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  • Carahsoft to Distribute RackTop Storage Products to Govt Sector, Reseller Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Distribute RackTop Storage Products to Govt Sector, Reseller Network

    Cahrasoft Technology has signed a deal to become the distributor and master government aggregator of RackTop-built data management and orchestration products. Carahsoft said Thursday it will distribute RackTop’s technology offerings to federal customers and resellers through the General Services Administration Schedule and NASA‘s Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement contract, Carahsoft said Thursday. The Brikstor platform is designed to store and secure government data […] More

  • General Dynamics NASSCO Delivers 2nd Expeditionary Sea Base to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics NASSCO Delivers 2nd Expeditionary Sea Base to Navy

    General Dynamics‘ NASSCO subsidiary has officially transferred a second Expeditionary Sea Base platform to the U.S. Navy. The Military Sealift Command will operate the USNS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) ship that NASSCO constructed at a San Diego shipyard, the Naval Sea Systems Command said Thursday. ESB 4 is named after a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who received the […] More

  • Reports: UTC, Rockwell Collins Pick Florida for ‘Collins Aerospace’ Exec Office - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reports: UTC, Rockwell Collins Pick Florida for ‘Collins Aerospace’ Exec Office

    Rockwell Collins has released a proposed organizational structure for a new entity that would be formed once United Technologies Corp. completes its acquisition of the Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based avionics contractor, The Gazette reported Thursday. Farmington, Connecticut-based UTC agreed to buy Rockwell Collins in September 2017 for approximately $30 billion and will combine the latter company with the […] More

  • Report: US Aerospace Firms Eye Rocket Launches From Brazil - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: US Aerospace Firms Eye Rocket Launches From Brazil

    U.S. aerospace companies have shown interest in launching rockets from Brazil during a visit to the country’s Alcantara military base in December, Reuters reported Friday. Representatives from Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Microcosm, SpaceX and Vector Space Systems participated in the trip that was organized by Rubens Barbosa, a former Brazilian ambassador to U.S. Raul Jungmann, Brazil’s defense […] More

  • Carahsoft to Sell ASG Technologies' Data Intelligence, Content Mgmt Platforms to Govt Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Sell ASG Technologies’ Data Intelligence, Content Mgmt Platforms to Govt Customers

    ASG Technologies and Carahsoft Technology have entered a partnership that authorizes the latter to offer ASG’s enterprise data intelligence and content management platforms to government customers. Carahsoft said Thursday ASG’s enterprise data intelligence tools are designed to provide actionable insights into data as well as manage changes. ASG’s products will work to help Carahsoft customers and […] More

  • Textron's Bell Helicopter Subsidiary Renamed as 'Bell' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron’s Bell Helicopter Subsidiary Renamed as ‘Bell’

    Textron‘s Bell Helicopter subsidiary has changed its name to “Bell” and adopted a new logo to reflect the company’s focus on innovation and customer experience. Bell said Thursday it collaborated with brand and design consultancy FutureBrand to complete the rebranding, which will be carried out over the next year. The two companies started the project in the […] More

  • Lockheed Martin, Fincantieri Lay Keel on USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin, Fincantieri Lay Keel on USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul

    Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri have performed the keel-laying for the USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul littoral combat ship at latter company’s Marinette Marine site in Wisconsin. The companies are currently conducting the Freedom-class LCS’ full-rate production, having delivered five of them to the U.S. Navy, Lockheed said Thursday. During the keel-laying ceremony, Jodi Greene, the ship’s sponsor, had her initials welded […] More

  • Michael Davenport: Booz Allen to Help Integrate Army Resources Under $78M Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michael Davenport: Booz Allen to Help Integrate Army Resources Under $78M Award

    Booz Allen Hamilton has received a potential $78 million contract to provide  engineering, administrative and business services to the U.S. Army‘s System of Systems Engineering and Integration Directorate. The company said Thursday it aims to help SoSE&I integrate the service branch’s resources and increase the operational effectiveness of resources across programs, units and systems. “We’re proud to expand our partnership with […] More

  • DARPA Picks 2 Firms, 2 Universities to Develop Pandemic Response Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Picks 2 Firms, 2 Universities to Develop Pandemic Response Tools

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded contracts to two companies and two universities to develop tools that can help stop the spread of infectious diseases within 60 days. MedImmune, Abcellera Biologics, Duke University and Vanderbilt University will create technologies for the Pandemic Prevention Platform designed to analyze viruses for antibody discovery and assess candidate therapeutic products, DARPA said Thursday. […] More

  • Saab Unveils Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab Unveils Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft

    Saab has unveiled a new airborne surveillance platform the company built for United Arab Emirates as part of an aircraft development and production contract awarded in 2015. The company said Friday its GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning & Control aircraft is derived from Bombardier‘s Global 6000 model and equipped with an extended-range Erieye radar technology. GlobalEye is designed to support […] More

  • Alion to Provide Navy Communications, Media Support Under IDIQ Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Alion to Provide Navy Communications, Media Support Under IDIQ Contract

    Alion Science and Technology has secured a spot on a potential five-year, $34 million multiple-award contract to support the U.S. Navy‘s communications function. The company said Thursday it aims to provide global communications and media support services to the Chief of Naval Information Command through the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Vince Stammetti, senior vice president of the rapid solutions […] More

  • Raytheon-Ponemon Survey: IT Professionals Predict 'Catastrophic' Data Breach Due to Unsafe Internet Devices - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon-Ponemon Survey: IT Professionals Predict ‘Catastrophic’ Data Breach Due to Unsafe Internet Devices

    A Raytheon-commissioned study has found that 82 percent of senior information technology professionals said they predict the use of unsecured internet of things-based devices to result in a major data breach over the next three years. The Ponemon Institute polled approximately 1,100 senior IT practitioners in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East and North Africa between Oct. […] More