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  • Orbital ATK Gets $50M in Navy Anti-Radiation Missile Design Adaptation Orders - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Gets $50M in Navy Anti-Radiation Missile Design Adaptation Orders

    Orbital ATK‘s defense electronic systems unit has secured a pair of tasks orders worth up to $50.1 million to help the U.S. Navy produce design adaptations to current Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile subsystems and components. The Navy awarded both orders under a previously issued basic ordering agreement that covers engineering studies and logistics and test planning services […] More

  • Saalex Wins $87M IDIQ for Engineering Services to Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saalex Wins $87M IDIQ for Engineering Services to Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division

    Saalex Solutions has won a potential $87.3 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide nearly 1.2 million direct labor hours of engineering support to the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division. The Defense Department said Monday the company will help NAWCWD’s research and engineering department develop, test, evaluate, produce and operate multiple weapons systems across the […] More

  • General Atomics to Integrate Small Diameter Bomb on Air Force MQ-9 RPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics to Integrate Small Diameter Bomb on Air Force MQ-9 RPA

    A business unit of General Atomics has received a one-year, $17.5 million contract to support the integration of a small diameter bomb technology onto the U.S. Air Force‘s MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. will help the service branch integrate the Guided Bomb Unit-39B/B with a dual carriage system through the use of a universal armament interface, the Defense […] More

  • Lurssen Picked for $3B Australian Offshore Patrol Vessel Construction Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lurssen Picked for $3B Australian Offshore Patrol Vessel Construction Project

    The Australian government has selected Germany-based shipbuilding company Lurssen as the prime contractor on a potential $3 billion contract to design and build up to 12 offshore patrol vessels. Australia’s defense department said Friday the OPV construction project will be performed by Australian workers in the country’s shipyards using locally-sourced steel. The first two vessels will […] More

  • Lazarus Alliance Recertified as FedRAMP 3PAO; Michael Peters Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lazarus Alliance Recertified as FedRAMP 3PAO; Michael Peters Comments

    The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation has recertified Lazarus Alliance‘s status as a third-party assessment organization under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Lazarus Alliance CEO Michael Peters said in a statement published Monday the company completed a “rigorous” evaluation process to secure 3PAO recertification. “We are excited about our recertification and stand ready to help […] More

  • CTC's Ed Sheehan Elected to Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC’s Ed Sheehan Elected to Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial Board

    Ed Sheehan, president and CEO of Concurrent Technologies Corp., has been appointed to the board of directors of The Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial. Sheehan will bring philanthropic experience to the board and build on his company’s support for Friends of Flight 93-hosted annual events such as the September 11 Observance, the nonprofit said Wednesday. […] More

  • NIH Supercomputing Cluster Lands Spot on Top500 List; CSRA’s Kamal Narang Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIH Supercomputing Cluster Lands Spot on Top500 List; CSRA’s Kamal Narang Comments

    A computing platform that CSRA upgraded for the National Institutes of Health has been named to the Top500 list of the world’s fastest supercomputers. NIH’s Biowulf cluster ranked 66th on the Top500’s 2017 list, CSRA said Monday. Biowulf works to process simultaneous computations related to genomics, statistical analysis, image processing and other areas in biomedical research. CSRA […] More

  • DHS, NASA, SBA Chiefs to Deliver Keynote at Senior Executives Association's Leadership Summit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS, NASA, SBA Chiefs to Deliver Keynote at Senior Executives Association’s Leadership Summit

    Leaders of the Department of Homeland Security, NASA and the Small Business Administration will serve as keynote speakers at the Senior Executives Association’s 2017 Presidential Rank Awards Leadership Summit on Dec. 7. DHS Acting Secretary Elaine Duke, NASA Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot Jr. and SBA Administrator Linda McMahon will headline the inaugural event, which aims to recognize the service of […] More

  • IBM Tapped to Provide Cognitive Computing Infrastructure for Australian Defense Dept - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Tapped to Provide Cognitive Computing Infrastructure for Australian Defense Dept

    IBM‘s Australian unit has secured an estimated $3.1 million contract to provide cognitive computing infrastructure and support to Australia’s defense department, ARN reported Monday. IBM Australia will furnish the Watson artificial intelligence platform to the department over three years under the limited-tender contract, the publication said. A spokesperson for the department told ARN the platform will […] More

  • Louis Berger Selected to Manage Cameroon-Nigeria Bridge Construction Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Louis Berger Selected to Manage Cameroon-Nigeria Bridge Construction Project

    Louis Berger has secured a $1.7 million contract to manage the construction of a two-lane bridge designed to link Cameroon and Nigeria. The company said Thursday the project will use a balanced cantilever method to build a box girder bridge over the Cross River between Ekok, Cameroon and Mfum, Nigeria. Louis Berger will also provide bridge construction management training and […] More

  • Saab to Supply Additional Radars for Navy LCS Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab to Supply Additional Radars for Navy LCS Program

    General Dynamics has placed an order for Saab medium-range surveillance radar systems for installation on two future U.S. Navy littoral combat ships. Saab said Thursday it will provide Sea Giraffe AMB naval radars designated as AN/SPS-77 for the military branch’s LCS 28 and LCS 30 ships. Erik Smith, president and CEO of Saab Defense and Security USA, said the company is contracted to deliver Sea […] More

  • DroneShield Releases Counter-Drone System Demo Video - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DroneShield Releases Counter-Drone System Demo Video

    Droneshield has released a video that features the company’s new multi-method systems designed to detect and counter unmanned aerial system threats. The company said Sunday its DroneSentry employs software and user interface designed to integrate acoustic, optical camera, radar, radio frequency, thermal camera and optical sensor detection functions. DroneSentinel is equipped with a multi-sensor detection technology and built for customers […] More