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  • CAE Updates Austrian Army's Command and Staff Training Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE Updates Austrian Army’s Command and Staff Training Platform

    CAE has installed an updated version of the company’s command and staff training system at a military educational facility located in Weitra, Austria. The company said Tuesday it implemented the GESI constructive simulation system at Austria’s national defense academy and delivered a third-party communications system to Austria’s Theresian military academy for integration with GESI. Wolfgang Kralicek, head of section training equipment and simulation […] More

  • Vencore to Demo Wireless Network Security Tech Under DARPA Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vencore to Demo Wireless Network Security Tech Under DARPA Contract

    Vencore‘s applied research organization has secured a $3.4 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to help secure military wireless and data against attacks and technical compromises. Vencore Labs will work with DARPA to validate and demonstrate network security technologies on military radios under the third and final phase of the agency’s Wireless Network Defense program, the company said Monday. The […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Gets Navy Contract Funds for Amphibious Transport Dock Engineering Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Gets Navy Contract Funds for Amphibious Transport Dock Engineering Work

    A Huntington Ingalls Industries division has secured a $51 million contract modification to provide life cycle engineering services for the U.S. Navy‘s San Antonio-class amphibious transport docks. HII said Friday its Ingalls Shipbuilding business will also provide post-delivery planning, integration, research, material support, supply chain management, maintenance and training support for certain San Antonio-class shipboard systems. Ingalls Shipbuilding President Brian Cuccias said the company […] More

  • Lockheed-Collinear Partnership Aims to Commercialize Wireless Transmission Tech; Rick Ambrose Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Collinear Partnership Aims to Commercialize Wireless Transmission Tech; Rick Ambrose Comments

    Lockheed Martin and Collinear Networks have partnered to commercialize a global wireless transmission technology designed for telecommunications network operators. Lockheed said Thursday its space systems business has worked with Collinear since June 2014 under a licensing and development agreement to market a Lockheed-developed hybrid point-to-point wireless transmission platform. The agreement gives Collinear exclusive marketing and non-governmental sales rights to the product. Rick […] More

  • BAE's UK Operations to Recruit 235 Graduates in 2017 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE’s UK Operations to Recruit 235 Graduates in 2017

    BAE Systems plans to recruit 235 graduates to work in various businesses across the defense contractor’s U.K.-based operations in 2017. BAE said Thursday 80 graduates will join the applied intelligence business to help deliver cybersecurity services for government and commercial customers. The company added it will hire 77 graduates for maritime businesses, 54 graduates for the military air […] More

  • Data.world, Defense Dept Launch Military Open Data Website - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Data.world, Defense Dept Launch Military Open Data Website

    Public benefit corporation data.world and the Defense Department have partnered to launch an open data website that works to provide searchable, machine-readable and downloadable military datasets. Data.World said Thursday that DoD’s Defense Digital Service worked with data owners across the U.S. military to create the new Data.mil platform. The new website is designed to facilitate collaboration, analysis and discussion among journalists, subject […] More

  • GSA Seeks Industry Feedback on Plans to Reopen Office Products & Supplies Contract Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Seeks Industry Feedback on Plans to Reopen Office Products & Supplies Contract Vehicle

    The General Services Administration has posted a request for information to gather industry feedback on the agency’s plans to reopen an acquisition vehicle for office products and supplies. GSA said Wednesday RFI responses will inform the agency’s plans to accept new offers for Multiple Award Schedule 75 – Office Products and Supplies in fiscal year 2017. “This RFI […] More

  • General Atomics' Certifiable Predator B for UK Air Force Could Carry MBDA Brimstone Missiles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics’ Certifiable Predator B for UK Air Force Could Carry MBDA Brimstone Missiles

    The U.K. defense ministry could integrate an MBDA-built missile into General Atomics‘ Certifiable Predator B unmanned aircraft system as part of the Protector remotely piloted air system program of the British air force. MBDA said Dec. 8 it will work with MoD, the Defense Department and General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business to potentially integrate the Brimstone missile into […] More

  • NASA Seeks R&D Proposals for Future Robotic Planetary Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Seeks R&D Proposals for Future Robotic Planetary Mission

    NASA has begun to solicit proposals for a robotic planetary mission that the space agency aims to launch by the mid-2020s. The agency said Friday the future program will serve as the fourth mission under NASA’s New Frontiers portfolio that includes the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt; the Juno mission to Jupiter; and the […] More

  • Boeing-NCDMM-SwRI Team to Help Air Force Develop Multipurpose Robotic Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing-NCDMM-SwRI Team to Help Air Force Develop Multipurpose Robotic Tech

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $6.7 million contract to a team comprised of Boeing, Southwest Research Institute and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining to help the military branch develop software and technology for a multi-process robotic system. SwRI said Wednesday the team aims to build and demonstrate a mobile robotic platform that will […] More

  • ICF Secures CDC Data & Analytics Support Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF Secures CDC Data & Analytics Support Contracts

    ICF has received a set of contracts worth up to $44.5 million combined from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to carry out data and analytics support services for the agency. The consulting and technology services provider said Wednesday the contracts include two multiple-award blanket purchase agreements with the division of healthcare statistics within CDC’s National Center for […] More

  • Inova Health System Creates Investment Arm, Accelerator Program in Care Optimization Push - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inova Health System Creates Investment Arm, Accelerator Program in Care Optimization Push

    Falls Church, Virginia-based nonprofit healthcare provider Inova Health System has launched an investment unit and an accelerator program in a push to optimize care quality at the organization and in the region. Inova Strategic Investments will invest in healthcare venture funds and in companies that align with Inova’s strategic priorities such as advanced analytics, clinical practice innovations and information technology […] More