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  • General Dynamics to Open Operations Center in Florida - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Open Operations Center in Florida

    A General Dynamics business unit plans to open an operations center at One Imeson Center with $500,000 in funding to meet the growing operational requirements for government clients, The Daily record reported Friday. Karen Brune Mathis writes General Dynamics Information Technology will start to train approximately 100 employees in December to man the center at the Imeson International Industrial Park in […] More

  • MITRE's Carson Zimmerman Pens New Computer Network Defense Book - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MITRE’s Carson Zimmerman Pens New Computer Network Defense Book

    Carson Zimmerman, principal cybersecurity engineer at MITRE Corp., has outlined strategies to bolster computer network defense across the government, industry, academia and nonprofit sector in his new book. The book, entitled Ten Strategies of a World-Class Cybersecurity Operations Center, contains best practices based on lessons learned from MITRE’s previous projects with U.S. military and civilian clients, MITRE said Wednesday. Zimmerman […] More

  • Vencore to Help GSA Maintain Property Data Mgmt System; John Sutton Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vencore to Help GSA Maintain Property Data Mgmt System; John Sutton Comments

    Vencore has won a nearly $15 million contract with the General Services Administration to operate and maintain the Public Buildings Service‘s property data management system. PBS uses the REXUS system to manage federally owned and leased real estate properties under the four-year task order, Vencore said Thursday. “Through this task order, and our position on the ITDS BPA, we will […] More

  • Tony Smeraglinolo: Engility Extends Support for VA's Benefits Mgmt System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tony Smeraglinolo: Engility Extends Support for VA’s Benefits Mgmt System

    Engility Holdings has won a potential two-year, $50 million re-compete contract to help the Department of Veterans Affairs Dept move the veterans benefits management system into a paperless environment. The company will provide engineering, technical and program management services under the task order, Engility said Friday. “(Engility’s) team of professionals who support this VA program provide deep experience and an exceptional understanding of the requirements […] More

  • Bob McDonald: VA Taps MITRE to Help Assess Programs, Practices - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bob McDonald: VA Taps MITRE to Help Assess Programs, Practices

    MITRE Corp. will work with the Department of Veterans Affairs to assess healthcare processes throughout the VA under a contract with undisclosed terms. The nonprofit research and development organization will serve as program integrator and coordinate the results of third-party assessments under the Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act of 2014, the VA said Thursday. Bob McDonald, veterans affairs secretary, said the independent assessment “will provide the department a […] More

  • HHS Furthers Influenza Diagnostics Test with New Contracts; Robin Robinson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS Furthers Influenza Diagnostics Test with New Contracts; Robin Robinson Comments

    The Department of Health and Human Services has respectively awarded $12.9 million and $14.7 million contracts to Alere and InDevR to further develop influenza detection test methods. Alere will work to develop a method to identify a patient infected with influenza virus type A or B based on its iNAT Influenza A&B test, HHS said Wednesday. InDevR will also continue work on its FluChip-8G test to […] More

  • Lenovo Closes IBM x86 Server Business Buy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lenovo Closes IBM x86 Server Business Buy

    Lenovo has completed the initial terms for its acquisition of IBM‘s x86 server business. Lenovo has bought the System x, BladeCenter and Flex System blade servers and switches, x86-based Flex integrated systems, NeXtScale and iDataPlex servers, IBM said Wednesday. The company will also serve as IBM’s original equipment manufacturer and reseller of IBM’s Storwize storage products, Linear Tape Open products […] More

  • GSA Taps Grunley Construction, Shalom Baranes for DHS HQ Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Taps Grunley Construction, Shalom Baranes for DHS HQ Project

    Grunley Construction and Shalom Baranes Associates have been selected to refurbish the Center building at the Department of Homeland Security‘s St. Elizabeths campus in Southeast Washington. Once the renovation completes, the 270,000-square-foot center building will serve as DHS’ headquarters and house nearly 700 employees, the General Services Administration said Thursday. GSA awarded the contracts to the companies as a part […] More

  • Pentagon, Defense Industry Continues 3D Printing Adoption; Adm. James Winnefeld, Mark Johnson Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pentagon, Defense Industry Continues 3D Printing Adoption; Adm. James Winnefeld, Mark Johnson Comment

    The  defense industry continues to adopt the use of three-dimensional printing in order to build military equipment parts, Defense One reported Monday. Marcus Weisgerber writes Lockheed Martin builds tools for the F-35 fighter jet with 30 printers. Lockheed’s Mark Johnson told the publication the company uses 3D-printed tools to develop bracket locators and drill templates for the aircraft, according to […] More

  • Gayle Kline: ICF to Support EPA Training, Outreach Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gayle Kline: ICF to Support EPA Training, Outreach Programs

    ICF International has won a five-year, $18.5 million contract to provide support services for several technical, training, meeting and outreach programs run the Environmental Protection Agency. ICF will help the EPA’s Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation evaluate and document work related to remediation practices trends, the company said Tuesday. The company will also work to help the EPA and […] More

  • Rafael Awards Raytheon $150M for Iron Dome Components; Taylor Lawrence Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rafael Awards Raytheon $150M for Iron Dome Components; Taylor Lawrence Comments

    Rafael Advanced Defense Systems‘ has awarded a $149.3 million subcontract to Raytheon to build interceptor components for the Iron Dome weapon. Raytheon’s technology resources and network will serve as second supply source of Iron Dome interceptor parts, the company said Tuesday. “The sourcing of Tamir interceptor components in the U.S. will go a long way to ensuring sufficient volumes […] More

  • NASA Launches APL's Planetary Science Balloon; Andy Cheng Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Launches APL’s Planetary Science Balloon; Andy Cheng Comments

    NASA has launched the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory-built Balloon Observation Platform for Planetary Science into space in order to study solar system objects. The spacecraft took off from the Fort Sumner, New Mexico-based NASA Columbia Scientific Balloon Research Facility on Thursday and will work to detect organic elements on objects in the solar system, NASA said Thursday. BOPPS […] More