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  • Comtech Unit Receives Order for Army Network Hardware - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Comtech Unit Receives Order for Army Network Hardware

    A business unit of Comtech Telecommunications has been awarded $5.8 million in incremental funds to manufacture terminal hardware for the U.S. Army’s warfighter network infrastructure. The company’s government solutions segment will supply Secret Internet Protocol Router and Non-secure Internet Protocol Router Access Point VSAT hardware to the Army under the order, Comtech said Wednesday. This delivery order falls under the Army’s […] More

  • Lockheed Develops Disaster Response Portal Based on DigitalGlobe Satellite Imagery - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Develops Disaster Response Portal Based on DigitalGlobe Satellite Imagery

    Volunteers from Lockheed Martin’s space systems business have developed an online portal that works to provide post-disaster information from the ground with the use of DigitalGlobe satellite imagery, Denver Business Journal reported Wednesday. Greg Avery writes that the HelpNowMap.com website is currently in beta version and uses open source software code. The service works with various computers and mobile […] More

  • Austal USA Gets Long-Lead Items Procurement Funds for 12th Navy EPF Vessel - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Austal USA Gets Long-Lead Items Procurement Funds for 12th Navy EPF Vessel

    Austal USA has received a $24.6 million contract to buy long-lead-time materials needed for the design and construction of a shallow-draft vessel meant to transport U.S. Navy personnel and equipment. The company will use the funds to obtain ship sets of main propulsion engines, shafting and bearings, waterjet propulsors, stern ramp and anchor chains for Expeditionary Fast Transport 12, […] More

  • Harris to Update US Air Force Tactical Radios; Chris Young Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Update US Air Force Tactical Radios; Chris Young Comments

    Harris Corp. has been awarded a $12 million contract to update a tactical radio system the U.S. Air Force uses as the communication platform for Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles. The company will manufacture Falcon III AN/PRC-152A wideband networking handheld radios to provide voice and high-speed networked data to Air Force troops, Harris said Wednesday. […] More

  • Accela, OpenGov Forge Financial Intell Partnership for Govt Clients; Maury Blackman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accela, OpenGov Forge Financial Intell Partnership for Govt Clients; Maury Blackman Comments

    Accela and OpenGov have formed a partnership to provide financial intelligence to customer agencies and their constituents through an integrated technology platform. An integration of Accela’s Finance and Administration and OpenGov technologies will transition financial data to OpenGov’s cloud platform and allow public officials and citizens to gain insights on government spending and performance, OpenGov said Tuesday. “One key aspect to […] More

  • Comtech Unit Receives Troposcatter Equipment Order From Foreign Military; Stanton Sloane Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Comtech Unit Receives Troposcatter Equipment Order From Foreign Military; Stanton Sloane Comments

    A Comtech Telecommunications subsidiary has been awarded an estimated $1.5 million contract with a prime contractor to produce troposcatter equipment for an Asia-Pacific military customer’s deployable communications network. Comtech Systems will deliver Comtech MTTS transit case troposcatter terminals with 500-watt amplifiers and a 20 megabit-per-second modem for use in the network testing and integration efforts of the foreign […] More

  • Cisco to Sponsor IACA Conference in Netherlands - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco to Sponsor IACA Conference in Netherlands

    Cisco will serve as a sponsor for the 2016 International Association of Court Administration regional conference to be held in The Hague, Netherlands, from May 18 to 20. AJ Ramsey, a Cisco marketing manager, wrote in a blog entry posted Tuesday the event will offer participants an opportunity to learn more about various European legal systems and court […] More

  • UTC to Open New Aerospace Tech Manufacturing, Assembly Hub in Alabama; Marc Duvall Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UTC to Open New Aerospace Tech Manufacturing, Assembly Hub in Alabama; Marc Duvall Comments

    United Technologies Corp. will establish a new facility in Foley, Alabama to accommodate manufacturing and nacelle assembly activities of UTC’s aerospace systems segment. The 80,000-square-foot building will be built to serve as the assembly area for nacelle components and house the propulsion system integration work in support of the Airbus A320 aircraft, UTC said Tuesday. UTC expects the […] More

  • Thales Lands Thailand Navy Contracts for Minehunter Update, Patrol Vessel Combat Suite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales Lands Thailand Navy Contracts for Minehunter Update, Patrol Vessel Combat Suite

    Thales has been selected to update the minehunters of Thailand’s navy and provide a combat, navigation and communication suite for the client’s second Krabi-class patrol vessel. The company will oversee the design modifications, repairs, equipment purchase and platform integration for two Bang Rachan-class minehunters, Thales said Friday. It will also equip the ships with new machinery control, navigation and communications […] More

  • AeroVironment, SmartC2 to Help NASA Conduct UAS Flight Demo's Second Phase - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AeroVironment, SmartC2 to Help NASA Conduct UAS Flight Demo’s Second Phase

    AeroVironment, SmartC2 and NASA have forged a partnership to perform a second phase of field tests on the space agency’s unmanned traffic management technology in October. AeroVironment said Thursday researchers will assess the Puma AE’s onboard autopilot three-dimensional geo-fencing functions, backup data link command-and-control and ADS-B integration into NASA’s UTM research platform. SmartC2 will deploy its VirtualAirBoss aviation business […] More

  • Lynn Dugle: Engility to Continue Support for TSA's Security Screening Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lynn Dugle: Engility to Continue Support for TSA’s Security Screening Program

    An Engility subsidiary has been awarded a potential five-year, $90 million contract to help evaluate the security screening processes and equipment and information technology systems of the Transportation Security Administration. Engility said Tuesday its unit TASC will perform test planning and execution as well as provide data management and analysis services under the recompete contract. Lynn Dugle, CEO at Engility, […] More

  • Vencore Awarded SEC Financial Market Data Analytics Services Contract; Mac Curtis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vencore Awarded SEC Financial Market Data Analytics Services Contract; Mac Curtis Comments

    A subsidiary of Vencore has received a two-year, $5.6 million task order from the Securities and Exchange Commission for data analytics, monitoring and consulting services to support the agency’s work to track financial markets. Vencore Labs will work with its partner Promontory to build a system that incorporates the use of analytics in the SEC’s efforts to both monitor […] More