOM Technical Services offers a […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne's Electric Propulsion Subsystem Supports Mission of Boeing-Built Intelsat Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Electric Propulsion Subsystem Supports Mission of Boeing-Built Intelsat Satellite

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has provided the rocket engines that Intelsat‘s Boeing-built 33e communications satellite currently uses to perform in-flight maneuvers as the satellite begins operations. The rocket and missile propulsion manufacturer said Friday the satellite, which is part of the Intelsat Epic Next Generation series, is equipped with its 100-volt electric propulsion thrusters and the MR-111C and MR-106L monopropellant hydrazine engines. Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO and […] More

  • Purdue Secures Grants for 6 Research Projects on Alternative Energy Sources for Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Purdue Secures Grants for 6 Research Projects on Alternative Energy Sources for Navy

    The U.S. Navy has awarded $2.7 million in grants to six research teams from Purdue University as part of efforts to identify or develop alternative sources of energy to power naval assets. The university said Monday the interdisciplinary teams each received $450,000 under the Navy Enterprise Partnership Teaming with Universities for National Excellence program to support their respective […] More

  • Jacobs Secures GSA Task Order for Logistics Support to USMC Training Regiment; Darren Kraabel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs Secures GSA Task Order for Logistics Support to USMC Training Regiment; Darren Kraabel Comments

    Jacobs Engineering Group has secured a potential $39 million task order contract from the General Services Administration to provide logistics services at Camp Lejeune and Camp Pendleton in support of a U.S. Marine Corps training regiment. The company said Wednesday the task order covers weapons system sustainment, material management, supply administration, warehouse operations and transportation support to the Marine Corps Special […] More

  • KeyStone Solutions Chair Jim McCarthy to Host Upcoming Weekly GovCon Show - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KeyStone Solutions Chair Jim McCarthy to Host Upcoming Weekly GovCon Show

    Jim McCarthy, chairman and chief strategy officer of KeyStone Solutions, will host and moderate an upcoming weekly television and internet program that will discuss issues relevant to government contracting in effort to “bridge the gap” between the public and private sectors. McCarthy said in a statement issued Wednesday that The Bridge will serve to continue the […] More

  • Iridium Eyes Mid-June Launch for 2nd Batch of NEXT Satellites; Matt Desch Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium Eyes Mid-June Launch for 2nd Batch of NEXT Satellites; Matt Desch Comments

    Iridium Communications aims to launch the second batch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites to low Earth orbit in mid-June aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The satellite communications company said Wednesday the original schedule for the second mission moved from mid-April due to a backlog in the SpaceX launch manifest. “Even with this eight-week shift, SpaceX’s targeted schedule completes our […] More