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  • Boundless-Global SOF Foundation Alliance Seeks to Help Armed Forces Address Networked Threats - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boundless-Global SOF Foundation Alliance Seeks to Help Armed Forces Address Networked Threats

    Geospatial software provider Boundless has partnered with the Global SOF Foundation in a move to help special operations forces detect and manage global and networked threats. Boundless said Wednesday the Global SOF Foundation is a nonprofit group that aims to establish a worldwide special operations forces network that consists of military, government, academic and commercial stakeholders. The […] More

  • Comtech Satellite Equipment Support Army Disaster Recovery Missions in Texas - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Comtech Satellite Equipment Support Army Disaster Recovery Missions in Texas

    The U.S. Army has utilized Comtech Telecommunications-developed satellite equipment to support disaster recovery operations in Texas following the landfall of Hurricane Harvey. Comtech said Wednesday that the 63rd Expeditionary Signal Battalion has used the company’s AN/TSC-198 Secret Internet Protocol Router and Non-secure Internet Protocol Router Access Point equipment to provide voice, data, video teleconferencing and […] More

  • Amtrak to Implement Rockwell Collins-Built Application on Diesel Locomotive Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Amtrak to Implement Rockwell Collins-Built Application on Diesel Locomotive Fleet

    Rockwell Collins has inked an agreement with Amtrak to integrate the former’s hosted network, messaging and application platform across 310 locomotives that operate throughout the U.S. Rockwell Collins said Wednesday that Amtrak will implement the ARINC RailwayNet service on its diesel locomotive fleet as part of efforts to meet mandated positive train control requirements under the […] More

  • Raytheon to Develop Incremental Software for Air Force AIM-120D Missiles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Develop Incremental Software for Air Force AIM-120D Missiles

    Raytheon‘s missile systems business has received a $38.6 million contract to develop  incremental software that will work to increase the performance of the U.S. Air Force‘s  advanced medium-range air-to-air missile system. The company will provide AIM-120D AMRAAM software to the military branch as part of the System Improvement Program 3- Engineering Manufacturing, Development program,  the Defense Department […] More

  • DHS Awards 5 Govt Mobile App Security Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Awards 5 Govt Mobile App Security Contracts

    The Department of Homeland Security‘ science and technology directorate has awarded $8.6 million in contracts to five research and development projects that aim to help increase the security of mobile applications for the federal government. Recipients of the grants are Apcerto, Lookout, United Technologies Corp.‘s research center, Qualcomm and a Red Hat–Kryptowire team, DHS said Wednesday. The projects […] More

  • Salient CRGT to Help Manage DSA Data Warehouse, Business Intell System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Salient CRGT to Help Manage DSA Data Warehouse, Business Intell System

    Salient CRGT has received a potential five-year, $11.5 million contract for information technology and operational support to the Defense Commissary Agency‘s Enterprise Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence system. The company said Wednesday it will provide big data, cybersecurity, data analytics and management and life cycle  services as well as help DeCA sustain the EDW/BI environment. “We are pleased to […] More

  • Microsoft Unveils Cloud-Based Hybrid Network Monitoring System on Azure Government Cloud-Virginia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Unveils Cloud-Based Hybrid Network Monitoring System on Azure Government Cloud-Virginia

    Microsoft has launched a new cloud-based hybrid network monitoring platform on the Azure Government Cloud-Virginia environment. Sarah Weldon, Azure program manager at Microsoft, said in a blog post published Tuesday that the Network Performance Monitor system helps users observe the connectivity between cloud deployments, data centers, multi-tier applications, user locations and web-based applications. Weldon noted […] More

  • Ensco-Leidos Team to Support Phases II and III of DARPA PNT Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ensco-Leidos Team to Support Phases II and III of DARPA PNT Project

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency selected a Leidos–Ensco partnership to support the second and third phases of a project that aims to create a backup positioning, navigation and timing system. Ensco said Tuesday Phases II and III of DARPA’s Spatial, Temporal and Orientation Information in Contested Environments program will focus on the development of a detailed design and a real-time demonstration […] More

  • MBDA, UK Navy Test Ship-Based Air Missile Defense System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MBDA, UK Navy Test Ship-Based Air Missile Defense System

    MBDA and the U.K. navy have completed the first firings of a new air missile defense system designed to intercept and engage adversarial missiles that travel at supersonic speeds. The Sea Ceptor weapon system was test-fired from the HMS Argyll Type 23 frigate off the coast of Scotland, the U.K. ministry of defense said Monday. Sea Ceptor […] More

  • ViaSat Delivers Link 16 Communications Systems for Canadian Navy's Halifax-Class Frigates - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ViaSat Delivers Link 16 Communications Systems for Canadian Navy’s Halifax-Class Frigates

    ViaSat has supplied an end-to-end Link 16 communications system to support Halifax-class frigates of Canada’s navy. The fleet-wide Link 16 multi-link upgrade will help the Canadian navy boost its communications capacity with U.S., NATO and other allied forces as well as prepare for and address potential at-sea threats, ViaSat said Tuesday. “The Halifax-class frigates are the […] More

  • Orbital ATK, Air Force Enter Military Aircraft Sustainment Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK, Air Force Enter Military Aircraft Sustainment Partnership

    Orbital ATK has partnered with the U.S. Air Force Sustainment Center to support the country’s military aircraft through complementary, composite aerostructure design, manufacturing and inspection services. Both parties aim to address future composite aerostructure requirements on new aircraft types as well as collaborate to maintain, repair and overhaul current platforms as part of the public-private partnership, […] More