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  • ManTech Named 2017 ‘Best Company for Veterans’ by Monster.com - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech Named 2017 ‘Best Company for Veterans’ by Monster.com

    ManTech International has won the “Best Company for Veterans” recognition for the second year in a row from online employment platform Monster.com. The company ranked first on Monster.com’s list of 10 finalists for veteran recruitment and retention practices, ManTech said Monday. “ManTech has a longstanding commitment to hiring former members of the U.S. military, and we are […] More

  • Calibre CEO Joe Martore Recognized as 'GovCon Executive of the Year' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Calibre CEO Joe Martore Recognized as ‘GovCon Executive of the Year’

    Joe Martore, president and CEO of Calibre Systems, has received the GovCon Executive of the Year award from the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Services Council. The recognition was given at the 15th Annual Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards, which honors individuals and businesses in the Washington area’s government contracting community, Calibre said Friday. Martore […] More

  • Raytheon Wins Aviation Week Award for Virtual Design Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Wins Aviation Week Award for Virtual Design Center

    A Raytheon facility with virtual reality technology has won a 2017 Program Excellence Award from Aviation Week magazine in the special projects category. Raytheon’s Immersive Design Center is equipped with the CAVE Automatic Virtual Environment system that works to facilitate collaboration between cross-functional teams in efforts to produce three-dimensional models of structures and parts, the company said Monday. Allen Couture, vice president […] More

  • BAE Systems Picks 15 Suppliers for Type 26 Frigate Equipment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Systems Picks 15 Suppliers for Type 26 Frigate Equipment

    BAE Systems has awarded manufacturing contracts worth approximately $52.4 million to 15 international suppliers for diesel and gearbox filtration, pipework, fittings and vibration monitoring equipment that will support Type 26 frigates. The company said Thursday the globally deployable, multi-mission Type 26 warship, which features a modular design and open systems architecture, will support various operations including high […] More

  • Report: Kratos CEO Eric DeMarco Anticipates Growth of Satcom Business - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Kratos CEO Eric DeMarco Anticipates Growth of Satcom Business

    Eric DeMarco, CEO of Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, has said he expects Kratos’ satellite communications business to grow, partly because of the U.S. government’s increased focus on space technologies, Space Intel Report reported Friday. “In the 2018 [Defense Department] budget request, space and satellite-related funding lines received one of the largest increases in request over […] More

  • Fila Group to Help Plan HHS Grants Mgmt System Modernization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fila Group to Help Plan HHS Grants Mgmt System Modernization

    Fila Group has secured a contract to help the Department of Health and Human Services develop a roadmap to modernize a technology platform HHS uses to manage grants data. The company said Friday it will provide enterprise architecture, business intelligence, web systems and strategic plan development support for HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants Systems. HHS’ Operating Divisions and Office […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls, Navy Christen Delbert D. Black Guided Missile Destroyer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls, Navy Christen Delbert D. Black Guided Missile Destroyer

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ shipbuilding division hosted a christening ceremony Saturday for the U.S. Navy‘s future Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Delbert D. Black (DDG 119). HII said Saturday approximately 1,200 people attended the event at the company’s shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi and Steven Giordano, master chief petty officer of the Navy, delivered the keynote address. Ima Black, widow of World War II […] More

  • CSRA Launches Virtual Center to Offer Cyber Support for Public Sector Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Launches Virtual Center to Offer Cyber Support for Public Sector Clients

    CSRA has unveiled a new virtual center that seeks to deliver cybersecurity capabilities, innovation and consulting support to government clients. Keith Alexander, a retired U.S. Army general and former National Security Agency director, delivered a keynote speech Thursday during the launch of the company’s Cyber Center of Excellence in Tysons Corner, Virginia, CSRA said Friday. […] More

  • Raytheon to Support Ground Power & Cooling Tech for Navy Jammer Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Support Ground Power & Cooling Tech for Navy Jammer Platform

    Raytheon has received a $22.2 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to deliver software and hardware components needed for a ground power and cooling system of the service branch’s Next Generation Jammer platform. The Defense Department said Thursday the modification covers the delivery of five ground power carts, five ground power kits, five ground cooling carts, five ground cooling kits, […] More

  • DISA Releases Commercial Satcom Services RFP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DISA Releases Commercial Satcom Services RFP

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has issued a small business set-aside solicitation for a range of commercial satellite communication support services. DISA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday it seeks a contractor to provide engineering, acquisition and program management support to the agency’s COMSATCOM Technical Support Branch. A selected contractor will provide business practices and […] More

  • Amazon Unveils New R&D Facility in UK - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Amazon Unveils New R&D Facility in UK

    Amazon has opened a new 60,000-square-foot facility in Cambridge, England, that will house approximately 400 employees to perform research and development work on various technology platforms. The Amazon Development Center Cambridge is the second R&D facility the company established in the U.K. and will accommodate machine learning professionals, data scientists, software engineers, mathematical modelers and […] More

  • DHA Extends General Dynamics' Military Health IT Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHA Extends General Dynamics’ Military Health IT Support Contract

    General Dynamics‘ information technology business has received a potential $29.3 million contract to continue to help the Defense Health Agency manage information technology applications of the Military Health System. The Defense Department said Friday the bridge extends current support and service General Dynamics provides to DHA health IT applications as the agency transitions to a new IT […] More