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  • Harris' William Brown, Collins Aerospace's Kelly Ortberg Named to AIA Board Leadership Posts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris’ William Brown, Collins Aerospace’s Kelly Ortberg Named to AIA Board Leadership Posts

    The Aerospace Industries Association has appointed Harris CEO William Brown as chairman of AIA’s board of governors and named Collins Aerospace CEO Kelly Ortberg as vice chairman. Harris said Monday Brown succeeds Thomas Kennedy, chairman and CEO of Raytheon, as board leader for its centennial year in 2019. “I look forward to advocating for key industry issues, such as securing […] More

  • DHS Announces Planned Pre-Solicitation Topics for Small Business Innovation Research Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Announces Planned Pre-Solicitation Topics for Small Business Innovation Research Effort

    The Department of Homeland Security has announced the topics for the 19.1 pre-solicitation under the department’s Small Business Innovation Research program. The pre-solicitation covers eight planned topics for DHS Science and Technology Directorate projects and two subject areas that support the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office’s missions, DHS S&T said Friday. William Bryan, the […] More

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    Carahsoft to Provide Google Cloud Services for NIH Biomedical Research Initiative

    Carahsoft Technology has partnered with Google to provide cloud services to help the National Institutes of Health address data storage requirements for agency-funded research projects. The partnership aims to help researchers manage biomedical data and computing functions through Google Cloud as part of the NIH’s Science and Technology Research Infrastructure for Discovery, Experimentation and Sustainability program, Carahsoft said Thursday. The […] More

  • FAA to Recompete $500M Airspace Mgmt System Modernization Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FAA to Recompete $500M Airspace Mgmt System Modernization Contract

    The Federal Aviation Administration has announced that it will recompete a 10-year, $500M contract that seeks to update the agency’s Time Based Flow Management aviation platform, Bloomberg Government reported Thursday. The contract covers modernization services for the TBFM system designed to utilize flight, global positioning system, radar and weather data for departure and arrival planning […] More

  • KBR Gets $54M in Navy Base Operations Support Contracts; Byron Bright Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KBR Gets $54M in Navy Base Operations Support Contracts; Byron Bright Quoted

    KBR’s government services arm has secured two contracts totaling almost $54M to provide base operations support to the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Europe, Africa and Southwest Asia. KBRwyle will provide services such as facility management, galley support, vehicle maintenance and other base operations work including pest control, fire emergency support and laundry, KBR said Thursday. […] More

  • IAP Secures $77M Navy E-6B Aircraft Logistics Support Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IAP Secures $77M Navy E-6B Aircraft Logistics Support Contract Modification

    IAP Worldwide Services has received a potential one-year, $76.8M contract modification to provide logistics support services for the U.S. Navy’s E-6B Mercury airborne command post aircraft. The company will maintain and support E-6B weapon system components, associated aircraft equipment and support sites, the Defense Department said Thursday. IAP will perform work in Oklahoma, Maryland, Nebraska and […] More

  • HHS Selects Winners of Health IT Issue Reporting Challenge - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS Selects Winners of Health IT Issue Reporting Challenge

    The Department of Health and Human Services has named the winners of its challenge focused on software that can help clinicians address issues in health information technology and electronic health records. The Easy EHR Issue Reporting Challenge tasked teams to develop tools that aid EHR users in identifying, documenting and reporting potential safety issues in […] More

  • Iron Mountain to Offer Document Shredding Services on GSA Schedule 36; Michael Lewis Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iron Mountain to Offer Document Shredding Services on GSA Schedule 36; Michael Lewis Quoted

    The General Services Administration has added Iron Mountain‘s shredding services to the Schedule 36 governmentwide procurement vehicle for office, imaging and document offerings. The company said Wednesday federal customers can seek assistance to dispose of information under the 51-507 special item number for destruction services. “Agencies also have the flexibility to choose either onsite or offsite and one-time or recurring […] More

  • DynCorp to Perform Navy TH-57 Helicopter Maintenance Work in Florida, Alabama - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp to Perform Navy TH-57 Helicopter Maintenance Work in Florida, Alabama

    DynCorp International will provide logistics services and materials needed to maintain the U.S. Navy‘s TH-57 helicopters under a $152M contract the Naval Air Systems Command awarded last month. DynCorp said Tuesday it will conduct organizational- and intermediate-level maintenance efforts at Naval Air Station Whiting Field in Milton, Fla., and will perform depot-level support at a company facility in Andalusia, […] More

  • Lockheed Helps Develop University of Central Florida's Cyber Innovation Lab - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Helps Develop University of Central Florida’s Cyber Innovation Lab

    Lockheed Martin has provided $1.5M to the University of Central Florida to support the creation of a cyber laboratory in an effort to foster interest in entering the cybersecurity workforce. The 970-foot Lockheed Martin Cyber Innovation Lab will be situated within UCF’s Engineering I building and will host classroom work as well as cyber defense […] More

  • Boeing Taps Lockheed for Navy Block II Super Hornet Sensor Dev't Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Taps Lockheed for Navy Block II Super Hornet Sensor Dev’t Work

    Lockheed Martin has received a $108M contract from Boeing to complete development of an infrared search and track sensor technology for installation on the U.S. Navy’s Block II F/A-18E/F Super Hornet jets. Lockheed said Monday it will build, integrate, test and ensure qualification of the IRST21 sensor under the program’s second phase. The system is designed to locate airborne […] More

  • PAE ISR Receives NAVAIR Interim Flight Clearance for Resolute Eagle VTOL UAS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PAE ISR Receives NAVAIR Interim Flight Clearance for Resolute Eagle VTOL UAS

    PAE ISR has obtained an interim flight clearance from Naval Air Systems Command for the vertical takeoff-and-landing configuration of the Resolute Eagle unmanned aerial system. The company said Monday the group 3 IFC validates the system’s airworthiness in accordance with requirements under a potential five-year, $1.73B indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract. NAVAIR awarded PAE ISR a spot on the contract in June of […] More