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Nichols Martin

a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, produces articles on the federal government's technology and business interests. The coverage of these articles include government contracting, cybersecurity, information technology, health care and national security.

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  • BAE to Showcase 3D Tech for Naval Construction Projects; Glynn Phillips Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Showcase 3D Tech for Naval Construction Projects; Glynn Phillips Comments

    BAE Systems has developed a three-dimensional technology that employs gaming and computer-aided design software designed to aid naval ship designers and engineers. BAE said Tuesday it will exhibit the 3D technology along with a digital periscope on Australia’s Collins-class submarines and the company’s AMV35 combat reconnaissance vehicle offering for the country’s LAND 400 program at the ongoing SimTecT […] More

  • LinTech to Provide IT Support to DoD Office of Inspector General - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LinTech to Provide IT Support to DoD Office of Inspector General

    LinTech Global has won a potential five-year $48.4 million contract to support information technology functions within the Defense Department‘s Office of the Inspector General. DoD said Monday its education activity received 19 bids for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract through a competitive acquisition process. The contract’s base period is valued at $9.5 million and will run through Aug. 31, […] More

  • MCP Named Sole Awardee of GSA BPA to Supply Dell Products to Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MCP Named Sole Awardee of GSA BPA to Supply Dell Products to Agencies

    Millennium Computer Products has been awarded by the General Services Administration a one-year blanket purchase agreement as the sole supplier of Dell hardware to the government. The BPA works to facilitate the government’s purchases of Dell products such as desktops, monitors, laptops and tablets with standard preconfiguration and optional upgrades through a business model designed to lower […] More

  • Patriot Shipping to Transport USS Fitzgerald to HII Facility in Mississippi - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Patriot Shipping to Transport USS Fitzgerald to HII Facility in Mississippi

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Patriot Shipping a $3.1 million firm-fixed-price contract to transport the damaged guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald to Pascagoula, Mississippi, for repairs. The company will heavy-lift the ship from Yokosuka, Japan, to Pascagoula to undergo repairs by Huntington Ingalls Industries, the Navy said Friday. USS Fitzgerald suffered damages as a result of its collision with […] More

  • Raytheon Opens Defense Customer Engagement Hub in Australia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Opens Defense Customer Engagement Hub in Australia

    Raytheon has opened a customer engagement center in Canberra, Australia, that features a virtual reality immersive environment designed for the company’s defense customers, engineers and industry partners. The company said Monday the center’s opening event was attended by Raytheon CEO Thomas Kennedy; Michael Ward, managing director of Raytheon’s Australian subsidiary; and Christopher Pyne, Australian minister for defense industry. […] More

  • NASA to Use Nikon Digital Cameras at Astronaut Training Facilities, Space Station - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA to Use Nikon Digital Cameras at Astronaut Training Facilities, Space Station

    NASA has ordered single-lens reflex cameras from Nikon for use at the agency’s astronaut training facilities on Earth and for the International Space Station’s vehicular recording activities. Nikon said Friday it will supply NASA with 53 standard D5 SLR cameras that have not undergone any special modification. D5 is designed to function in harsh environments, the company […] More

  • Golden Svcs to Provide Protective Services to NASA Facilities in Ohio - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Golden Svcs to Provide Protective Services to NASA Facilities in Ohio

    NASA has awarded Golden Svcs a potential five-year, $33.4 million contract to help secure two facilities managed by the agency’s Glenn Research Center in Ohio. The company will support emergency and badge management, physical security and personnel security, medical first response, traffic and gate control, security incident and dispatch and patrol operations at GRC’s Lewis Field and Plum Brook […] More

  • Aptim Lands Navy IDIQ Contract for NAVFAC Environmental Lab Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aptim Lands Navy IDIQ Contract for NAVFAC Environmental Lab Services

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Aptim a potential five-year, $49 million contract to provide environmental laboratory services within the Naval Facilities Engineering Command’s Southwest area of responsibility. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers personnel, supervision, equipment and transportation services to support environmental laboratory operations at multiple Navy and Marine Corps facilities as well as other government facilities, the Department […] More

  • Cobham to Produce Missile Eject Launchers for South Korea's Future KF-X Fighter Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cobham to Produce Missile Eject Launchers for South Korea’s Future KF-X Fighter Aircraft

    Korean Aerospace Industries has awarded Cobham a $9 million contract to supply an undisclosed quantity of Missile Eject Launcher units for integration onto South Korea’s future KF-X multirole fighter aircraft. Cobham said Tuesday it aims to deliver the weapons carriage and release equipment to KAI by 2020. Ken Kota, senior vice president and general manager of Cobham’s mission systems […] More

  • Serco-Led Team Lays Keel for Australia's ASRV Icebreaker - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Serco-Led Team Lays Keel for Australia’s ASRV Icebreaker

    A Serco-led industry team laid the first section of keel for Australia’s future icebreaker Antarctic Supply Research Vessel at a ceremony held Friday in Galati, Romania. Serco said Friday four coins were placed under the ASRV’s keel to represent the countries of companies involved in the $1.51 billion shipbuilding project. Denmark-based consulting firm Knud E. Hansen […] More

  • General Atomics' MQ-1C Extended Range Variant Surpasses Flight Test Goal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics’ MQ-1C Extended Range Variant Surpasses Flight Test Goal

    An extended-range variant of General Atomics‘ MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system has exceeded the 40-hour goal during an endurance flight test. General Atomics said Thursday MQ-1C ER was configured for a representative U.S. Army mission and flew 41.9 hours after the UAS was launched from El Mirage, California. It marked the aircraft’s 43rd test flight since Oct. […] More

  • Navy to Conduct Christening Ceremony of Austal-Built USS Charleston - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy to Conduct Christening Ceremony of Austal-Built USS Charleston

    The U.S. Navy is set to hold the christening of the Austal USA-built littoral combat ship LCS-18 to be designated USS Charleston on Aug. 26 in Mobile, Alabama, the service branch said Thursday. Richard Spencer, secretary of the Navy, will deliver the principal address at the ceremony while Charlotte Riley, ship sponsor and wife of former Charleston Mayor Joe Riley, will […] More