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  • Vectrus to Support Army Base Operations in Qatar Under $50M Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vectrus to Support Army Base Operations in Qatar Under $50M Contract Modification

    Vectrus‘ systems business has received a $49.5 million contract modification to help manage U.S. Army base operations in Qatar. The Defense Department said Wednesday Vectrus will perform work in Doha, Qatar, through Sept. 29, 2018. The Army Contracting Command obligated the full modification amount at the time of award from the service branch’s fiscal 2017 operations and maintenance funds. Vectrus […] More

  • Globecomm Builds IP Video, Satcom Systems for USS Gerald Ford Carrier; Dwight Hunsicker Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Globecomm Builds IP Video, Satcom Systems for USS Gerald Ford Carrier; Dwight Hunsicker Comments

    Globecomm has supplied multiple communications and entertainment technologies for use on board the U.S. Navy‘s USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier as a subcontractor to shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries. Hauppauge, New York-based Globecomm said Wednesday its internet protocol video system and satellite and fiber optic-based communications distribution infrastructure will provide media live streaming, at-sea multimedia programming and pier-side […] More

  • Army Wants Info on Longwave IR LIDAR Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Wants Info on Longwave IR LIDAR Sources

    The U.S. Army‘s Edgewood Chemical Biological Center seeks information on potential industry and government sources of light detection and ranging technologies that can detect chemical vapors and biological aerosols. ECBC is surveying commercial and government off-the-shelf longwave infrared LIDAR tools that can perform chemical and biological standoff detection in mobile or fixed sites at ranges of up […] More

  • Persistent Systems Unveils RF Module for Military, Government, Public Safety Radio Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Persistent Systems Unveils RF Module for Military, Government, Public Safety Radio Operations

    Persistent Systems has begun to offer a Lower C-Band radio frequency module for its MPU5 smart radio that will operate in the frequency band used by NATO forces, federal government agencies and public safety organizations. The company said Tuesday the new radio module is designed to support communications in the 4400 to 5000 megahertz frequency as well as provide […] More

  • Vibrent Health SaaS Precision Medicine Platform Gets NIH Security Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vibrent Health SaaS Precision Medicine Platform Gets NIH Security Certification

    Vibrent Health has obtained authorization from the National Institutes of Health to offer its software-as-a-service precision medicine platform to government and commercial customers. The authority to operate confirms that Vibrent’s Learning Health System meets government data security and privacy requirements, the company said Tuesday. The SaaS platform supports NIH’s AllofUs Research Program, a precision medicine initiative that studies how genomics, lifestyle, […] More

  • Public Safety Group to Integrate IBM Cognitive Computing Tech With Emergency Call Guidance Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Public Safety Group to Integrate IBM Cognitive Computing Tech With Emergency Call Guidance Software

    The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International plans to integrate its scripted 9-1-1 guidance software with IBM‘s Watson-based cognitive computing platforms as part of efforts to optimize emergency call taking. IBM said Monday it will incorporate the Watson Speech-to-Text and Watson Analytics tools into the IntelliComm criteria-based guide card software APCO International intends to field at five public safety answering […] More

  • Singapore Installs Elbit Systems-Made Defensive Suite on Apache, Chinook Helicopters - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Singapore Installs Elbit Systems-Made Defensive Suite on Apache, Chinook Helicopters

    Singapore’s air force has installed Elbit Systems-made defense electronics suite on its fleet of Boeing-built AH-64 Apache and CH-47 Chinook helicopters as part of an effort to boost aircraft survivability and mission capacity, Defense News reported. A spokesperson from the Singaporean defense ministry said the upgrade effort covers electronic warfare and satellite communications systems. Sources told Defense […] More

  • Leonardo DRS to Help Navy Install Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Power System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo DRS to Help Navy Install Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Power System

    Leonardo DRS has received a $32.2 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to deliver provisioned item orders, engineering services and associated support for the low-voltage power system of Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers. The Defense Department said Monday Leonardo DRS’ systems business will perform work under the modification through September 2022 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. DDG 1000‘s low-voltage power system includes power […] More

  • Centripetal Demos AI-Powered Cyber Analysis Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Centripetal Demos AI-Powered Cyber Analysis Platform

    Centripetal Networks has demonstrated its artificial intelligence-based cyber analysis platform at the 2017 Cyber Security R&D Showcase hosted by the Department of Homeland Security in Washington, D.C. The company said Monday it participated in the event at the request of DHS to give the cyber industry a preview of the AI-Analyst system. The platform is designed to […] More

  • Telos Offers Automated Risk Mgmt Software to AWS Govt Cloud Users - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Telos Offers Automated Risk Mgmt Software to AWS Govt Cloud Users

    Telos has begun to offer its automated risk management platform to government users of Amazon Web Services‘ GovCloud isolated cloud region. Xacta 360 is now available in the AWS GovCloud Marketplace and the AWS Marketplace for commercial buyers, Telos said Friday. Richard Johnson, manager of cloud information system security at the Department of Homeland Security, said DHS […] More

  • IBM to Help Arizona Implement Cloud Managed Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM to Help Arizona Implement Cloud Managed Services

    IBM has been chosen by the state of Arizona to help its government agencies manage information technology operations with cloud technology. The Arizona Strategic Enterprise Technology organization will deploy IBM cloud services in an effort to establish a statewide IT strategy and offer services and infrastructure to other local agencies, the company said Thursday. ASET will oversee […] More

  • Insitu FireWhat, Esri Form Aerial Reconnaissance for Firefighting Alliance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Insitu FireWhat, Esri Form Aerial Reconnaissance for Firefighting Alliance

    Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary, FireWhat and Esri have partnered with the goal to help firefighters put out wildfires through aerial reconnaissance support. The alliance seeks to integrate Insitu’s INEXA Solutions aerial remote sensing services with FireWhat’s geographic information system hosted on Esri’s ArcGIS mapping platform, Insitu said Thursday. The integrated system will work to deliver near-real time, web-based video feed of […] More