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  • Accenture's Federal Arm Selects Celedon for 'Small Business of the Year' Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture’s Federal Arm Selects Celedon for ‘Small Business of the Year’ Award

    Accenture‘s federal services business has given its Small Business of the Year award to Celedon Partners in recognition of the latter company’s efforts to support Accenture-built information technology platforms. Annapolis, Maryland-based Celedon supported the execution of Accenture’s Task Management Tool that works to help federal customers manage flow of information and workload across the enterprise, Accenture said Tuesday. Christine […] More

  • Comtech Gets Contract Modification for Navy Network Connection Device Engineering Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Comtech Gets Contract Modification for Navy Network Connection Device Engineering Support

    A subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications has secured a $1.9 million contract modification for engineering support services backing a U.S. Navy network connection device. Comtech EF Data will provide support for enhancements to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command’s Advanced Time Division Multiple Access Interface Processor production terminals, the company said Wednesday. Fred Kornberg, president and CEO […] More

  • DARPA Taps Raytheon BBN to Help Develop Causal Exploration Tech for Military Planners - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps Raytheon BBN to Help Develop Causal Exploration Tech for Military Planners

    A Raytheon subsidiary has been selected to develop tools for military planners to examine and address causal factors that trigger conflict situations as part of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-led program. Raytheon BBN Technologies aims to use artificial intelligence and machine learning methods to produce a modeling platform for DARPA’s Causal Exploration of Complex Operational Environments program, […] More

  • IBM Tops List of Australian Govt IT Contractors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Tops List of Australian Govt IT Contractors

    A new report from Australia’s national audit office says IBM received the highest number of information technology contracts from the Australian government during the 2012 to 2013 through 2016 to 2017 period, ZDNet reported Thursday. Australia spent $27 billion on IT contracts over the five-year period, including $1.8 billion for 692 government contracts that went to IBM, […] More

  • Raytheon Launches Abu Dhabi, UAE-Based Subsidiary - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Launches Abu Dhabi, UAE-Based Subsidiary

    Raytheon has created an aerospace and defense subsidiary in the United Arab Emirates to mark its 30th year of partnership with the country’s government. John Brauneis, formerly vice president for supply chain management at Raytheon, will serve as chief executive of the Abu Dhabi-based Raytheon Emirates business, the company said Wednesday. Brauneis said the subsidiary aims […] More

  • Terumo BCT Receives DoD Grant for Blood Sterilization Tech Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Terumo BCT Receives DoD Grant for Blood Sterilization Tech Research

    Terumo BCT has received a three-year grant from the Defense Department to study the effectiveness of a new medical technology to cut the risk of bloodborne pathogen transmission in military personnel. The company said Wednesday it will use the funds awarded through DoD’s Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program to further develop the Mirasol pathogen reduction technology. “This new […] More

  • Report: Northrop Embeds Security Features in Microchip Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Northrop Embeds Security Features in Microchip Tech

    A Northrop Grumman facility in Baltimore, Maryland, produces microchip technology designed with security tools that are not available on the commercial market, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. Vern Boyle, technology director at Northrop’s cyber division, told Breaking Defense that the company works to develop specific technologies that are only accessible to the U.S. government. He noted in the interview that the company creates its […] More

  • Carissa Christensen: Venture Capital Firms Show Increased Interest in Space Companies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carissa Christensen: Venture Capital Firms Show Increased Interest in Space Companies

    Carissa Christensen, CEO of Bryce Space and Technology, has said venture capital firms have made “consistent” investments in space companies amid the lack of “megadeals” involving space startups in 2017, Space News reported Tuesday. Christensen said Tuesday at the SpaceCom Expo in Houston, Texas, that the previous two years each recorded approximately $3 billion in total […] More

  • General Dynamics to Help Air Force Develop, Maintain Combat Simulation Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Help Air Force Develop, Maintain Combat Simulation Tech

    General Dynamics‘ information technology business has received a potential five-year, $47 million to develop combat simulation hardware and software for the U.S. Air Force. The company said Wednesday it will also help the military service build and maintain a supplementary network infrastructure as well as integrate a live, virtual and constructive combat environment into warfighter training. Dan […] More

  • Lockheed Licenses Ubisense's Digital Platform to Aid F-35 Manufacturing Process - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Licenses Ubisense’s Digital Platform to Aid F-35 Manufacturing Process

    Lockheed Martin has licensed an industrial internet-of-things platform from Ubisense as part of efforts to increase F-35 manufacturing efficiency at Lockheed’s Fort Worth, Texas, facility. Ubisense said Wednesday it designed the SmartSpace system to help manufacturers address schedule, budget requirements for aircraft production, as well as boost transparency on the manufacturing process with location technology. SmartSpace employs an indoor […] More

  • Vencore Reports $375M in US Govt System Engineering, Integration Support Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vencore Reports $375M in US Govt System Engineering, Integration Support Contracts

    Vencore has booked multiple contracts worth up to $375 million combined during the third quarter of 2017 to help several U.S. government customers engineer and integrate systems. The company said Wednesday it will perform work under the contracts over a span of more than seven years. Chantilly, Virginia-based Vencore offers a range of software, cyber and […] More

  • TSA Taps Govplace to Deploy Sqrrl Threat Hunting Software for Cyber Compromise Detection - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TSA Taps Govplace to Deploy Sqrrl Threat Hunting Software for Cyber Compromise Detection

    Govplace has received a contract from the Transportation Security Administration to utilize Sqrrl-built threat hunting software designed to analyze information technology networks and determine potential cyber compromises. Govplace said Wednesday the TSA intends to merge the Sqrrl Threat Hunting Platform with current security platforms and distribute Sqrrl-generated data to Department of Homeland Security personnel. The […] More