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  • Health IT Vet Melissa Chapman Named President of 9th Way Solutions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Health IT Vet Melissa Chapman Named President of 9th Way Solutions

    Melissa Chapman, a former vice president of the civilian and homeland security solutions division at General Dynamics‘ information technology segment, has been appointed  president of service-disabled veteran-owned company 9th Way Solutions. 9th Way said Monday Chapman will be responsible for health IT, enterprise services, cyber and information security, systems and program management and data analytics service areas in […] More

  • NASA Seeks Industry Partner to Build Heliophysics Medium Explorer Spacecraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Seeks Industry Partner to Build Heliophysics Medium Explorer Spacecraft

    NASA looks for a contractor to build spacecraft, integrate payload into the vehicle and support on-orbit operations for the Goddard Space Flight Center’s Heliophysics Medium Explorers Program. The agency said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday it expects to allocate $200M in fiscal 2019 funds for the Announcement of Opportunity that will also cover instrument systems, mission science, […] More

  • FireEye Obtains ISO, SCO 2, FedRAMP Certifications for Cloud-Based Email Security Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FireEye Obtains ISO, SCO 2, FedRAMP Certifications for Cloud-Based Email Security Services

    FireEye‘s cloud-based email security offerings have received certifications from Schellman & Company and the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The enterprise cybersecurity company said Tuesday its Email Security Cloud Edition obtained International Organization for Standardization 27001:2013 certification and Service Organization Controls Type 2 recertification for security and confidentiality. The platform is designed to block potentially […] More

  • General Atomics Evaluates Arresting Gear Performance on Turboprop Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Evaluates Arresting Gear Performance on Turboprop Aircraft

    General Atomics’ electromagnetic systems business has completed an assessment of its Advanced Arresting Gear’s performance on turboprop aircraft at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey. The company said Tuesday AAG performed over 800 roll-in and fly-in aircraft arrestments for the C-2A Greyhound, E-2C+ Hawkeye and E-2D Advanced Hawkeye planes. The arresting system also completed 400 […] More

  • GSA Adds SIN Under IT Schedule 70 for Contact Center Products, Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Adds SIN Under IT Schedule 70 for Contact Center Products, Services

    The General Services Administration has introduced a special item number for contact center products and services on the IT Schedule 70 acquisition vehicle. GSA said Monday the Automated Contact Center Solutions SIN allows government agencies to procure multiple offerings from pre-vetted contact center service providers through a single contract. ACCS will also support GSA’s Center […] More

  • FAA Selects Nine Firms to Participate in Drone Authorization Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FAA Selects Nine Firms to Participate in Drone Authorization Program

    The Federal Aviation Administration has selected nine companies to support a program that delivers authorizations in real time to drone operators seeking to fly their unmanned aircraft systems in controlled airspace. The agency said Monday the new partners under the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability effort are permitted to process drone flying applications. The […] More

  • Al Whitmore: BAE Aims to Help DoD Address Mission Challenges Through $28B Contract Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Al Whitmore: BAE Aims to Help DoD Address Mission Challenges Through $28B Contract Vehicle

    Al Whitmore, president of the intelligence and security sector at BAE Systems‘ U.S. arm, has said the company will leverage internal research-and-development efforts to help address mission challenges at the Defense Department as part of an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. BAE said Monday it is eligible to compete for R&D and support task orders under the Defense Technical Information Center’s $28B Information Analysis Center […] More

  • Intelsat, Three Other Satellite Operators Establish Consortium to Facilitate Mid-Band Spectrum Clearing Process - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intelsat, Three Other Satellite Operators Establish Consortium to Facilitate Mid-Band Spectrum Clearing Process

    Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat and Telesat have formed a consortium that will implement a proposal to obligate a portion of C-band spectrum for 5G terrestrial services. Intelsat said Monday the C-Band Alliance will facilitate technical and commercial processes to clear a portion of the 3.7K to 4.2K megahertz frequency band in the U.S. to open the […] More

  • NIST Taps SRI International to Lead Quantum Science R&D Consortium - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST Taps SRI International to Lead Quantum Science R&D Consortium

    SRI International has entered into a cooperative research and development agreement with the National Institute of Standards and Technology to lead a new consortium tasked to advance research and development efforts in quantum science. NIST said Friday the Quantum Economic Development Consortium’s responsibilities will include participating in quantum device design and prototyping projects, identifying workforce needs for […] More

  • Fluor, Partners Close Financing Agreements on $4B Gordie Howe International Bridge Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fluor, Partners Close Financing Agreements on $4B Gordie Howe International Bridge Project

    A joint venture of Fluor, ACS Infrastructure‘s Canadian arm and Aecon Group has closed project and financing agreements on a $4.4B megaproject to build, operate and maintain a bridge connecting Detroit, Mich. and Windsor, Ontario. Fluor said Friday Bridging North America will support the 36-year life cycle of the Gordie Howe International Bridge project in partnership […] More

  • Blue Origin to Build ULA Vulcan Centaur Rocket's Booster Engine; Tory Bruno Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Blue Origin to Build ULA Vulcan Centaur Rocket’s Booster Engine; Tory Bruno Quoted

    United Launch Alliance has chosen Blue Origin to produce a booster engine technology to power a launch vehicle designed for government and commercial satellite missions. The Vulcan Centaur rocket’s first stage, fueled by liquefied natural gas, will use a pair of BE-4 engines from Blue Origin, ULA said Thursday. ULA President and CEO Tory Bruno said the company has worked with the […] More

  • Cubic Receives $394M Contract to Modernize San Francisco Bay Area Transportation Fare System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Receives $394M Contract to Modernize San Francisco Bay Area Transportation Fare System

    Cubic‘s transportation systems business has received a $394M contract to modernize the fare payment technology of the Clipper smart card system, which serves commuters in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. The company said Thursday it will develop an integrated mobile application that will allow Clipper users to access updated information, reload their accounts, […] More