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  • Blue Origin Performs Inaugural Crew Capsule Flight Test Aboard ‘New Shepard’ Suborbital Rocket - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Blue Origin Performs Inaugural Crew Capsule Flight Test Aboard ‘New Shepard’ Suborbital Rocket

    Blue Origin has conducted the first flight test of a new spacecraft that took off aboard the New Shepard reusable suborbital vehicle at its launch site in west Texas, Digital Journal reported Wednesday. The unmanned Crew Capsule 2.0 lifted off Tuesday aboard the New Shepard booster and flew for at least 10 minutes at an altitude of […] More

  • Canada Opens Competition for 88 New Fighter Jets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Canada Opens Competition for 88 New Fighter Jets

    Canada has announced plans to buy as many as 88 new fighter jets for the country’s air force through an open and competitive acquisition process. The Canadian public services and procurement department said Tuesday it will assess proposals based on cost, technical requirements and technological, industrial and economic factors. Canada’s government plans to draft a list of […] More

  • NASA Backs Launch of Orbital Medicine-Made Space Medical Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Backs Launch of Orbital Medicine-Made Space Medical Tech

    NASA has funded the launch of an Orbital Medicine-built space medical technology aboard Blue Origin‘s New Shepard reusable space vehicle on Tuesday. The Evolved Medical Microgravity Suction Device is designed to help treat chest trauma in a space environment, NASA said Thursday. Treatment of astronauts’ traumatic injuries currently needs to be performed on Earth using gravity-dependent tools that […] More

  • Raytheon Produces Initial Small Diameter Bomb II Batch; Mike Jarrett Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Produces Initial Small Diameter Bomb II Batch; Mike Jarrett Comments

    Raytheon has manufactured the first batch of precision bombs designed to help U.S. Air Force pilots recognize targets at a range of more than 40 miles. The company said Wednesday it completed lot 1 Small Diameter Bomb II production and received follow-on contracts to produce the next two lots. “SDB II does much more than hit GPS coordinates; it […] More

  • General Dynamics Wins Army Operations & Training Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Wins Army Operations & Training Support Contract

    General Dynamics‘ information technology business unit has won a one-year, $10.7 million contract to deploy personnel, equipment and services needed for U.S. Army  operations and training efforts. The Defense Department said Wednesday GDIT will perform contract work in support of Army Reserve medical units and the U.S. military’s active, National Guard and reserve components. Locations of work include Dublin, […] More

  • CSRA to Develop Ship Mgmt Training Devices for Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA to Develop Ship Mgmt Training Devices for Navy

    CSRA has secured a potential five-year, $49.3 million contract to develop, support and update ship management training devices for the U.S. Navy. The company will provide equipment for the service branch’s Navigations Seamanship Shiphandling Trainers program, the Defense Department said Wednesday. DoD noted the Navy will obligate $3.4 million in fiscal 2017 “other” procurement funds at the […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Gets Navy Funds to Plan USS Ford Post-Shakedown Availability - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Gets Navy Funds to Plan USS Ford Post-Shakedown Availability

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has received a $9.2 million modification under a U.S. Navy contract to plan the post-shakedown availability and selected restricted availability of the USS Gerald R. Ford supercarrier. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will also use a portion of contract funds to obtain materials needed for PSA/SRA work on USS Ford. The Naval Sea Systems […] More

  • Avaya to Support NORAD Santa Tracking Program With Contact Center Tech; Jerry Dotson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Avaya to Support NORAD Santa Tracking Program With Contact Center Tech; Jerry Dotson Comments

    Avaya will deploy its contact center technology platform to support the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s annual Tracks Santa program that will kick off Dec. 24. The Avaya Customer Engagement platform works to help volunteers at the NORAD operations center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado track the flight of Santa Claus during Christmas and […] More

  • Nicole Gardner: IBM Looks to Hire 2K More Military Veterans - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Nicole Gardner: IBM Looks to Hire 2K More Military Veterans

    Nicole Gardner, a vice president of IBM’s global business services division, has said the company intends to employ 2,000 additional veterans, Park Cities People reported Tuesday. Gardner said during a panel discussion on the “Keeping America’s Promise” program that veterans are great team players and contribute to companies through their problem-solving skills. “They are obviously up for […] More

  • Thales to Supply Multiband Tactical Radios to Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales to Supply Multiband Tactical Radios to Army

    Thales has received a potential $37 million contract to supply the U.S. Army‘s security force assistance brigades with updated multiband tactical radios. The Army Chief of Staff picked the AN/PRC-148C Improved Multiband Inter-Intra Team Radio technology to facilitate communications for SFABs, Thales said Tuesday. IMBITR is designed to support interoperability between joint and coalition forces through narrowband, wideband and satellite […] More

  • Comprehensive Health Services Completes Annual HIPAA Compliance Audit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Comprehensive Health Services Completes Annual HIPAA Compliance Audit

    GuidePoint Security has evaluated Comprehensive Health Services‘ compliance with data security requirements under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Cape Canaveral, Florida-based Comprehensive Health Services said Wednesday the annual HIPAA assessment covered  the company’s administrative, physical and technical measures to protect client data. During the audit, GuidePoint collected information from personnel interviews, documents and responses to assessment questions. Comprehensive Health […] More

  • Lockheed-Built LRASM Passes Flight Test, Moves Closer to Early Operational Capability - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Built LRASM Passes Flight Test, Moves Closer to Early Operational Capability

    The U.S. Navy has completed a test flight of Lockheed Martin‘s Long Range Anti-Ship Missile system from a U.S. Air Force B-1B bomber aircraft. Lockheed said Tuesday two LRASMs engaged multiple maritime targets and met primary objectives during the test over Point Mogu Sea Range in California. David Helsel, LRASM program director at Lockheed’s missiles and fire control unit, said the recent flight showcased […] More