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  • Lockheed Gets $61M Contract Modification for Navy Aegis Facility O&M Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets $61M Contract Modification for Navy Aegis Facility O&M Support

    Lockheed Martin has received a one-year, $61.3 million contract modification to help the U.S. Navy operate and maintain development and test facilities for the Aegis combat system. The Defense Department said Monday the modification covers technical engineering, configuration management, associated equipment, quality assurance and information assurance services for the Combat Systems Engineering Development Site, SPY-1A Test Facility and the […] More

  • ECS to Extend Program Support for NOAA Under $68M BPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ECS to Extend Program Support for NOAA Under $68M BPA

    ECS Federal has secured a $68.4 million blanket purchase agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide a range of services for the office of marine and aviation operations. The BPA adds aircraft and unmanned systems services to ECS’ area of support, which previously included mostly maritime-related activities, the company said Friday. ECS added […] More

  • Gene Colabatistto: CAE Eyes Big Data Analytics for Future Simulators - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gene Colabatistto: CAE Eyes Big Data Analytics for Future Simulators

    CAE looks to use big data analytics to optimize its future flight simulators and address training challenges that students face, AIN Online reported Saturday. Gene Colabatistto, president of CAE’s defense and security group, said at the 2017 Paris Air Show that data from mission playbacks can be analyzed to determine particular maneuvers, procedures or exercises where students […] More

  • Centra Technology Wins $61M DTRA Contract to Examine Military Asset Survivability - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Centra Technology Wins $61M DTRA Contract to Examine Military Asset Survivability

    Centra Technology has won a potential $61.8 million contract from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to assess the survivability of U.S. military assets. The Defense Department said Friday the company will evaluate U.S. and allied national/theater mission systems, networks, architectures, infrastructures and assets from DTRA’s headquarters at Fort Belvoir in Virginia through Aug. 11, 2022. The Balanced Survivability […] More

  • NASA, Lockheed, Orbital ATK Test Orion Spacecraft Launch Abort Motor - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Lockheed, Orbital ATK Test Orion Spacecraft Launch Abort Motor

    Orbital ATK has worked with NASA and Lockheed Martin to test-fire a motor technology for the Orion spacecraft’s launch abort system. The Qualification Motor-1 test was conducted at Orbital ATK’s facility in Promontory, Utah, and evaluated if the motor could activate within milliseconds and operate as designed under high temperatures, Orbital ATK said Thursday. Lockheed awarded Orbital ATK a $98 million subcontract […] More

  • NICE inContact Seeks FedRAMP Authorization for Customer Interaction Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NICE inContact Seeks FedRAMP Authorization for Customer Interaction Platform

    A subsidiary of enterprise software developer NICE has applied for Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification for a cloud-based contact center software platform under the sponsorship of a government agency. NICE inContact said Thursday it aims to deliver Customer Interaction Cloud software to customer agencies that seek to replace their on-premises platforms or implement contact center technology for the first time. InContact is currently […] More

  • Tiag to Build Wellness & Performance Tracking Platform for Navy Sailors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tiag to Build Wellness & Performance Tracking Platform for Navy Sailors

    Reston, Virginia-based technology services provider tiag will design and build an expanded version of its performance tracking system for the U.S. Navy. The company said Tuesday it will evolve the Warrior Performance Platform into an interactive Human Performance Self-Service Kiosk in an effort to provide sailors access to wellness and nutrition information tailored to their individual fitness goals. The HPSSK will also work to integrate with various personal electronic devices and […] More

  • SAIC's Tony Moraco Expects Increased Govt Contracting Activity for Fiscal 2017 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC’s Tony Moraco Expects Increased Govt Contracting Activity for Fiscal 2017

    Tony Moraco, CEO of Science Applications International Corp., has said he expects an increase in government contracting activity as federal agencies move to obligate funds for the rest of fiscal year 2017, FCW reported Wednesday. Moraco, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2017, told investors and analysts during SAIC’s fiscal 2018 first-quarter earnings call that he observed many agencies looking to […] More

  • 2 Boeing Subsidiaries Partner for VIP Flight Services to Air Mobility Command - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    2 Boeing Subsidiaries Partner for VIP Flight Services to Air Mobility Command

    A team composed of Boeing subsidiaries Tapestry Solutions and Jeppesen has secured a potential five-year, $28 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide  executive airlift flight dispatch services to the Air Mobility Command. Tapestry said Wednesday the team will help AMC transport very important persons such as the U.S. president, vice president, first lady, cabinet leaders, Congress members, senior military leaders […] More

  • MDA Seeks Industry Info on High Altitude, Long Endurance UAS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MDA Seeks Industry Info on High Altitude, Long Endurance UAS

    The Missile Defense Agency has posted a request for information on a high altitude, long endurance unmanned aircraft system that can provide support in the 2023 timeframe. MDA said Tuesday in a FedBizOpps notice that the UAS should be able to carry a high energy laser system payload to high altitudes to mature boost phase intercept, or the capacity to destroy missiles while […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Provide Navy E-2D Hawkeye Tactics Trainer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Provide Navy E-2D Hawkeye Tactics Trainer

    Rockwell Collins‘ simulation and training solutions business has secured a $34.2 million contract to deliver a training system for the U.S. Navy‘s E2-D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will perform aircraft-to-simulator concurrency updates; implement aircraft change directives/engineering change proposals; and integrate and test software applications under the E-2D Hawkeye Integrated Training Systems III […] More

  • Leidos Unveils Managed Threat Detection Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Unveils Managed Threat Detection Service

    Leidos has launched a managed cybersecurity service offering intended to help security teams detect threats before a breach occurs. The company said Tuesday its Managed Detection and Response service works to identify malicious threats, analyze intrusions and provide intelligence-based actionable guidance to support future prevention efforts. MDR seeks to discover threats at the delivery, exploit, install or command and control stage as well as […] More