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  • U.S. MDA, Japan Test Raytheon-Made Interceptor Missile - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    U.S. MDA, Japan Test Raytheon-Made Interceptor Missile

    The Missile Defense Agency and Japan’s maritime self-defense force demonstrated the interceptor function of a Raytheon-made missile during a recent flight test near Kauai, Hawaii. Japan’s JS Atago launched Raytheon’s Standard Missile-3 Block IB unit to intercept a ballistic missile target with the support of the U.S. Navy, Raytheon said Wednesday. The test confirms the ship’s compatibility with […] More

  • DISA Seeks AI-Based Endpoint Protection Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DISA Seeks AI-Based Endpoint Protection Tech

    The Defense Information Systems Agency seeks information on potential industry sources of a signatureless endpoint protection technology designed to prevent and detect malicious software using an artificial intelligence or a machine learning method. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday DISA looks for an SEP system that can analyze malware at micro levels, operate on air gapped networks and predict […] More

  • Descartes Labs to Help DARPA Build Geospatial Data Repository - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Descartes Labs to Help DARPA Build Geospatial Data Repository

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has chosen Descartes Labs to build a technology platform designed to store geospatial imagery and machine learning tools for data analysis. Descartes Labs said Wednesday it will provide the cloud-based infrastructure for the agency to create  applications as part of the Geospatial Cloud Analytics program and offer the apps to data scientists via a […] More

  • Heidi Magnelia Named CFO of CMU's Software Engineering Institute - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Heidi Magnelia Named CFO of CMU’s Software Engineering Institute

    Heidi Magnelia, a finance veteran of multiple government contracting firms, has joined Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute as chief financial officer. She succeeds Peter Menniti and oversees the institute’s financial, business and central administrative functions in her new role, SEI said Tuesday. Magnelia gained more than three decades of financial management experience from her career […] More

  • Former USMC Officer Charlie Miles Named PenFed Military Employment Program Lead - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former USMC Officer Charlie Miles Named PenFed Military Employment Program Lead

    Charlie Miles, a two-decade veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, has joined Pentagon Federal Credit Union as director of military employment programs. PenFed said Tuesday. Miles will lead internal efforts to support servicemen, military veterans, surviving spouses and caregivers across the employment life cycle. The company’s Military Employment Program offers training, internships, outreach, recruiting, hiring, onboarding, professional development, mentoring and retention […] More

  • Army Maj. James Covington Joins Dewberry Under Rotational Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Maj. James Covington Joins Dewberry Under Rotational Program

    Maj. James Covington, a former aide-de-camp at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has joined professional services firm Dewberry to support various projects under a one-year rotational program. He brings 15 years of engineering experience and will work on projects in the areas of alternative delivery, water, resilience, transportation, civil, and land planning and development, Dewberry said Tuesday. Covington […] More

  • GTS Books $67M Army Contract for Power & Energy Generation Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GTS Books $67M Army Contract for Power & Energy Generation Services

    General Technical Services has received a potential five-year, $67M contract for tactical and expeditionary power and energy generation services to the U.S. Army‘s Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center. GTS said Tuesday it will provide scientific, engineering, prototyping and analytical services to help CERDEC’s Command Power and Integration Directorate generate, store, manage and distribute power sources. Work will take place over […] More

  • Lockheed Gets $64M Navy Contract for Aegis System Engineering Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets $64M Navy Contract for Aegis System Engineering Support

    Lockheed Martin has landed a potential $64M contract to provide design agent field engineering services for U.S. Navy guided missile cruisers and destroyers, U.S. Coast Guard ships and allied vessels equipped with the Aegis combat system. The company will perform test and evaluation, implement engineering changes, modify ordnance, modernize systems, conduct logistics, develop ordnance alterations kits and integrate technologies on the […] More

  • Leonardo, Aireon Partner to Apply Space-Based Data for Air Traffic Management - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo, Aireon Partner to Apply Space-Based Data for Air Traffic Management

    A new partnership with Aireon will allow Italian aerospace company Leonardo to integrate space-based automatic dependent broadcast data into an air traffic management automation system. Integration of this Aireon-provided data into Leonardo’s LeadInSky ATM automation system would help air navigation service providers manage airspace and flight routes through the use of a global, real-time dataset, […] More

  • Applied DNA Sciences Awarded DLA Marking Services Extension - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Applied DNA Sciences Awarded DLA Marking Services Extension

    Applied DNA Sciences has received a potential three-year contract to continue to support the Defense Logistics Agency‘s counterfeit prevention efforts. The company said Tuesday it will also help DLA verify products and test programs that involve FSC 5962 microcircuits. “We appreciate the DLA’s continuing support of our taggant technology platform in extending this contract for the marking […] More

  • Serco Inc. Lands Army Acquisition & Logistics Support Order; Dave Dacquino Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Serco Inc. Lands Army Acquisition & Logistics Support Order; Dave Dacquino Quoted

    Serco Group‘s North American subsidiary has received a potential three-year, $43M task order to support U.S. Army Sustainment Command’s global procurement and logistics activities. Serco Inc. said Monday it will provide support for related planning, contracting, training and management efforts under the order awarded through the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services procurement vehicle. The Reston, Va.-based […] More

  • NIH Plans Motion Capture System Procurement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIH Plans Motion Capture System Procurement

    The National Institutes of Health looks to replace a motion capture technology that supports research efforts within the functional and applied biomechanics section at the NIH Clinical Center. A FedBizOpps notice posted Monday says FAB currently uses the platform Vicon Motion Systems built 10 years ago and designed to integrate with custom software and hardware such as force plates, treadmill […] More