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  • BAE to Help Maintain USS Jima Amphibious Ship - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Help Maintain USS Jima Amphibious Ship

    BAE Systems‘ U.S. arm has been awarded a potential $32.6 million contract to help the U.S. Navy repair and maintain the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD7). The company said Monday it will refurbish the ship’s tank, ventilation and auxiliary systems, habitability space and other structures. “We look forward to welcoming Iwo Jima back […] More

  • David Wajsgras: Raytheon Aims to Help DARPA Automate Cybersecurity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    David Wajsgras: Raytheon Aims to Help DARPA Automate Cybersecurity

    Raytheon‘s team is one of seven teams that will compete in the final round of a $2 million U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-hosted program to build an automated system against cybersecurity threats. DARPA launched the Cyber Grand Challenge for academic and industry consortia to produce cyber reasoning platforms that can identify and repair computer […] More

  • BAE-Nexter JV to Build Cannon Tech for UK's Ground Combat Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE-Nexter JV to Build Cannon Tech for UK’s Ground Combat Vehicles

    A BAE Systems–Nexter joint venture has been awarded a $233 million contract to manufacture 40mm cannon systems for integration onto the British army’s Scout and Warrior armored fighting vehicles. The British army will receive 515 CTA International-built cased telescoped cannons during the next seven years, BAE said July 1. Initial delivery is scheduled to occur […] More

  • Emcor Unit Selected for Florida County Sewage Plant Expansion Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Emcor Unit Selected for Florida County Sewage Plant Expansion Contract

    An Emcor Group subsidiary has been awarded a contract of an undisclosed value to modernize and expand a wastewater treatment facility in Palm Beach County, Florida. Poole & Kent Co. of Florida will upgrade the sewage plant’s 22 structures in multiple phases in order to minimize disruption to ongoing operations at the site, Emcor said […] More

  • Technavio: Data Protection Service Market to Grow at 57% CAGR in 2015-2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Technavio: Data Protection Service Market to Grow at 57% CAGR in 2015-2019

    A new Technavio report forecasts that increased demand for data backup services will drive a 57 percent compound annual growth of the data protection-as-a-service market from 2015 to 2019. The research firm said Thursday the DPaaS platform works to help developers build mobile and web applications as well as minimize backend coding and server-side programming […] More

  • Energy Dept Issues RFI for Spare Large Power Transformer Storage - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Energy Dept Issues RFI for Spare Large Power Transformer Storage

    The U.S. Energy Department is seeking public comments on a plan to build a national reserve of large transformers intended to support the U.S.’ bulk power system. In a request for information published Thursday in the Federal Register, the department said it aims to develop strategies to avoid large-scale electric service interruptions due to a […] More

  • Doug Wagoner: SAIC's New Washington Studio to Develop Game-Based Training Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Doug Wagoner: SAIC’s New Washington Studio to Develop Game-Based Training Platforms

    Science Applications International Corp. is opening a facility in Seattle to develop applied gaming technologies and methods for public and private sector clients. SAIC said Thursday it will employ designers, artists, engineers, animators and composers at the company’s serious game studio, scheduled to open Monday. Doug Wagoner, sector president at SAIC, said the company will […] More

  • Casey Coleman, Jackie Everett: GSA Opens Agency-Vendor Dialogue on Alliant IT GWAC Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Casey Coleman, Jackie Everett: GSA Opens Agency-Vendor Dialogue on Alliant IT GWAC Program

    The U.S. General Services Administration has conducted one-on-one meetings with information technology vendors to discuss the upcoming Alliant II and Alliant Small Business II governmentwide contract vehicles, FCW reported Thursday. Jackie Everett, Hewlett-Packard vice president of federal civilian business development, told FCW that she believes the face-to-face discussions between GSA and industry officials can help […] More

  • MarketsandMarkets: Commercial Drone Market to See 109% CAGR Through 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MarketsandMarkets: Commercial Drone Market to See 109% CAGR Through 2020

    A MarketsandMarkets report projects that unmanned aerial vehicles for commercial use will grow from a $15.22 million business in 2014 to a $1.27 billion market by 2020. The compound annual growth rate for the commercial UAV industry is projected to reach 109.31 percent over the next six years, MarketsandMarkets said Wednesday. The research firm also […] More

  • CGI, Highmark Extend Healthcare Auditing Tech Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI, Highmark Extend Healthcare Auditing Tech Contract

    CGI has been awarded a contract by Highmark to continue helping the Pittsburg-based health insurer audit and validate medical claims with a CGI technology. CGI designed its Customized Audit System platform for healthcare payers to identify coding errors and overpayments, the company said Wednesday. “More timely, accurate notification of overpayments will also help our healthcare […] More