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  • DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 Achieves Initial Operational Capability; Jeff Tarr Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 Achieves Initial Operational Capability; Jeff Tarr Comments

    DigitalGlobe has reached the initial operational capability status for its WorldView-3 imagery satellite after the company completed the focusing stage of the spacecraft. The company on Tuesday released sample images of several areas in Madrid, Spain to show several usage cases for DigitalGlobe customers. “We are delighted that even in the early stages of calibration and commissioning WorldView-3 is revealing new […] More

  • John Shannon: Boeing Eyes 2016 Delivery of NASA ISS Docking System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Shannon: Boeing Eyes 2016 Delivery of NASA ISS Docking System

    Boeing will move forward on its work to build a fresh docking system for the International Space Station following completion of the technology’s critical design review. The company will design the NASA Docking System Block-1 to lock current and emerging aircraft system to the ISS’ docking adaptor, Boeing said Tuesday. “With this milestone, our team remains on […] More

  • US Air Force Certifies Toshiba-Built MR Systems; Beverly Plost Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    US Air Force Certifies Toshiba-Built MR Systems; Beverly Plost Comments

    Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. has achieved a Defense Department certification to operate the company’s magnetic resonance systems on the U.S. Air Force’s network. Toshiba worked to comply with the Air Force and Defense Health Agency’s guidelines to protect patient health information from malware, viruses and cyber attacks, the company said Monday. “This approval is proof […] More

  • Raytheon, Air Force Complete Anti-Radiation Missile Flight Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Air Force Complete Anti-Radiation Missile Flight Test

    Raytheon and the U.S. Air Force have completed flight test of an anti-radiation missile designed to help reduce fratricide risks. The updated High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile was fired from an F-16 aircraft to target an emitter outside an exclusion zone that also contained another radiating emitter, Raytheon said Friday. The HARM control section modification engaged the right emitter by […] More

  • NSA Certifies Harris Falcon III Manpack Radio; George Helm Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NSA Certifies Harris Falcon III Manpack Radio; George Helm Comments

    Harris Corp. has attained certification from the National Security Agency for the company’s new multi-channel manpack radio system. Harris will be able to deploy Falcon III RF-340M radios up to the Top Secret level of secure voice and data communications under the Type-1 certification, the company said Wednesday. The Army intends to use the multi-channel manpack in its […] More

  • TSA Certifies Eid Passport ID Mgmt Offering; Steve Larson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TSA Certifies Eid Passport ID Mgmt Offering; Steve Larson Comments

    Eid Passport has obtained a certification from the Transportation Security Administration for the company’s identity management tool following tests and demonstrations. TSA has placed Eid Passport’s RAPID-RCx program on the agency’s Transportation Worker Identification Credential Qualified Technology List, Eid Passport said Tuesday. “We now offer maritime terminal operators a unique, portable solution through our RAPID-RCx program and […] More

  • Bruce Caswell: MAXIMUS' New Medicaid Mgmt Tool Built to ID Applicants - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bruce Caswell: MAXIMUS’ New Medicaid Mgmt Tool Built to ID Applicants

    MAXIMUS has launched a new program management tool for states to meet requirements for implementing and expanding Medicaid programs. The company designed DecisionPoint to consolidate, validate and analyze data from different sources to provide Medicaid program managers a full view of application processes, MAXIMUS said Tuesday. Bruce Caswell, president and general manager of MAXIMUS Health Services, said the company wants DecisionPoint to […] More

  • Air Force Used Cobham In-Flight Refueling Tool for South Sudan Rescue Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Used Cobham In-Flight Refueling Tool for South Sudan Rescue Mission

    Cobham’s air-to-air refueling system has worked to facilitate in-flight refueling for three Bell–Boeing CV-22 Osprey aircraft of the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command under attack during a rescue mission in South Sudan. The CV-22s sustained substantial system damages from attacks by hostile forces after the AFSOC rescue team tried to leave a UN compound […] More

  • HII's Richard Schenk: Coast Guard Cutter ‘Hamilton' Ready for Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HII’s Richard Schenk: Coast Guard Cutter ‘Hamilton’ Ready for Service

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has completed a series of acceptance sea trials for the fourth U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter, named “Hamilton.” Richard Schenk, Huntington Ingalls’ vice president of program management and test and trials, said Monday “the ship is ready to enter the service and start performing key Coast Guard missions.” The company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding […] More

  • Matt Calkins: GSA Public Buildings Service Deploys Appian Procurement Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matt Calkins: GSA Public Buildings Service Deploys Appian Procurement Tool

    Appian Corp. has updated procurement request module application on the company’s work platform offering that the General Services Administration uses to perform enterprise-wide acquisition processes. GSA’s Public Building Service deployed the Electronic Acquisition System Integrated to process requests, solicitations, contracts and close-out functions, Appian said Monday. “The PRM solution is the latest example of GSA PBS’ […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls, Coast Guard Christen National Security Cutter 'James' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls, Coast Guard Christen National Security Cutter ‘James’

    Huntington Ingalls Industries and the U.S. Coast Guard christened the agency’s fifth national security cutter — “James” during a ceremony at the company’s shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. The company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division is scheduled to deliver James in the next summer, Huntington Ingalls said Saturday. “The boundaries surrounding illegal migrant activity, weapons, drug smuggling and terrorism continue to blur and […] More