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  • Atos to Install Supercomputer for UK Nuclear Deterrence Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Atos to Install Supercomputer for UK Nuclear Deterrence Program

    AWE has selected digital technology firm Atos to support the installation of a supercomputer designed to validate nuclear warheads as part of a nuclear deterrence program in the U.K. Atos said Monday its Bull Sequana supercomputer will work to help AWE assess the safety and reliability of Trident nuclear warheads through a science-based computational program. AWE […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls-Built Amphibious Transport Dock Completes Initial Sea Trials - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls-Built Amphibious Transport Dock Completes Initial Sea Trials

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has evaluated systems that have been installed on the U.S. Navy‘s 11th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship during a series of sea trials. HII said Monday its Ingalls Shipbuilding division operated USS Portland (LPD 27) in the Gulf of Mexico for four days and performed anchor-handling, ballast and deballast, detect-to-engage, full power ahead, astern and […] More

  • Carnegie Mellon University Secures DHS Grant for Cyber Data & Analysis Platform Devt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carnegie Mellon University Secures DHS Grant for Cyber Data & Analysis Platform Devt

    Carnegie Mellon University has secured a $206,062 grant from the Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate to build data and analysis platforms that can help cybersecurity researchers understand and mitigate cyber attacks. DHS said Monday the grant was awarded through the department’s Information Marketplace for Policy and Analysis of Cyber-Risk & Trust project that seeks to coordinate and […] More

  • BAE Hands Over Updated Hawk Trainer Aircraft to Australian Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Hands Over Updated Hawk Trainer Aircraft to Australian Air Force

    The Australian air force has flown the first upgraded BAE Systems-built Hawk trainer aircraft. Updates to the aircraft include the replacement of two synthetic training tools and installation of three CAE-developed mission simulators as well as electronic warfare, simulated radar, traffic collision avoidance system and ground proximity warning equipment, BAE said Wednesday. Upgrade work on Hawk […] More

  • Applied Research Associates Lands Army R&D Task Orders - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Applied Research Associates Lands Army R&D Task Orders

    Applied Research Associates has received research and development task orders worth up to $49.5 million combined to provide hardware, software, prototyping sensors, modeling, testing and simulation training services to the U.S. Army. Albuquerque, New Mexico-based ARA is scheduled to finish work July 2, 2022, the Defense Department said Monday. The Army Contracting Command will determine funds and […] More

  • Gibbs & Cox Adds Navy Vet William Landay to Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gibbs & Cox Adds Navy Vet William Landay to Board of Directors

    William Landay III, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral and president of WE LANDAY Consulting, has joined the board of directors at Arlington, Virginia-based maritime engineering and design company Gibbs & Cox. Gibbs & Cox said Friday the more than 35-year Navy veteran also currently holds a senior adviser role at Avascent International and the Potomac Institute of […] More

  • VA to Adopt COTS Platform for EHR System Modernization; Leidos’ Jerry Hogge Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA to Adopt COTS Platform for EHR System Modernization; Leidos’ Jerry Hogge Comments

    The Department of Veterans Affairs opted to adopt a commercial off-the-shelf platform to manage its electronic health records by awarding a sole-source contract to Cerner in June, E-Commerce Times reported Friday. The commercial EHR system from Cerner will replace VA’s current VistA platform and is designed to be interoperable with the Defense Dapartment’s EHR tool. DoD selected […] More

  • Lockheed-Led Industry Team Launches 15th Navy LCS; Joe North Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Led Industry Team Launches 15th Navy LCS; Joe North Comments

    An industry team led by Lockheed Martin has launched the U.S. Navy‘s 15th Littoral Combat Ship into the Menominee River from the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard in Wisconsin. Lockheed said Saturday that USS Billings will undergo additional outfitting and testing activities at the Wisconsin-based shipyard ahead of a scheduled delivery to the service branch in 2018. Fincantieri Marinette Marine, […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL to Carry Out Design Phase of NASA's Asteroid Deflection Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Johns Hopkins APL to Carry Out Design Phase of NASA’s Asteroid Deflection Mission

    NASA has given Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory the go-ahead to start the preliminary design phase of an asteroid deflection mission. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test seeks to shift the orbit of an asteroid within the Didymos asteroid binary system to demonstrate a technique that could protect Earth from a potential asteroid strike, APL said Friday. “DART […] More

  • Saab Lands $147M Swedish Corvette Ship Upgrade Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab Lands $147M Swedish Corvette Ship Upgrade Contract

    Saab has secured a potential $147.3 million contract from the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration to carry out modification and upgrade work on Gavle-class corvettes for the Swedish marine. The contract covers life-extension services to HMS Gavle and HMS Sundsvall and a general inspection after both vessels have been in service for six years, Saab said Friday. Gunnar Wieslander, […] More

  • Woolpert Gets EPA Geospatial Infrastructure Support Subcontract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Woolpert Gets EPA Geospatial Infrastructure Support Subcontract

    CSRA has awarded Woolpert a subcontract to provide a geographic information system, remote sensing data and associated consulting services to the Environmental Protection Agency. Woolpert will perform GIS analysis, metadata generation, application development, help desk support and geospatial information collection services, the company said Thursday. CSRA’s SRA International subsidiary landed a potential five-year, $266 million contract in […] More