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  • DoD Solicits Proposals for Missile-Launched Quadcopter Swarm Payload - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Solicits Proposals for Missile-Launched Quadcopter Swarm Payload

    The Defense Department has begun to solicit proposals for the development of a missile-launched payload comprised of multiple quadcopters. DoD said in a notice posted Nov. 30 on the Small Business Innovation Research program’s website the project aims to produce a swarm of smart quadcopters that will work to deliver explosively formed penetrators to various targets in support of the […] More

  • Report: Industry Group Wants Trump to Continue Weapons Export Control Reform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Industry Group Wants Trump to Continue Weapons Export Control Reform

    The Aerospace Industries Association expects President Donald Trump to continue the Obama administration’s efforts to accelerate the approval process for weapons exports, Defense News reported Friday. Valerie Insinna writes the previous administration worked to transfer defense items from the State Department‘s control under the U.S. Munitions List to the Commerce Department‘s Commerce Control List to streamline transactions. The State […] More

  • Lockheed Starts Optical Payload Development for NASA's Dark Energy Research Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Starts Optical Payload Development for NASA’s Dark Energy Research Programs

    Lockheed Martin has started develop an optical payload that could support NASA‘s research on a mysterious force called dark energy which causes the universe to expand. Lockheed said Thursday NASA selected the company’s Palo Alto, California-based Advanced Technology Center to start the formulation phase of the Wide-Field Optical-Mechanical Assembly. NASA could choose WOMA to serve as the core of the primary […] More

  • NIH Taps Charles River Analytics to Build Software System for Cancer Treatment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIH Taps Charles River Analytics to Build Software System for Cancer Treatment

    Charles River Analytics has received a nine-month, $225,000 contract from the National Institutes for Health to develop a software system that will work to monitor cognitive changes related to cancer and treatment of the disease. The company said Tuesday the Cognitive Assessment and Monitoring Platform For Integrative Research is designed to integrate cognitive measures to evaluate changes in the patient’s cognitive […] More

  • CSRA Adds AWS Commercial & Govt Cloud Platforms to GSA Schedule - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Adds AWS Commercial & Govt Cloud Platforms to GSA Schedule

    CSRA has started to offer Amazon Web Services‘ commercial and government cloud platforms through the General Services Administration‘s IT Schedule 70 contract vehicle. Falls Church, Virginia-based CSRA said Thursday government customers can now buy AWS’ commercial and GovCloud services under Schedule 70’s cloud computing services special item number. Yogesh Khanna, CSRA chief technology officer, said the company’s role as a reseller […] More

  • Navy Plans Airborne Router Devt Contract Award to ATCorp - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Plans Airborne Router Devt Contract Award to ATCorp

    The U.S. Navy plans to award Architecture Technology Corp. a one-year contract to develop 10 ruggedized router prototypes for carrier-based aircraft through a Small Business Innovation Research program, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Thursday. John Keller writes the military branch will ask ATCorp to build small size, weight and power consumption routers called small-form-factor automated networking systems under the third phase of […] More

  • Northrop Teams With Lufthansa Technik, Air France Industries to Maintain Australia's KC-30A Tanker Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Teams With Lufthansa Technik, Air France Industries to Maintain Australia’s KC-30A Tanker Fleet

    Northrop Grumman has entered into separate partnership agreements with Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance and Lufthansa Technik to provide through-life support services for Australia’s fleet of KC-30A multirole tanker transport planes. Northrop said Wednesday AFI KLM E&M will provide aircraft component, auxiliary power unit and CF6 80-E1 engine test, repair and overhaul services; ready access to […] More

  • CenturyLink Secures Multistate Cooperative Contract to Offer Cloud Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink Secures Multistate Cooperative Contract to Offer Cloud Services

    CenturyLink has received a 10-year contract to offer cloud and managed services to state and local government agencies that participate in the NASPO ValuePoint Cooperative Purchasing Organization. The company said Wednesday the NASPO ValuePoint Cloud Solutions Master Agreement is awarded to cloud service providers with offerings that meet security and data protection standards. Marty Leavengood, a CenturyLink vice president, said the […] More

  • AUDS Team's Counter-UAV System Obtains Tech Readiness Level 9 Status - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AUDS Team’s Counter-UAV System Obtains Tech Readiness Level 9 Status

    A counter-unmanned aerial vehicle defense system from a team of three U.K.-based technology companies has achieved technology readiness level 9 status after the platform’s deployment with U.S. forces. The AUDS was built by Blighter Surveillance Systems, Chess Dynamics and Enterprise Control Systems and designed to detect, track and disrupt drones six miles away within eight to 15 seconds, Blighter […] More

  • CORL Study: Only 26% of Health Industry Business Associates Have Security Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CORL Study: Only 26% of Health Industry Business Associates Have Security Certification

    CORL Technologies analyzed the certification status of 1,000 vendors from the company’s database of nearly 30,000 health industry business associates and found that just 26 percent of BAs hold a security certification. CORL said Tuesday its analysis also showed that 74 percent of health industry businesses lack security certifications related to health IT. “Without the proper security certifications in place, a security breach experienced by […] More

  • Technica Secures Task Order to Provide Identity & Access Mgmt Platform for Labor Dept - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Technica Secures Task Order to Provide Identity & Access Mgmt Platform for Labor Dept

    Technica has received a potential $7.7 million task order to provide an identity and access management platform and associated services to the Labor Department. The task order has a base value of $6.3 million with two option years and was awarded through the Department of Homeland Security‘s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program Tools and Continuous Monitoring as a Service blanket purchase agreement, […] More

  • Deloitte Joins Industry Coalition to Help Accelerate 'Smart City' Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte Joins Industry Coalition to Help Accelerate ‘Smart City’ Projects

    Deloitte has joined a coalition of specialists and companies with the goal to accelerate the development of smart cities in the U.S. The professional services firm said Tuesday it will serve as a lead partner in the Smart Cities Council and work with the organization’s advisers and members in efforts to guide cities through investments that could foster sustainable economic […] More