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  • State Dept Clears India's $75M CBRN Protective Equipment Purchase Request - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Dept Clears India’s $75M CBRN Protective Equipment Purchase Request

    India has received clearance from the State Department to buy chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense support equipment from the U.S. government under a potential $75 million foreign military sales agreement. The deal covers 38,034 M50 general purpose masks, 854 pieces each of aprons and alternative aprons, 9,509 Quick Doff Hoods and 114,102 M61 filters, the Defense Security Cooperation […] More

  • Deloitte: US Aerospace & Defense Export Growth Slows to 1.7% in 2016; Robin Lineberger Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte: US Aerospace & Defense Export Growth Slows to 1.7% in 2016; Robin Lineberger Comments

    A new Deloitte report says the growth in U.S. aerospace and defense exports decreased from 4 percent in 2015 to 1.7 percent in 2016. The “2017 Deloitte U.S. Aerospace and Defense Sector Export and Labor Market Study” found that A&D comprised about 10 percent of total U.S. exports and grew $2.5 billion in 2016, the company said Thursday. […] More

  • Susie Adams: Microsoft Provides Tech Support for VA Healthcare Access Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Susie Adams: Microsoft Provides Tech Support for VA Healthcare Access Tool

    Microsoft has provided its government cloud platform and database technology to the Department of Veterans Affairs in an effort to help VA launch a web-based tool for military veterans and family members to access their healthcare data electronically. Susie Adams, chief technology officer of Microsoft’s federal business, said Thursday VA’s Access to Care platform is built and hosted in […] More

  • Thales Opens Cybersecurity Operation Center in Hong Kong - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales Opens Cybersecurity Operation Center in Hong Kong

    Thales has established a Hong Kong-based cybersecurity hub in a move to provide continuous cyber surveillance services to customers throughout Asia. The facility is Thales’ fifth Cybersecurity Operation Center in the world and will support the company’s efforts to help mitigate cyber threats facing government agencies, financial institutions, critical infrastructure operators and enterprises in the region, Thales said Thursday. […] More

  • Booz Allen's New South Carolina Facility to Support Digital Services Work for Govt Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen’s New South Carolina Facility to Support Digital Services Work for Govt Clients

    Booz Allen Hamilton has unveiled a new 75,000-square-foot office in Charleston, South Carolina, in a push to support the work of the company’s digital solutions business with federal agencies, facilitate collaboration and bring technology platforms to government clients. The Charleston Digital Hub is part of Booz Allen’s Vision 2020 strategy that seeks to develop tech […] More

  • Raytheon Lands $53M Air Force Contract to Manufacture 3D Long-Range Radars - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Lands $53M Air Force Contract to Manufacture 3D Long-Range Radars

    Raytheon has received a potential three-year, $52.7 million contract to design, develop and manufacture a long-range radar platform for the U.S. Air Force. The company will develop three units of the Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar system under the fixed-price-incentive-firm contract, the Defense Department said Thursday. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center received two bids for the […] More

  • VA Plans New Enterprise Data Mgmt Task Under T4NG IDIQ Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Plans New Enterprise Data Mgmt Task Under T4NG IDIQ Vehicle

    The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to add a task order under its Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation contract vehicle for enterprise data management support services. VA said Thursday in a FedBizOpps notice the task will cover technical staff expertise related to data governance and messaging as well as transactional and analytical data processing. The department awarded 21 companies positions on the […] More

  • Okta Receives 'Moderate' FedRAMP Certification for Identity, Access Mgmt Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Okta Receives ‘Moderate’ FedRAMP Certification for Identity, Access Mgmt Platforms

    Okta has obtained “moderate” Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program  certification to provide government customers access to the company’s identity and access management offerings via the Amazon Web Services Cloud. The Justice Department granted an authorization to operate after the company demonstrated its compliance with 300 controls that include business continuity, incident response and vulnerability management applications, Okta said Thursday. “The cloud continues to be […] More

  • iGov Tests Wearable Field Computing Tech at DoD Facility in Nevada - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    iGov Tests Wearable Field Computing Tech at DoD Facility in Nevada

    Reston, Virginia-based information technology firm iGov has conducted an operational utility assessment on its field computing device-wearable system during a digitally-aided close air support test at a Defense Department test range in Nevada. The company said Thursday the FCD-W platform was used to transmit CAS 9-lines, Air on Station reports and other digital information to aircraft as part of the […] More

  • Leonardo to Develop Next-Gen Missile Decoy With UK Air Force Rapid Capability Office - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo to Develop Next-Gen Missile Decoy With UK Air Force Rapid Capability Office

    Leonardo has agreed to collaborate with the U.K. air force’s rapid capability office to accelerate the delivery of radio frequency countermeasure systems and other technology platforms to warfighters. Leonardo and the Royal Air Force aim to develop a third-generation expandable active decoy platform and bring it to operational use through the RCO, the company said in […] More

  • Leidos VP Nevin Carr Joins AUVSI Board; Roger Krone Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos VP Nevin Carr Joins AUVSI Board; Roger Krone Comments

    Nevin Carr, a vice president and U.S. Navy strategic account executive at Leidos, has been named to the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s board of directors. AUVSI is a nonprofit organization consists of 7,500 members from over 60 countries and works to promote the development of unmanned platforms and robotics systems, Leidos said Thursday. “Nevin’s proven […] More