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  • India Eyes $1B Fast-Track Ammunition and Equipment Procurement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    India Eyes $1B Fast-Track Ammunition and Equipment Procurement

    India looks to purchase $1 billion worth of weapons and equipment from readily available vendors through a fast track purchase process that will bypass prescribed routine acquisition procedures, Defense News reported Thursday. Vivek Raghuvanshi writes an Indian ministry of defense official told Defense News the country aims to procure various ammunition, assault rifles, thermal-imaging equipment, light machine guns, rocket launchers […] More

  • IBM, USAID Open IT Training Center in Armenia With 3 Other Partners - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM, USAID Open IT Training Center in Armenia With 3 Other Partners

    IBM has partnered with the U.S. Agency for International Development and the government of Armenia to unveil a new center in Armenia that will work to provide training courses to students in support of the development of the country’s information technology sector, the Public Radio of Armenia reported Thursday. Siranush Ghazanchyan writes USAID, IBM and the Armenian […] More

  • AT&T Joins NASA-Industry UAS Traffic Mgmt Initiative; Mike Leff Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T Joins NASA-Industry UAS Traffic Mgmt Initiative; Mike Leff Comments

    AT&T supports a NASA-led project to research and develop a traffic management system for the agency to manage the safety and security of unmanned aircraft system operations in U.S. airspace. The company said Thursday it aims to contribute networking, internet of things, cloud, identity management and cybersecurity expertise to NASA’s UAS traffic management initiative. “Drones are already used in agriculture, public […] More

  • Lockheed Chief Marillyn Hewson Offers 3 Ideas to Maintain NATO's Tech Edge - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Chief Marillyn Hewson Offers 3 Ideas to Maintain NATO’s Tech Edge

    Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson has said NATO and industry partners can maintain their technological edge through sustained investment, interoperability and talent development. Hewson said Wednesday at the NATO-Industry forum in Brussels alliance members should provide consistent and sustained defense spending to support operational readiness and the industry’s research and development efforts. She added alliance members’ pledges to allocate 2 percent of their gross domestic product […] More

  • NASA Taps Near Earth Autonomy to Build, Demo UAS Flight Safety Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Taps Near Earth Autonomy to Build, Demo UAS Flight Safety Tech

    Near Earth Autonomy has secured a contract under NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research initiative to help the space agency integrate unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace. Near Earth said Wednesday that it will develop and demonstrate technologies to facilitate safe unmanned aircraft operations in case of emergency situations. The company will also build an autonomous contingency system that can help unmanned aircraft […] More

  • Report: US Defense Sector Expects Donald Trump’s Presidential Win to Drive Weapons Spending - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: US Defense Sector Expects Donald Trump’s Presidential Win to Drive Weapons Spending

    The U.S. defense industry expects Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election combined with Republicans retaining their majorities in both House and Senate to result in an increase in weapons spending, Forbes reported Wednesday. Loren Thompson writes that Trump has announced plans to update the country’s aging nuclear weaponry that includes long-range bombers, ground-based missiles and […] More

  • Lockheed, SIAA Host Forum for Australia's Space Industry - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, SIAA Host Forum for Australia’s Space Industry

    Lockheed Martin and the Space Industry Association of Australia have jointly facilitated a forum to discuss opportunities and challenges facing Australia’s space industry. Lockheed said Wednesday the Securing Australia’s Space Industry Forum included a panel discussion and keynotes from Michael Frater, rector at University of New South Wales Canberra, and Tim Parsons, CEO of space startup accelerator Delta-V. […] More

  • Singapore Taps Airbus, Boeing for Military Transport Helicopters - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Singapore Taps Airbus, Boeing for Military Transport Helicopters

    Airbus and Boeing have received separate contracts from Singapore’s ministry of defense to provide helicopters to support transport activities of the country’s armed forces. The ministry said Monday it chose Airbus’ H225M medium lift helicopter and Boeing’s CH-47F heavy lift helicopter to replace the Singaporean air force’s Super Pumas and Chinook platforms following a rigorous evaluation process. The military branch will use H225M and […] More

  • Intel’s Neil Green on High-Performance Computing’s Role in Government Initiatives - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intel’s Neil Green on High-Performance Computing’s Role in Government Initiatives

    Neil Green, president of Intel’s federal business, has said the U.S. government has launched programs that seek to leverage the use of high-performance computing platforms. Green wrote in an FCW opinion piece published Tuesday that President Barack Obama’s National Strategic Computing Initiative and the Cancer Moonshot program are some of the efforts that focus on […] More

  • Space Systems Loral Ships Hughes Broadband Satellite to Cape Canaveral AF Station - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space Systems Loral Ships Hughes Broadband Satellite to Cape Canaveral AF Station

    A broadband satellite Space Systems Loral designed and built for Hughes Network Systems has arrived at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida ahead of a scheduled launch in December. Hughes said Monday its EchoStar XIX satellite will launch next month aboard United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V rocket. EchoStar XIX will join Hughes’ EchoStar XVII and SPACEWAY 3 satellites currently in orbit […] More

  • CH2M to Help Nevada Establish New Autonomous Vehicle Policy Framework - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CH2M to Help Nevada Establish New Autonomous Vehicle Policy Framework

    CH2M has been selected to help Nevada’s Transportation Department develop a vision and policy framework for autonomous vehicle and connected vehicle programs in the state. CH2M said Tuesday the new framework will work to establish policy, standards and legislation to be integrated with the state’s political environment in a push to establish the state of Nevada’s capacity […] More

  • Leidos to Build, Implement Army's Common Driver Trainer Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos to Build, Implement Army’s Common Driver Trainer Systems

    Leidos has received a potential $10 million prime contract to develop and deploy 14 common driver trainer systems for the U.S. Army‘s program executive office for simulation, training and instrumentation. Leidos said Tuesday it will produce the CDTs at the company’s Lee Vista Integration Facility in Orlando, Florida, and deliver the systems to Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri. The contract has a […] More