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  • Drone Racing League, USAF Partnership to Support Pilot Recruitment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Drone Racing League, USAF Partnership to Support Pilot Recruitment

    The U.S. Air Force has renewed its partnership with Drone Racing League to expand efforts that promote professional drone piloting and support the service branch’s pilot recruitment efforts. The renewed partnership provides virtual drone racing, season-broadcast integrations, custom content and other DRL opportunities to drone pilots, DRL said Wednesday. Aspiring drone pilots will get the […] More

  • AeroVironment Launches New Ground Control System for UAS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AeroVironment Launches New Ground Control System for UAS

    AeroVironment has unveiled a new ground-based platform designed to facilitate the command and control operations of unmanned aircraft systems. The company said Wednesday its Crysalis platform uses intuitive user experience to serve as a ground control system for AeroVironment-made UAS. Crysalis consists of hardware, software and antennas and features a modular build that allows for […] More

  • NGA Seeks Info on Security Services for MOJAVE Functional Area 2 Follow-on - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NGA Seeks Info on Security Services for MOJAVE Functional Area 2 Follow-on

    The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency seeks market information on security services for a program that supports NGA’s information technology, security and intelligence functions. NGA said Friday in a request for information notice posted on SAM.gov it invites both small and large businesses to submit capability statements on interest levels, offerings and qualifications for follow-on efforts under […] More

  • 6 Northrop Facilities Earn DCSA's Industrial Security Recognition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    6 Northrop Facilities Earn DCSA’s Industrial Security Recognition

    The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency has recognized the implementation and sustainment of industrial security programs of six Northrop Grumman facilities. Northrop said Tuesday it received DCSA’s James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award, which is given to companies that demonstrate compliance with high-level industrial security standards. A DSCA-designated industrial security representative nominated facilities, […] More

  • Spirit AeroSystems, Albany Engineered Composites to Offer Thermal Protection Tech for Hypersonic Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Spirit AeroSystems, Albany Engineered Composites to Offer Thermal Protection Tech for Hypersonic Projects

    Two Spirit AeroSystems Holdings subsidiaries will work with Albany Engineered Composites to jointly support hypersonic technology projects as part of a technical collaboration agreement between the parties. Spirit AeroSystems and Fiber Materials, along with the Albany International Corp. subsidiary, will collaboratively build a suite of thermal protection system offerings designed to accelerate hypersonic programs, Spirit […] More

  • Lockheed-Made F-35 Aircraft Achieves 400K Flight Hour Milestone - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Made F-35 Aircraft Achieves 400K Flight Hour Milestone

    Lockheed Martin-built F-35 Lightning II aircraft from across the globe have collectively flown for 400,000 hours of operational, training and developmental activities. Combat-assigned and operational F-35 units recorded 165,000 flight hours or approximately 41 percent of the total figure,  the company’s F-35 program said Thursday. The combined flight hours ran across 235,329 sorties of 224 […] More

  • Northrop Uses Siemens-Made Software for Integration of Program Data Repositories - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Uses Siemens-Made Software for Integration of Program Data Repositories

    Northrop Grumman now manages its program data and product life cycles through digital technologies offered by a software-focused subsidiary of Siemens. Northrop said Friday it uses Siemens Digital Industries Software’s Xcelerator products to share data on product performance and integrate program data repositories. Xcelerator is designed to simplify digital transformation across product development, manufacturing and […] More

  • CISA to Launch Industry Day for Future Cybersecurity Assessment Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CISA to Launch Industry Day for Future Cybersecurity Assessment Contract

    The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency will host a virtual industry event on July 20 to inform interested parties about a future contract for vulnerability management assessment services. CISA said Wednesday in a SAM.gov notice it invites companies to learn more about the Blue Team Contract, which would task contractors to assess cybersecurity of information […] More

  • Industry Vet Suzette Stoler Named VP, Buildings Sector Lead at Woolpert - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Industry Vet Suzette Stoler Named VP, Buildings Sector Lead at Woolpert

    Suzette Stoler, who holds over three decades of experience in the architecture-engineering industry, has joined Woolpert to serve as vice president and leader of the company’s buildings sector. She will oversee Woolpert’s team of architects, engineers, interior designers and planners in projects that cater to both public and private sector markets, the company said Thursday. […] More

  • Trident Systems Promotes John Broglio to Company President - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Trident Systems Promotes John Broglio to Company President

    John Broglio, a nearly three-decade executive at Trident Systems, has succeeded Nick Karangelen to serve as the company’s president following the latter’s retirement. Broglio has been with Trident since 1993, holding several positions of increasing responsibilities, such as program manager and more recently, as executive vice president for operations. He led efforts to commercialize technologies […] More

  • Zscaler, Google, McAfee Complete DIU Cloud Access Security Prototypes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Zscaler, Google, McAfee Complete DIU Cloud Access Security Prototypes

    The Defense Innovation Unit has issued “success memos” to Zscaler, Google‘s cloud business and McAfee after the technology vendors met prototyping objectives of the agency’s Secure Cloud Management program. All three companies developed platforms that work to help DIU users secure access to software-as-a-service applications via the internet, the Department of Defense’s innovation arm said […] More

  • Oracle Granted New FedRAMP Approval, DISA IL5 Accreditation for Cloud Products - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oracle Granted New FedRAMP Approval, DISA IL5 Accreditation for Cloud Products

    Oracle has received a new authority to operate for a set of cloud offerings under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, expanding the range of Oracle cloud products available to the federal government. The company said Wednesday the Joint Authorization Board awarded the FedRAMP high provisional ATO while the Defense Information Systems Agency granted […] More