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  • ManTech to Help Maintain Army Biometrics Software; Daniel Keefe Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech to Help Maintain Army Biometrics Software; Daniel Keefe Comments

    ManTech International has been awarded a $44.2 million contract with the Defense Department to maintain software the U.S. Army uses to collect, store and analyze biometrics. The company will provide operational and user maintenance and software maintenance support to the Product Manager for Joint Personnel Identification Quick Reaction Capabilities Sustainment under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, ManTech said Monday. […] More

  • Air Force Requests Info on Battlefield Air Operations Software Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Requests Info on Battlefield Air Operations Software Sources

    The U.S. Air Force has begun its search for potential industry sources of a suite of machine-to-machine software programs that the service branch can use in battlefield air operations. The Air Force plans to incorporate data gathered through a request for information posted April 29 into the Air Force Special Operations Command’s Increment III Capabilities Development document set for […] More

  • NASA Chooses Aerospace Tech Proposals for Phase 2 Funds; Steve Jurczyk Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Chooses Aerospace Tech Proposals for Phase 2 Funds; Steve Jurczyk Comments

    Eight technology proposals from organizations in the academia, private and public sector have been selected for the second phase of NASA’s aerospace research and development program with up to $500,000 in funds for each submission. Proposers will develop for two years the concepts funded under the first phase of NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts program and […] More

  • Navy Transports 1st Seahawk Helicopters to Denmark - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Transports 1st Seahawk Helicopters to Denmark

    The U.S. Navy has delivered three MH-60R Seahawk helicopters to Denmark as part of the second foreign military procurement of the multi-mission helicopters built by Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary. The MH-60Rs were transported from Sikorsky’s William P. Gwinn Airfield aboard two C-17 aircraft bound for Karup air base in Denmark, the Navy said Wednesday. Denmark’s navy will […] More

  • Battelle to Exhibit Anti-UAS Device at Navy League Event - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle to Exhibit Anti-UAS Device at Navy League Event

    Battelle will present one of its anti-unmanned aircraft systems devices and several other technology platforms at the Navy League’s Sea Air Space Show from May 16 to 18 in Maryland. The nonprofit’s man-portable DroneDefender device works to disrupt small UAS devices through radio control frequency before the drones present a threat to military and civilian activities, Battelle said Tuesday. […] More

  • Cubic Subsidiary to Update US Army’s Satellite Antenna Terminals; Mike Twyman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Subsidiary to Update US Army’s Satellite Antenna Terminals; Mike Twyman Comments

    A Cubic subsidiary has been awarded a $5 million contract to integrate new software systems into inflatable satellite antenna terminals for the U.S. Army prior to the terminals’ tests. Cubic said Thursday its GATR Technologies business will perform the engineering services in support of the Army’s Transportable Tactical Command Communications program. Mike Twyman, executive vice president of communications, intelligence and […] More

  • Denmark's Govt Issues $3B Lockheed F-35 Purchase Recommendation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Denmark’s Govt Issues $3B Lockheed F-35 Purchase Recommendation

    Denmark’s government has issued a recommendation for the military to purchase $3 billion in Lockheed Martin-built F-35 fighter jets to replace the country’s legacy F-16 jets that are slated for retirement, Defense News reported Wednesday. Lara Seligman and Gerard O’Dwyer write that Denmark’s legislature will debate the blueprint for close to a month before the country arrives at a final decision. […] More

  • EOIR Technologies to Support Army Radar Systems R&D; Ricardo Lorenzo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    EOIR Technologies to Support Army Radar Systems R&D; Ricardo Lorenzo Comments

    EOIR Technologies Inc. has been selected to provide engineering services for the radar systems and identification research and development project of the U.S. Army’s intelligence and information warfare directorate. EOIR will work to manage programs, develop and test systems and assess performance through the acquisition life cycle of the R&D initiative, the company said Tuesday. […] More

  • CIADM Lands HHS Anthrax Vaccine Development Support Task Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CIADM Lands HHS Anthrax Vaccine Development Support Task Order

    The Centers for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing has received an 18-month, $10.49 million task order from the Department of Health and Human Services to help the agency develop a second-generation anthrax vaccine. CIADM is located at Texas A&M University in College Station will support development of Altimmune‘s NasoShield anthrax vaccine candidate that is meant to be […] More

  • CSG to Provide Quality Assurance for Oregon DMV Business Transformation Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSG to Provide Quality Assurance for Oregon DMV Business Transformation Project

    CSG Government Solutions has received a contract to provide quality assurance support for the Oregon Transportation Department’s Driver and Motor Vehicle Service Transformation program. The company will perform quality planning and control as well as risk assessment services in support of Oregon DMV’s business transformation efforts, CSG said Wednesday. Patti Garofalo, director of CSG’s motor vehicle practice, […] More

  • LGS Innovations to Build Optical Intersatellite Comm Terminals for DARPA; Kevin Kelly Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LGS Innovations to Build Optical Intersatellite Comm Terminals for DARPA; Kevin Kelly Comments

    LGS Innovations has been selected to develop optical communication terminals meant to facilitate communication between two micro-satellites of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in low-Earth orbit. LGS will build a pair of lightweight, low-power laser communication terminals that DARPA plans to launch on the agency’s small satellites as part of the Inter-Satellite Communication Link initiative, the company said Wednesday. “Small satellites […] More

  • Belden Updates Industrial Security Appliance Offering; Rekha Shenoy Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Belden Updates Industrial Security Appliance Offering; Rekha Shenoy Comments

    Belden has updated the company’s industrial security appliance offering to include support for energy-specific communication protocols meant to help guard power generation and transmission facilities against cyber threats. The Tofino Xenon platform works to counter malicious and unauthorized access, increase supervisory control and data acquisition system and secure industrial control system devices, Belden said Tuesday. “Protecting the critical infrastructure that drives […] More