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  • Rheinmetall to Supply Ammo Products to US Navy and Marines - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rheinmetall to Supply Ammo Products to US Navy and Marines

    A Rheinmetall subsidiary has secured $6.8 million in orders from the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps for infantry ammunition and special effects ordnance products. The company said Wednesday its Camden, Arkansas-based American Rheinmetall Munitions subsidiary will produce 40mm x 46 practice cartridges for Marines under a $3 million order. ARM will also provide MK 24 MOD 0 flash-bang […] More

  • NASA Targets April Launch for 14th SpaceX Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Targets April Launch for 14th SpaceX Resupply Mission

    NASA expects the next resupply service mission of a SpaceX-built cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station will launch no earlier than April. Dragon will lift atop Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, as part of SpaceX’s 14th mission to deliver supplies and experiments for the space agency under the Commercial Resupply Services contract, NASA said Thursday. The […] More

  • NASA Recognizes San Diego Composites for Orion Program Support Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Recognizes San Diego Composites for Orion Program Support Work

    San Diego Composites has won the 2017 Small Business Subcontractor of the Year award from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in recognition of its support work on Orion spacecraft development efforts. SDC produces components for Orion as a subcontractor to the spacecraft’s manufacturer Lockheed Martin, the space agency said Thursday. The San Diego-based company supplied the Orion launch abort system’s ogive and […] More

  • Mitre Appoints 5 to Visiting Fellows Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mitre Appoints 5 to Visiting Fellows Program

    Mitre has appointed five individuals to the nonprofit company’s Visiting Fellows Program that aims to help address complex national problems. The nonprofit said Thursday its newly appointed visiting fellows possess a background in the organization’s strategic focus areas of national defense, cybersecurity and health. Richard Byrne, senior vice president of programs and technology at Mitre, said the […] More

  • Mercury Systems Debuts Solid-State Drive Offering for Military Applications - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mercury Systems Debuts Solid-State Drive Offering for Military Applications

    Mercury Systems has introduced a multilevel cell solid-state drive technology designed for rugged military environments. BuiltSECURE TRRUST-Stor features Mercury Systems’ ARMOR 4 NAND processor and a multilevel cell flash technology built in a 2.5-inch form factor enclosure, the company said Tuesday. The SSD architecture is designed to withstand mechanical shock and vibration conditions that are common in military deployment areas. […] More

  • NTT Security-ThreatQuotient Partner to Offer Threat Intel Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NTT Security-ThreatQuotient Partner to Offer Threat Intel Services

    NTT Group‘s security subsidiary has partnered with ThreatQuotient to offer threat intelligence services using the latter’s threat intelligence platform. Analysts at NTT Security‘s Global Threat Intelligence Centers will use ThreatQuotient’s ThreatQ platform to process data and produce threat intelligence to support the cybersecurity efforts of consulting and managed services customers, NTT Security said Wednesday. “Our partnership with ThreatQuotient is designed […] More

  • Lockheed Breaks Ground on $50M R&D Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Breaks Ground on $50M R&D Facility

    Lockheed Martin has invested $50 million to build a new office building in Orlando, Florida, as part of the defense contractor’s expansion efforts. The company said Wednesday it broke ground on the 225,000-square-foot Research & Development II facility and plans to recruit up to 1,800 workers over the next two years, 500 of whom will occupy the […] More

  • ViON Unveils Cloud-Based IT Services Marketplace - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ViON Unveils Cloud-Based IT Services Marketplace

    ViON has launched cloud-based platform that is designed to let users compare, purchase and manage information technology services. The company said Wednesday its Marketplace works to offer a wide range of “as-a-service” data center technologies and help IT managers oversee IT requirements, procurement, workflows, contracts and performance indicators. ViON CEO and Chairman Tom Frana said the Marketplace […] More

  • University of Colorado Boulder to Help NASA Analyze Solar Irradiance Sensor Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    University of Colorado Boulder to Help NASA Analyze Solar Irradiance Sensor Data

    A laboratory of the University of Colorado Boulder has secured a potential five-year, $16.2 million contract to help NASA process, analyze and manage data from a solar irradiance measurement instrument currently installed aboard the International Space Station. The university’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics will provide Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-1 data products along with command procedures, scripts and […] More

  • Red Hat’s David Egts on 3 Application Migration Approaches - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Red Hat’s David Egts on 3 Application Migration Approaches

    David Egts, chief technologist for Red Hat’s public sector, told MeriTalk in an interview published Wednesday that lift and shift, augment with new layers and rewrite are three approaches government agencies and companies can adopt to modernize aging applications. He said the effectiveness of the approaches depends on the application, contextual factors and business and […] More

  • DARPA Taps General Atomics to Build Portable Diagnostic Platform With Sensor - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps General Atomics to Build Portable Diagnostic Platform With Sensor

    A General Atomics business unit has received a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to build a portable medical device for military personnel to detect if they have come into contact with an infectious disease. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems will equipe the Portable Diagnostic Platform with sensor technology and disposable cartridges designed to perform laboratory-quality molecular […] More

  • DoD CIO Seeks Positioning, Navigation & Timing Enterprise Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD CIO Seeks Positioning, Navigation & Timing Enterprise Support

    The Defense Department Chief Information Officer has issued a solicitation notice for programmatic, systems engineering and management support for DoD’s positioning, navigation and timing enterprise, Fedscoop reported Wednesday. DoD CIO seeks a contractor to help the department procure and manage PNT, GPS and navigation warfare systems, according to a performance of work statement obtained by Fedscoop. The selected contractor will also […] More