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  • ECS Federal Wins Spot on $50B Alliant IT Contract; George Wilson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ECS Federal Wins Spot on $50B Alliant IT Contract; George Wilson Comments

    ECS Federal has won a spot in the large business category of the $50 billion General Services Administration Alliant governmentwide acquisition contract for information technology services. The company will offer its IT services to the Defense Department and other federal users under the contract, ECS Federal said Wednesday. “A portfolio of flexible, governmentwide and agency-specific full […] More

  • Microsoft Eyes Govt Cloud Security Authorization for High Impact Baseline, Levels 4 & 5 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Eyes Govt Cloud Security Authorization for High Impact Baseline, Levels 4 & 5

    Microsoft will participate in a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program pilot for the high-impact baseline in efforts to receive a Provisional Authorization to Operate to support high-impact government data in the cloud. Microsoft Azure Government aims to obtain the FedRAMP High P-ATO from the federal Joint Advisory Board by the end of March, Microsoft Federal CTO Susie […] More

  • Lockheed Martin, Concord Blue Begin Power Plant Construction in Germany; Mo Vargas Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin, Concord Blue Begin Power Plant Construction in Germany; Mo Vargas Comments

    Lockheed Martin has received a $43 million contract from Concord Blue to start the construction of a power generation facility in Herten, Germany, in an effort to supply renewable energy to residents and businesses in the area. The 5-megawatt plant will work to convert forestry waste to power through the advanced gasification process using Concord Blue’s Reformer technology, Lockheed said […] More

  • Utah State University Research Foundation Lands $49M Air Force Sensor Support IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Utah State University Research Foundation Lands $49M Air Force Sensor Support IDIQ

    Utah State University Research Foundation’s Space Dynamics Laboratory has been awarded a $49 million contract to research and develop dynamic sensors for the U.S. Air Force. The lab will work to assist in the sensor development, image processing and data analysis efforts of the service under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Space […] More

  • General Atomics Test Fires Railgun Projectile Guidance Electronics Unit; Nick Bucci Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Test Fires Railgun Projectile Guidance Electronics Unit; Nick Bucci Comments

    General Atomics has completed an open range testing exercise on a company-built railgun projectile guidance electronics unit. The hypersonic projectiles for the guidance electronics unit worked to transmit component performance data to a ground station via a telemetry link during the tests conducted at the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground in Utah, General Atomics said Sunday. […] More

  • House of Representatives Seeks Industry Sources for Cloud Migration Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    House of Representatives Seeks Industry Sources for Cloud Migration Effort

    The House of Representatives has started its search for industry sources to assist the legislative branch’s web systems group in its plan to transition the chamber’s public-facing website to a cloud computing infrastructure from the current on-premise environment. According to a March 8 request for information, the House’s information systems organization is considering potential directions it could take in a cloud […] More

  • Draper Lab to Help Navy Develop Multi-Chip Microprocessors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Draper Lab to Help Navy Develop Multi-Chip Microprocessors

    Charles Stark Draper Laboratory has been awarded a five-year, $25.2 million contract by the U.S. Navy to support the controlled technical services work of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren division. Under the program, Draper will aid in the development of miniature multichip processors and other related technologies, the Defense Department said Monday. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based […] More

  • Glynn Phillips: BAE Systems to Upgrade Australian Operational Radar Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Glynn Phillips: BAE Systems to Upgrade Australian Operational Radar Network

    BAE Systems plans to upgrade parts of Australia’s Jindalee operational radar network (JORN) after the government approved the technology’s phase 6 upgrade in December 2015. BAE Systems will submit its tender as a prime contractor for Project Air 2025 which will begin the upgrade in 2018, the company said Friday. “We are currently working closely […] More

  • Research and Markets Sees M2M Homeland Security Market Growth at 57% Through 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets Sees M2M Homeland Security Market Growth at 57% Through 2019

    Research and Markets has predicted the global machine-to-machine market in homeland security to grow 57 percent from 2015 to 2019, buoyed by the remote monitoring and controlling feature of M2M connected devices. The report attributes the market growth to increased government focus on efforts to address terrorist attacks, cyber-attack and natural disasters, Research and Markets […] More

  • System High Corp. Lands $21M Option for DARPA Security, Intell Support Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    System High Corp. Lands $21M Option for DARPA Security, Intell Support Program

    System High Corp. has received a $21.03 million contract modification to support the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s security and intelligence directorate. DARPA awarded the fourth option to the base contract that brings the total cumulative value to$97,630,625. The company will continue to provide systems engineering and technical assistance to DARPA under the fourth option year, the […] More

  • Cubic Awarded DLA Contract for US, NATO Warfighter Locator Systems Components; Bill Toti Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Awarded DLA Contract for US, NATO Warfighter Locator Systems Components; Bill Toti Comments

    Cubic has been awarded a five-year, $76.4 million contract with the Defense Logistics Agency to produce components for personnel locator systems used by the U.S. military and NATO coalition forces. The AN/ARS-6 airborne guidance system works to encrypt communication between rescue forces and isolated crew members during rescue operations, Cubic said Monday. “Nothing is more […] More