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  • Research Firm ExecRank Puts GovCon Leaders on 'Top CIO for 2014’ List - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research Firm ExecRank Puts GovCon Leaders on ‘Top CIO for 2014’ List

    Research and advisory firm ExecRank has unveiled its annual list of 250 of the “Top CIOs for 2014,” a ranking of chief information officers across all industries that evaluates these leaders across 24 different categories. For this exercise, ExecRank says it developed a series of algorithms over three years to measure executive performance and predict future executive […] More

  • Engility to Extend FAA Volpe Center Technical, Management Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility to Extend FAA Volpe Center Technical, Management Services

    Engility Holdings Inc. has won a $50.7 million contract to continue its technical, management and analysis services work for the John A. Volpe Transportation Center. Engility will develop, evaluate and manage programs within the Federal Aviation Administration’s air traffic systems directorate for 18 months, the company said Thursday. The company will aid in air traffic management […] More

  • Ray Duquette: USA to Develop Simulation, Training System for NASC's UAVs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ray Duquette: USA to Develop Simulation, Training System for NASC’s UAVs

    CAE has been selected to provide a simulation and training system for NAVMAR Applied Sciences’ unmanned aerial vehicles, Intelligence Aerospace reported Wednesday. Courtney Howard writes CAE will develop courseware, ground control station and simulator and training services for NASC’s TigerShark XP drones. “We are delighted that NASC has selected CAE as their simulation and training […] More

  • Navy OKs More Raytheon SM-6 Weapons for Aegis Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy OKs More Raytheon SM-6 Weapons for Aegis Systems

    The U.S. Navy has approved additional installations of Raytheon Standard Missile-6 weapon system on ships that carry two baselines of Aegis Combat Weapon Systems. More than 35 ships in the Aegis Combat Weapon System baselines 5.3 and 3.A.0 series will be equipped with SM-6, Raytheon said Wednesday. SM-6 weapons work to engage manned and unmanned aerial vehicles and fixed- […] More

  • Carahsoft to Distribute Crunchy Data’s Services in Public Sector Market; Natalie Gregory Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Distribute Crunchy Data’s Services in Public Sector Market; Natalie Gregory Comments

    Carahsoft Technology Corp. has agreed to distribute the products and services of Crunchy Data Solutions throughout the public sector market. Carahsoft will act as Crunchy Data’s government aggregator in an effort to spur market demand for Crunchy’s open source PostgreSQL technology offerings, Carahsoft said Wednesday. “Through our partnership with Crunchy, we will be able to provide […] More

  • Report: Lockheed-Sikorsky JV, Navy Discuss Helicopter Maintenance Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Lockheed-Sikorsky JV, Navy Discuss Helicopter Maintenance Contract

    Lockheed Martin and Sikorsky Aircraft’s joint venture is discussing a follow-on contract with the U.S. Navy to maintain the service’s H-60 helicopter fleet, Washington Business Journal reported Monday. Jill Aitoro writes the Maritime Helicopter Support Co. works to repair, modify and procure more than 1,700 airframe and avionics parts for the H-60 series aircraft under […] More

  • FBI Certifies Telos ID’s Biometric Systems; Mark Griffin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FBI Certifies Telos ID’s Biometric Systems; Mark Griffin Comments

    Telos ID has obtained the FBI’s certification for the company’s fingerprint capture and enrollment software. The FBI’s criminal justice information services division and Mitre Corp. collaborated to review Telos ID’s MobileAssure fingerprint web capture and MobileAssure enrollment software, Telos ID said Tuesday. “Telos ID continues to work closely with the FBI and other law enforcement […] More

  • Exelis to Build Maritime Electronic Warfare Tech for Sweden; Dave Prater Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis to Build Maritime Electronic Warfare Tech for Sweden; Dave Prater Comments

    Exelis has won a more than $17 million contract from shipbuilder Saab to supply electronic support measures to Sweden. The company will build ES-3701 electronic warfare technology for situational awareness, targeting, self-protection and surveillance missions, Exelis said Tuesday. “Our ESM technology will equip Sweden to handle a range of emerging threats they face, now and in […] More

  • US Navy Seeks Proposals for ERP Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    US Navy Seeks Proposals for ERP Support Services

    The Department of the Navy is seeking industry proposals to manage and maintain the service’s enterprise resource planning system. The Navy issued a request for proposals Friday for products and services such as business services management, reporting and analysis, user management and operational support. The service plans to award an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a base […] More

  • General Dynamics, Rockwell Collins Ship 1,200 Radios to US Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics, Rockwell Collins Ship 1,200 Radios to US Army

    General Dynamics and Rockwell Collins have delivered more than 1,200 radios to the U.S. Army for soldiers to share information with their commanders. The AN/PRC-155 radio system is designed to help troops connect with command centers via the Warfighter Information Network – Tactical Increment 2 platform, General Dynamics said Monday. This new batch of radios […] More

  • Lockheed Martin, Illumina Form Genomics Service Alliance; Horace Blackman, Jay Flatley Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin, Illumina Form Genomics Service Alliance; Horace Blackman, Jay Flatley Comment

    Lockheed Martin and Illumina have partnered to jointly develop genomics services in an effort to deliver personalized healthcare to the public. Lockheed will combine its information systems and integration resources with Illumina’s genetic sequencing tools in the project that aims to help countries consolidate genomics into their national health systems, Lockheed said Monday. “We envision the advantages […] More

  • Research and Markets: Cloud to Drive Defense Logistics Information Systems Market Through 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Cloud to Drive Defense Logistics Information Systems Market Through 2019

    A new Research and Markets report forecasts the defense logistics information systems market in the U.S. to grow at an annual compound rate of 3.56 percent by 2019. The market will see growth in the adoption of cloud computing and service-oriented architecture-based services between 2014 and 2019, Research and Markets said Monday. Research and Markets cites […] More