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  • Microsoft Unveils New Azure Govt Cloud Offerings - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Unveils New Azure Govt Cloud Offerings

    Microsoft has introduced a range of new offerings on the Azure Government cloud platform for public sector customers. Tom Keane, global infrastructure lead at Microsoft’s Azure segment, wrote in an article published Tuesday that the company will launch the Azure Government Secret service for government clients that handle secret-level classified data. Azure Government Secret is designed to […] More

  • Orbital ATK Provides Hardware for ULA Satellite Launch Missions With NASA, NRO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Provides Hardware for ULA Satellite Launch Missions With NASA, NRO

    Orbital ATK provided composite structures and motors for three rockets that  United Launch Alliance used to send one NASA spacecraft and two National Reconnaissance Office payloads into orbit. ULA launched the Boeing-built Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-M as well as the NROL-42 and NROL-52 national security satellites using Atlas V rockets within an eight-week period, Orbital ATK said Tuesday. Orbital ATK manufactured […] More

  • Drone Aviation to Build More Aerostat Systems for DoD Client - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Drone Aviation to Build More Aerostat Systems for DoD Client

    Drone Aviation has received a potential $800,000 order from an unspecified Defense Department client to supply additional units of an updated tactical aerostat platform designed to aid intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. The Winch Aerostat Small Platform will support the DoD customer’s use of communications, daylight and thermal payload capacities, Drone Aviation said Tuesday. WASP works […] More

  • CyrusOne Data Center Offers AWS Cloud Access for Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CyrusOne Data Center Offers AWS Cloud Access for Customers

    CyrusOne has begun to offer access to Amazon Web Services‘ cloud services through a private network at the former’s data center campus in Houston, Texas. AWS Direct Connect is designed to provide a private and direct access to AWS services instead of requiring customers to connect through the internet, CyrusOne said Tuesday. The data center provider initially made AWS Direct […] More

  • Leonardo Subsidiary Wins Navy Contract for Instrument Landing Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo Subsidiary Wins Navy Contract for Instrument Landing Systems

    Leonardo‘s Selex ES subsidiary has won a potential $20.9 million contract to supply instrument landing systems to the U.S. Navy. The contract was awarded through a competitive procurement process and covers 31 Model 2100 instrument landing systems along with collocated distance measuring equipment, Leonardo said Monday. The company noted its Model 2100 technology will work to help naval aviators perform safe […] More

  • Raytheon SM-3 Intercepts Missile Target in NATO-Led Exercise - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon SM-3 Intercepts Missile Target in NATO-Led Exercise

    Raytheon‘s Standard Missile-3 technology has engaged and intercepted a ballistic missile target off the coast of Scotland during a NATO-led multinational operational exercise. The SM-3 test occurred as part of the Formidable Shield 17 missile defense exercise that replicated naval and air battle scenarios, Raytheon said Tuesday. The company also provided Standard Missile-2 and Evolved Seasparrow Missile units for the […] More

  • Lockheed Gets Navy Order to Support UK's F-35B Carrier Flight Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets Navy Order to Support UK’s F-35B Carrier Flight Tests

    Lockheed Martin has received an $11.6 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to support the first round of flight tests and issuance of military permit for an F-35B aircraft to launch from the U.K’.s Queen Elizabeth-class carriers. The Defense Department said Tuesday international partner funds worth $5.7 million will be obligated at the time of award and will not […] More

  • DoD Approves CompTIA Cyber Analyst Certification Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Approves CompTIA Cyber Analyst Certification Program

    The Defense Department has approved a CompTIA program that works to certify an information technology professional’s skills to prevent, recognize and address cyber threats. CompTIA said Tuesday its Cybersecurity Analyst certification is now included in DoD’s Directive 8570.01-M that lists requirements to train, validate and manage the department cyberspace workforce. CSA+ has been approved as a baseline standard for […] More

  • Report: Boeing, Lockheed to Design Navy XLUUV Based on Echo Voyager, Marlin Underwater Drones - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Boeing, Lockheed to Design Navy XLUUV Based on Echo Voyager, Marlin Underwater Drones

    Boeing and Lockheed Martin have begun to design an extra large unmanned undersea vehicle under two separate contracts awarded by the U.S. Navy, USNI News reported Tuesday. The Navy awarded a $42.3 million contract to Boeing and a $43.2 million contract to Lockheed in September under the initial phase of the Orca XLUUV acquisition program. Lance Towers, director of […] More

  • CNSI to Build CMS Medicaid Advantage Encounter Data Processing System; Adnan Ahmed Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CNSI to Build CMS Medicaid Advantage Encounter Data Processing System; Adnan Ahmed Comments

    CNSI has received a potential $35 million contract to help the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services develop, engineer and maintain a technology platform to process medical claims data on Medicare Advantage or Part C beneficiaries. The company said Tuesday it aims to build a next-generation Encounter Data Processing System for the agency to collect and […] More

  • Battelle to Help Produce Coal Ash-Based Rare Earth Oxides Under DOE Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle to Help Produce Coal Ash-Based Rare Earth Oxides Under DOE Project

    Battelle has teamed up with Rare Earth Salts on a potential $875,000 Energy Department project to produce rare earth oxides derived from coal ash. Battelle said Tuesday it will combine its acid digestion process with RES’ novel separation technique to generate rare earth oxide products from coal fly ash sources with a purity of at least 90 […] More

  • Lockheed to Develop Multimodal Sensor Fusion Testbed for Army Rotocraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Develop Multimodal Sensor Fusion Testbed for Army Rotocraft

    Lockheed Martin aims to build multimodal sensor fusion testbed for rotary-wing aircraft under a potential three-year, $12 million contract from U.S. Army‘s Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate. The company said Tuesday currently develops sensor fusion and integration tools in an effort to help increase the survivability of Army helicopters and restore situational awareness for pilots who operate […] More