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  • SAIC Wins CGP Excellence in Partnership Award for Veteran Employment Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC Wins CGP Excellence in Partnership Award for Veteran Employment Efforts

    The Coalition for Government Procurement has selected Science Applications International Corp. for the Excellence in Partnership Award for Veteran’s Employment. SAIC said Tuesday CGP recognized the Reston, Va.-based defense firm for its efforts to launch and operate a veteran program for its employees. The company established its Military/Veterans Business Resource Group in April 2017 in order […] More

  • NCI Selected for 2019 Military Friendly Employers List; Paul Dillahay Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NCI Selected for 2019 Military Friendly Employers List; Paul Dillahay Quoted

    Veteran-owned recruitment marketing firm Viqtory has included information technology and professional services provider NCI Information Systems to its list of Military Friendly Employers for 2019. NCI said Tuesday that Viqtory selected military-friendly companies by conducting assessments on new hire retention, employee turnover, promotion, and advancement of veterans and military employees. Viqtory combined its workplace evaluation with public and […] More

  • DOL Certifies Lockheed's Nat'l Apprenticeship Program Standards; Marillyn Hewson Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOL Certifies Lockheed’s Nat’l Apprenticeship Program Standards; Marillyn Hewson Quoted

    The Labor Department has approved Lockheed Martin’s proposed framework for apprenticeship programs conducted at the Bethesda, Md.-based defense firm’s U.S. locations. The company said Tuesday that its National Standards of Apprenticeship covers workforce development initiatives such as on-the-job training and classroom instruction for advanced manufacturing capacities. Lockheed said it aims to facilitate more than 30 […] More

  • Air Force to Implement SIMBA Blockchain Platform for Logistics, Supply Chain Mgmt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force to Implement SIMBA Blockchain Platform for Logistics, Supply Chain Mgmt

    SIMBA Chain has secured a contract to provide a blockchain-as-a-service platform for the U.S. Air Force to manage supply chain and logistics operations. The Air Force will use the cloud-based BaaS in efforts to secure the military service’s additive manufacturing program and its network that transports millions of components worldwide, SIMBA Chain said Tuesday. The […] More

  • Leidos Includes Six Tech Firms to Supply Base Partner Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Includes Six Tech Firms to Supply Base Partner Network

    Leidos has selected six technology companies for inclusion into its program aimed at expanding the Reston, Va.-based defense contractor’s supplier base network. Leidos said Monday that IBM and Red Hat were added to the Leidos Alliance Partner Network as Technology Integration Partners, while Confluent, Databricks, Docker and Elastic were designated as Emerging Technology Partners. Kevin Davis, vice president of public sector […] More

  • Unisys, Labor Dept., Augusta Technical College Partner for Cyber Apprenticeship Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys, Labor Dept., Augusta Technical College Partner for Cyber Apprenticeship Program

    Unisys has introduced an apprenticeship program with the Labor Department and the Augusta Technical College in Georgia in a push to train military veterans and help them land jobs in the cybersecurity field. The company said Monday it plans to train and hire workers for projects that support multiple U.S. state governments through the Cybersecurity Support Technician Apprenticeship program. […] More

  • Kratos Demos Unmanned Aerial Target Drone to Nat'l Security Clients; Steve Fendley Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Demos Unmanned Aerial Target Drone to Nat’l Security Clients; Steve Fendley Quoted

    Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has finished conducting multiple unmanned aerial target drone missions for its customers in the national security domain. Kratos said Thursday it completed around 20 flights using the jet-powered autonomous systems during the multi-day exercise held at at various undisclosed locations. Steve Fendley, president of Kratos’ unmanned systems division, said the […] More

  • Austal USA Christens 11th Navy Expeditionary Fast Transport Vessel - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Austal USA Christens 11th Navy Expeditionary Fast Transport Vessel

    Austal USA conducted the christening for the future USNS Puerto Rico at its Mobile, Ala., shipbuilding site on Saturday. Austal said Saturday that Puerto Rico is the 11th expeditionary fast transport vessel slated for delivery to the U.S. Navy under a $1.9B contract to support the Military Sealift Command. The company has delivered nine of the […] More

  • NIST Recommends CyberX Platform in Draft Industrial Control System Security Report - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST Recommends CyberX Platform in Draft Industrial Control System Security Report

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published a report that cites the potential of CyberX’s technology to help manufacturers avoid cyber attacks on industrial control systems. NIST’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence partnered with multiple software providers to document how behavior anomaly detection tools can help manufacturing companies secure a robotics-based production system or […] More

  • Raytheon Gets $73M Modification on Missile Guidance Electronics Tech Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Gets $73M Modification on Missile Guidance Electronics Tech Contract

    Raytheon has received a $72.8M contract modification to perform integration, test and qualification work on an updated guidance electronics unit for the Missile Defense Agency. The Defense Department said Thursday the company’s missile systems business has entered into the third phase of GEU procurement efforts as part of the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA program. The modification brings the contract’s total face […] More

  • EGlobalTech Receives GSA Special Item Numbers for Cybersecurity Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    EGlobalTech Receives GSA Special Item Numbers for Cybersecurity Services

    The General Services Administration has authorized eGlobalTech to offer cybersecurity services to government agencies through the GSA Information Technology Schedule 70 vehicle. The company said Wednesday that GSA’s issuance of the two Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services Special Item Numbers may result in a rapid acquisition and deployment process for its services. The first 132-45B Incident […] More

  • Viasat to Deliver Initial Mini Cryptographic Devices to Air Force; Ken Peterman Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Viasat to Deliver Initial Mini Cryptographic Devices to Air Force; Ken Peterman Quoted

    The U.S. Air Force has ordered Viasat to deliver 1K low-rate initial production Mini Crypto embeddable security modules designed for the Defense Department’s small form factor platforms. Viasat is scheduled to deliver initial devices to the service in the third quarter of the company’s 2019 fiscal year prior to a full-rate production, the company said Wednesday. […] More