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  • Mercom: Health IT Sector Drew $1.2B in Q2 Venture Capital Funding - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mercom: Health IT Sector Drew $1.2B in Q2 Venture Capital Funding

    A Mercom Capital Group report says venture capitalists pumped about $1.2 billion into the healthcare information technology industry during 2015’s second quarter, up from the $784 million recorded during the previous quarter. The health IT sector closed 138 deals in Q2, compared with 142 during Q1, and secured nearly $2 billion in VC investments over […] More

  • BAE Opens Maintenance Hub for Saudi Arabia's Typhoon Fighter Planes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Opens Maintenance Hub for Saudi Arabia’s Typhoon Fighter Planes

    BAE Systems has partnered with Alsalam Aircraft to establish a maintenance, repair and overhaul services center for Eurofighter Typhoon jets operated by Saudi Arabia’s military, Airforce Technology reported Wednesday. “The work we have completed as a partnership has been critical in working towards our Typhoon in-Kingdom industrialization objectives,” Andy Carr, managing director and CEO of […] More

  • David Ibbetson: General Dynamics' Canadian Subsidiary Rebrands to Reflect Mission Systems Portfolio - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    David Ibbetson: General Dynamics’ Canadian Subsidiary Rebrands to Reflect Mission Systems Portfolio

    General Dynamics has changed its Canadian subsidiary’s name to General Dynamics Mission Systems–Canada in an effort to emphasize the unit’s technology and service offerings for the country’s military. David Ibbetson, general manager of General Dynamics Mission Systems – Canada, said Tuesday the initiative reflects “our commitment to delivering these capabilities to the soldiers, sailors, airmen, cyber analysts, law […] More

  • Boeing Unveils Singapore-Based Cyber Analytics Hub; Dewey Houck Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Unveils Singapore-Based Cyber Analytics Hub; Dewey Houck Comments

    Boeing has opened a cyber analytics center in Singapore to with the goal of helping government, academic and business organizations to fight cybersecurity threats, Bernama reported Wednesday. The company also seeks to help its Asian partners to identify new methods and tools to protect information network systems through the center. Dewey Houck, vice president and […] More

  • ProLog Wins Navy Aviation Fleet Logistics Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ProLog Wins Navy Aviation Fleet Logistics Support Contract

    ProLog has been awarded a potential five-year, $79.5 million contract to provide logistics services for the U.S. Navy‘s depot-level aircraft maintenance program. The Defense Department said Monday that ProLog will perform majority of the work at the military branch’s Fleet Readiness Center in Jacksonville, Florida, and the rest at other naval aviation depots in the […] More

  • Sierra Nevada to Help USAF Develop Airborne Tech Interoperability Framework - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sierra Nevada to Help USAF Develop Airborne Tech Interoperability Framework

    Sierra Nevada has won a potential $10.8 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force create interoperability guidelines for manned and unmanned aircraft software and subsystems. The Defense Department said Tuesday that the company will also help the military service develop a Future Airborne Capability Environment framework and strategies for the branch to demonstrate interoperable […] More

  • Pentagon Orders Chemring-Made Aerial IR Countermeasure Decoys - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pentagon Orders Chemring-Made Aerial IR Countermeasure Decoys

    A Chemring Group subsidiary has secured two contracts worth a combined $26 million to manufacture special material decoys for the U.S. military to guard aircraft from infrared guided missile threats. The Army awarded Chemring unit Alloy Surfaces a three-year contract for the production of M211, MJU50A/B and MJU-51A/B IR countermeasures for both the Army and […] More

  • CAE Receives Military Aircraft Training System Orders; Gene Colabatistto Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE Receives Military Aircraft Training System Orders; Gene Colabatistto Comments

    CAE has announced $117.5 million in contract awards that cover aircraft simulation and training platforms for the U.S. Army, the U.S. Navy and two international defense customers. The company said Tuesday its defense and security business booked the contracts during the first quarter of the company’s 2016 fiscal year. “Our focus on being a training systems integrator has enabled […] More

  • CSG to Help Manage Vermont's Medicaid IT System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSG to Help Manage Vermont’s Medicaid IT System

    CSG Government Solutions has secured a contract to help the Department of Vermont Health Access examine and verify applications for the state’s Medicaid management information system. The company said Tuesday it will perform MMIS quality assurance, verification and validation services as well as manage systems integration and workflow for the agency. The Department of Vermont […] More

  • Navy Extends Comtech's Comm System Production Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Extends Comtech’s Comm System Production Contract

    A Comtech Telecommunications subsidiary has received a $4 million contract extension to provide advanced time division multiple access interface processor terminals to the U.S. Navy‘s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. Comtech EF Data has been producing ATIPs for the command under a potential four-year, $40.2 million contract, Comtech said Monday. ATIP works as a […] More

  • Bill Toti: Cubic Subsidiary to Help DARPA Build Virtual Testing Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bill Toti: Cubic Subsidiary to Help DARPA Build Virtual Testing Platform

    A Cubic subsidiary has been awarded a potential 33-month, $5 million contract to develop a testbed for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to evaluate technologies for infantry use. Intific is part of Cubic’s global defense segment and will build the testing platform in support of the agency’s Squad X Core Technologies project, Cubic […] More

  • Charles Lim: Frost & Sullivan Proposes 'Holistic' IT Security Model for Enterprises - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Charles Lim: Frost & Sullivan Proposes ‘Holistic’ IT Security Model for Enterprises

    Frost & Sullivan has published a white paper that explains a company-developed approach for helping other organizations to prevent, detect and remediate cybersecurity threats to infrastructure. The Threat Response Adaptive Core Ecosystem, or TRACE, framework aims to facilitate holistic management of enterprise systems with both technology and human expertise, Charles Lim, senior industry analyst at […] More