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  • Sikorsky Opens Forward Stocking Location for Helicopter Parts in Australia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky Opens Forward Stocking Location for Helicopter Parts in Australia

    Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has unveiled a new forward stocking location for S-76 and S-92 helicopter parts at its Helitech customer support center in Brisbane, Australia. Lockheed said Wednesday the in-country warehousing of spare parts aids Sikorsky’s efforts to boost customer support in the area by facilitating quicker access to materials for Australia-based commercial helicopter operators. “By positioning inventory parts closer […] More

  • Rigil Awarded FAA Shared Service Center Financial, Accounting Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rigil Awarded FAA Shared Service Center Financial, Accounting Support Contract

    Rigil has received a $54.2 million contract from the Federal Aviation Administration to provide financial, accounting and other support services for the Enterprise Services Center — a governmentwide financial shared service provider based in Oklahoma City. The consulting firm said Tuesday it will support ESC’s financial services division out of the center’s headquarters at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center and help provide financial management services for up to […] More

  • GSA to Discuss Govt Shared Services Program With Industry Partners - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA to Discuss Govt Shared Services Program With Industry Partners

    The General Services Administration plans to hold an event Aug. 22 in Washington to inform vendors about the federal government’s shared services ecosystem. GSA said Wednesday it will facilitate the industry day for the agency’s Unified Shared Services Management office. The agency aims to gather feedback and best practices on shared services, system migration and modernization, operations and mission support from […] More

  • Lockheed, Terma Make Deal for More F-35 Component Production Biz Opportunities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Terma Make Deal for More F-35 Component Production Biz Opportunities

    Lockheed Martin has entered into an agreement with Terma that provides the latter options to pursue additional component production opportunities with the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program beyond existing contracts. Denmark-based Terma said Wednesday it seeks to continue to provide F-35 composite and bonded assembly work through low-rate initial production and full-rate production. The agreement follows news of Denmark’s decision in June to proceed […] More

  • ProSource360 to Support CDC's Polio Eradication Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ProSource360 to Support CDC’s Polio Eradication Program

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded ProSource360 Consulting Services a contract of an undisclosed value to provide programmatic support services to CDC’s Polio Oversight Board. ProSource360 said Tuesday it will assist the board in efforts to manage the governance infrastructure of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative and maintain high-level accountability between GPEI partners. GPEI is a collaborative effort of CDC, the […] More

  • Jacobs Engineering Group to Support Western Australia Public Transport Authority Rail Link Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs Engineering Group to Support Western Australia Public Transport Authority Rail Link Project

    A Jacobs Engineering Group multi-disciplinary engineering and environmental team will support the state of Western Australia’s public transport authority as a client-side technical adviser for a construction project that connects an existing rail line to the Perth airport. Jacobs said Wednesday it will review the Forrestfield Airport Rail Link project’s design and construction documentation including technical acceptance […] More

  • Army Taps Kraig Biocraft to Develop Spider Silk-Based Ballistic Shoot Packs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Taps Kraig Biocraft to Develop Spider Silk-Based Ballistic Shoot Packs

    Ann Arbor, Michigan-based biotechnology firm Kraig Biocraft Laboratories has been awarded a potential $1 million contract from the U.S. Army to develop high-performance fibers using genetically engineered spider silk for protective military apparel. The company will use its proprietary Dragon Silk material to produce ballistic shoot packs for the service branch under the contract, Kraig Biocraft said Tuesday. The Army […] More

  • Brian Hall: Microsoft Partners With Booz Allen, IBM to Expand Surface Tablet Features - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Brian Hall: Microsoft Partners With Booz Allen, IBM to Expand Surface Tablet Features

    Booz Allen Hamilton and IBM have joined Microsoft‘s Surface Enterprise Initiative with the goal to create and offer a range of support tools for government and commercial organizations that use Windows 10-equipped Surface tablets. Brian Hall, general manager of Microsoft’s devices business group, wrote in a blog entry posted Tuesday that Booz Allen will develop new tools intended to help address […] More

  • Michael Isman: Govt Agencies to Adopt Automated Interactive Messaging For Customer Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michael Isman: Govt Agencies to Adopt Automated Interactive Messaging For Customer Service

    Michael Isman, a vice president in Booz Allen Hamilton‘s strategic innovation group, has said the firm expects the government and the commercial market to adopt automated interactive messaging technologies for customer service, Fedscoop reported Tuesday. Isman told Fedscoop reporter Samantha Ehlinger chatbots powered by artificial intelligence, machine learning, automated analytics and crowdsourcing tools could replace call centers in customer service delivery through […] More

  • Northrop Breaks $1B Mark in MDA Ballistic Missile Support Subcontracts to Small Businesses - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Breaks $1B Mark in MDA Ballistic Missile Support Subcontracts to Small Businesses

    Northrop Grumman has awarded at least $1 billion in subcontracts to small businesses as the prime awardee of the Missile Defense Agency‘s Joint National Integration Center Research and Development Contract. Forty-nine percent of all subcontracts under JRDC have gone to various classes of small business, the company said Tuesday. Northrop held two events to mark the achievement in Huntsville, Alabama and Colorado Springs, Colorado — the headquarters of small businesses […] More

  • AFRL Seeks Partners for R&D Funding Opportunity on Quantum Computing Sciences - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AFRL Seeks Partners for R&D Funding Opportunity on Quantum Computing Sciences

    The Air Force Research Laboratory’s information directorate seeks white papers on ideas that support the research, design, development, concept testing, evaluation and experimentation of quantum computing sciences under a potential $40 million funding opportunity. According to a broad agency announcement posted Friday on FedBizOpps, the funding opportunity aims to assess algorithm designs and technologies that utilize quantum annealing techniques in support of […] More

  • Raytheon’s Thomas Kennedy: DoD Eyes Next-Gen Tech Against ‘Peer Nation-Type Threats’ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon’s Thomas Kennedy: DoD Eyes Next-Gen Tech Against ‘Peer Nation-Type Threats’

    Raytheon CEO Thomas Kennedy told Defense News in an interview published Monday the U.S.’ and other countries’ efforts to protect sovereignty and address concerns linked to what he called “peer nation-type threats” have spurred a change in the defense industry. “The Department of Defense is realizing we have to get to the next generation of […] More