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  • DynCorp Lands $77M US Army Logistics Contract; Randy Bockenstedt Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp Lands $77M US Army Logistics Contract; Randy Bockenstedt Comments

    DynCorp International has been awarded two contracts worth up to $77 million combined to assist the U.S. Army geographic combatant command in North America and the Pacific in operational planningfunctions. The task orders fall under the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program IV vehicle and both contain a one-year base period and two one-year options, the company said Monday. “DI’s LOGCAP team is proud to […] More

  • FireEye, F5 Networks Forge Enterprise Security Partnership; Steve Pataky Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FireEye, F5 Networks Forge Enterprise Security Partnership; Steve Pataky Comments

    FireEye Inc. and F5 Networks have partnered to jointly provide security products and services to enterprise clients. The partnership will combine F5’s application delivery infrastructure and FireEye’s threat protection offering, FireEye said Monday. “Our partnership with F5 addresses critical business issues for our customers, matching [information technology] growth and security to support the business,” said Steve […] More

  • Lockheed to Produce Targeting Pod for Netherlands Air Force’s F-16; Rich Lovette Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Produce Targeting Pod for Netherlands Air Force’s F-16; Rich Lovette Comments

    Lockheed Martin has been selected to build targeting pods for the Netherlands air force’s fleet of F-16 aircraft. The company will produce 29 sniper targeting pods and perform training and maintenance services under the contract, the company said Monday. “Expedited delivery will enable the Royal Netherlands Air Force to rapidly deploy Sniper ATP to support current mission […] More

  • Inmarsat Adds RigNet as Mobile Satellite System Reseller; Ronald Spithout Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat Adds RigNet as Mobile Satellite System Reseller; Ronald Spithout Comments

    RigNet has joined Inmarsat’s partner network to distribute the latter company’s Global Xpress mobile satellite system offering to oil and gas maritime customers. RigNet will offer high-speed communications service for offshore service and supply vehicles within the energy sector worldwide, RigNet said Thursday. “With the launch of Fleet Xpress, the world’s first hybrid Ka/L-band mobile satellite […] More

  • Boeing, Carnegie Mellon Open Aerospace Data Analytics Lab; Nancy Bailey Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, Carnegie Mellon Open Aerospace Data Analytics Lab; Nancy Bailey Comments

    Boeing has established an aerospace data analytics laboratory at Carnegie Mellon University as part of a new academic research initiative in which the company will invest $7.5 million over a three-year period. Carnegie Mellon said Thursday the initiative aims to extract value out of data gathered from aircraft design, construction and operation. Jaime Carbonell, a computer science […] More

  • Northrop Completes Incident Mgmt System Test; Ed Sturms Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Completes Incident Mgmt System Test; Ed Sturms Comments

    Northrop Grumman has completed a proof-of-concept test for the company’s tactical incident management system in collaboration with the Los Angeles Police Department. Northrop demonstrated the system for eight days during the Special Olympics World Games, Northrop said Thursday. “The pilot program was started to work closely with the LAPD to better understand their mission and tailor […] More

  • Neustar Survey: Businesses Focus Security Investments on DDoS Protection - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Neustar Survey: Businesses Focus Security Investments on DDoS Protection

    A new survey from Neustar says more than half of respondent companies have invested more in security tools to counter distributed denial-of-service attacks as compared to the previous year. The report highlights trends such as the attackers’ growing focus on what Neustar describes as “targeted, smaller” attacks intended to disrupt a company’s network while installing malware that is designed to steal […] More

  • SAP, NTT Group Form Enterprise Cloud Partnership; Kevin Ichhpurani Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP, NTT Group Form Enterprise Cloud Partnership; Kevin Ichhpurani Comments

    SAP and NTT Group have extended their alliance to provide enterprise cloud services to customers. The partnership is intended to offer the joint NTT and Dimension Data cloud platform and NTT‘s information technology infrastructure services to customers in South Africa and the Asia-Pacific region, NTT said Thursday. “NTT Group provides SAP with a critical component of enterprise-grade cloud services […] More

  • Allegheny Opens Tysons Metro Center Headquarters; Arria Hines Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Allegheny Opens Tysons Metro Center Headquarters; Arria Hines Comments

    Allegheny Science & Technology has opened a Tysons Metro Center headquarters in an effort to respond to the growing customer needs in Washington. Allegheny leased the facility to serve as its National Capitol Regional base, where the company’s corporate business development, proposal and recruiting operations will be located, Allegheny said Wednesday. “It’s an exciting time for […] More

  • Capgemini, Fortinet Form Cybersecurity Alliance; Ken Xie Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Capgemini, Fortinet Form Cybersecurity Alliance; Ken Xie Comments

    Capgemini and Fortinet have forged a cybersecurity partnership in an effort to help customers bolster the resilience of their cyber infrastructure. Capgemini and Fortinet will combine their cybersecurity products and services such as web application security, software-defined datacenter security and security operation centers, the companies said Thursday. “Our partnership with Capgemini is a strategic one, […] More

  • ICF Awarded CDC Scientific Education Systems Maintenance Contract; Mary Whitley Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF Awarded CDC Scientific Education Systems Maintenance Contract; Mary Whitley Comments

    ICF International has been awarded a $7.1 million contract to develop and maintain the systems used for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s fellowship activities. The company will assist in the delivery of scientific education and professional development systems to public health communities worldwide, ICF said Wednesday. The contract contains a one-year base period […] More

  • Saab to Produce Simulation Systems for Norway Training Center; Dag Wikoren Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab to Produce Simulation Systems for Norway Training Center; Dag Wikoren Comments

    Saab has been awarded a $16.8 million contract to produce simulation systems for use in a training program run by Norway’s defense logistics organization. The contract is an extension of Saab’s training and simulation service for the Norwegian Army that began in 2003 and also calls for training facility upgrades, Saab said Thursday. “Together we will expand […] More