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  • Oracle Unveils Autonomous Database Cloud Service; Larry Ellison Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oracle Unveils Autonomous Database Cloud Service; Larry Ellison Comments

    Oracle has introduced a cloud-based database service offering intended to help public and private sector customers process, report and analyze transactions. The Autonomous Transaction Processing system uses machine learning algorithms for users to automate existing databases and is designed to run on government, financial, retail and manufacturing applications, Oracle said Tuesday. The company released the offering to complement the firm’s […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Ships Mars 2020 Rover Power Generator to DOE Lab - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Ships Mars 2020 Rover Power Generator to DOE Lab

    Aerojet Rocketdyne and its partner Teledyne have delivered an electric generator system that would help power NASA’s Mars 2020 rover to an Energy Department facility. The Idaho National Laboratory will fuel, test and evaluate the flight readiness of the the Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator, Aerojet Rocketdyne said Tuesday. MMRTG is designed to convert plutonium-238 heat into electricity to power the […] More

  • Dennis Chesley Named Guidehouse Partner; Scott McIntyre Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dennis Chesley Named Guidehouse Partner; Scott McIntyre Comments

    Dennis Chesley, former global leader of risk consulting at PwC, has joined Guidehouse as financial risk management partner. Guidehouse said Tuesday the more than 25-year consulting veteran will oversee strategic advisory services for risk management, operations, compliance, internal control and technology in his new position. “[Chelsey] experience and ability to help clients navigate risk and guide strategy will be crucial […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Completes Hot-Fire Tests of Tactical Booster Motor; Eileen Drake Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Completes Hot-Fire Tests of Tactical Booster Motor; Eileen Drake Comments

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has concluded two hot-fire tests of air-launch motors at the Air Force Research Laboratory, under the firm’s advanced tactical booster program. The company said Monday it designed the solid rocket motors to simulate extreme cold- and hot-soak launch conditions. The tested motors demonstrated the capacity to accelerate vehicles under extreme operational temperatures. Aerojet […] More

  • Lockheed Delivers Final C-5M Aircraft Under USAF Modernization Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Delivers Final C-5M Aircraft Under USAF Modernization Effort

    Lockheed Martin has delivered the 52nd and final aircraft that was refined under a U.S. Air Force program aiming to modernize the C-5 Galaxy strategic transport. The company said Monday it delivered the C-5M Super Galaxy last Thursday from a facility in Marietta, Ga., and that the aircraft completed upgrades under the Reliability Enhancement and […] More

  • Dynetics, Lockheed to Collaborate on Army Laser Weapon System Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dynetics, Lockheed to Collaborate on Army Laser Weapon System Development

    Lockheed Martin will participate in a Dynetics-led consortium that has received a $10 million contract to further develop a weapon system as part of the U.S. Army‘s High Energy Laser Tactical Vehicle Demonstrator program. Team Dynetics proposed a HEL TVD system that will employ subsystems designed to function in rugged operational environments, Lockheed said Monday. The industry […] More

  • Parsons to Provide Design Services for Michigan Road Improvement Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons to Provide Design Services for Michigan Road Improvement Project

    The Michigan Department of Transportation has chosen Parsons to serve as lead designer of a project to add high-occupancy vehicle lanes and rebuild freeway lanes on an 8.5-mile stretch of Oakland County. The company said Monday it will perform work as part of MDOT’s I-75 Segment 2 Design-Build effort that aims to rehabilitate or replace 18 structures, improve […] More

  • Lockheed Ships Fourth AEHF Military Comms Satellite to Cape Canaveral Launch Site - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Ships Fourth AEHF Military Comms Satellite to Cape Canaveral Launch Site

    Lockheed Martin has transported a military communications satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to begin preparations for a scheduled October launch aboard the United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V rocket. The company said Monday it built and tested the fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite in Sunnyvale, Calif., before delivering the system to the launch site. The U.S. […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL to Help Update Navy Healthcare Delivery Model - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Johns Hopkins APL to Help Update Navy Healthcare Delivery Model

    Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has partnered with the U.S Navy to facilitate a pilot program that aims to increase service members’ access to medical services. APL said Thursday it will integrate systems, assess tools and analyzes data in an effort to update healthcare delivery models for active-duty servicemen in Pensacola, Fla., through the Connected Corpsmen in […] More

  • Motorola Solutions Unveils Handheld LTE Device for National Public Safety Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Motorola Solutions Unveils Handheld LTE Device for National Public Safety Network

    Motorola Solutions has introduced a handheld device built to operate with a nationwide public safety communications system AT&T is building for the First Responder Network Authority under a public-private partnership. FirstNet Ready LEX L11 is designed with tools that will work to support communications  in high-noise environments and transmit information to dispatch centers, Motorola said Monday. The company developed the […] More

  • Steve Schorer: Alion Science to Continue Navy Training Support Under Potential $980M Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Steve Schorer: Alion Science to Continue Navy Training Support Under Potential $980M Contract

    Alion Science and Technology has won a position on a potential $980 million U.S. Navy multiple-award contract to provide training equipment, content and services to the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division. Steve Schorer, president and CEO of Alion and a 2018 Wash100 recipient, said in a statement released Friday the company has provided training systems to NAWCTSD over […] More

  • General Dynamics to Introduce LTE Comms System at Public Safety Industry Event - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Introduce LTE Comms System at Public Safety Industry Event

    General Dynamics will unveil a new 4G LTE communications platform at a two-day industry event that is scheduled to kick off Monday. The company said Friday it will showcase during the 2018 APCO International Annual Conference and Expo the FirstRunner system designed to help public safety organizations  communicate and access critical data while they perform missions in […] More