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  • Lockheed Puts EchoStar XIX Comms Satellite in Orbit; Steve Skladanek Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Puts EchoStar XIX Comms Satellite in Orbit; Steve Skladanek Comments

    Lockheed Martin‘s commercial launch services business has sent a communications satellite into orbit for client Hughes Network Systems using a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V 431 rocket. The EchoStar XIX satellite lifted off Sunday from Cape Canaveral Air Station’s Space Launch Complex 41 in Florida at 2:13 p.m. Eastern time, Lockheed said Sunday. The satellite is designed to help the HughesNet Gen5 system deliver […] More

  • Vector Space Systems, NASA Test First-Stage Rocket Engine Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vector Space Systems, NASA Test First-Stage Rocket Engine Tech

    Vector Space Systems has tested a first stage engine that features an injector the company produced with NASA‘s science, technology and mission directorate using three-dimensional printing technology. The engine test occurred Dec. 8 in Mojave, California, and was a key step towards Vector Space Systems’ goal to help startups gain access to space through the Vector-R rocket, the company said Thursday. “Our […] More

  • SAIC to Sustain MH-60 Helicopter Weapon Systems for US Navy, Intl Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC to Sustain MH-60 Helicopter Weapon Systems for US Navy, Intl Clients

    Science Applications International Corp. has secured a five-year, $11.8 million contract to support and sustain weapon systems of the U.S. Navy‘s fleet of MH-60 Seahawk helicopters. The Defense Department said Friday the Naval Surface Warfare Center will obligate $100,000 in fiscal 2017 working capital funds at the time of award for support and sustainment work on MH-60R […] More

  • Azure Summit Technology to Support SIGINT Mission Sensor for Navy Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Azure Summit Technology to Support SIGINT Mission Sensor for Navy Platforms

    Azure Summit Technology has secured a potential five-year, $48.5 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to support a mission sensor developed for the military branch’s manned and unmanned platforms. The Defense Department said Friday the Common Chassis Signals Intelligence mission sensor will be used to facilitate collection of identification and localization intelligence data from electronic […] More

  • Space.com: NASA to Utilize IBM-Developed Watson Computer for Spaceflight Science Inquiries - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space.com: NASA to Utilize IBM-Developed Watson Computer for Spaceflight Science Inquiries

    IBM‘s question-answering computer platform will analyze aerospace research and data to help NASA answer inquiries on spaceflight science and support decision-making processes during air travel, Space.com reported Thursday. Sarah Lewin writes NASA’s Langley Research Center will utilize the Watson computer to help researchers sort through large amounts of data generated by aerospace research. “The idea […] More

  • Veris Group to Utilize Endgame Security Platform to Boost Threat Hunting Capacity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Veris Group to Utilize Endgame Security Platform to Boost Threat Hunting Capacity

    Veris Group‘s adaptive threat division will use Endgame‘s endpoint detection and response platform in a push to boost detection, response and threat hunting capacity for customers and help them address security threats at a faster rate. Endgame said Thursday the partnership builds on its previous platform updates such as the In-Memory Attack Detection and Malicious Persistence […] More

  • BAE, Cyber London Extend Collaboration to Help Security Startups; Richard Wilding Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE, Cyber London Extend Collaboration to Help Security Startups; Richard Wilding Comments

    BAE Systems has extended a partnership with Cyber London for another three years in support of efforts to foster innovation and develop talent in U.K.’s cybersecurity sector. BAE said Thursday the commitment builds on the first 18 months of the partnership during which more than 23 startup companies complete CyLon’s three-month accelerator program of professional training and […] More

  • London's Heathrow Airport Taps Jacobs for Engineering Services to Support Expansion Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    London’s Heathrow Airport Taps Jacobs for Engineering Services to Support Expansion Efforts

    Jacobs Engineering Group has secured a four-year contract from London’s Heathrow Airport for engineering and planning services to aid the airport’s expansion efforts. Jacobs said Tuesday it will oversee design activities for the airfield, earthworks and highways along with support to the Heathrow Integrated Design Team composed of seven aviation design and planning organizations selected for […] More

  • Riverbed Survey: Federal Employees Cite Application Latency Issues in Productivity Concerns - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Riverbed Survey: Federal Employees Cite Application Latency Issues in Productivity Concerns

    Riverbed Technology has released a new survey that found nearly all of the 335 federal employee respondents believe latency issues from bandwidth-intensive applications have negatively impacted agency productivity. Riverbed said Tuesday one in three respondents reported that it takes more than 24 hours for an agency to address application failures and crash, freezes, speed and load time […] More

  • Air Force Selects Zenoss to Provide Distributed Common Ground System IT Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Selects Zenoss to Provide Distributed Common Ground System IT Software

    Zenoss has been awarded multi-site software contract for information technology software and services to support the U.S. Air Force Distributed Common Ground System. Zenoss said Wednesday it will offer its Hybrid IT Monitoring Platform that offers visibility in cloud, physical and virtual environments to federal agencies and public sector organizations. The Air Force Distributed Common Ground System, also known […] More

  • AT&T to Help NASA Update Deep Space Network's Comms Capacity Through VPN; Mike Leff Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T to Help NASA Update Deep Space Network’s Comms Capacity Through VPN; Mike Leff Comments

    AT&T has been selected by NASA to provide a high-speed virtual private network intended to connect the radio antennas of a scientific telecommunications system that supports the agency’s interplanetary spacecraft missions. The company said Wednesday its VPN technology will work to increase the Deep Space Network‘s data transmission capacity up to three times faster than its current bandwidth without the need for hardware upgrades. […] More

  • Parsons Subsidiary Lands Cybercom Support Task Order; Carey Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Subsidiary Lands Cybercom Support Task Order; Carey Smith Comments

    Parsons‘ Secure Mission Solutions subsidiary has secured a five-year task order from the General Services Administration to provide support services for the U.S. Cyber Command. Parsons said Wednesday it will help USCYBERCOM address its capability development group’s requirements through research and development, engineering, test and evaluation, information technology and professional services. “This award continues our longstanding support of USCYBERCOM’s mission […] More