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  • Jannet Walker Ford to Join Cubic's Transportation Systems Unit as Eastern Region, Americas VP & GM - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jannet Walker Ford to Join Cubic’s Transportation Systems Unit as Eastern Region, Americas VP & GM

    Jannet Walker Ford, former vice president and North America director of strategic programs and policy at Parsons, will join Cubic‘s transportation systems business on March 6 as VP and general manager for the Eastern Region and Americas. “Jannet brings a wealth of expertise from the private and public sector focusing on transportation systems, and is known […] More

  • Leidos' Alvie Johnson Receives AFCEA Women’s Appreciation Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos’ Alvie Johnson Receives AFCEA Women’s Appreciation Award

    Alvie Johnson, principal business developer for the U.S. Army at Leidos, has received the Women’s Appreciation Award from the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association International in recognition of his leadership and efforts to support the  career advancement of female professionals. Johnson accepted the award during the AFCEA West event held in San Diego, Leidos said Thursday. Gerry […] More

  • AT Kearney's Howard Steinman: Federal Govt Should Consider Outcome-Based Contracting Model - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT Kearney’s Howard Steinman: Federal Govt Should Consider Outcome-Based Contracting Model

    Howard Steinman, a partner and leader for the Americas region public sector practice at A.T. Kearney, has said the Trump administration should revisit the idea of a results-based contracting approach as part of the government’s efforts to mitigate risks and meet project goals. Steinman wrote in a guest piece published Friday on Government Executive that the share-in-savings method would require […] More

  • Onvia Forecasts GovCon's Top 10 Growth Areas for 2017 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Onvia Forecasts GovCon’s Top 10 Growth Areas for 2017

    A new study by Onvia lists the top 10 fastest-growing areas in government contracting for 2017 that include technology, telecommunications, healthcare and construction. The report titled “10 Hotspots in Government Contracting” released Thursday says growth areas include school bus services, services for persons with disabilities, and disaster response services. Information technology, connectivity, education and medical equipment are other areas Onvia […] More

  • Masten-Built Rocket Flies With Johns Hopkins APL's Environmental Monitoring Experiment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Masten-Built Rocket Flies With Johns Hopkins APL’s Environmental Monitoring Experiment

    Masten Space Systems has completed an environmental monitoring experiment that carried multiple technologies onboard a company-built reusable rocket. NASA said Thursday Masten Space Systems’ Xodiac rocket contained an electromagnetic field measurement experiment, called JANUS, from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. The company is one of six firms that provide suborbital reusable launch vehicle flight and payload integration services […] More

  • Microsoft Adds 12 Services to FedRAMP-Compliant Azure Govt Cloud Suite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Adds 12 Services to FedRAMP-Compliant Azure Govt Cloud Suite

    Microsoft has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program approval to include an additional 12 customer-facing services in the Azure Government Cloud‘s provisional authorization-to-operate. The company said Wednesday it now offers 32 infrastructure and platform service offerings that comply with FedRAMP’s high-impact baseline requirements. Microsoft’s entire Operations Management Suite is certified for use in Azure Government and designed to help customer agencies utilize the hybrid cloud along with […] More

  • AWS, Virginia Partner on Virtual Cybersecurity Education Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS, Virginia Partner on Virtual Cybersecurity Education Initiative

    The Commonwealth of Virginia has partnered with Amazon Web Services in a move to expand the reach of the state’s cybersecurity-related educational programs. Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s office said Wednesday AWS, Virginia Tech and the Commonwealth will collaborate to implement a cloud infrastructure and offer content, simulations, hands-on exercises and competitions via the Virginia Cyber Range. “We are thrilled […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Tests AR1, RS-25 Engines at NASA Stennis Space Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Tests AR1, RS-25 Engines at NASA Stennis Space Center

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has conducted a series of tests on its AR1 liquid oxygen/kerosene-based propulsion system and RS-25 liquid propellant engine at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. AR1 recorded the highest chamber pressure of any U.S. developed main combustion system during firing tests that evaluated the performance and design parameters of the engine’s injector, Aerojet Rocketdyne said Wednesday. The company […] More

  • SunLink to Supply Fixed Tilt Ground Mount Platform for DoD Solar Energy Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SunLink to Supply Fixed Tilt Ground Mount Platform for DoD Solar Energy Projects

    SunLink Corp. has received a contract from Swinerton Renewable Energy to deliver fixed tilt ground mount systems to three solar energy projects located at Defense Department sites in Florida. Mill Valley, California-based SunLink said Wednesday it will provide the company’s GeoPro fixed tilt platform for three ongoing construction projects in Valparaiso, Navarre and Pensacola. SunLink collaborated with Swinerton to modify the GeoPro […] More

  • Leonardo to Equip Italian Navy's NH90 Helicopters With 'Friend or Foe' Identification Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo to Equip Italian Navy’s NH90 Helicopters With ‘Friend or Foe’ Identification Tech

    Leonardo has secured an $11.6 million contract from a NATO agency to supply friend-or-foe identification systems for the Italian navy’s NH90 frigate helicopters. The company said Tuesday it will equip the NH90 fleet with the Mode 5 SIT434/5 IFF platform to help Italy’s naval personnel distinguish between potential threats and friendly forces. NATO member countries are required to install Mode […] More

  • Meggitt Unit Completes Final Inspections on Marine Corps' Small-Arms Training System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Meggitt Unit Completes Final Inspections on Marine Corps’ Small-Arms Training System

    Meggitt‘s training systems business has conducted a joint final inspection and physical configuration audit of an indoor small arms trainer developed for the U.S. Marine Corps. The Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer was built as part of a $39 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract awarded to Meggitt in 2014 and designed to train Marines in marksmanship, collective and judgemental video scenarios, […] More

  • 6 Companies Secure DHS Funds for Internet-of-Things Security R&D - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    6 Companies Secure DHS Funds for Internet-of-Things Security R&D

    Six companies have secured $1.2 million in total funds from the Department of Homeland Security to research and develop platforms that would help address security issues  associated with internet of things. DHS said Tuesday Factom, Ionic Security, Machine-to-Machine Intelligence Corp., Pulzze Systems and Whitescope will build and demonstrate pilot-ready prototypes under the the second phase of the Silicon Valley Innovation Program. Factom will work […] More