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  • AeroVironment-MDA Team to Provide Small UAS for Canada's Maritime Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AeroVironment-MDA Team to Provide Small UAS for Canada’s Maritime Operations

    The Canadian department of national defense has selected a team of AeroVironment and Maxar Technologies‘ MDA subsidiary to provide small unmanned aerial systems for deployment aboard the Canadian navy’s maritime coastal defense vessels. AeroVironment said Wednesday the military service will receive Puma II AE mini UAS equipped with 360-degree antenna and Mantis i45 sensor systems designed to support […] More

  • Report: Stratolaunch Aircraft Completes Land Control Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Stratolaunch Aircraft Completes Land Control Test

    Stratolaunch Systems has completed a ground-based control test of its aircraft designed to facilitate air launches of rockets in order to bring satellites into low-Earth orbit, ValueWalk reported Wednesday. Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder who established Stratolaunch in 2011, said in a Twitter post that the Seattle, Washington-based company’s aircraft recorded 46 miles per hour in top […] More

  • Raytheon to Produce Multispectral Targeting Systems for USAF, France Under $87M Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Produce Multispectral Targeting Systems for USAF, France Under $87M Contract

    Raytheon has received a potential $87.1 million contract to supply updated high definition/target location accuracy turrets to the U.S. Air Force and France. The Defense Department said Wednesday the fixed-price-incentive contract covers the production of 44 AN/DAS-4 AN/DAS-4 Multi-Spectral Targeting System Model B turrets as well as one lot of initial spares, shop replaceable units, associated data. The […] More

  • Air Force Taps Lockheed for GPS On-Orbit Sustainment Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps Lockheed for GPS On-Orbit Sustainment Services

    Lockheed Martin has received a potential $18.7 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to help sustain the military branch’s GPS satellites currently in orbit. Work covers on-orbit and anomaly resolution support, constellation performance analysis, space vehicle end-of-life test and training and SV subsystem analysis, the Defense Department said Wednesday. DoD noted the Space and Missile Systems […] More

  • ACT-IAC Forms Working Group to Support Government, Industry Transition to EIS Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ACT-IAC Forms Working Group to Support Government, Industry Transition to EIS Contract

    The American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council has formed a working group to help federal agencies and contractors transition to the General Services Administration‘s new governmentwide acquisition vehicle for telecommunications services. GSA awarded the potential 15-year, $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract in August of last year as a replacement to Networx and at least 80 other federal telecommunications […] More

  • Radiant Solutions to Back NGA-DIUx Machine Learning Tech Challenge: Tony Frazier Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Radiant Solutions to Back NGA-DIUx Machine Learning Tech Challenge: Tony Frazier Comments

    Maxar Technologies’ Radiant Solutions business has received a contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to help expedite the development of machine learning algorithms designed to gather data from satellite images. Radiant Solutions said Tuesday it will provide NGA access to high-resolution satellite images of at least 1 million labeled objects to help the agency launch […] More

  • DoD, ODNI Respectively Seek $21B, $60B in Fiscal 2019 Intell Program Funds - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD, ODNI Respectively Seek $21B, $60B in Fiscal 2019 Intell Program Funds

    The Defense Department and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence have publicly released their fiscal 2019 budget requests for their respective intelligence initiatives. DoD said Tuesday it has requested a top-line budget of $21.2 billion to support its Military Intelligence Program. The budget both includes the MIP base budget and allocation for overseas contingency operations, the Pentagon […] More

  • Report: Navy Tests Manned-Unmanned Teaming Through Northrop-Built Fire Scout UAS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Navy Tests Manned-Unmanned Teaming Through Northrop-Built Fire Scout UAS

    The U.S. Navy is currently testing the joint operations of an unmanned aerial system with a manned aircraft using the Northrop Grumman-built MQ-8C Fire Scout UAS and the Sikorsky-made MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, National Defense reported Tuesday. MQ-8C is intended to replace the Navy’s fleet of MQ-8B aircraft and work with manned helicopters on missions such as reconnaissance, situational […] More

  • Fortinet Unveils AI-Powered Threat Analysis & Detection Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fortinet Unveils AI-Powered Threat Analysis & Detection Platform

    Fortinet has introduced an artificial intelligence platform designed to automate analysis and detection of cyber threats. The cybersecurity company said Tuesday the FortiGuard AI threat intelligence tool was produced through a five-year effort of Fortinet’s research group, FortiGuard Labs, to develop automated threat analysis and detection. FortiGuard AI uses machine learning and continuous training to constantly update itself and autonomously gather, […] More

  • Iron Mountain Debuts Federal Records Storage Facility in Maryland; Michael Lewis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iron Mountain Debuts Federal Records Storage Facility in Maryland; Michael Lewis Comments

    Iron Mountain has opened a facility in Suitland, Maryland, that is built to store records for federal customers and comply with National Archives and Records Administration  standards. The company said Monday its new 125,000-square-foot federal records facility is close to Joint Base Andrews and has approximately 1.5 million cubic feet of storage. Michael Lewis, vice president and general manager of […] More

  • Accenture Unveils IT Modernization Hub in Columbus, Ohio - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture Unveils IT Modernization Hub in Columbus, Ohio

    Accenture has opened an innovation hub in Columbus, Ohio, in a push to support customers in efforts to modernize their information technology systems. The company said Tuesday it established the facility to help clients keep pace with the digital economy through modernization as well as adoption of disruptive technology and IT delivery methods. The center will […] More