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  • General Atomics Completes First Predator Flight at North Dakota UAS Training Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Completes First Predator Flight at North Dakota UAS Training Facility

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business unit has conducted the first flight of a company-owned remotely piloted aircraft at its Unmanned Aircraft System Flight Training Academy in Grand Forks, North Dakota. David Alexander, GA-ASI president of aircraft systems, noted the first Predator flight milestone for the academy works to demonstrate the company’s UAS training operations within the National Airspace System, General Atomics […] More

  • BAE Taps Evoqua to Supply Biofouling Control Tech for Australian Navy's Frigates - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Taps Evoqua to Supply Biofouling Control Tech for Australian Navy’s Frigates

    BAE Systems‘ Australian subsidiary has chosen Pittsburgh-based Evoqua Water Technologies to design and produce seawater electrochlorination technology for Australia’s warships. Evoqua said Thursday it expects to deliver Chloropac systems to BAE during the next six years for installation onboard eight ANZAC-class frigates of the Australian navy. The system will work to prevent marine growth in the ships’ seawater cooling systems, according to […] More

  • Sentient Vision Updates Automated Land & Maritime Object Detection Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sentient Vision Updates Automated Land & Maritime Object Detection Software

    Australia-based computer vision systems provider Sentient Vision Systems has unveiled the latest update to its automated object detection software for land and maritime applications. Sentient said July 19 the Kestrel 4.0 update includes functions that work to cut image processing requirements by 50 percent and support high-definition image processing on a processor. “This upgrade allows our ground-based customers […] More

  • Army Engineers Eye Industry Support for DoD's Post-Chattanooga Building Security Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Engineers Eye Industry Support for DoD’s Post-Chattanooga Building Security Initiative

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wants industry partners to support a potential $80 million Defense Department investment for physical security updates at close to 900 recruiting centers across 70 metropolitan areas, Military Times reported Wednesday. Jeff Schogol writes the Corps plans to install cubical walls with ballistic protection at a capacity to stop 7.62-millimeter rounds as well as visual identification features, […] More

  • Carahsoft to Distribute AdvoLogix Legal Matter Mgmt Services Across Public Sector Markets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Distribute AdvoLogix Legal Matter Mgmt Services Across Public Sector Markets

    Carahsoft has teamed up with AdvoLogix to distribute the latter’s cloud-based law practice and legal matter management services in the local, city, state and federal government markets. AdvoLogix said Tuesday its software-as-a-service suite was designed to help legal departments in the government update matter management processes, prioritize workloads, focus legal capacity, simplify document/email management and streamline internal and external collaboration. Carahsoft […] More

  • BAE, Intelligent Textiles Partner on Wearable Power Supply Tech Offering; Paul Burke Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE, Intelligent Textiles Partner on Wearable Power Supply Tech Offering; Paul Burke Comments

    BAE Systems has partnered with Intelligent Textiles to market a new wearable technology designed to serve as an alternative to heavy portable data and power supplies for military and emergency service personnel use. BAE Systems said July 11 the partnership aims to offer the Broadsword Spine e-textile based layer technology to armed forces, fire and rescue services and law enforcement organizations that rely […] More

  • Lockheed-KAI Team Test Flies Second T-50A Trainer Aircraft; Doug Batista Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-KAI Team Test Flies Second T-50A Trainer Aircraft; Doug Batista Comments

    A team comprised of Lockheed Martin and Korea Aerospace Industries has tested a second T-50A aircraft in pursuit of the U.S. Air Force‘s T-X trainer replacement contract. “We now have two aircraft in flight test proving our upgrade and we’re nearing completion of our assembly and training operations center in Greenville, South Carolina,” Doug Batista, Lockheed’s T-50A program manager, […] More

  • ICF to Support HUD Community-Focused Technical Assistance & Capacity Building Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF to Support HUD Community-Focused Technical Assistance & Capacity Building Program

    The Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded three cooperative agreements worth a total of $11.2 million to ICF International to support the department’s technical assistance and capacity building program. ICF said Wednesday it will provide various services in support of the Community Compass program, manage the HUD Exchange platform, support group and self-directed learning among grantees and help public […] More

  • Lockheed Gets Navy Approval for IED Countermeasure System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets Navy Approval for IED Countermeasure System

    The U.S. Navy has approved a countermeasure technology Lockheed Martin developed to help protect U.S. and coalition forces against improvised explosive devices. Lockheed said Tuesday its Symphony Block 40 platform is mounted on vehicles and designed to jam electronic trigger signals of radio-controlled IED threats. The company integrated an open architecture into the counter-IED system to provide continuous threat spectrum coverage for military users. Joe Ottaviano, […] More

  • AT&T's Randall Stephenson to Lead Robocalling Strike Force to Support FCC - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T’s Randall Stephenson to Lead Robocalling Strike Force to Support FCC

    Randall Stephenson, AT&T chairman and CEO, has been chosen by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler to head a “Robocalling Strike Force” that will help drive the development and adoption of tools to stop automated calls. Bob Quinn, AT&T federal regulatory group senior vice president, wrote in a blog post published Monday the strike force will also advise the […] More

  • Air Force Eyes 2021 Launch for Follow-On Space Surveillance Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Eyes 2021 Launch for Follow-On Space Surveillance Mission

    The U.S. Air Force plans to launch a space surveillance mission in 2021 to monitor the geosynchronous orbital belt that houses the service branch’s satellites, Space News reported Monday. Mike Gruss writes Congress appropriated $27 million for space situational awareness systems related activities such as the Space Based Space Surveillance to be launched in 2021. AnnMarie Annicelli, an Air Force […] More

  • Lockheed, 3 Universities Team Up to Chase Sandia Labs Mgmt Recompete Contract; Rick Ambrose Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, 3 Universities Team Up to Chase Sandia Labs Mgmt Recompete Contract; Rick Ambrose Comments

    Lockheed Martin has teamed up with Purdue University, New Mexico State University and the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology to bid for a potential $2.9 billion contract to run the Sandia National Laboratories over a 10-year period. Each of the three universities aim to provide personnel and facilities to support Sandia’s research and development of nuclear deterrence, cybersecurity, energy, […] More