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  • Serco to Help SPAWAR Maintain Mine-Resistant Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Serco to Help SPAWAR Maintain Mine-Resistant Vehicles

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Serco -Inc. a one-year, $9 million contract to provide integration and maintenance services for the military’s fleet of mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles. Serco will work with the Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Command to maintain command, control, communications, computers and intelligence systems on the armored fighting vehicles, Serco said Tuesday. The […] More

  • Tony Smeraglinolo: Engility to Help African Soldiers Prepare for Mali Peacekeeping Operation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tony Smeraglinolo: Engility to Help African Soldiers Prepare for Mali Peacekeeping Operation

    The U.S. State Department has awarded Engility a $10.2 million contract to help the agency train West African battalion leaders and soldiers for a UN peacekeeping effort in Mali. Engility said Tuesday it will facilitate an intensive 12-week training for military troops in Senegal, Niger and Benin under the State Department’s Africa Contingency Operations Training […] More

  • Jonas Klingspor: URS-Mobotec Team Aims to Help US Power Plants Cut Emissions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jonas Klingspor: URS-Mobotec Team Aims to Help US Power Plants Cut Emissions

    URS Corp. and Swedish emission control technology firm Mobotec have forged an alliance to sell two of Mobotec’s product offerings to coal-fired power plant operators in the U.S. Mobotec chose URS as the exclusive North American marketing partner for the Rotating Opposed Fire Air and Rotamix advanced selective non-catalytic reduction systems, URS said Friday. The products are designed […] More

  • Ambit Group: Strategic Sourcing Can Help Public Agencies Improve Organizational Performance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ambit Group: Strategic Sourcing Can Help Public Agencies Improve Organizational Performance

    Government agencies may be able to improve mission delivery and reduce operational costs by adopting strategic sourcing initiatives, two Ambit Group executives wrote in a GovernmentCIO Magazine article published Friday. Rick Kerestesy and Ken Farber, respectively vice president and managing director at the Ambit Group, described strategic acquisition as a method for organizations to assess […] More

  • Lockheed to Update London Police Dept's Comms Infrastructure for $151M - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Update London Police Dept’s Comms Infrastructure for $151M

    Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $151 million contract to help London’s Metropolitan Police Service update a system for managing emergency and non-emergency calls, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Robert Wall writes that Lockheed will help the Met Police build a new command and control system designed to support law enforcement personnel’s communication and […] More

  • TCS, NextNav Partner for Indoor Emergency Locator System Demo; Kent Hellebust Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TCS, NextNav Partner for Indoor Emergency Locator System Demo; Kent Hellebust Comments

    TeleCommunication Systems and NextNav have partnered to demonstrate an indoor positioning technology they believe help emergency responders locate 911 mobile phone callers who are inside a building. NextNav will exhibit its Metropolitan Beacon System in conjunction with TCS’ 911 technology at this week’s Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials conference in New Orleans, TCS said Friday. The […] More

  • Charles Onstott: SAIC to Resell AWS' Govt Cloud Offerings - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Charles Onstott: SAIC to Resell AWS’ Govt Cloud Offerings

    Science Applications International Corp. has joined Amazon Web Services‘ partner network to deliver integrated cloud computing offerings in the private and public sectors. Charles Onstott, vice president for cyber, cloud and data science at SAIC, said Thursday that the partnership with AWS is part of SAIC’s cloud portfolio growth strategy. “The ability to successfully integrate emerging […] More

  • Scott Smith: Iridium to Use Radisys Servers for NEXT Satcom Ground Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Scott Smith: Iridium to Use Radisys Servers for NEXT Satcom Ground Network

    Iridium Communications has selected a Radisys telecommunication-grade appliance to manage ground system applications for Iridium’s NEXT satellite constellation. Radisys’ T-Series virtualized platform will work to help Iridium run multiple operational support apps on the satellite operator’s ground infrastructure, Radisys said Wednesday. The system is built with an advanced telecommunications computing architecture, silicon technology and open-source […] More

  • Lockheed Subcontracts Minco to Build Aegis Weapon Parts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Subcontracts Minco to Build Aegis Weapon Parts

    Lockheed Martin has awarded Minco Technology Labs a multi-year contract to manufacture components for Lockheed’s Aegis missile defense system. Minco will commence production of Aegis structural parts in the fourth quarter of this year and expects to complete component deliveries in early 2016, Minco said Wednesday. Lockheed is contracted to update and maintain the Aegis […] More

  • Jim Mitchell: Boeing to Deliver Inmarsat Satcom Offering to a Federal Customer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jim Mitchell: Boeing to Deliver Inmarsat Satcom Offering to a Federal Customer

    Boeing will partner with broadband service company ViaSat to deliver a Ka-band satellite bandwidth offering to a U.S. government organization. The companies will provide the agency with military communications bandwidth through Inmarsat‘s Global Xpress commercial satellite network, Boeing said Tuesday. According to Boeing, the agency will have rights to leverage Inmarsat-5 satcom service until Sept. […] More

  • Bechtel Venture-Built Silver Line Opens to DC Metro Commuters; Peter Dawson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bechtel Venture-Built Silver Line Opens to DC Metro Commuters; Peter Dawson Comments

    The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has commenced passenger service on a new rail line that is built by Bechtel-led Dulles Transit Partners. Dulles Transit Partners designed and constructed the 11.7-mile Silver Line for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Bechtel said Tuesday. “Collaboration with our customer, local businesses, and the community has been integral to […] More