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  • Lockheed to Develop System Prototypes for Combined-Arms Squad Under DARPA Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Develop System Prototypes for Combined-Arms Squad Under DARPA Program

    Lockheed Martin has secured a two-year, $12.9 million contract from the U.S. Army to design, develop and test system prototypes for a combined-arms squad. The Defense Department said Thursday Lockheed will perform contract work as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Squad X Experimentation program. Squad X aims to build portable, integrated technologies that would […] More

  • Army Receives 1st Tactical Missile System From Lockheed's Arkansas Production Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Receives 1st Tactical Missile System From Lockheed’s Arkansas Production Facility

    Lockheed Martin has shipped the first Army Tactical Missile System from a manufacturing facility in Camden, Arkansas, to the U.S. Army as part of a contract to produce ATACMS weapons for the service branch and a foreign military customer. Lockheed said Thursday the missile was built at the company’s Precision Fires Production Center of Excellence where the […] More

  • Accenture Survey: 73% of Govt Technology Leaders Cite Security, Privacy as Potential Emerging Tech Advantages - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture Survey: 73% of Govt Technology Leaders Cite Security, Privacy as Potential Emerging Tech Advantages

    Seventy-three percent of 774 government technology leaders who responded to a global survey by Accenture said they believe the use of emerging technology can help public agencies secure data and protect privacy. Accenture said Wednesday it surveyed government technology leaders from nine countries about emerging technologies such as analytics, predictive modeling, internet of things, automation, biometrics and […] More

  • Navy Solicits Bids for USS Fitzgerald Retrieval Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Solicits Bids for USS Fitzgerald Retrieval Contract

    The U.S. Navy has begun to solicit proposals for a contract to transport the damaged USS Fitzgerald guided-missile destroyer back to U.S., United Press International reported Wednesday. The service branch is currently investigating the collision of USS Fitzgerald with a Philippine-flagged container ship off the coast of Honshu, Japan, in June. The Navy posted a solicitation notice on […] More

  • Northrop Subsidiary Reviews Design of Inmarsat Satellite L-Band Reflectors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Subsidiary Reviews Design of Inmarsat Satellite L-Band Reflectors

    Northrop Grumman‘s Astro Aerospace subsidiary has conducted a preliminary design review of L-band reflectors for two communications satellites that Airbus currently develops for Inmarsat. Astro Aerospace will work to mature the reflectors’ design before the Inmarsat-6 satellite program undergoes a critical design review later this year, Northrop said Wednesday. Inmarsat awarded Airbus’ defense and space business a […] More

  • Tim Cahill: Lockheed Eyes Ship-Launched Patriot Missile, New 6-Foot Rocket - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tim Cahill: Lockheed Eyes Ship-Launched Patriot Missile, New 6-Foot Rocket

    Lockheed Martin wants to develop a new range of air and missile defense systems such as a ship-launched variant of the Patriot missile and a new six-foot-long rocket, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. Tim Cahill, vice president of Lockheed’s air and missile defense business, said at the Space and Missile Defense symposium in Huntsville, Alabama that the company looks to produce versions […] More

  • Carahsoft to Offer Agencies Health Research Data via GSA Schedule - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Offer Agencies Health Research Data via GSA Schedule

    Carahsoft has agreed to offer MarketResearch.com‘s healthcare industry research data to government clients via the General Services Administration‘s Schedule contract vehicle. MarketResearch.com said Tuesday its Kalorama Information Knowledge Center provides access to market research in the areas of imaging, medical devices, biotechnology, in vitro diagnostics and pharmaceuticals. Carahsoft will offer complimentary demonstrations of Kalorama Information to customer agencies […] More

  • Chris Kastner: Huntington Ingalls Finds Buyer for Avondale Shipyard - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chris Kastner: Huntington Ingalls Finds Buyer for Avondale Shipyard

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has signed an agreement to sell its Avondale shipyard near New Orleans to an undisclosed buyer, The Maritime Executive reported Wednesday. HII Chief Financial Officer Chris Kastner said Wednesday during a conference call the company expects to wrap up the sale after the buyer completes a due diligence process. Northrop Grumman had operated Avondale until […] More

  • Rolls-Royce to Provide Turbine Generator Equipment, Support for Navy Zumwalt-Class Destroyers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rolls-Royce to Provide Turbine Generator Equipment, Support for Navy Zumwalt-Class Destroyers

    Rolls-Royce has received a $27.3 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to deliver provisioned item orders, engineering services and associated support for the Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers’ turbine-generator sets. The Defense Department said Wednesday the main and auxiliary turbine-generator sets will serve as the primary power source of Zumwalt-class ships. Turbine-generator sets are comprised […] More

  • CenturyLink to Resell King & Union's Cyber Analysis Collaboration Platform; Erich Sanchack Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink to Resell King & Union’s Cyber Analysis Collaboration Platform; Erich Sanchack Comments

    King & Union has authorized CenturyLink to resell a cyber analysis collaboration platform to commercial and government customers under an agreement between the two companies. CenturyLink said Wednesday King & Union’s Avalon platform is designed to use dynamic graphing and threat visualization to provide cyber situational awareness. The cybersecurity offering also features a single workspace where threat analysts can […] More

  • Orbital ATK, NASA Complete Preliminary Design Review on Land Imaging Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK, NASA Complete Preliminary Design Review on Land Imaging Satellite

    Orbital ATK and NASA have conducted a preliminary design review of a land surface mapping satellite the company is building for the space agency and the U.S. Geological Survey. The review occurred at Orbital ATK’s Gilbert, Arizona, facility in July and showed that the Landsat 9 satellite meets system and schedule requirements, the company said Tuesday. NASA awarded […] More

  • Tim Cahill: Lockheed Observes Global Interest in Missile Defense Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tim Cahill: Lockheed Observes Global Interest in Missile Defense Systems

    Lockheed Martin has received queries on missile defense systems from customers as North Korea ramps up long-range missile tests, Reuters reported Wednesday. Tim Cahill, vice president of Lockheed’s air and missile defense business, told Reuters that interest in missile defense grew over the past 12 to 18 months and that some countries have placed missile technology on […] More