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  • Barry Barlow Receives Executive Mosaic's Top CTO Executives Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Barry Barlow Receives Executive Mosaic’s Top CTO Executives Award

    BARRY BARLOW VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER VENCORE, INC. Barry Barlow is the vice president and chief technology officer at Vencore, Inc. In this role, he ensures Vencore is positioned for short- and long-term success by assessing the technology needs of its customers, partners and suppliers, as well as developing a corporate technology road-map […] More

  • IARPA to Hold Proposers Day For Biological Threat Risk Analysis Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IARPA to Hold Proposers Day For Biological Threat Risk Analysis Program

    The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity plans to conduct a Proposers Day on June 28 in Washington to discuss a program that seeks to explore new methods and tools for analyzing biological threats based on DNA function. IARPA said it will provide information on the requirements of the two-phase Functional Genomic and Computational Assessment of Threats project and will field questions from potential industry participants during the event. […] More

  • Energy Dept Taps FirstFuel Software for Energy Intelligence Support to Oak Ridge Labs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Energy Dept Taps FirstFuel Software for Energy Intelligence Support to Oak Ridge Labs

    The Energy Department has selected Lexington, Massachusetts-based company FirstFuel Software to deliver remote building energy intelligence services across DOE’s building portfolio for Oak Ridge National Laboratories. FirstFuel said Tuesday its remote building energy intelligence technology and manual on-site audits will work to help ORNL comply with the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 over the next […] More

  • CyrusOne Seeks to Expand Data Center Footprint with 40-Acre Northern Virginia Land Purchase - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CyrusOne Seeks to Expand Data Center Footprint with 40-Acre Northern Virginia Land Purchase

    CyrusOne has acquired a 40-acre parcel of land Loudoun County, Northern Virginia, as part of the data center services company’s expansion initiative. The company said Tuesday the land it bought at the Kincora mixed-use development  site and upcoming facility construction activities will bring in approximately $1 billion in new investments to the county. “Adding this new Northern Virginia location will […] More

  • Army Picks 5 Companies for Environmental Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Picks 5 Companies for Environmental Services Contract

    The U.S Army has awarded five companies spots on a potential three-year, $9 million contract for environmental, planning, conservation-restoration and sustainment support to various military projects. Contractors will compete for task orders to provide comprehensive environmental services for the Army Corps of Engineers’ military and civil works projects as well as the Defense Department, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and Defense […] More

  • Chemring Subsidiary Lands 2nd DoD Non-Standard Ammo Delivery Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chemring Subsidiary Lands 2nd DoD Non-Standard Ammo Delivery Order

    A Chemring Group subsidiary has received a $29 million order to provide non-standard ammunition to the U.S. Defense Department. Chemring said Wednesday the order marks the second delivery order the company received under a five-year indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract awarded in March. DoD initially ordered $18 million in ammunition from the company’s military products business. Chemring and Orbital ATK hold positions on the potential $750 million […] More

  • NASA Astronauts Evaluate Spacecraft Control Systems With SpaceX, Boeing Via Commercial Crew Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Astronauts Evaluate Spacecraft Control Systems With SpaceX, Boeing Via Commercial Crew Program

    Four NASA astronauts have begun to work with Boeing and SpaceX to assess spacecraft control systems and simulators in preparation for their future International Space Station missions as part of the Commercial Crew Program. NASA said Wednesday astronauts Doug Hurley, Suni Williams, Bob Behnken and Eric Boe have been tapped to undergo training for flight tests […] More

  • Iridium to Launch First NEXT Satellite Batch in September; Matt Desch Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium to Launch First NEXT Satellite Batch in September; Matt Desch Comments

    Iridium Communications will launch the first line of its NEXT satellites from Vandenberg Air Force Base on September 12. The company said Tuesday Thales Alenia Space and Orbital ATK have completed assembly, integration and testing of the 81 satellites on the assembly line, which includes 66 operational satellites to replace the current Iridium network. “After more than seven […] More

  • NIC Partners With Utah, Mississippi to Unveil Amazon Echo Govt Apps - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIC Partners With Utah, Mississippi to Unveil Amazon Echo Govt Apps

    NIC has partnered with Utah and Mississippi to unveil a new series voice-activated state government apps for the Amazon Echo designed to allow users to receive license alerts and take practice exams through the Alexa Voice Services. NIC subsidiary Utah Interactive worked with the Utah’s departments of public safety and technology services to create a voice-based app that works to […] More

  • Orbital ATK-Built Cygnus Leaves ISS to Begin In-Orbit Research Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK-Built Cygnus Leaves ISS to Begin In-Orbit Research Mission

    Orbital ATK‘s cargo ship Cygnus is set to proceed with three in-orbit scientific missions after the spacecraft completed its mission to deliver around 7,900 pounds of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station. Cygnus, nicknamed S.S. Rick Husband, departed from the orbiting laboratory Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time after an 81-day stay there, Orbital ATK said Tuesday. The OA-6 mission represents the company’s fifth mission under […] More

  • Denise Turner Roth Cites Agencies' Cyber Tool Demand at GSA Workshop - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Denise Turner Roth Cites Agencies’ Cyber Tool Demand at GSA Workshop

    The General Services Administration hosted a workshop Monday to discuss the Cybersecurity National Action Plan with government and industry leaders. GSA Administrator Denise Turner Roth referenced demand from stakeholders for a comprehensive strategy that would help federal agencies gain access to private sector-built technology platforms in order to protect data and networks from cyber threats, GSA said Monday. “Challenges and […] More

  • DARPA to Host Proposers Day on Prognostic Biomarker Identification Program; Matt Hepburn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA to Host Proposers Day on Prognostic Biomarker Identification Program; Matt Hepburn Comments

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will conduct a Proposers Day on June 27 in Chicago to discuss the Prometheus program that aims to identify molecular biomarkers that could be used to predict contagiousness of an individual following exposure to a pathogen within 24 hours. “Many infections are spread by people who haven’t yet displayed […] More