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  • Naval Research Lab to Solicit Proposals for Shipboard Antenna R&D Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Naval Research Lab to Solicit Proposals for Shipboard Antenna R&D Program

    The Naval Research Laboratory plans to seek industry proposals for research and development of dual microwave and millimeter wave antennas with a capacity to transmit radio frequency in the 4 gigahertz to 40 gigahertz range. The R&D effort seeks to design, test, install and deliver 10 preliminary antennas as well as multiple pairs of forward and aft antennas, the U.S. Navy said in a […] More

  • Tenable to Support NIST Special Publication for Compliance Reports - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tenable to Support NIST Special Publication for Compliance Reports

    Tenable Network Security will support a National Institute of Standards and Technology special publication in an effort to aid systems integrators and non-federal organizations on reports with regards to compliance. The company said Thursday the NIST SP 800-171 offers federal contractors, service providers and non-federal organizations a capacity to continuously monitor, measure and communicate adherence to NIST’s technical […] More

  • Air Force Taps TEGAM for Updated RF Power Standards - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps TEGAM for Updated RF Power Standards

    TEGAM has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide radio-frequency power measurement technology to update RF power sensor calibators that the service branch’s precision metrology and electronics laboratories currently use. TEGAM said Wednesday it will provide 48 Model 2505A RF power standards for the 6 kilohertz to 18 gigahertz frequency that will each replace two legacy RF power […] More

  • Report: Boeing-Built X-37B Space Plane Logs 500+ Days in Orbit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Boeing-Built X-37B Space Plane Logs 500+ Days in Orbit

    A Boeing-built orbital test vehicle has spent more than 500 days in Earth orbit since the U.S. Air Force launched the unmanned spacecraft from Cape Canaveral in Florida last year, Space.com reported Monday. Leonard David writes the X-37B space plane launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on May 20, 2015 as part of the Orbital Test Vehicle-4 mission. The X-37B […] More

  • BlueLine Grid, Cisco to Integrate Collaboration Tools for Public Safety Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BlueLine Grid, Cisco to Integrate Collaboration Tools for Public Safety Market

    Cisco and BlueLine Grid have partnered to integrate the companies’ collaboration platforms in an effort to help facilitate digital public-safety communications between law enforcement agencies and and private sector stakeholders. Matt Melton, director of sales at BlueLine Grid, wrote in a guest post published Tuesday on Cisco’s website that the companies will highlight their partnership during the annual International Association of Chiefs of […] More

  • Tetra Tech to Support USAID's Water Supply, Sanitation Efforts in Africa and Asia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tetra Tech to Support USAID’s Water Supply, Sanitation Efforts in Africa and Asia

    Tetra Tech has secured a $29 million contract from the U.S. Agency for International Development to support development efforts on water supply, sanitation and hygiene systems across sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. The company said Tuesday it will collaborate with USAID’s Global Health Bureau to promote good hygiene practices and rural sanitation under the five-year Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Partnerships and […] More

  • Xerox Survey Discovers Demand for Innovation in Transportation Tech; Pat Elizondo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Xerox Survey Discovers Demand for Innovation in Transportation Tech; Pat Elizondo Comments

    A Xerox study reports that 49 percent of respondents from 23 cities around the world believe one application will support all transportation needs while 27 percent see themselves using a self-driving car by 2020. Xerox said Monday the upcoming Global Transportation Survey report reflects citizens’ increased expectations for integrated transportation services and innovation over the coming years. “Mobility is complicated, infrastructure […] More

  • Eutelsat Taps Orbital ATK, Airbus to Develop New Satellite for Europe & North Africa Video Markets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Eutelsat Taps Orbital ATK, Airbus to Develop New Satellite for Europe & North Africa Video Markets

    Eutelsat Communications has selected Orbital ATK and Airbus to develop a new satellite on the 5° West orbital position that will cater to video markets in Europe and North Africa. Eutelsat said Tuesday Airbus will construct the satellite’s payload and Orbital ATK will manufacture the platform of the EUTELSAT 5 West B which will be launched in 2018 […] More

  • Veris Group to Offer Agencies Cyber Services Under GSA Schedule 70 Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Veris Group to Offer Agencies Cyber Services Under GSA Schedule 70 Contract

    Veris Group will offer penetration testing, cyber hunting and risk and vulnerability assessment services to government agencies through the General Services Administration‘s Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services Special Item Number. The company said Friday its adaptive threat division that offers red teaming, hunt operations and application security assessment services will act as a primary provider of services […] More

  • MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates to Develop Canada's Space-Based Synthetic Aperture Radar - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates to Develop Canada’s Space-Based Synthetic Aperture Radar

    MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has been awarded an $11.4 million contract option by Canada’s department of national defense to develop space-based synthetic aperture radar technology for a maritime surveillance project. The radar will be built to support the Polar Epsilon 2 broad-area maritime surveillance system that will utilize Canada’s RADARSAT Constellation Mission, MDA said Thursday. PE2 ground systems are designed to receive and process information from RCM SAR satellites […] More

  • Mercury Systems Introduces New Rackmount Server for Defense Sector; Shaun McQuaid Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mercury Systems Introduces New Rackmount Server for Defense Sector; Shaun McQuaid Comments

    Mercury Systems has unveiled a rackmount server for the defense sector designed to perform mission processing, sensor processing and cybersecurity applications at the annual Association of the U.S. Army meeting in Washington. The company said Oct. 3 the ATX-class servers will work to address market demand for systems to protect mission-required functions and support command-and-control, battle management […] More

  • Navy Discusses Large Displacement UUV Program at Industry Day - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Discusses Large Displacement UUV Program at Industry Day

    The U.S. Navy‘s unmanned maritime systems program office and Naval Undersea Warfare Center Newport Division held an industry information day to discuss the service branch’s plan to procure a new class of large-displacement unmanned undersea vehicles. The forum drew 265 representatives from 138 companies and sought to inform interested vendors on the Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle program, the Navy said Thursday. […] More