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  • DHS Funds 4 Baggage Scanning Tech R&D Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Funds 4 Baggage Scanning Tech R&D Projects

    The Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate has distributed $6.8 million to four research-and-development projects that aim to update threat detection features in current baggage detection systems. Integrated Defense and Security Solutions, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and TeleSecurity Sciences received the grants through a Broad Agency Announcement published in December 2016 as part of DHS’ Checked Baggage […] More

  • Mancon Wins Navy Public Works Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mancon Wins Navy Public Works Support Contract

    Mancon has won a potential five-year, $44.3 million contract to provide support services to the U.S. Navy‘s public works department The Defense Department said Monday tasks under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract encompass maintenance, repair and operations supplies and materials support within the Naval Facilities Engineering Command’s northeast region. Work will occur at various locations in Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey […] More

  • DEA Seeks Info on Potential Lab Info Mgmt Tech Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DEA Seeks Info on Potential Lab Info Mgmt Tech Sources

    The Drug Enforcement Administration wants information on potential vendors that can provide a laboratory information management system. DEA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday it seeks an LIMS platform to modernize, streamline and manage all processes related to the handling of drug evidence at DEA laboratories. The agency wants a commercial off-the-shelf software product that can […] More

  • NASA, Institute for Local Innovations Enter Tech Marketing Partnership Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Institute for Local Innovations Enter Tech Marketing Partnership Agreement

    NASA has signed a five-year Space Act Agreement with the Institute for Local Innovations in Louisiana to promote agency-developed technology platforms to entrepreneurs and small businesses. The agency said Monday ILI and the technology transfer office within NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center aim to help drive economic development efforts in certain U.S. regions through the partnership. ILI will […] More

  • Marty Williams: Govt Agencies Should Take 'Product & Platform Approach' to Digital Services Delivery - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marty Williams: Govt Agencies Should Take ‘Product & Platform Approach’ to Digital Services Delivery

    Marty Williams, technology vice president of digital government services provider NIC, has said government agencies could address the need for citizen-centric digital services through a “product and platform” delivery approach. Williams wrote in an article published Thursday on GCN that a product and platform mindset allows information technology teams to continuously deploy microservices within a platform […] More

  • Inmarsat's Peter Hadinger: Integrated Commercial Satcom Key to Support Military Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat’s Peter Hadinger: Integrated Commercial Satcom Key to Support Military Operations

    Peter Hadinger, president of Inmarsat‘s U.S. government business unit, has said that ongoing military operations require an improved acquisition model for satellite communications and further integration of commercial satcom systems. Hadinger stated during a presentation at the Global MilSatCom 2017 event in London that military satcom challenges stem from budget, acquisition and cultural issues instead of technological capabilities, Inmarsat said Friday. […] More

  • NASA Evaluates SpaceX's Potential Reuse of Falcon 9 Launch Vehicle on Future ISS Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Evaluates SpaceX’s Potential Reuse of Falcon 9 Launch Vehicle on Future ISS Mission

    NASA will evaluate SpaceX‘s potential reuse of a previously-deployed first stage launch vehicle on a future mission to the International Space Station, Space News reported Saturday. Dan Hartman, ISS deputy program manager, said during a press conference at the space agency’s Wallops Flight Facility that the agency currently performs a review on the Falcon 9‘s use […] More

  • UK MoD Taps Leonardo for Radar Threat Simulation Equipment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UK MoD Taps Leonardo for Radar Threat Simulation Equipment

    Leonardo has inked a contract with the U.K. ministry of defense to deliver equipment that can help simulate radar threats to the U.K. air force’s A400M transport aircraft prior to launch. The company said Sunday the simulations will help commanders implement defensive aids suites that can help the A400M aircraft function properly during its flight […] More

  • Report: Canadian Air Force Commander Seeks to Accelerate Fighter Aircraft Procurement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Canadian Air Force Commander Seeks to Accelerate Fighter Aircraft Procurement

    Lt. Gen. Michael Hood, commander of the Canadian air force, has said he wants to speed up the purchase of new fighter aircraft to replace Canada’s fleet of F/A-18 Hornet jets, Defense News reported Saturday. Hood told the publication that Canada currently plans to release a request for proposals by 2019 for 88 fighter jets that will replace […] More

  • CTC Gets NuScale Steam Generator Prototype Manufacturing Contract; Ed Sheehan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC Gets NuScale Steam Generator Prototype Manufacturing Contract; Ed Sheehan Comments

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. has received an initial contract to manufacture a prototype steam generator technology for NuScale Power at the CTC-operated Center for Advanced Nuclear Manufacturing. NuScale said Wednesday CTC will produce helical coil steam generators that serve as a key component of the Fluor-backed venture’s small modular reactor nuclear design under certification review by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. “We […] More

  • Orbital ATK's Cygnus Spacecraft Lifts Off for 8th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK’s Cygnus Spacecraft Lifts Off for 8th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission

    Orbital ATK‘s Cygnus spacecraft launched Sunday morning at NASA‘s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia aboard an Antares rocket to bring approximately 7,400 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station. Cygnus lifted off at 7:19 a.m. Eastern time to deliver equipment, supplies and experiments to ISS crew as part of Orbital ATK’s eighth Commercial Resupply Services mission, the company said Sunday. […] More

  • Northrop Hands 1st MQ-4C Triton UAS to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Hands 1st MQ-4C Triton UAS to Navy

    Northrop Grumman has delivered the first operational MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system to the U.S. Navy‘s facility in Point Mogu, California. The company said Friday MQ-4C is built to provide a 360-degree coverage area for Navy intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. Northrop aims to provide a second unit to the military branch before the end of the year. The […] More