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  • Grant Thornton-HSDBC Study: Govt, Industry Should Expand Comms in Acquisition to Back Homeland Security Enterprise - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Grant Thornton-HSDBC Study: Govt, Industry Should Expand Comms in Acquisition to Back Homeland Security Enterprise

    A new report by Grant Thornton and the Homeland Security & Defense Business Council says the government and industry should build up engagement and communication throughout the acquisition process. Grant Thornton’s public sector business and HSDBC said Thursday they polled over 200 government and industry leaders through an online survey, focus groups and in-person interviews in the spring […] More

  • Report: Boeing Shows Interest in Canada’s Fighter Jet Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Boeing Shows Interest in Canada’s Fighter Jet Competition

    Boeing has expressed interest to participate in a competition to produce 88 new fighter planes for Canada, Reuters reported Friday. The Canadian government set a Feb. 9 deadline for companies to show their interest to take part in the procurement effort that could be worth between approximately $12 billion and $15 billion and plans to […] More

  • Red Hat’s David Egts on 3 Application Migration Approaches - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Red Hat’s David Egts on 3 Application Migration Approaches

    David Egts, chief technologist for Red Hat’s public sector, told MeriTalk in an interview published Wednesday that lift and shift, augment with new layers and rewrite are three approaches government agencies and companies can adopt to modernize aging applications. He said the effectiveness of the approaches depends on the application, contextual factors and business and […] More

  • DCMA Boeing Seattle Team Delivers P-8A Poseidon Aircraft to Australia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DCMA Boeing Seattle Team Delivers P-8A Poseidon Aircraft to Australia

    A five-member team from the Defense Contract Management Agency embarked on a more than 9,400-mile journey to deliver a Boeing-built P-8A Poseidon military aircraft to Australia’s air force on Jan. 12, DCMA reported Wednesday. The more than 24-hour flight marks DCMA’s first direct foreign military aircraft delivery through the Poseidon program. The DCMA Boeing Seattle […] More

  • Maxar to Transfer Corporate HQ to Westminster, Colorado - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maxar to Transfer Corporate HQ to Westminster, Colorado

    Maxar Technologies will relocate its corporate headquarters from San Francisco, California, to DigitalGlobe’s existing facility in Westminster, Colorado. “This move represents an opportunity to bring together our executive leadership team in a common location, as well as to establish a base for our future shared-services organizations,” Howard Lance, Maxar president and CEO, said in a statement […] More

  • Report: SpaceX on Track to Receive FCC Approval for Satellite Broadband Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: SpaceX on Track to Receive FCC Approval for Satellite Broadband Service

    Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has proposed to clear SpaceX’s application to offer broadband services through the use of low-Earth orbit satellite systems, Ars Technica reported Thursday. Pai said in a statement issued Wednesday the approval of SpaceX’s application will help create more competition when it comes to providing terrestrial internet services […] More

  • VMware’s Bill Rowan: Agencies Need Exit Strategy to Streamline Transition Across Multiple Cloud Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VMware’s Bill Rowan: Agencies Need Exit Strategy to Streamline Transition Across Multiple Cloud Services

    Bill Rowan, vice president of federal sales at VMware, told MeriTalk in an interview published Tuesday that federal agencies should have an exit strategy that would enable them to transition applications from one cloud service provider to another in order to facilitate the migration process and minimize disruption. “Every time I move from one cloud to another, if […] More

  • Cubic Eyes Simulation Support for Australia-Singapore Military Training Initiative; Dave Buss Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Eyes Simulation Support for Australia-Singapore Military Training Initiative; Dave Buss Comments

    Cubic’s Australian arm is expected to expand development work on combat training simulation systems in support of Australia’s potential $1.77 billion military training program with Singapore, Townsville Bulletin reported Tuesday. The Australia Singapore Military Training Initiative seeks to provide the Asian country’s armed forces with increased access to Australia’s military training areas as part of […] More

  • Report: Air Force Mulls JSTARS Recap Program Cancellation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Air Force Mulls JSTARS Recap Program Cancellation

    The U.S. Air Force plans to put an end to the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft recapitalization program in its budget request for fiscal 2019, Defense News reported Saturday. Sources told the publication the service will instead advance a “system-of-systems approach” that seeks to combine existing platforms to carry out command-and-control functions and […] More

  • SES-Intelsat Team Aims to Speed Up 5G Terrestrial Service Deployment Via C-Band Spectrum - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SES-Intelsat Team Aims to Speed Up 5G Terrestrial Service Deployment Via C-Band Spectrum

    Intelsat and SES have jointly proposed to the Federal Communications Commission to protect the delivery of data and video connectivity and other satellite services in the C-band 3700-4200 megahertz downlink spectrum. The companies said Friday the proposal also aims to establish a technical and commercial framework that seeks to provide wireless operators access to approximately […] More

  • Mike Lawrie Gives Updates on DXC’s Cloud Business, USPS Unit's Merger With Vencore, KeyPoint - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Lawrie Gives Updates on DXC’s Cloud Business, USPS Unit’s Merger With Vencore, KeyPoint

    Mike Lawrie, chairman, president and CEO of DXC Technology, has said the company saw a 13 percent growth in its cloud business during the third quarter of fiscal 2018 that ended Dec. 31, CRN reported Friday. Lawrie told analysts Thursday that DXC has introduced five centers worldwide to advance digital transformation efforts and experienced progress […] More

  • Iridium Unveils 6 Initial Certus Ground Mobile Service Providers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium Unveils 6 Initial Certus Ground Mobile Service Providers

    Iridium Communications has introduced the first group of six companies that will provide ground-based mobile services through its Iridium Certus broadband offering by mid-2018. The company said Wednesday Iridium Certus is powered by the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation and is designed to provide mobile communications services such as voice, cellular data, satellite internet and land […] More