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  • Lockheed Encapsulates 4th Air Force Missile Warning Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Encapsulates 4th Air Force Missile Warning Satellite

    A fourth missile warning satellite Lockheed Martin built for the U.S. Air Force has been sealed in a protective launch fairing ahead of a scheduled Jan. 18 launch. Lockheed said Thursday it encapsulated the Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Flight-4 satellite at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, where it will lift off aboard a United […] More

  • ForeScout Gets DoD Network Security Tech, Support BPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ForeScout Gets DoD Network Security Tech, Support BPA

    The Defense Department has awarded ForeScout Technologies a blanket purchase agreement to provide network security products, maintenance and support services under DoD’s Enterprise Software Initiative program. ForeScout said Thursday it partnered with Alamo City Engineering Services, Carahsoft Technology, DLT Solutions, immixTechnology and Patriot Technologies to facilitate ESI purchases across the Pentagon, intelligence community and Coast Guard activities globally. The BPA covers the CounterAct agentless security platform, […] More

  • Norway to Procure F-35, P-8 Aircraft From Lockheed, Boeing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Norway to Procure F-35, P-8 Aircraft From Lockheed, Boeing

    Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg has said the country intends to buy additional F-35 jets from Lockheed Martin and P-8 maritime surveillance planes from Boeing, FOX Business reported Wednesday. The first three of the 52 ordered F-35 units were delivered in November 2017. A Lockheed representative said to FOX that Norway has supported the F-35 effort since developmental phases. Prime Minister […] More

  • Airbus-Naval Group Consortium Picked for French Unmanned Helicopter Demonstrator Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus-Naval Group Consortium Picked for French Unmanned Helicopter Demonstrator Program

    A consortium of Airbus Group‘s helicopters business and French defense contractor Naval Group has received a contract from France’s defense procurement agency to help develop an unmanned helicopter demonstrator. Airbus said Thursday the team will conduct a study to determine potential technologies for the French military’s future Navy Airborne Drone System, called SDAM, as well as […] More

  • DARPA Taps Systems and Technology Research for Undersea Sensor Tech Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps Systems and Technology Research for Undersea Sensor Tech Project

    Systems and Technology Research has received $10.6 million to explore undersea sensing systems for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. DARPA will obligate $3.2 million at the time of award from the agency’s fiscal 2017 and fiscal 2018 research and development funds, the Defense Department said Thursday. The research project is scheduled to be finished […] More

  • General Dynamics Lands Army Medical Training Support Contract; Rich Farinacci Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Lands Army Medical Training Support Contract; Rich Farinacci Comments

    A business unit of General Dynamics will provide medical training support to the U.S. Army under a potential five-year, $58.9 million contract. General Dynamics Information Technology will help the Army Reserve organization facilitate training and exercises as part of a regional training sites-medical program, the company said Thursday. Rich Farinacci, vice president and general manager […] More

  • Endgame to Help Secure Navy Assets With Endpoint Protection Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Endgame to Help Secure Navy Assets With Endpoint Protection Tech

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Endgame a contract to provide an endpoint protection platform for the U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/U.S. Tenth Fleet to protect the service branch’s critical infrastructure from cyber threats. The company said Thursday FCC/C10F will implement the company’s platform to safeguard mechanical, electrical, navigation and weapons systems, hull assets, control units and more than 500,000 […] More

  • Comprehensive Health Services Observes National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day; Gary Palmer Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Comprehensive Health Services Observes National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day; Gary Palmer Comments

    Employees of Comprehensive Health Services wore blue Tuesday to celebrate the National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. The company said Thursday its staff members and sheriff’s office representatives in Cape Canaveral, Florida, met outside the company’s headquarters to acknowledge law enforcement personnel who work to increase community safety and security. “We value their service and protection every day,” said […] More

  • Kroll Appoints 4 New Managing Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kroll Appoints 4 New Managing Directors

    Kroll has named Cem Ozturk, Katy Shanahan, Greg Michaels and Fernanda Barroso as managing directors for four of the professional investigative and risk consulting services provider’s offices. The company said Thursday Ozturk and Shanahan, former associate managing directors at Kroll’s investigations and disputes business, will respectively manage operations in Singapore and Massachusetts. Michaels, former associate managing director for the […] More

  • Shaun Bierweiler: Hortonworks to Back 2020 Census With Data Processing Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Shaun Bierweiler: Hortonworks to Back 2020 Census With Data Processing Tools

    Shaun Bierweiler, vice president of U.S. public sector at Hortonworks, has said the company will work to provide several data technology platforms for the U.S. Census Bureau in support of the 2020 Census project under a contract awarded in 2017. Bierweiler told Datanami in an interview published Tuesday that the software company will offer its Hortonworks […] More

  • SpaceX to Launch Orbital ATK-Built Multimission GovSat Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX to Launch Orbital ATK-Built Multimission GovSat Satellite

    A multimission satellite Orbital ATK built for the GovSat brand operated by a joint venture of SES and Luxembourg’s government has arrived at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. SpaceX is scheduled to launch the GovSat-1 satellite by the end of January on board its Falcon 9 rocket, GovSat said Thursday. The satellite will employ X-band […] More

  • Allegheny to Supply General Dynamics Titanium Plate Components for Military Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Allegheny to Supply General Dynamics Titanium Plate Components for Military Vehicles

    Allegheny‘s technologies unit has inked two long-term pricing agreements with General Dynamics worth a combined $75 million to serve as a preferred supplier of titanium plate components to be used on U.S. and U.K. military vehicles. ATI said Thursday it will deliver components for the U.S. military’s Abrams main battle tank through 2019 and supply titanium plates for […] More