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  • Austal USA Kicks Off Navy Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock Construction - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Austal USA Kicks Off Navy Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock Construction

    Austal USA has started building an auxiliary floating dry dock medium for the U.S. Navy at its Gulf Coast ship manufacturing facility. The construction is the third one to be performed on Austal USA’s advanced steel assembly line following two of Navy’s towing, salvage and rescue ships, the Mobile, Alabama-based shipbuilder said Monday.  The Rennie-type […] More

  • Paul Sartorius Named Director of Solution Integration for National Security Space at Leidos - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Paul Sartorius Named Director of Solution Integration for National Security Space at Leidos

    Paul Sartorius has taken on the role of director of solution integration for national security space at Leidos, the executive announced in a LinkedIn post. Sartorius has approximately two decades of experience in the aerospace and defense industry, and brings his expertise in intelligence analysis, program management and business development in his new role. Prior […] More

  • Former Hitachi, ViON Exec Ray McCay Joins Cyemptive Technologies as Chief Revenue Officer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Hitachi, ViON Exec Ray McCay Joins Cyemptive Technologies as Chief Revenue Officer

    Ray McCay, formerly a vice president at ViON, has been named the first chief revenue officer at cybersecurity company of Cyemptive Technologies. His responsibilities will include overseeing revenue generation, product positioning and customer value strategy as Cyemptive aims to position itself for the next growth phase, the company said Monday. In his prior role, McCay […] More

  • Air Force Seeks Potential Wargaming Analysis Tech Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Seeks Potential Wargaming Analysis Tech Sources

    The U.S. Air Force has released a sources sought notice to identify potential tools capable of enhancing analytics capabilities of the service branch and the Department of Defense for wargaming, training and other efforts to ensure operational effectiveness across combat systems. USAF is seeking a contractor that can provide hardware and subject matter expertise in […] More

  • PickNik Robotics Wins NASA Contracts for Advanced Robotics in Space Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PickNik Robotics Wins NASA Contracts for Advanced Robotics in Space Operations

    PickNik Robotics will develop autonomous fault detection and maintenance technologies for space assets in support of NASA under two contracts. The robotics company said Thursday work under the Small Business Innovation Research program seeks to advance its services for autonomous manipulation, utilization and mission planning in space operations. The first SBIR contract covers the development […] More

  • Peraton Books Naval Research Lab Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Peraton Books Naval Research Lab Support Contract

    Peraton will help the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory develop oceanographic tools under a potential $45.7 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The company will conduct research and development efforts for NRL’s ocean sciences division to better understand geophysical phenomena and the natural marine environment, the Department of Defense said Thursday. NRL expects contract work to conclude by June […] More

  • Northrop to Deliver AN/WSN-12 Maritime Navigation Sensor to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Deliver AN/WSN-12 Maritime Navigation Sensor to Navy

    Northrop Grumman was awarded a production contract to supply the U.S. Navy with a new inertial sensor module meant to enhance sensor capability of naval surface ships and submarines in Global Positioning System-denied environments. The next generation AN/WSN-12 ISM is part of the Navy’s AN-WSN inertial navigator system, which is set to replace the AN-WSN-7 […] More

  • SES Subsidiary Provides Satellite Services to Support AWS Modular Data Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SES Subsidiary Provides Satellite Services to Support AWS Modular Data Center

    SES‘ wholly-owned, government-focused unit made its satellite-powered network connectivity available for Amazon Web Services‘ Modular Data Center in support of the Department of Defense’s deployment of AWS-managed data centers in locations with limited infrastructure.  SES Space & Defense will use its cloud direct offering and facilitate connectivity between field-deployed AWS Modular Data Centers and AWS […] More

  • Viasat to Provide AFRL Program With On-Orbit Space Relay Connectivity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Viasat to Provide AFRL Program With On-Orbit Space Relay Connectivity

    Viasat will contribute on-orbit space relay communications to an Air Force Research Laboratory program aimed at demonstrating connectivity between military spacecraft on low Earth orbit and commercial geostationary platforms. The global communications company said Wednesday it will provide a Ka-band space relay payload for an AFRL mission spacecraft in support of the ARBALEST program. Viasat […] More

  • Teledyne FLIR Reaches Unmanned Ground Robot Delivery Milestone Under Army Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Teledyne FLIR Reaches Unmanned Ground Robot Delivery Milestone Under Army Contract

    Teledyne FLIR has completed the 1,000th delivery of a company-built unmanned ground vehicle under the U.S. Army’s Man Transportable Robotic System Increment II contract. The Army and three other service branches have collectively ordered more than $250 million in Centaur robots since the contract was awarded in 2017, Teledyne FLIR said Wednesday. Military customers procured […] More

  • NIST Opens Funding Opportunity for Cybersecurity Education Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST Opens Funding Opportunity for Cybersecurity Education Efforts

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology plans to invest in efforts to support cybersecurity education and workforce development through a new funding opportunity, Rodney Petersen, director of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education, said Tuesday at the NICE Conference and Expo.  NIST seeks to foster partnerships between employers, educators and critical infrastructure operators under […] More