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  • Navy to Commission USS Ralph Johnson March 24 in South Carolina - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy to Commission USS Ralph Johnson March 24 in South Carolina

    The U.S. Navy has announced it will commission the guided-missile destroyer to be named USS Ralph Johnson on March 14, at Columbus Street Pier, Charleston, South Carolina. Georgeann McRaven, wife of retired Adm. Bill McRaven, will order the destroyer to service as the ship’s sponsor; while U.S. Marine Corps commandant Gen. Robert Neller will provide the commissioning’s principal address, […] More

  • NIST Supports Planned RF Spectrum Sharing Between U.S. Military & Industry - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST Supports Planned RF Spectrum Sharing Between U.S. Military & Industry

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology is supporting the Federal Communications Commission‘s plan to facilitate the sharing of a 150-megahertz radio frequency spectrum band between U.S. military and private sector users. NIST said Thursday it has helped develop standards, test procedures and certification tools that will authorize broadband service providers and other entities to share […] More

  • Raytheon Uses AWS Government Cloud to Meet Security Requirements - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Uses AWS Government Cloud to Meet Security Requirements

    Raytheon is using Amazon Web Services‘ government cloud platform to meet the security needs of the former’s national defense customers. AWS said Thursday Raytheon has worked to speed up tests of information technology systems through the AWS GovCloud (US) offering. GovCloud (US) is compliant with the Defense Department‘s cloud security information impact levels 2, 4 and 5. Steve […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Gets Additional USAF GPS Receiver Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins Gets Additional USAF GPS Receiver Order

    Rockwell Collins will provide additional global positioning system receivers to the U.S. Air Force‘s Space and Missile Systems Center under a follow-on order. The latest order is for 300 Military-Code GPS receivers and follows the company’s delivery of 700 receivers to USAF SMC as part of the GPS User Equipment program, Rockwell Collins said Thursday. Troy Brunk, vice president and […] More

  • BullFrog Licenses Johns Hopkins APL-Built Data Analysis Tool Via DHS Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BullFrog Licenses Johns Hopkins APL-Built Data Analysis Tool Via DHS Program

    Artificial intelligence company BullFrog AI has licensed a data analysis tool developed by Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory through the Department of Homeland Security‘s Transition to Practice Program. The licensing agreement grants BullFrog exclusive rights to use the Socrates data analysis platform for biopharmaceutical applications, DHS said Thursday. Socrates is built to determine patterns and relationships in large-scale and complex data sets […] More

  • Lockheed Subsidiary Wins $66M Navy Torpedo Engineering, Maintenance Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Subsidiary Wins $66M Navy Torpedo Engineering, Maintenance Contract

    A Lockheed Martin subsidiary has won a potential five-year, $65.9 million contract  to maintain and engineer MK48 torpedoes for the U.S. Navy‘s Intermediate Maintenance Activity in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded the contract to Lockheed Martin Sippican after a competitive solicitation that garnered two proposals, the Defense Department said Thursday. DoD noted the service branch will obligate $3,028,731 […] More

  • DoD Seeks Underwater-Launched UAV Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Seeks Underwater-Launched UAV Platform

    The Defense Department has started to accept solution briefs for an underwater-launched unmanned aerial vehicle with interface and control features similar to those of existing consumer drones. A solicitation notice posted on the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental’s website says that DoD seeks a platform that can process full-motion video and operate for more than one hour at a range […] More

  • Startup Firm Relativity Enters Agreement to Use NASA Stennis Test Stand - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Startup Firm Relativity Enters Agreement to Use NASA Stennis Test Stand

    NASA‘s Stennis Space Center and launch vehicle provider Relativity have entered an agreement that authorizes the startup to use one of Stennis’ test stands exclusively, Space News reported Wednesday. The Commercial Space Launch Act agreement grants the exclusive use of the E-4 Test Complex to Relativity for 20 years. The complex features four cells for engine […] More

  • Cubic Taps CPI for UAV Ground Terminal, Antennas - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Taps CPI for UAV Ground Terminal, Antennas

    Cubic‘s mission solutions business has awarded multiple contracts to Communications and Power Industries to supply a ground data terminal and antennas for unmanned aerial vehicle operations, Space Daily reported Wednesday. CPI will provide the HD-30T Ground Data Terminal and tactical airborne common data link antennas, such as the AT-20 two-axis Data Link Antenna, to Cubic. HD-30T is […] More

  • Tiag Obtains CMMI Level 3 Rating, ISO 9001:2015 Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tiag Obtains CMMI Level 3 Rating, ISO 9001:2015 Certification

    The Informatics Applications Group has obtained separate certifications for services and quality management systems from the CMMI Institute and the International Organization for Standardization. Tiag said Wednesday it received a Capability Maturity Model Integration Level 3 rating for services, validating that the company performs at a “defined” level based on its standards, procedures, processes, tools and methods. […] More

  • Google Cloud Platform Gets FedRAMP Provisional Authorization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Google Cloud Platform Gets FedRAMP Provisional Authorization

    Google has received a provisional authority to operate under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its suite of cloud computing services and underlying common infrastructure. FedRAMP’s Joint Authorization Board issued Rev. 4 P-ATO approval to the Google Cloud Platform at the moderate impact level, Jennifer Lin, director of product management for Google’s GCP security and privacy […] More

  • Harris to Help Modernize Asian Country's Military Comms Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Help Modernize Asian Country’s Military Comms Network

    Harris has been named the prime systems integrator for a project to update a military communications network of an undisclosed Asian country. The company said Wednesday it will replace the country’s disparate systems with military and commercial products that will compose an integrated platform compatible with Falcon III tactical radios. Falcon III is designed for military users […] More