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  • Noblis to Support DoD Chemical, Biological Defense Efforts Under $8B IDIQ; Jordin Cohen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Noblis to Support DoD Chemical, Biological Defense Efforts Under $8B IDIQ; Jordin Cohen Comments

    A Noblis subsidiary holds a spot on a potential $8 billion contract vehicle for support services to the Defense Department‘s Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense. The company said Thursday Noblis ESI aims to provide technology, subject matter experts and experience-based insight to help JPEO-CBD manage investments in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense platforms through […] More

  • Lockheed, Saudi Arabia-Based Company Form Bomb Tailkit Production Alliance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Saudi Arabia-Based Company Form Bomb Tailkit Production Alliance

    Lockheed Martin has teamed with a Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-based engineering company to produce laser guided bomb tailkits, Saudi Gazette reported Wednesday. Wahaj, a subsidiary of Saudi International Petrochemical Company, agreed to co-manufacture the air foil group for Lockheed-made Paveway II Plus LGBs under a teaming agreement. “We are dedicated to supporting the Kingdom’s national security objectives defined […] More

  • KBR Govt Business to Support Australia's Military Tech Acquisition, Sustainment Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KBR Govt Business to Support Australia’s Military Tech Acquisition, Sustainment Efforts

    KBR‘s government services arm has landed a potential 11-year contract to provide support services to the capability acquisition and sustainment group of the Australian defense department. The company said Wednesday KBRwyle will serve as one of the four major service providers to CASG through the contract that has a five-year base period and six option years. Ernst & Young will collaborate […] More

  • Report: FCC Unveils Eligible Areas for $4.5B Rural Broadband Internet Delivery Fund - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: FCC Unveils Eligible Areas for $4.5B Rural Broadband Internet Delivery Fund

    The Federal Communications Commission has released a map of areas that are eligible to become beneficiaries of a planned reverse auction, which could provide up to $4.53 billion in funds to mobile operators that can deliver internet access to rural areas, FierceWireless reported Wednesday. The Mobility Fund Phase II auction will make funds available over a 10-year period […] More

  • DOE to Award Technology Grants to 149 Small Businesses - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE to Award Technology Grants to 149 Small Businesses

    The Department of Energy has announced it will award 179 research and development grants with a combined $3o million value to 149 small businesses across 36 states. The Phase I R&D grants will be awarded through DOE’s Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, in support of the department’s Office of Science, DOE said Tuesday. Firms participating […] More

  • CBP Seeks Info on Cloud Migration Services Vendors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CBP Seeks Info on Cloud Migration Services Vendors

    The Customs and Border Protection has posted a request for information on cloud services providers that can help the agency migrate its applications out of a data center. CBP said Wednesday in a FedBizOpps notice that it aims to move all of its on-premises applications from the office of information and technology’s National Data Center complex […] More

  • Tenable-ServiceNow Team Offers Integrated Cyber Risk Mgmt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tenable-ServiceNow Team Offers Integrated Cyber Risk Mgmt Platform

    ServiceNow and Tenable have integrated their respective cybersecurity platforms to support enterprise and government customers’ cyber risk management and reduction efforts. Tenable said Wednesday it combined its Cyber Exposure Platform product line with ServiceNow’s Security Operations offering to deliver a system that is designed to automatically discover and assess vulnerabilities facing information technology, cloud and internet of things […] More

  • Northrop-Made G/ATOR Radar System Achieves Marine Corps Initial Operational Capability - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop-Made G/ATOR Radar System Achieves Marine Corps Initial Operational Capability

    The U.S. Marine Corps has declared initial operational capability for the Northrop Grumman-built AN/TPS-80 ground/air task-oriented radar. Northrop said Wednesday the first two G/ATOR systems will be deployed to the Marine Air Control Squadrons 1 and 2. G/ATOR reached initial operational capability after Northrop delivered the first six radar systems to the Marine Corps as part of the low-rate […] More

  • Amazon Web Services Releases New Text-to-speech Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Amazon Web Services Releases New Text-to-speech Service

    Amazon Web Services has released a new service designed to convert text into realistic voice audio applicable to multiple languages. The Amazon Polly service is available through the AWS GovCloud (US) Region, the company said Wednesday. The text-to-speech service makes use of deep learning technologies to help users construct speech-enabled applications. Amazon Polly’s API may be integrated with other applications to […] More

  • Potomac Officers Club Hosts Breakfast on Federal Digital Transformation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Potomac Officers Club Hosts Breakfast on Federal Digital Transformation

    On Tuesday, Feb. 28th, the Potomac Officers’ Club hosted the Digital Transformation in the Federal Government breakfast event, bringing together established speakers from government and industry to discuss the state of information technology modernization. The keynote speakers were: Matt Lira, special assistant to the president, White House Office of American Innovation; Dr. David Bray, executive […] More

  • Gus Hunt: Accenture’s Federal Arm to Open Cyber Support Center in San Antonio, TX - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gus Hunt: Accenture’s Federal Arm to Open Cyber Support Center in San Antonio, TX

    Gus Hunt, cybersecurity strategy lead at Accenture’s federal services business, has said the company plans to establish a security operations center in San Antonio, Texas, that would provide cybersecurity support to federal agencies that lack budget to hire cyber professionals, the San Antonio Express-News reported Monday. “It allows us to deliver managed, shared services to […] More

  • Boeing Lands $73M IDIQ to Help Extend Navy Super Hornet Service Life - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Lands $73M IDIQ to Help Extend Navy Super Hornet Service Life

    Boeing has secured a $73.2 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to perform modifications on four F/A-18E/F Super Hornets in an effort to extend the aircraft’s service life. The company will aim to extend the operational service life of the service branch’s F/A-18E/F fleet from 6,000 to 9,000 flight hours, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Seventy-five percent of the work will […] More