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  • ViaSat Awarded DISA In-Flight Comms Service Extension - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ViaSat Awarded DISA In-Flight Comms Service Extension

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded ViaSat a six-month, $19.3 million contract modification for in-flight communications service to senior U.S. government leaders and their staff members. ViaSat will continue to provide Ku-band and Ka-band satellite communications coverage when government officials travel by air, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The modification exercises the first option on a previously awarded non-competitive firm-fixed price contract with […] More

  • Red Hat's Jim Tyrell: Public Sector Continues Utilization of Java Programming Language - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Red Hat’s Jim Tyrell: Public Sector Continues Utilization of Java Programming Language

    Jim Tyrell, a principal architect of JBoss solutions at Red Hat‘s public sector business, has said he observed many government agencies have purchased and implemented the Java programming language in their information technology systems. Tyrell wrote in an opinion piece published Wednesday on GCN that Java is designed to run on multiple IT systems and has driven the expansion of […] More

  • Northrop Picks CrossMatch Palm Scanners for UK Criminal Booking System Modernization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Picks CrossMatch Palm Scanners for UK Criminal Booking System Modernization

    Northrop Grumman has selected palm scanners and related fingerprint capture platforms from CrossMatch to update criminal booking systems in the U.K. Northrop will install Crossmatch’s Livescan devices and L Scan 1000 palm scanners to upgrade at least 375 enrollment and capture facilities by December as part of the U.K. Home Office’s Forensic and Biometric Interim […] More

  • Red Hat Acquires Codenvy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Red Hat Acquires Codenvy

    Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), a provider of open source solutions, announced Thursday that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Codenvy, a provider of cloud-native tools that developers use to create modern container-based and cloud-native applications. Tools like Codenvy allow software engineers to spend less time on environment management, administration and other tasks that take them away […] More

  • Eric Barton Named CTO for DataDirect Networks' Software-Defined Storage Portfolio - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Eric Barton Named CTO for DataDirect Networks’ Software-Defined Storage Portfolio

    Eric Barton, former lead architect of Intel‘s high performance data division, has joined DataDirect Networks as chief technology officer of its software-defined storage portfolio. DDN said Wednesday his new role entails oversight of strategic roadmap, technology architecture and product design for the company’s newly formed Infinite Memory Engine business unit. “Barton is a visionary with a proven track record and deep understanding […] More

  • Leonardo Subsidiary Wins DSS Award for Counterintelligence Efforts; William Lynn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo Subsidiary Wins DSS Award for Counterintelligence Efforts; William Lynn Comments

    A Leonardo subsidiary has received an Award for Excellence in Counterintelligence from the Defense Security Service for its efforts to develop methods against foreign theft of U.S. defense technology. Leonardo DRS has developed techniques to identify malicious communications and worked with other defense contractors to help them implement countermeasures, the company said Wednesday. “We support the tireless work of the DSS by […] More

  • Intellicheck Shareholders, Board OK Name Change; William Roof Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intellicheck Shareholders, Board OK Name Change; William Roof Comments

    Intellicheck Mobilisa has officially changed its name to “Intellicheck Inc.” in efforts to establish a new corporate identity based on a strategic plan for growth in the field of identification authentication. The company said Monday its shareholders and board of directors voted in favor of the name change that takes effect immediately. “We believe our new company […] More

  • Raytheon Updates Automation Systems at New York-Based ATC Facility; Dave Wajsgras Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Updates Automation Systems at New York-Based ATC Facility; Dave Wajsgras Comments

    Raytheon has updated terminal software, hardware and automation systems at an air traffic control facility in New York as part of a national airspace modernization  project. The company said Wednesday it installed the Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System across the N.Y.-based Terminal Radar Approach Control facility in support of the Federal Aviation Administration‘s NextGen program. FAA awarded Raytheon a $350 million […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Tests 2nd SLS Flight Engine Controller Unit; Eileen Drake Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Tests 2nd SLS Flight Engine Controller Unit; Eileen Drake Comments

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has tested a second flight engine controller for its RS-25 rocket engine at NASA‘s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. NASA will use the Aerojet Rocketdyne-made engine technology to power the Space Launch System as part of a planned unmanned space mission, the company said Tuesday. Eileen Drake, president and CEO of Aerojet Rocketdyne, said the RS-25 development and flight engines logged more than 6,800 […] More

  • Howard Lance: MDA Seeks to Diversify Into Earth Imagery Market Via DigitalGlobe Merger - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Howard Lance: MDA Seeks to Diversify Into Earth Imagery Market Via DigitalGlobe Merger

    Canada-based MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates expects its pending merger with Earth imaging services provider DigitalGlobe to help counterbalance the fluctuating revenues and profits of its commercial satellite manufacturing business, Space News reported Tuesday. MDA agreed to buy DigitalGlobe through an estimated $3.6 billion transaction in February. Howard Lance, MDA president and CEO, told investors Tuesday the pending deal seeks […] More

  • Northrop to Design Hardware, Software for Air Force's Next-Gen Navigation System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Design Hardware, Software for Air Force’s Next-Gen Navigation System

    Northrop Grumman has secured a $49 million contract to design hardware and software for the U.S. Air Force‘s next-generation integrated navigation system. The company said Tuesday it will design preliminary architecture under the technology maturation and risk reduction phase of the Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System-Modernization program. EGI-M will be equipped with M-Code-capable GPS receivers to support the transmission of military signals. Dean Ebert, […] More

  • Boeing Performs Radar Upgrade on Saudi Arabia's AWACS Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Performs Radar Upgrade on Saudi Arabia’s AWACS Aircraft

    Boeing has completed an effort to optimize the radar systems of Saudi Arabia’s fleet of E-3A airborne warning and control system aircraft. The Radar System Improvement Program is intended to boost the original equipment’s radar sensitivity and widen the range for tracking targets, Boeing said Tuesday. Northrop Grumman provided the RSIP kit which is comprised of a new radar computer, […] More