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  • DARPA Tasks Perspecta to Develop Large-Scale WILEE Cybersecurity Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Tasks Perspecta to Develop Large-Scale WILEE Cybersecurity Tool

    The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Perspecta’s innovation arm a four-year, $4.7M contract to produce a cybersecurity tool for the agency’s Cyber-Hunting at Scale program. Perspecta Labs is tasked to develop the data-driven WILEE platform designed to detect and characterize cyber attacks in real time to fortify multiple enterprise networks, Perspecta said […] More

  • Alion Secures Army Tech Development Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Alion Secures Army Tech Development Support Contract

    Alion Science and Technology has received a potential five-year, $49.9M contract to explore tools and methods for the U.S. Army to develop agile and adaptive systems. The Defense Department said Monday the company will work to increase knowledge and understanding of new technology development approaches that can support future Army missions. The Army Contracting Command received […] More

  • Genentech, HHS Form Drug Development Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Genentech, HHS Form Drug Development Partnership

    The Department of Health and Human Services has partnered with Genentech to develop medicines that can help address national health security requirements under an “other transaction” agreement. HHS’ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority and the biotechnology firm agreed to share costs of developing a drug portfolio for potential commercialization in compliance with the Pandemic and All […] More

  • Peraton Gets FBI IT Support Contract; Roger Mason Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Peraton Gets FBI IT Support Contract; Roger Mason Quoted

    The Justice Department has awarded Peraton a potential $32M contract to provide information technology support services to the FBI’s IT applications and data division. Peraton said Monday it will help FBI ITADD implement IT systems for bureau personnel to retrieve, share, analyze and use data to obtain situational awareness and address threats. The contract has a one-year […] More

  • MDA Plans Ballistic Missile System Engineering Contract Award to Boeing-Led Industry Team - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MDA Plans Ballistic Missile System Engineering Contract Award to Boeing-Led Industry Team

    The Missile Defense Agency intends to award a contract to an industry team led by Boeing to help MDA engineer and integrate the Ballistic Missile Defense System. Boeing will lead five defense contractors, known collectively as National Team-Engineering, to continue the group’s BMDS engineering support work that covers system guidance, integration, development and data product delivery, according to a […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Completes JFK Aircraft Carrier's Underwater Hull Section - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Completes JFK Aircraft Carrier’s Underwater Hull Section

    Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding unit has installed a 726-ton lower bow onto the John F. Kennedy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, which the U.S. Navy aims to commission in late 2019. The bulbous lower bow extends CVN 79 by 122 feet and is the final component of the warship’s underwater hull structure that reaches 1,096 feet and […] More

  • ECS Federal Secures $79M Army Machine Learning Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ECS Federal Secures $79M Army Machine Learning Contract

    ECC Federal has received a potential $78.8M cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the U.S. Army to provide computer vision engineering and machine learning services. The Army Contracting Command received one bid for the contract via an online solicitation process and will obligate $40M in fiscal 2018 research, development, test and evaluation funds at the time of award, the […] More

  • Iron Bow, HIG Capital Sign Equity Partnership Deal; Rene LaVigne Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iron Bow, HIG Capital Sign Equity Partnership Deal; Rene LaVigne Quoted

    Iron Bow Technologies has partnered with H.I.G. Capital as part of the information technology provider’s efforts to grow portfolio and footprint in the government and commercial markets. Herndon, Va.-based Iron Bow said Thursday it aims to continue to identify organic investment opportunities and acquisition targets through the “equity partnership.” Rene LaVigne, president and CEO of Iron Bow, […] More

  • Nine Teams to Participate in DARPA's Underground Navigation Tech Development Contest - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Nine Teams to Participate in DARPA’s Underground Navigation Tech Development Contest

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has chosen nine multidisciplinary teams to develop approaches to explore underground environments as part of DARPA’s Subterranean Challenge. Participants will aim to produce technology platforms in the areas of autonomy, perception, networking and mobility for potential use by first responders and warfighters, DARPA said Wednesday. SubT is composed of a $2M “systems” competition […] More

  • Engility to Help Sustain Air Force Data Link Gateway Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility to Help Sustain Air Force Data Link Gateway Software

    Engility has secured a $49.5M contract to help the U.S. Air Force maintain software for a tactical data exchange system used on airborne platforms. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will provide software sustainment support for the Joint Range Extension/Joint Range Extension Tactical Equipment Package under the requirements-type, cost-reimbursable contract. The Air Force will obligate $3.2M […] More

  • Peraton to Help Engineer Navy Propulsion Systems; Gus Bontzos Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Peraton to Help Engineer Navy Propulsion Systems; Gus Bontzos Quoted

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Peraton a potential $23.5M contract to support the Naval Air System Command’s propulsion and power engineering department. The company said Wednesday it will help the department engineer, assess and integrate naval aviation propulsion and power systems. “We are committed partners in supporting next-generation warfighter readiness,” said Gus Bontzos, president of Peraton’s […] More

  • ManTech Subcontracts C5 Cyber Partners for Army Training Platform Development Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech Subcontracts C5 Cyber Partners for Army Training Platform Development Work

    ManTech International has awarded C5 Cyber Partners a subcontract to provide technology expertise and services to the U.S. Army’s Persistent Cyber Training Environment project. C5 Cyber said Tuesday it will apply the software-based Cypherpath infrastructure operating system under the first phase of PCTE development. Cypherpath is designed to integrate computing,  storage, networking and virtualization functions into a software stack intended for deployment […] More