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  • Leidos Gets USAF Contract for High-Energy Laser R&D - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Gets USAF Contract for High-Energy Laser R&D

    Leidos has received a potential five-year, $15.2M cost-reimbursement U.S. Air Force contract to support research, development and demonstration efforts for a high-energy combinable fiber laser. The company will work to help the service branch develop and deliver new airborne laser weapon technologies, the Defense Department said Thursday. The Air Force will initially obligate $1M in fiscal […] More

  • IBM Awarded GSA Contractor Registration Website Support Extension - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Awarded GSA Contractor Registration Website Support Extension

    The General Services Administration has awarded IBM a six-month, $16M contract extension to continue helping GSA update and manage the agency’s online registration platform for government contractors and federal assistance requests. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday says the company has supported the System for Award Management site over the past eight years under the SAM Architecture and Operations Contract […] More

  • Sierra Nevada to Help Maintain SOCOM Tactical Radio Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sierra Nevada to Help Maintain SOCOM Tactical Radio Software

    Sierra Nevada Corp. has received a five-year, $47M contract to provide sustainment support and other services for the U.S. Special Operations Command‘s Tactical Radio Application Extension and Android TRAX software. The company will help USSOCOM maintain, integrate, demonstrate and manage the performance of fielded systems, as well as train field service representatives under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity […] More

  • Engility Lands $85M Recompete Award to Engineer Navy Aviation Systems; Lynn Dugle Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility Lands $85M Recompete Award to Engineer Navy Aviation Systems; Lynn Dugle Quoted

    Engility has secured a potential five-year, $85 million contract from the U.S. Navy to develop, engineer, analyze and test naval aviation warfare systems for the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division. The company said Thursday it will also help NAWCAD integrate the systems into aircraft and provide life cycle support services. “We look forward to studying, analyzing […] More

  • KBR's Government Unit Awarded $71M DHA Cybersecurity Support Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KBR’s Government Unit Awarded $71M DHA Cybersecurity Support Order

    KBR‘s government services business has received a potential three-year, $71M task order to help the the Defense Health Agency secure health care information technology systems. The company said Wednesday KBRwyle will support DHA’s assessment and authorization division in efforts to comply with information assurance directives and processes; prepare risk management framework packages; assess potential risks; and standardize IA test […] More

  • NASA Solicits Space Relay Infrastructure Studies, Designs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Solicits Space Relay Infrastructure Studies, Designs

    NASA is soliciting industry for designs and studies that would help the agency modify its space relay infrastructure through the use of public-private partnerships. The space agency intends to employ an augmented space relay to develop shared satellite systems and provide commercial communications or navigation services, NASA said Aug. 16 in a FedBizOpps notice. The solicitation […] More

  • Cubic Named as 2019 Military Friendly Employer; Bradley Feldmann Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Named as 2019 Military Friendly Employer; Bradley Feldmann Quoted

    VIQTORY, a veteran-owned recruitment marketing business, has named Cubic as a military friendly employer, citing its efforts to citing its efforts to provide opportunities for the military community. Cubic said Wednesday it received the recognition as a 2019 Bronze Military Friendly Employer, following an evaluation based on a comprehensive survey, as well as publicly available data. […] More

  • NIST Seeks Microelectromechanical System Design Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST Seeks Microelectromechanical System Design Tool

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a request for information on companies that offer design and layout software for microelectromechanical systems. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday says NIST is interested in an electronic design automation technology designed to generate masks for MEMS device production. The agency requires software for creating geometrical figures and hierarchical models, as […] More

  • Hughes Selected for 2018 Fortune Change the World List - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hughes Selected for 2018 Fortune Change the World List

    Hughes Network Systems has been listed in Fortune magazine’s ranking of companies that have demonstrated a social impact in core business strategies. Fortune placed Hughes in the top 10 of its Change the World List and cited the firm’s efforts to facilitate communications in disaster recovery efforts with technology, the company said Monday. Hughes operated more than […] More

  • Navy Taps Boeing Subsidiary to Deliver Lot II Blackjack UAS, Attrition Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps Boeing Subsidiary to Deliver Lot II Blackjack UAS, Attrition Aircraft

    Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary has received a $54M U.S. Navy contract to provide four Lot II RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned aircraft systems and eight attrition aircraft. Seven of the attrition vehicles would go to the U.S. Marine Corps, while the remaining one would go to the Polish government, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Insitu would also provide complementary […] More

  • DLT to Help Appian Distribute Software to Public Sector Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLT to Help Appian Distribute Software to Public Sector Agencies

    DLT Solutions and Appian have partnered in an effort to provide software, related services and expertise to the public sector. Under the partnership, DLT will distribute Appian’s low-code application services to government agencies, DLT said Tuesday. Brian Strosser, president at DLT, said the products and services to be delivered would help the public sector accelerate digital […] More

  • Engility Awards Cybersecurity Scholarships to Four Military Veterans; Lynn Dugle Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility Awards Cybersecurity Scholarships to Four Military Veterans; Lynn Dugle Quoted

    Engility has awarded cybersecurity scholarships to four military veterans under the CyberWarrior program’s summer 2018 installment. Veterans Jonathan Cervantes, Clint Lovell, Maria Mena and Davide Giovanni Zampieri will receive career development opportunities, training, educational materials and certifications provided under the scholarships, the company said Tuesday. A ceremony took place Tuesday at the TechNet Augusta conference to honor the scholarship […] More