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  • Boeing-Built ABS Communications Satellite Begins Commercial Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing-Built ABS Communications Satellite Begins Commercial Service

    A communications satellite that Boeing built for ABS has begun to provide services to customers in Africa, Middle East, Russia and Asia. Boeing said Monday ABS-2A is the second all-electric propulsion satellite that the company delivered to ABS following the launch of ABS-3A in 2015. “We have completed our three-satellite build investment in launching three satellites in three consecutive years, […] More

  • Chris Devens Joins ACT I as Business Devt Director; Michael Niggel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chris Devens Joins ACT I as Business Devt Director; Michael Niggel Comments

    Chris Devens, formerly operations and business development director at Camber Corp., has been appointed director of business development at Advanced Concepts and Technologies International. He brings more than 30 years of military operations and program management experience to his new position and aims to help the company identify new business opportunities, establish customer relationships and support the firm’s capture and proposal […] More

  • Joe Kopfman on AMERICAN SYSTEMS' Market Strategies in Testing, Health IT & Human Capital Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Joe Kopfman on AMERICAN SYSTEMS’ Market Strategies in Testing, Health IT & Human Capital Services

    Chantilly, Va.-based AMERICAN SYSTEMS had an active 2016 with key events that included a major fifth-generation fighter jet testing services contract win and new health information technology services offerings for agencies — two key areas of growth for the government services contractor. Joe Kopfman, a four-decade company veteran, is one of the key leaders over those endeavors in his dual […] More

  • Parsons to Extend Oahu, Hawaii Roadside Assistance Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons to Extend Oahu, Hawaii Roadside Assistance Services

    The Hawaii Transportation Department has awarded Parsons a potential five-year contract to continue to provide roadside assistance services on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Parsons said Monday offers motorist assistance, traffic incident response support and roadway debris removal services along 29 miles of Oahu freeway through the island’s the Freeway Service Patrol program. Honolulu’s city and county police, fire, emergency, medical service and transportation […] More

  • Harris-Built GOES-16 Satellite Camera Captures Image of Earth's Full Western Hemisphere - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris-Built GOES-16 Satellite Camera Captures Image of Earth’s Full Western Hemisphere

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has unveiled the first image taken by a Harris-built high-resolution digital camera onboard a weather monitoring satellite. Harris said Monday its Advanced Baseline Imager took a picture of Earth’s full western hemisphere with detailed cloud and water features from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-16. NASA and NOAA launched the Lockheed Martin-built GOES-16R satellite atop a […] More

  • VA Requests Info on Maintenance Support Sources for Real Time Location System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Requests Info on Maintenance Support Sources for Real Time Location System

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a request for information on potential industry sources of maintenance support services for the Real Time Location System as part of the Veterans Integrated Service Network 10. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says interested vendors should submit a summary of technical capabilities to carry out the services, knowledge of […] More

  • DynCorp Awarded Air Force War Reserve Materiel Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp Awarded Air Force War Reserve Materiel Support Contract

    DynCorp International has won a $26.5 million contract to provide exercise and contingency logistics support, maintenance outload, reconstitution and storage services for the U.S. Air Force‘s war reserve materiel. The Defense Department said Monday that DynCorp will also support the maintenance, repair and minor construction of government furnished facilities under the contract. The company will perform work in Kuwait, Oman, Qatar […] More

  • NASA Seeks Feedback on SBIR/STTR Solicitations and Ideas for Future R&D Program Subtopics - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Seeks Feedback on SBIR/STTR Solicitations and Ideas for Future R&D Program Subtopics

    NASA has issued a request for information to solicit input on current solicitations and potential future subtopics of an agency program that offers federal research and development funding opportunities for small businesses. The space agency said Tuesday it will gather and use feedback from the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer program RFI to create strategies that will help […] More

  • CSRA Redesigns Website, Launches New Tagline As Part of Rebranding Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Redesigns Website, Launches New Tagline As Part of Rebranding Effort

    CSRA has introduced a new website and adopted the tagline “Think Next. Now” as part of a rebranding initiative to highlight the government technology services contractor’s efforts to deliver innovative platforms and attract talent. The company said Monday the redesigned website includes expanded content on CSRA’s cybersecurity, digital platforms, intelligent business process support, data and analytics and enterprise […] More

  • Sera-Brynn Tallies 91% Cyber Services Growth in 2016 on DoD Contractor Community Requests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sera-Brynn Tallies 91% Cyber Services Growth in 2016 on DoD Contractor Community Requests

    Suffolk, Virginia-based audit and advisory firm Sera-Brynn has recorded a 91 percent compound annual growth rate for cybersecurity services in 2016 following a surge of requests from the Defense Department contractor community. Sera-Brynn said Sunday that Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement-imposed security requirements and a growing number of cyber-attack against defense-related businesses and organizations impacted […] More

  • Orbital ATK Books $50M DoD Non-U.S. Standard Ammo Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Books $50M DoD Non-U.S. Standard Ammo Order

    The U.S. government has awarded Orbital ATK a new $50 million order to produce non-U.S. standard ammunition for the Defense Department and its international allies. Orbital ATK said Monday it has booked more than $200 million in NSA orders during 2016 as part of previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity and basic ordering agreement contracts. The company operates the U.S. Army‘s Lake City Ammunition Plant in Independence, […] More