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  • Microsoft Enters Public-Private Partnership to Build Solar Energy Facility in Virginia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Enters Public-Private Partnership to Build Solar Energy Facility in Virginia

    Microsoft will collaborate with Dominion Virginia Power and the government of Virginia to build a new solar energy facility in Fauquier County through a public-private partnership. The companies and the government of Virginia expect the facility to commence operations in 2017 and supply the state’s power grid with 20 megawatts of solar energy, Dominion Virginia […] More

  • Army Completes Qualification Tests on DRS-Built Target Detection Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Completes Qualification Tests on DRS-Built Target Detection Tool

    The U.S. Army has concluded a series of qualification tests on a DRS Technologies-built target acquisition system. The service branch performed the tests on DRS’ Improved Bradley Acquisition Subsystem Block 2 platform at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama in January, DRS said Wednesday. DRS’ infrared sensors and systems business unit developed the IBAS Block 2 system. IBAS […] More

  • Verizon Lands Spot on Virginia’s $150M Network, Comms Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Verizon Lands Spot on Virginia’s $150M Network, Comms Support Contract

    Verizon’s enterprise solutions business has won a spot on a potential 10-year, $150 million contract to provide network and communication platforms and related services to Virginia. The multiple-award contract awarded by the Virginia Information Technologies Agency has a five-year base period and five option years, Verizon said Wednesday. Maggie Hallbach, vice president of government and education […] More

  • Raytheon to Supply Remote Weapon Stations for Canadian Navy’s Frigates - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Supply Remote Weapon Stations for Canadian Navy’s Frigates

    A subsidiary of Raytheon has been awarded two contracts worth $36 million combined to produce up to 58 Naval Remote Weapon Stations for the Canadian navy’s warships. Raytheon Canada Ltd. secured the contracts through a two-step bid evaluation process, Canada’s public services and procurement department said Tuesday. The Naval Remote Weapon Stations will work to […] More

  • DARPA to Hold Proposers, Information Days on Tech Dev't Program for Dismounted Squads - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA to Hold Proposers, Information Days on Tech Dev’t Program for Dismounted Squads

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will conduct Information Days from March 29 to 30 and a Proposers Day on April 22 to discuss the Squad X Core Technologies program with potential contractors. DARPA said Tuesday the SXCT initiative seeks to develop portable, integrated platforms designed to provide situational awareness functions for dismounted troops. The systems will also work to […] More

  • GSA’s 18F Org Issues Draft RFQ for FedRAMP Dashboard Task Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA’s 18F Org Issues Draft RFQ for FedRAMP Dashboard Task Order

    The General Services Administration’s 18F organization has issued a draft request for quotations under the Agile blanket purchase agreement for a task order to develop a public dashboard for the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. GSA’s draft RFQ posted Monday on GitHub says the task order is for the group of Pool 3 vendors […] More

  • Marillyn Hewson: Lockheed Increased 2015 R&D Spending to $839M to Meet National Security Demand - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marillyn Hewson: Lockheed Increased 2015 R&D Spending to $839M to Meet National Security Demand

    Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson has said the company increased its investments in research and development efforts to $839 million in 2015 in an effort to meet its international clients’ current and future defense and national security requirements. She noted in her speech at Lockheed’s 2016 Media Day in Virginia Tuesday that such investments went to the development […] More

  • Lockheed Wraps Up Energy Business Integration; Frank Armijo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Wraps Up Energy Business Integration; Frank Armijo Comments

    Lockheed Martin has formed a new business unit after it completed the combination of energy platforms and related offerings that were previously aligned in various business areas. Lockheed Martin Energy will offer platforms across the areas of energy management, nuclear systems, energy storage, bio-energy and ocean technologies, the company said Tuesday. Frank Armijo, who has […] More

  • DARPA Calls for Improvised Threat R&D Proposals; John Main Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Calls for Improvised Threat R&D Proposals; John Main Comments

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has issued a solicitation for research proposals for the Improv program that aims to build prototypes designed to pose security threats to potential adversaries through commercially available products. A broad agency announcement posted Friday on FedBizOpps stated that DARPA will select the proposals that will enter the feasibility study phase following the submission […] More

  • CloseWatch Raises Funds for Crime Alert Mobile App; Mike Malcolm Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CloseWatch Raises Funds for Crime Alert Mobile App; Mike Malcolm Comments

    CloseWatch has secured $1.49 million in a seed funding round from ECAP Holdings and a group of angel investors to further develop an analytics-based mobile application designed to help citizens report crimes to law enforcement agencies. The CloseWatch-built iWatch mobile app works to classify tips of illegal activities and threats based on the FBI’s standard crime […] More

  • HDS Federal’s Mike Tanner: Proper Use of Big Data Can Bring ‘Societal Changes’ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HDS Federal’s Mike Tanner: Proper Use of Big Data Can Bring ‘Societal Changes’

    Mike Tanner, president and CEO of Hitachi Data Systems Federal Corp., has said large volumes of data driven by the adoption of Internet-of-Things-based devices can bring societal changes and improve people’s lives when used correctly, Fedscoop reported Thursday. Billy Mitchell writes Tanner made the remarks at the Hitachi Data Systems Social Innovation Summit in Washington Thursday. […] More