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  • NASA Solicits Tech Proposals From Academia to Support Human Exploration Plans - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Solicits Tech Proposals From Academia to Support Human Exploration Plans

    NASA‘s space technology mission directorate seeks early-stage technology proposals from academic institutions that can support the agency’s human exploration and solar system research goals in the long term. The space agency said Wednesday the Early Stage Innovations program will fund research projects in specific areas of interest to the country’s space program including advanced coating technology, cross-cutting […] More

  • Leidos to Deliver IED Removal Aircraft Under Army Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos to Deliver IED Removal Aircraft Under Army Contract Modification

    Leidos has received a $21.1 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to design, build, test and deliver an aircraft designed to help neutralize improvised-explosive devices. The Defense Department said Thursday Leidos will provide one Saturn Arch configured aircraft to support ongoing operations, sustainment and the Integration Quick Reaction Capability program. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency launched the Saturn […] More

  • MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates to Provide NOAA Satellite Data Access - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates to Provide NOAA Satellite Data Access

    MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has received a potential four-year contract to provide data from the company’s synthetic aperture radar satellite to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA will use data collected by the RADARSAT-2 satellite to aid snow and ice forecasting monitoring activities, MDA said Wednesday. RADARSAT-2 is built to gather all-weather imagery and surveillance information in near-real time for use in the agriculture, aviation, defense, […] More

  • Brad Barker Joins Array as Federal Civilian Client Executive - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Brad Barker Joins Array as Federal Civilian Client Executive

    Brad Barker, co-founder of consulting firm 8m Services, has been appointed client executive for the federal civilian business at Array Information Technology. Array said Wednesday Barker will support the Greenbelt, Maryland-based IT contractor’s proposal, business development and delivery functions in the federal civilian marketplace. He aims to build on the company’s efforts to deliver application development and maintenance services to cust agencies’ logistics, […] More

  • Leidos Named to 2017 LinkedIn Top Companies List; Roger Krone Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Named to 2017 LinkedIn Top Companies List; Roger Krone Comments

    Leidos has been included in LinkedIn’s 50 Top Companies list for 2017 in recognition of the Reston, Virginia-based defense contractor’s employee recruitment and retention efforts. The company landed the 31st spot in the list that was released after LinkedIn examined data related to company reach, job applications and employee retention as well as actions by […] More

  • Former Army Secretary Eric Fanning Joins CNAS Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Army Secretary Eric Fanning Joins CNAS Advisory Board

    Eric Fanning, former secretary of the U.S. Army, has been appointed to the board of advisers at the Center for a New American Security. He joins other CNAS advisory board members who came from various government, military, academic and private organizations, the Washington-based think tank said Wednesday. CNAS CEO Michele Flournoy said that Fanning has broad leadership experience across the Defense Department and […] More

  • Dell EMC's Steve Harris Foresees 'Integrated Hybrid Cloud' as Federal Spending Priority Area - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell EMC’s Steve Harris Foresees ‘Integrated Hybrid Cloud’ as Federal Spending Priority Area

    Steve Harris, vice president and general manager of Dell EMC‘s federal business, has told MeriTalk in an interview published Wednesday he forecasts that agencies will prioritize investments in integrated hybrid cloud platforms in the next three years as part of information technology modernization efforts. Harris, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2017, said he believes agency chief information officers should have […] More

  • KeyW Gets ISO Quality Management Certification for Engineering, Technology Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KeyW Gets ISO Quality Management Certification for Engineering, Technology Services

    National security services provider KeyW has obtained an International Organization for Standardization certificate for the company’s quality management processes at its headquarters and supporting facility located in Hanover, Maryland. Platinum Registration issued the ISO 9001:2015 certification that covers KeyW’s cybersecurity, cloud, data analytics, engineering services and analysis and operations, KeyW said Wednesday. ISO 9001:2015 outlines criteria for quality […] More

  • Lockheed-Led Industry Team Conducts Keel-Laying Ceremony for Navy's 19th LCS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Led Industry Team Conducts Keel-Laying Ceremony for Navy’s 19th LCS

    A Lockheed Martin-led industry team, which includes naval architect Gibbs & Cox and more than 800 suppliers, has laid the keel for a U.S. Navy littoral combat ship at a Fincantieri Marinette Marine facility in Wisconsin. The future USS St Louis, dubbed LCS 19, is one of seven ships in various construction stages at Fincantieri Marinette Marine, […] More

  • IronNet's Keith Alexander: Govt-Industry Collaboration Needed to 'De-Risk' Security Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IronNet’s Keith Alexander: Govt-Industry Collaboration Needed to ‘De-Risk’ Security Tools

    Retired U.S. Army Gen. Keith Alexander, president and CEO of IronNet Cybersecurity, has said the government and private sector must work together to fight cyber threats and de-risk security tools that intelligence agencies use against enemies following a ransomware attack that has affected systems worldwide, TechCrunch reported Wednesday. The former National Security Agency director talked about the global “WannaCry” attack […] More

  • ViON, Kaminario Partner on Flash Storage Offering for Federal Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ViON, Kaminario Partner on Flash Storage Offering for Federal Agencies

    Information technology company ViON and all-flash storage provider Kaminario have forged a partnership to offer flash storage to federal agencies. ViON said Wednesday it will implement the Kaminario K2 all-flash storage array with an as-a-service model to support agencies’ cloud migration efforts. The joint offering is designed to support agencies’ IT modernization projects and aid compliance with the Federal Risk […] More

  • BAE Unveils Oman's 1st Typhoon Fighter, Hawk Trainer Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Unveils Oman’s 1st Typhoon Fighter, Hawk Trainer Aircraft

    BAE Systems has formally presented a Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft and a Hawk jet trainer built for Oman’s air force during a ceremony held at the company’s facility in Warton, England. The company said Monday it showcased both aircraft platforms to more than 100 delegates that included Sayyid Badr bin Saud al Busaidi, defense minister of Oman, and Mattar Ali bin […] More