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  • CH2M Re-Selected as Program Mgmt Consultant for DC Anacostia Waterfront Devt Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CH2M Re-Selected as Program Mgmt Consultant for DC Anacostia Waterfront Devt Program

    Washington, D.C.’s Department of Transportation has re-selected CH2M to serve as management consultant for the next five years in a program designed to revitalize the Anacostia Waterfront area in efforts to create a new hub for economic development. CH2M said Wednesday tasks on the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative will tackle new and continuing projects including work on the South Capitol Street Corridor, Malcolm X Interchange, Barney Circle, Kenilworth Avenue […] More

  • Rolls-Royce to Build Ship Engines and Waterjets for Italian Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rolls-Royce to Build Ship Engines and Waterjets for Italian Navy

    Rolls Royce has been awarded a contract to produce engines and waterjets for two vessels Intermarine is constructing for the special forces of Italy’s navy. The Italian navy’s operational incursion group will use the high-speed, multipurpose vessels to conduct maritime traffic control, anti-piracy, personnel evacuation and anti-human trafficking missions, Rolls Royce said Wednesday. Don Roussinos, president of Rolls-Royce’s naval business, said the company […] More

  • NASA, Industry Partners Resume Vibration Tests on James Webb Space Telescope - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Industry Partners Resume Vibration Tests on James Webb Space Telescope

    NASA has restarted vibration tests on the James Webb Space Telescope after demonstrations shut down early on Dec. 3, 2016, due to sensor readings that went beyond predicted levels. The space agency said Wednesday an investigation revealed that the incident was caused by small motions of launch restraint mechanisms that keep one of JWST’s mirror wings folded-up. “Now […] More

  • ACT I Lands OASIS SB Task Order on Air Force Ground Satcom Terminal Logistics Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ACT I Lands OASIS SB Task Order on Air Force Ground Satcom Terminal Logistics Support

    Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has secured a five-year, $16 million task order to provide logistics services for the AN/TSC-168 TDC Quad-Band  satellite communications terminal of the U.S. Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center. ACT I said it will also provide technical and operational assistance as well as warehouse operations support to SMC personnel under the task order. Jeffery Earley, executive […] More

  • Proofpoint's Cloud-Based Data Archiving Platform Gains FedRAMP Certification; Darren Lee Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Proofpoint’s Cloud-Based Data Archiving Platform Gains FedRAMP Certification; Darren Lee Comments

    Proofpoint has obtained Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification for a cloud-based technology platform the company developed to help organizations archive and retain information. Enterprise Archive is designed to also help agencies comply with government regulations such as the National Archives and Records Administration’s Capstone email management framework and boost capacities to perform data capture, retention and disposition tasks, the company said Friday. “Proofpoint […] More

  • Unisys Introduces Cyber Wargaming Services for Public, Private Sector Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys Introduces Cyber Wargaming Services for Public, Private Sector Clients

    Unisys has launched a set of cyber resilience services intended to help government and commercial clients develop threat management policies and procedures through simulation. The company said Wednesday its new service offering incorporates the Defense Department‘s cyber wargaming methodology and standards established by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. John Bone, ‎global director of wargaming and exercises at Unisys, leads the […] More

  • Berico Technologies Offers Geoparsing Software Package Through AWS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Berico Technologies Offers Geoparsing Software Package Through AWS

    Berico Technologies has made its geoparsing platform available on Amazon Web Services to help customers extract names of places from unstructured text in data streams or documents. CLAVIN 2.0.0 software is designed to identify location names and resolve misspellings, alternative names and ambiguous references against a gazetteer, Berico said Wednesday. The company added its tool also works to help government […] More

  • Raytheon Tests James Webb Telescope's Flight Operations System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Tests James Webb Telescope’s Flight Operations System

    Raytheon has conducted factory acceptance tests on a flight operations system for NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope. The tests occurred at Raytheon’s Aurora, Colorado-based facility and aimed to verify 800 requirements on JWST’s ground control system, the company said Wednesday. Raytheon built the space observatory’s ground control system on the campus of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, under a contract […] More

  • Former Commerce Dept Cybersecurity Adviser Clete Johnson Joins Wilkinson Barker Knauer as Partner - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Commerce Dept Cybersecurity Adviser Clete Johnson Joins Wilkinson Barker Knauer as Partner

    Clete Johnson, former senior adviser for cybersecurity and technology to Commerce Department Secretary Penny Pritzker, has joined law firm Wilkinson Barker Knauer as a partner. The firm said Wednesday Johnson will be based at its Washington, D.C., office and bring experience from his work in the federal government, the national security and intelligence communities and the private […] More

  • MITRE's Roger Furr on Nonprofit Org's Role as Government's 'Bridge' to Commercial Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MITRE’s Roger Furr on Nonprofit Org’s Role as Government’s ‘Bridge’ to Commercial Sector

    Roger Furr leads work to form and administer both contracts and subcontracts in his role as an executive director at nonprofit research organization MITRE Corp. MITRE operates federally-funded research and development centers for the government that act as hubs for agencies and commercial companies to collaborate on scientific research, analysis, development, systems engineering and integration. […] More

  • Elusys Delivers Second Anthrax Treatment Batch to US Strategic National Stockpile Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Elusys Delivers Second Anthrax Treatment Batch to US Strategic National Stockpile Program

    Elusys Therapeutics has delivered a second batch of monoclonal antibody injections designed for inhalation anthrax treatment to the Strategic National Stockpile after the company received $16.35 million in funds as part of a potential $45 million procurement contract from the U.S. government. The company said Tuesday its ANTHIM injection contains a neutralizing toxin that works to help prevent the spread of anthrax and potential tissue damage in the human body. […] More

  • ConnectSolutions Earns SOC-II Certification for Internal Data Security Controls - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ConnectSolutions Earns SOC-II Certification for Internal Data Security Controls

    ConnectSolutions has achieved Service Organization Control 2 Type II certification for its internal data security controls and practices after a services and systems evaluation by auditing company Armanino. SOC-II works to validate the compliance of the company’s commercial cloud with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Trust Services Principles and Criteria for policies, communications, procedures […] More