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  • Mutualink, IP Access International Form Emergency Comms Alliance; Mark Hatten Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mutualink, IP Access International Form Emergency Comms Alliance; Mark Hatten Comments

    Mutualink and IP Access International have partnered to jointly offer a new emergency communications service intended to help customers meet public safety and critical infrastructure mission requirements. The offering was developed as a collaboration tool for agencies, their partners and critical infrastructure organizations during disasters via voice, video and data communications, Mutualink said Monday. Mutualink combines its […] More

  • Research and Markets Report Sets Global Military Comms CAGR at 12% in 2015-2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets Report Sets Global Military Comms CAGR at 12% in 2015-2020

    A new Research and Markets report forecasts the global military communications market to reach $40.82 billion by 2020 from $23.02 billion in 2015 amid a growing demand for updated communication techniques. The report sets the market’s compound annual growth rate at 12.1 percent during the forecast period, Research and Markets said Wednesday. T noted that tier-one […] More

  • L-3 to Update Army Apache Comms System; John Mega Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L-3 to Update Army Apache Comms System; John Mega Comments

    L-3 Communications has received a $11.9 million contract from Science and Engineering Services to update the communications system for the U.S. Army’s Apache helicopter. The company will apply its MUMT-X technology to the Apache program for crews to transmit and receive wideband video and data, L-3 said Thursday. L-3 plans to complete the task by […] More

  • VSE to Maintain, Test Marine Corps Amphibious Vehicles; J.R. Brown Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VSE to Maintain, Test Marine Corps Amphibious Vehicles; J.R. Brown Comments

    VSE Corp. has been awarded a $37 million contract to manage, maintain and test assault amphibious vehicles for the U.S. Marine Corps. The company will provide the program management, evaluation, logistics support and vehicle storage services to the test vehicles located in Ruther Glen, Virginia and other locations, VSE said Wednesday. “Our number one goal […] More

  • Jacobs Lands Construction Mgmt Contract with Texas School District; Tom McDuffie Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs Lands Construction Mgmt Contract with Texas School District; Tom McDuffie Comments

    The Garland public school district in Texas has selected Jacobs Engineering Group to oversee construction projects under the district’s $455 million bond program. Jacobs will aid in the district’s security and life safety updates, window replacements, lighting installations, facility expansion and the construction of a new natatorium and career/technical education center, Jacobs said Tuesday. Contract work […] More

  • Finmeccanica to Extend NATO Cyber Detection Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Finmeccanica to Extend NATO Cyber Detection Work

    Finmeccanica subsidiary Selex has been awarded a $21.48 million contract to continue its cyber threat detection support work for NATO for another two years. Selex will implement the NATO computer incident response capability in additional NATO sites, Finmeccanica said Tuesday. Finmeccanica-Selex has been operating NCIRC since May 2014 to help the alliance carry out its cyber strategy. The company […] More

  • Harris to Deploy Aircraft Arrival Sequencing Tool in Canada Airports; Frank Koehne Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Deploy Aircraft Arrival Sequencing Tool in Canada Airports; Frank Koehne Comments

    Harris Corp. has been selected to integrate the company’s aircraft arrival sequencing system into four airports in Canada. Harris will deploy its Osyris queue management tool at the Montreal, Vancouver, Toronto and Calgary hubs in order to update NAV CANADA’s existing arrival management system, Harris said Sept. 9. Frank Koehne, managing director of Harris’ Exelis […] More

  • KBR Awarded UK Commercial Service Facilities Mgmt Contract; Andrew Barrie Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KBR Awarded UK Commercial Service Facilities Mgmt Contract; Andrew Barrie Comments

    KBR has been awarded a four-year, $52 million contract to provide facilities management services to U.K. government customers. KBR will deliver services, a computer aided facilities management system, management information, and reporting and assurance support under the Crown Commercial Service Facilities Management Assurance Framework, the company said Monday. “We are delighted to have been selected by […] More

  • Northrop Applies New Optical Projection System to F-35 Assembly; Brian Chappel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Applies New Optical Projection System to F-35 Assembly; Brian Chappel Comments

    Northrop Grumman has begun to implement a fresh optical projection system in the company’s assembly line for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft. Aircraft mechanics use the fastener insertion live link system to automate how they validate, select and insert composite panel fasteners to the F-35 aircraft frame, Northrop said Tuesday. “FILLS is a critical part in […] More

  • Parsons Lands Construction Project Management Contract with GSA; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Lands Construction Project Management Contract with GSA; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments

    Parsons has been selected to manage the construction and upgrade of government facilities nationwide and in other locations under a blanket purchase agreement with the General Services Administration. Parsons will perform quality assurance, engineering, facility condition assessments and technical support for the facilities of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and other federal agencies, the […] More

  • CGI, Unit4 Forge ERP Partnership for North America Public Sector Clients; Tony Dellaviola Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI, Unit4 Forge ERP Partnership for North America Public Sector Clients; Tony Dellaviola Comments

    CGI and Unit4 have signed a partnership agreement for the companies to jointly provide an integrated enterprise resource planning service to public sector customers in North America. The team will first focus on public sector industries in Western Canada that implement Unit4’s Business World ERP offering, Unit4 said Monday. Tony Dellaviola, CGI’s regional vice president for British Columbia, […] More