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  • Lockheed Assembles First Comms Satellite for Saudi Arabia-Based Operator - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Assembles First Comms Satellite for Saudi Arabia-Based Operator

    Lockheed Martin has finished assembly and integration work on the first of two communications satellites the U.S. aerospace contractor is building for Arabsat and King Abdulaziz City’s Science and Technology organization in Saudi Arabia. Lockheed said Thursday it shipped the Hellas-Sat-4/SaudiGeoSat-1 satellite to a company facility in Sunnyvale, California to undergo environmental tests that would simulate various  launch and space […] More

  • UK Allocates Nearly $73M for Aerospace R&D Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UK Allocates Nearly $73M for Aerospace R&D Projects

    The U.K. government plans to invest nearly $73 million in seven research and development projects meant to support innovation in the British aerospace sector. The funds will be awarded through the Aerospace Technology Institute as part of the British government and industry’s commitment to invest as much as $5.3 billion in civil aerospace R&D initiatives by 2026, […] More

  • Esri Agrees to Expand Airbus Defense & Space Unit's GIS Tech Access - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Esri Agrees to Expand Airbus Defense & Space Unit’s GIS Tech Access

    Esri has signed an enterprise agreement to extend Airbus‘ access to a geographic information system to support the intelligence program line of the latter’s defense and space business. Airbus seeks to expand its use of Esri-built ArcGIS platform in efforts to help address  environmental, social and economic challenges globally with the use of the mapping and geospatial analysis […] More

  • Blue Sky Network to Provide Satellite Phones to International Monetary Fund - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Blue Sky Network to Provide Satellite Phones to International Monetary Fund

    The International Monetary Fund has selected Blue Sky Network to supply satellite-based communications systems for use by IMF personnel who travel to high-risk locations worldwide. Blue Sky Network said Thursday it will deliver Iridium 9575 Extreme satellite phones under a multiyear contract with IMF. Extreme is a military-grade handheld device designed with shock/water resistance, voice, data and tracking features. Gregoire […] More

  • Carey Smith Talks About Parsons' Williams Electric Purchase, Control System Business Expansion - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carey Smith Talks About Parsons’ Williams Electric Purchase, Control System Business Expansion

    Carey Smith, federal group president at Parsons, has said the company expects the acquisition of control system integration company Williams Electric to create new opportunities as the Pasadena, California-based engineering services contractor operates in the Middle East and other regions, the Pasadena Star-News reported Thursday. Smith told Pasadena Star-News she believes Parsons’ contractual relationships with federal […] More

  • DXC's Earl Matthews: DoD Could Address Cyber Workforce Shortfall Through Civilian Reserve Corps - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DXC’s Earl Matthews: DoD Could Address Cyber Workforce Shortfall Through Civilian Reserve Corps

    Earl Matthews, vice president of DXC Technology‘s enterprise security solutions group, has said that the U.S. government and Defense Department should consider establishing a civilian reserve cyber corps to address the shortage of cyber personnel. Matthews wrote in an article posted Friday on SIGNAL magazine that the civilian cyber corps can be modeled after the Civil Reserve Air Fleet […] More

  • Deloitte, Sqrrl Form Cyber Threat Hunting Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte, Sqrrl Form Cyber Threat Hunting Partnership

    Deloitte has partnered with Sqrrl to offer a cybersecurity service to customers in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Sqrrl said Thursday its technology platform will support Deloitte’s managed threat hunting service at a security operations center for the EMEA region. Cesar Martin Lara, a partner at Deloitte’s cyber risk services practice in Spain, said Sqrrl’s platform is designed […] More

  • Barbara Humpton: Siemens Gets Army Contract Modification for Battle Tank Repair Facility Upgrades - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Barbara Humpton: Siemens Gets Army Contract Modification for Battle Tank Repair Facility Upgrades

    Siemens has received a potential $37 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to carry out upgrades at the Lima, Ohio-based Joint Systems Manufacturing Center to help reduce the facility’s energy consumption. The Army Corps of Engineers made the award as a modification to a previously awarded contract in March worth approximately $11.8 million and expects the […] More

  • Boeing Completes System Requirements Review for ICBM Replacement Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Completes System Requirements Review for ICBM Replacement Program

    Boeing has completed a system requirements assessment with the U.S. Air Force under a program that seeks to modernize a ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile system for the military branch’s nuclear deterrence mission. The first key review for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program aimed to assess technical requirements prior to the design and development of the system, Boeing said Thursday. The Air […] More

  • Capgemini to Help Manage Swedish Military's SAP Software Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Capgemini to Help Manage Swedish Military’s SAP Software Platforms

    Capgemini has received a potential seven-year contract to provide SAP software management and operation consulting services to Sweden’s armed forces. Work covers strategic, tactical and operational support intended to address the Swedish military’s economic, logistical and technological requirements for multiple SAP platforms,  Capgemini said Thursday. The company will support the PRIO system that currently runs on Sweden’s military information technology platform. […] More

  • Mercury Systems Gets Missile Defense Radar Module Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mercury Systems Gets Missile Defense Radar Module Order

    Mercury Systems has received a $2.2 million microelectronics order from a defense contractor that currently supports a U.S. ballistic missile defense program. The order is for radio frequency modules that will be integrated into the radar system of a ballistic missile defense platform, Mercury Systems said Thursday. Kevin Beals, vice president and general manager at the company’s […] More

  • ViON to Support DISA Transition to Azure Govt Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ViON to Support DISA Transition to Azure Govt Cloud

    ViON has received a three-year, $1.4 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to support the agency’s transition to Microsoft‘s Azure government cloud. Herndon, Virginia-based ViON said Thursday it will deliver a capacity as-a-service platform; manage the Joint Interoperability Test Command’s public cloud migration; and test hardware in a secure environment under the contract. DISA issued the award through NASA’s Solutions […] More