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  • Report: Raytheon's Patriot Defense Systems Intercepted Over 100 Missiles in Saudi Arabia Since 2015 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Raytheon’s Patriot Defense Systems Intercepted Over 100 Missiles in Saudi Arabia Since 2015

    Raytheon-built Patriot missile defense systems based in Saudi Arabia have intercepted more than 100 tactical ballistic missiles since the conflict with Yemen’s Houthi group began in 2015, Defense News reported Tuesday. Raytheon executives said at the Dubai Air Show that more than 90 intercepts of Yemen-launched missiles were carried out using the company’s PAC-2 Guided Enhanced […] More

  • FYBR-Mars Institute-SETI Team to Work With NASA on Mars Drone R&D - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FYBR-Mars Institute-SETI Team to Work With NASA on Mars Drone R&D

    A partnership of geospatial data company FYBR Solutions and non-profit organizations The Mars Institute and the SETI Institute will work with NASA on the research and development of unmanned aerial vehicle technologies for future Mars missions. The team will collaborate with NASA’s Haughton-Mars Project to study the potential uses of UAV platforms on Mars, the SETI Institute said Monday. […] More

  • ArianeGroup Taps Thales to Produce Telemetry Transmitter for ESA Launch Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ArianeGroup Taps Thales to Produce Telemetry Transmitter for ESA Launch Vehicle

    Thales has inked an agreement with ArianeGroup to help design, develop, qualify and produce a telemetry transmitter for a European Space Agency-approved launcher. Thales said Tuesday the Ariane 6 telemetry transmitter will relay launcher-generated data to servers on the ground throughout the entire launch mission. “This contract shows our company’s ability to adapt to a […] More

  • Inmarsat Unveils Broadcast and Reception Service for Maritime Safety Information Providers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat Unveils Broadcast and Reception Service for Maritime Safety Information Providers

    Inmarsat has introduced a new international broadcast and automatic reception service for maritime safety information providers designed to help update the global maritime distress and safety system. The SafetyNET II service for maritime safety information will help MSIP units migrate current communications capacities to web-based messaging, Inmarsat said Tuesday. SafetyNET II was designed to provide broadcast […] More

  • HHS OIG Requests Info on Big Data Analytics Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS OIG Requests Info on Big Data Analytics Tools

    The Department of Health and Human Services‘ Office of the Inspector General has asked industry to provide information on current analytics technology products designed to manage large amounts of data from structured and unstructured sources. A FedBizOpps notice published Tuesday says HHS OIG looks to help staff members explore, analyze information with the use of technology and use […] More

  • BAE to Help DARPA Build Space Tech Evaluation, Analysis Testbed - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Help DARPA Build Space Tech Evaluation, Analysis Testbed

    BAE Systems has secured a potential $12.8 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to build a testbed for space command-and-control technologies. The company said Tuesday it will develop a space evaluation and analysis testbed under DARPA’s Hallmark program to support the development, integration, evaluation and analysis of space enterprise C2 platforms. “The Hallmark testbed […] More

  • Boundless Unveils New GIS Software, Rebrands Flagship Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boundless Unveils New GIS Software, Rebrands Flagship Platform

    Boundless has released a new geographic information system platform designed to help organizations publish data to web applications, desktop clients and mobile devices. The company said Tuesday Boundless Server is based on open-source geospatial technology and open application programming interfaces that allow enterprise users to obtain insights from location-based data. Server is built to integrate with ArcGIS services […] More

  • Orbital ATK's OA-8 Cargo Resupply Spacecraft Arrives at Space Station - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK’s OA-8 Cargo Resupply Spacecraft Arrives at Space Station

    An Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft reached the International Space Station Tuesday to unload 7,400 pounds of cargo, supplies and scientific experiments. The OA-8 cargo delivery vehicle, nicknamed S.S. Gene Cernan, is the eighth spacecraft to deliver cargo to ISS as part of Orbital ATK’s Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA, the company said Tuesday. The spacecraft was […] More

  • Bell Boeing-Built Osprey Fleet Surpasses 400K Flight Hours - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bell Boeing-Built Osprey Fleet Surpasses 400K Flight Hours

    The fleet of V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, produced by a joint venture of Boeing and Textron‘s Bell Helicopter subsidiary, has recorded more than 400,000 flight hours to date. Bell Boeing-built V-22s have supported theater security cooperation, casualty evacuation, tactical aircraft and personnel recovery, disaster response and VIP transport operations worldwide, Boeing said Tuesday. The U.S. Marine Corps has used the […] More

  • ACT I Gets Marine Equipment Support Order Under OASIS SB Vehicle; Michael Niggel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ACT I Gets Marine Equipment Support Order Under OASIS SB Vehicle; Michael Niggel Comments

    Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has received a potential three-year task order to help sustain specialized U.S. Marine Corps equipment. ACT I said Tuesday it will perform Care-of-Supplies-in-Storage of managed components and designated Ground Weapons System equipment sets at Marine Corps Logistics Command facilities in Barstow, California and Albany, Georgia. “We are honored that the MCLC selected ACT I to support their augmentation efforts […] More

  • Accenture Gets FedRAMP Provisional Authorization for Cloud-Based Analytics Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture Gets FedRAMP Provisional Authorization for Cloud-Based Analytics Platform

    Accenture‘s federal services business has received a provisional authority-to-operate from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Joint Authorization Board for a platform-as-a-service cloud offering. The Accenture Insights Platform for Government is a cloud-based tool that works to provide agencies with analytics, data access and visualization functionalities to help accelerate the development and deployment of analytics-driven platforms, […] More

  • Mexico's Civil Aviation Authority Certifies Sikorsky S-92 Helicopter - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mexico’s Civil Aviation Authority Certifies Sikorsky S-92 Helicopter

    Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has obtained an offshore and utility type certificate from Mexico’s Directorate General of Civil Aeronautics to operate S-92 medium-lift helicopters in the country. DGAC authorized operation of all S-92 configurations for offshore oil and gas transportation, search-and-rescue, airline passenger service and VIP transportation, Lockheed said Tuesday. “This moves us another step forward in our overall Latin America […] More