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  • DOI Selects Booz Allen, Spry Methods for Dam Infrastructure Cybersecurity Support IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOI Selects Booz Allen, Spry Methods for Dam Infrastructure Cybersecurity Support IDIQ

    Booz Allen Hamilton and Spry Methods have won positions on a five-year, $45 million contract to help the Interior Department address potential information technology risks to the country’s dam industrial control systems, Nextgov reported Monday. Both companies can vie for task orders to provide technical and professional services, Federal Information Security Management Act compliance and ICS security support to DOI’s Bureau […] More

  • Pratt & Whitney Forms Military Engine Tech Prototyping Arm; Matthew Bromberg Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pratt & Whitney Forms Military Engine Tech Prototyping Arm; Matthew Bromberg Comments

    United Technologies Corp.‘s Pratt & Whitney division has created a business unit that aims to help military customers develop engine technology prototypes. GatorWorks comprises cross-functional teams, a vertical integration system and multiple suppliers and partners, Pratt & Whitney said Tuesday. Matthew Bromberg, president of military engines at Pratt & Whitney, said the newly formed unit […] More

  • Noblis VP Mile Corrigan Earns Women in Technology Recognition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Noblis VP Mile Corrigan Earns Women in Technology Recognition

    Mile Corrigan, vice president of Noblis‘ federal civilian solutions business, has received Women in Technology recognition in the “corporate mid-market sector” category. She is one of the nine category winners, which include six government contracting industry executives, honored with the WIT Leadership Awards, Noblis said Tuesday. Corrigan said she believes communities and organizations should implement efforts to […] More

  • Harris to Update CBP Communications Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Update CBP Communications Platform

    Harris has received two contracts worth a combined $26 million to update communications systems that support Customs and Border Protection missions. The company said Tuesday it will supply CBP with XL-200P public safety radios that feature active noise cancellation, Bluetooth technology, global positioning system and a customizable user interface. XL-200P is equipped with a software-based architecture and designed to comply […] More

  • DLA Orders General Dynamics-Made Machine Gun Barrels for Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLA Orders General Dynamics-Made Machine Gun Barrels for Army

    General Dynamics‘ ordnance and tactical systems business has won a five-year, $17.9 million from the Defense Logistics Agency to supply machine gun barrels to the U.S. Army. DLA received two responses to a competitive bidding process for the firm-fixed-price contract that does not include options, the Defense Department said Monday. Work will take place in Vermont and […] More

  • VA Eyes Viability of Blockchain Tech to Support Contract Close-Outs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Eyes Viability of Blockchain Tech to Support Contract Close-Outs

    The Department of Veterans Affairs requests information from industry about the potential use of blockchain technology to facilitate a contract close-out process that is transparent and uses agency resources cost-effectively. The Office of Procurement, Acquisition and Logistics within VA’s Strategic Acquisition Center said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday that it seeks a proof of concept […] More

  • DRT Obtains AWS Consulting Partner Designation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DRT Obtains AWS Consulting Partner Designation

    Amazon Web Services has granted a Standard-Tier Consulting Partner status to DRT Strategies through the cloud infrastructure provider’s partner network. Arlington, Va.-based DRT said Monday it has supported customers in the design, development, migration and management of applications and workloads with the AWS platform. Chris Zeiders, managing director of DRT’ technology solutions business, said the company works to help […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Delivers 300th F-35 Aircraft to Hill AFB - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Delivers 300th F-35 Aircraft to Hill AFB

    Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Joint Program Office have delivered the 300th F-35 aircraft. The 300th Lightning II unit is an F-35A variant assigned to the U.S. Air Force‘s Hill AF Base, the company said Monday. At present, 197 conventional takeoff and landing variants, 75 short takeoff/vertical landing variants and 28 carrier variants compose the combined F-35 fleet. Over 620 pilots and […] More

  • Gulf Coast Authority Selects Parsons for Wastewater Treatment Facility Upgrade Projects; Mike Johnson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gulf Coast Authority Selects Parsons for Wastewater Treatment Facility Upgrade Projects; Mike Johnson Comments

    The Gulf Coast Authority has contracted Parsons to update pipelines at a wastewater treatment plant located in Bayport, Texas. The company said Monday it will oversee the design and construction of an overflow pipeline and incorporate constructability guidelines to maintain continuous facility operations throughout the project. GCA asked Parsons to also manage engineering and support operations for the […] More

  • PAE Gets Vanguard Award for Stability Operations Support to US Government; John Heller Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PAE Gets Vanguard Award for Stability Operations Support to US Government; John Heller Comments

    The International Stability Operations Association has given Arlington, Va.-based contractor PAE a Vanguard Award in the tier 1 large company category. PAE said Monday it won the recognition during the ISOA 2018 Achievement Award Ceremony for the company’s work to provide capacity building and humanitarian operations support, as well as maintain transparency, ethics and accountability when supporting customer missions. John Heller, CEO of […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Provide Avionics Support for Australia's CH-47F Helicopters: Thierry Tosi Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Provide Avionics Support for Australia’s CH-47F Helicopters: Thierry Tosi Comments

    Rockwell Collins has received a contract to extend avionics support services for the Australian army’s CH-47F Chinook helicopters. The company said Monday it will deliver field service engineering, program management, logistics, repair and overhaul services for the Common Avionics Architecture System onboard the helicopters and the Transportable Flight Proficiency Simulators. “We’ve been supporting the Australian Army since they […] More

  • Army Plans Tech Demo to Select Equipment Transport Vehicle From 4 Manufacturers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Plans Tech Demo to Select Equipment Transport Vehicle From 4 Manufacturers

    The U.S. Army intends to launch a yearlong technology demonstration effort to evaluate Squad Multipurpose Equipment Transport vehicles from four contenders as part of the program’s down-select process. The service branch said Thursday it chose four out of 10 SMET proposers through a “fly-off” event that took place in November 2017 at Fort Benning in Georgia. […] More