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  • DARPA, Navy Set 2018 Tests for Northrop's Tern Unmanned Air System Prototype - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA, Navy Set 2018 Tests for Northrop’s Tern Unmanned Air System Prototype

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the U.S. Navy‘s Office of Naval Research aim to commence ground-based and at-sea flight tests of a Northrop Grumman-built prototype unmanned air system in 2018 as part of the Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node program. DARPA said Thursday its joint Tern project with ONR seeks to utilize forward-deployed small-deck ships such as destroyers and frigates as mobile launch […] More

  • Qualys' Cloud Platform Receives FedRAMP Authority-to-Operate From HHS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Qualys’ Cloud Platform Receives FedRAMP Authority-to-Operate From HHS

    Qualys‘ cloud platform has received an authority-to-operate from the Department of Health and Human Services under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program as the company seeks to expand its footprint in federal civilian agencies. The company said Thursday the Qualys Cloud Platform provides more than 9,200 organizations an integrated suite to support asset discovery, compliance monitoring, network security, […] More

  • Ace Technology Partners Secures Air Force Renewal Under NETCENTS-2 IT Products Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ace Technology Partners Secures Air Force Renewal Under NETCENTS-2 IT Products Vehicle

    Ace Technology Partners has secured its first one-year renewal on a U.S. Air Force contract vehicle that covers standardized networking equipment, supplies and related services. The Air Force’s decision to renew Ace Technology’s position on the NETCENTS-2 contract was partially based on the company’s record of performance of work with government and military customers over the past three decades, the company said […] More

  • SEC to Implement Markov Research & Reporting Software for Investor Protection Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SEC to Implement Markov Research & Reporting Software for Investor Protection Mission

    Markov Processes International has been chosen by the Securities and Exchange Commission to supply a research and reporting platform to aid in SEC’s mutual funds surveillance and investor protection efforts. SEC will implement the Stylus Pro software that MPI developed in response to global interest on asset management regulators for data-driven technology systems that update legacy systems through the application of quantitative analytics, […] More

  • Cubic Subsidiary, Microsoft Partner for Global Smart City Tech Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Subsidiary, Microsoft Partner for Global Smart City Tech Initiative

    Cubic‘s transportation systems business supports a Microsoft-led global campaign to help government agencies, businesses and citizens build “vibrant” communities with technology. The CityNext program aims to combine technologies and other systems in efforts to connect the public sector, industry and people through services intended to facilitate development of sustainable environment for communities, Cubic said Thursday. “Cubic and Microsoft have […] More

  • Octo Consulting to Help Modernize Army's Electronic Medical Records System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Octo Consulting to Help Modernize Army’s Electronic Medical Records System

    Octo Consulting Group has secured a potential three-year, $5 million contract from the U.S. Army‘s medical communications for combat casualty care product management office to support the service branch’s military health records system modernization project. The company said Thursday it will develop a medical information system for the Army to manage electronic medical records of service […] More

  • New York City MTA Taps Cubic for Software Programming & Maintenance Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    New York City MTA Taps Cubic for Software Programming & Maintenance Support

    Cubic‘s transportation systems business unit has secured a $40.3 million contract extension from the New York City Transit segment of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for software programming and maintenance support. The company said Thursday the contract covers assistance on the management of the MetroCard automated fare collection system on an as-needed basis until 2022 as well as […] More

  • GSA Selects Distributed Solutions for Contract Writing-as-a-Service BPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Selects Distributed Solutions for Contract Writing-as-a-Service BPA

    Distributed Solutions Inc. has secured a potential $10.5 million blanket purchase agreement from the integrated technology services branch of the General Services Administration‘s Federal Acquisition Service to develop a contract writing system-as-a-service platform for GSA and its customer agencies. DSI said Wednesday the agreement calls for the company to provide a software-as-a-service, cloud-based enterprise-grade system for government […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Deploys 31st Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer; Brian Cuccias Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Deploys 31st Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer; Brian Cuccias Comments

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding division on Saturday deployed the 31st Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer the company built for the U.S. Navy. The company said Wednesday it transported the USS Paul Ignatius to a floating dry dock using Ingall Shipbuilding’s rail car system, then moved the dock away from the pier and ballasted the structure to float the ship. […] More

  • Bitnami to Include Code Dx App Vulnerability Correlation & Mgmt Tool on Microsoft's Azure Govt Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bitnami to Include Code Dx App Vulnerability Correlation & Mgmt Tool on Microsoft’s Azure Govt Cloud

    Bitnami has selected Code Dx‘s application vulnerability correlation and management tool as one of the first applications to be added on Microsoft‘s Azure Government Cloud marketplace. Code Dx said Wednesday government organizations can deploy the application vulnerability correlation and management system via Bitnami for evaluations, product installations and future updates. “Government organizations are looking for applications that […] More

  • Straightline Aviation to Utilize Lockheed Hybrid Airships for Rare Mineral Cargo Transportation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Straightline Aviation to Utilize Lockheed Hybrid Airships for Rare Mineral Cargo Transportation

    Straightline Aviation has signed a memorandum of agreement with Quest Rare Minerals for the delivery of dedicated air services to transport ore concentrate, supplies and personnel via Lockheed Martin‘s hybrid airships. Quest Rare Minerals said Wednesday SLA will operate seven LMH-1 hybrid airships that will serve as a shuttle transportation service for personnel, supplies and mine operations between […] More

  • Charles River Analytics-Led Team to Develop Automated Cyber Attack Prediction System for IARPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Charles River Analytics-Led Team to Develop Automated Cyber Attack Prediction System for IARPA

    Charles River Analytics has secured a potential $10.5 million contract from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity to help IARPA develop an automated system to forecast impending cyber attacks. Charles River Analytics said Tuesday it will lead an interdisciplinary team of professionals from  Battelle, Raytheon‘s BBN Technologies subsidiary, Assured Information Security, Arizona State University, George Mason University and […] More