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  • DISA to Solicit Proposals for $96M IT Products & Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DISA to Solicit Proposals for $96M IT Products & Services Contract

    The Defense Information Systems Agency plans to issue a formal request for proposals later this month for a range of information technology products and services that will be delivered outside the continental U.S. DISA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday that the planned single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will be valued at $95.9 million and will include […] More

  • Fincantieri to Team Up with Australia-Based Companies for Navy Frigate Production Bid - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fincantieri to Team Up with Australia-Based Companies for Navy Frigate Production Bid

    Fincantieri will open an opportunity for Australia-based companies to help the European shipbuilder compete for a $26.4 billion Australian navy frigate manufacturing contract, the Australian Financial Review reported Sunday. The selected companies will join Fincantieri’s global supply chain for commercial vessels such as cruise ships and luxury yachts. The Australian navy will award a contract for the […] More

  • Red Hat Unveils Updated Enterprise Container Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Red Hat Unveils Updated Enterprise Container Platform

    Red Hat has introduced an updated version of its enterprise-grade Kubernetes container application platform. The company said Thursday its OpenShift Container Platform 3.7. works to help information technology organizations develop and manage applications that use services from data centers and public clouds. Matt Yanchyshyn, director of partner solution architecture at Amazon Web Services, said AWS partnered with Red Hat […] More

  • Raytheon-Built Ground System, Space Sensor Tech to Aid JPSS-1 Weather Satellite Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon-Built Ground System, Space Sensor Tech to Aid JPSS-1 Weather Satellite Mission

    Raytheon provided a common ground system and a space sensor technology to support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s next-generation polar satellite that NASA launched Saturday from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The company said Saturday its common ground system for the Joint Polar Satellite System and the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite sensor will function […] More

  • Applied DNA Gets DLA Microcircuit DNA Marking Support Extension - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Applied DNA Gets DLA Microcircuit DNA Marking Support Extension

    Applied DNA Sciences has received a one-year contract extension to provide DNA marking support services for the Defense Logistics Agency’s Federal Supply Class 5962 microcircuits. The company said Monday the contract extension will run through Oct. 13, 2018, and will cover the application of the firm’s SigNature DNA marks and provision of related supplies, equipment and […] More

  • Coras' SaaS-Based Application Platform Gets FedRAMP Ready Status - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Coras’ SaaS-Based Application Platform Gets FedRAMP Ready Status

    Coras has received a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Ready designation for a software-as-a-service platform designed to help agencies move applications to a cloud environment. The company said Friday it demonstrated the CorasNow Federal application platform’s capacity to meet technical requirements under FedRAMP. Dan Naselius, president and chief technology officer of Coras, said the company aims to assist customers in efforts […] More

  • Symantec Tops IDC's Mobile Threat Defense Market Report - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Symantec Tops IDC’s Mobile Threat Defense Market Report

    Symantec has been described as a “leader” among mobile threat management software vendors in a recent International Data Corp. MarketScape report. The research firm evaluated Symantec and eight other vendors for its “IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Mobile Threat Management Security Software 2017 Vendor Assessment” report, Symantec said Wednesday. Vendors were categorized into leaders, participants, contenders and major players as […] More

  • NASA Picks Johns Hopkins APL to Build Instrument for Japan-Led Mars Lunar Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Picks Johns Hopkins APL to Build Instrument for Japan-Led Mars Lunar Mission

    NASA has chosen Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory to develop a gamma-ray and neutron spectrometer in support of Japan’s mission to two Martian moons. JHUAPL said Friday it will work with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency to build the MEGANE instrument for the Martian Moons eXploration mission that is set to launch in 2024. […] More

  • ULA Launches JPSS-1 Weather Satellite for NOAA, NASA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA Launches JPSS-1 Weather Satellite for NOAA, NASA

    A United Launch Alliance-built Delta II rocket lifted off Saturday with the first of four polar-orbiting environmental satellites developed through a collaborative program between NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. ULA said Saturday it launched the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 1:47 a.m. Pacific time. The satellite is designed to […] More

  • GSA Adds Nutanix Hyperconverged Cloud Platforms to Carahsoft's IT Schedule 70 Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Adds Nutanix Hyperconverged Cloud Platforms to Carahsoft’s IT Schedule 70 Contract

    The General Services Administration-led Enterprise Software Category Team has selected Nutanix and Carahsoft to offer hyperconverged cloud infrastructure platforms to government agencies via GSA’s IT Schedule 70 contract vehicle. Nutanix can use Carahsoft’s position under IT Schedule 70 to deliver 10 HCI products designed to help agencies simplify their data centers and modernize their information technology infrastructure, GSA said Friday. […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Secures Air Force Funds to Continue Booster Engine Development Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Secures Air Force Funds to Continue Booster Engine Development Work

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has received a $22.7 million contract modification for the development of a reusable oxidizer rich staged combustion cycle booster engine designed to use liquid oxygen baseline propellants. The Defense Department said Wednesday the modification will increase cumulative value of Aerojet Rocketdyne’s contract to $218.4 million. Services under the contract include booster engine design, construction and testing. The company […] More

  • Northrop Flies 1st E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Aircraft for Japan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Flies 1st E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Aircraft for Japan

    Northrop Grumman has completed the maiden flight of an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye early warning aircraft that company has built for Japan through a foreign military sales contract. The company said Wednesday it flew the aircraft from Northrop’s Aircraft Integration Center of Excellence in St. Augustine, Florida, on Oct. 9. Japan’s defense ministry picked the Advanced Hawkeye platform three years […] More