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  • Report: NASA, Orbital ATK to Use Florida Launch Site for 7th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: NASA, Orbital ATK to Use Florida Launch Site for 7th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission

    NASA plans to launch an Orbital ATK-built Cygnus spacecraft from Cape Canaveral in Florida aboard a United Launch Alliance-made Atlas V rocket in spring 2017 to perform the next cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station, Daily Press reported Tuesday. Barron “Barry” Beneski, a spokesman for Orbital ATK, said the decision to launch the OA-7 mission […] More

  • Endgame Lands Contract to Provide Air Force Cyber Threat Detection Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Endgame Lands Contract to Provide Air Force Cyber Threat Detection Tool

    Endgame has received an $18.8 million contract to provide an endpoint security platform designed to help the U.S. Air Force detect, track and prevent cyber threats to the service branch’s networks. The company initially fielded its endpoint detection and response tool to the military branch’s cyber protection teams under a sole-source contract awarded in December […] More

  • General Atomics, Nordion to Get Phase II Funds from DOE to Support Medical Isotope Production - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics, Nordion to Get Phase II Funds from DOE to Support Medical Isotope Production

    General Atomics and Nordion will receive $15.3 million in funds from the Energy Department under the second phase of a cooperative agreement to produce commercial supplies of molybdenum-99 isotopes with the University of Missouri Research Reactor Center. Nordion said Wednesday the Phase II funds from DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration came more than a year after NNSA awarded $9.7 […] More

  • Tenable Network Security Survey: 2017 Global Cyber Readiness Dropped 6% Over Previous Year - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tenable Network Security Survey: 2017 Global Cyber Readiness Dropped 6% Over Previous Year

    A new survey by Tenable Network Security says global cybersecurity readiness for 2017 received an average overall score of 70 percent from information technology security professionals, a figure that represents an average grade of “C-” and a 6 percent decline over the previous year. Tenable polled in September 700 IT security professionals whose companies operate […] More

  • Air Force Sets Dec. 7 Launch for 8th Boeing-Built WGS Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Sets Dec. 7 Launch for 8th Boeing-Built WGS Satellite

    The U.S. Air Force has scheduled the launch of the Boeing-built Wideband Global SATCOM 8 satellite for Dec. 7 aboard a United Launch Alliance-made Delta IV rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves, space and missile systems center commander and Air Force program executive officer for space, said in a statement released Monday […] More

  • Air Force Posts UH-1N Replacement Program Draft RFP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Posts UH-1N Replacement Program Draft RFP

    The U.S. Air Force has asked industry to submit comments on a draft request for proposals for a program that seeks to replace the service branch’s UH-1N Huey aircraft fleet with an off-the-shelf helicopter. Comments to the draft RFP for the UH-1N Replacement Program are due Dec. 16, according to a FedBizOpps notice published Friday. The military […] More

  • GSA Solicits Letters of Interest for Construction Mgmt Support for New FBI HQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Solicits Letters of Interest for Construction Mgmt Support for New FBI HQ

    The General Services Administration has asked potential vendors to submit letters of interest to provide construction management services for the new consolidated FBI headquarters in Washington. GSA said in a FedBizOpps presolicitation notice posted Thursday CM support for the bureau’s future 2.1 million-square-foot facility includes consulting and professional services, budget and finance, contracting documentation, design reviews, cost […] More

  • Grant Thornton-HSDBC Study: Next Administration Should Build on DHS ‘Unity of Effort’ Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Grant Thornton-HSDBC Study: Next Administration Should Build on DHS ‘Unity of Effort’ Program

    A new report by Grant Thornton and the Homeland Security & Defense Business Council says industry and government executives want the next administration to build on the Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson’s Unity of Effort initiative to help streamline management across the homeland security enterprise. Grant Thornton’s public sector business and HSDBC polled 102 government and industry […] More

  • BAE Unveils Aerospace Training Facility in UK; Chris Boardman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Unveils Aerospace Training Facility in UK; Chris Boardman Comments

    BAE Systems has launched a new facility in Lancashire, England, that seeks to provide aerospace training and skills development support to the company’s employees and apprentices. The company’s Academy for Skills & Knowledge will also provide training support to the north west England’s engineering and manufacturing industry and serve as an education facility for school […] More

  • Tory Bruno: ULA Seeks to Provide Pricing Data on Space Launch Services Via New Website - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tory Bruno: ULA Seeks to Provide Pricing Data on Space Launch Services Via New Website

    United Launch Alliance has introduced a new website designed to provide customers with pricing information on space launch services in an effort to facilitate the decision-making process during the spacecraft development phase. ULA’s RocketBuilder website works to provide users an option to choose a launch date, rocket configuration and the satellite’s orbit as well as […] More

  • Rockwell Collins, BTSI Combine Training, Simulation Offerings; Nick Gibbs Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins, BTSI Combine Training, Simulation Offerings; Nick Gibbs Comments

    Rockwell Collins and Bluedrop Training and Simulation Inc. have partnered to integrate the companies’ technology offerings and intellectual property in an effort to provide simulation and learning systems to military customers. “Together we’ll cover the full spectrum — from requirements analysis through instructional execution all on a common software architecture,” Nick Gibbs, vice president and […] More

  • Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch Talks Govt-Industry Relationship, Inmarsat 6 Satellite Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch Talks Govt-Industry Relationship, Inmarsat 6 Satellite Fleet

    Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, has said she believes the relationship between the government and commercial sector “will continue to mature” under President-elect Donald Trump’s administration. Cowen-Hirsch told Space News staff writer Caleb Henry in an interview published Tuesday that the company sees a “greater geographically dispersed demand” for commercial satellite […] More