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  • Cubic to Build F-35 Combat Training System; Dave Buss Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic to Build F-35 Combat Training System; Dave Buss Quoted

    Lockheed Martin has awarded Cubic’s global defense segment a contract of an undisclosed value to build an air combat training system for the F-35 Lightning II program. Cubic said Thursday it will deliver more than 500 ACTS subsystems over the next four years as part of F-35 production lots 12 to 14. The system will incorporate the P5 ground software […] More

  • Navy-Hosted Exercise Features Northrop's Autonomous Maritime Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy-Hosted Exercise Features Northrop’s Autonomous Maritime Platforms

    Northrop Grumman demonstrated seabed warfare systems and the multidomain integration of unmanned platforms during a three-day exhibition of potential U.S. Navy technologies held last month in Newport, R.I. The company said Wednesday it launched sonobuoys from an autonomous Fire Scout surrogate helicopter and deployed micro synthetic aperture sonar on a man-portable unmanned underwater vehicle as part of the 2018 Advanced Naval […] More

  • Ensco Presents Synthetic Vision Avionics Software at Navy's Air Combat Electronics Industry Day - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ensco Presents Synthetic Vision Avionics Software at Navy’s Air Combat Electronics Industry Day

    Ensco’s avionics segment has presented its latest software application baseline designed to refine situational awareness for maritime and helicopter systems via synthetic vision technology. The company said Tuesday that it showcased the SVS Core 2.0 application during the U.S. Navy’s PMA-209 Air Combat Electronics Industry Day held in Lexington Park, Md., on Tuesday and Wednesday. […] More

  • CenturyLink's Cloud Services Available to Utah Agencies Under NASPO Procurement Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink’s Cloud Services Available to Utah Agencies Under NASPO Procurement Vehicle

    CenturyLink can now offer cloud computing platforms and managed services to Utah’s public sector organizations via multistate cooperative procurement vehicle managed by the National Association of State Procurement Officials. The company said Tuesday its software, infrastructure and platform-as-a-service offerings are available to Utah agencies as part of the NASPO ValuePoint Cloud Solutions Master Agreement. Gray Sigler, director of CenturyLink’s […] More

  • Leidos' William Bender Observes Military Progress in Network Modernization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos’ William Bender Observes Military Progress in Network Modernization

    William Bender, senior vice president of strategic accounts and government relations at Leidos, said he has observed military services working to modernize information technology networks, MeriTalk reported Tuesday. The retired U.S. Air Force general described the military network modernization project as “complex” and noted that USAF’s projects include building software-based and virtual networks. In regard to security, Bender […] More

  • T-Rex Among 2018 Greater Washington Government Contractor Award Finalists - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    T-Rex Among 2018 Greater Washington Government Contractor Award Finalists

    T-Rex Solutions has been named a finalist for this year’s Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards jointly presented by the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Services Council. Greenbelt, Md.-based T-Rex said Wednesday it is one of the finalists in the “Contractor of the Year” award for companies that generate $75M to $300M in annual revenue. […] More

  • Maximus to Help Manage California's Phone Service Subsidy Program; Bruce Caswell Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maximus to Help Manage California’s Phone Service Subsidy Program; Bruce Caswell Quoted

    Maximus has received a potential $65M contract to help the California Public Utilities Commission administer a government assistance program that offers discounted home and cell phone services to eligible households throughout the state. The company said Monday it will support the web-based enrollment process, determine eligibility of a household, manage documents and provide call center services for California’s […] More

  • Thomas Hawkins Named Oshkosh Government Relations SVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thomas Hawkins Named Oshkosh Government Relations SVP

    Thomas Hawkins, a 29-year government service veteran, has joined military vehicle manufacturer Oskosh as senior vice president for government relations. He previously served as national security adviser in the Office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and as a senior professional staff member on the Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense and state, foreign operations and related programs subcommittee, […] More

  • Insitu Unveils Extended-Range Small UAS Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Insitu Unveils Extended-Range Small UAS Platform

    Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary has introduced a small unmanned aerial system designed to perform beyond line-of-sight flights and integrate with satellite communications technology. Integrator Extended Range is built to travel 200 nautical miles and remain on station for up to 10 hours or fly 300nm and stay on station for up to six hours, Insitu said Monday. The group 3 […] More

  • NASA Selects KBR to Study Commercial Feasibility of Low-Earth Orbit Industry - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Selects KBR to Study Commercial Feasibility of Low-Earth Orbit Industry

    KBR’s government services arm has earned NASA’s nod as one of 13 contract awardees who will conduct research on potential commercial opportunities in low-Earth orbit. The contract tasks KBRwyle to develop strategies on how to provide affordable LEO-related technology and encourage commercial and government use of systems designed for LEO, KBR said Monday. The company is additionally […] More

  • Dewberry to Help Analyze Data for Houston's Storm Recovery Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dewberry to Help Analyze Data for Houston’s Storm Recovery Mission

    Data science company Civis Analytics has selected Dewberry to provide consulting services for a data collection and analysis project that will support storm recovery efforts in Houston. The team will work to aggregate and visualize Hurricane Harvey damage estimates and flood hazard information using the Houston Estimation and Analysis of Loss platform designed to aid government […] More

  • DHS Adds KeyW's Parrot Labs to Online Cybersecurity Training Resource; John Sutton Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Adds KeyW’s Parrot Labs to Online Cybersecurity Training Resource; John Sutton Quoted

    The Department of Homeland Security has certified KeyW’s Parrot Labs group as an official training provider in a government-sponsored online resource of cybersecurity training and education services. Parrot Labs’ seven cyber mission training courses are listed in the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies catalog, KeyW said Thursday. The courses are designed to comply with NIC’s Education Cybersecurity […] More