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  • DARPA Taps Vencore Research Arm for Airborne Comms Optimization Project; Petros Mouchtaris Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps Vencore Research Arm for Airborne Comms Optimization Project; Petros Mouchtaris Comments

    Vencore’s research arm has received a 17-month, $2.5 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to modernize airborne systems and networks as part of an effort to facilitate uninterrupted communication in adverse environments. Vencore Labs will develop technologies to help protect network and radio communications from jamming systems as part of DARPA’s Dynamic Network Adaptation […] More

  • Navy Eyes Delivery of Huntington Ingalls-Built USS Ford Carrier in April - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Eyes Delivery of Huntington Ingalls-Built USS Ford Carrier in April

    A U.S. Navy official has said the service branch expects Huntington Ingalls Industries to deliver the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier in April after “first-of-class issues” have been addressed in recent months, The Virginian-Pilot reported Thursday. Capt. Thurraya Kent, a spokeswoman for the assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, said in an […] More

  • CAE to Extend Operations Support for Canada's NATO Flight Training Program; Joe Armstrong Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE to Extend Operations Support for Canada’s NATO Flight Training Program; Joe Armstrong Comments

    CAE will continue to support a Canadian air force-run military flight training program for NATO and allied air forces under a potential $228 million contract modification from Canada’s government. CAE said Thursday the modification extends the performance period of the company’s NATO Flying Training in Canada support contract to 2023 and includes an option that could further extend work through 2024. “Since acquiring the NFTC […] More

  • Liteye, Tribalco Partner to Deliver Counter-Drone Systems to US Military - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Liteye, Tribalco Partner to Deliver Counter-Drone Systems to US Military

    Liteye and Tribalco have collaborated to deliver the former’s anti-unmanned aerial vehicle defense systems to U.S. military customers. Centennial, Colorado-based Liteye said Thursday its AUDS system is designed with a radar, precision thermal and daylight cameras, video tracking and multiple non-kinetic defeat functions. U.S. military and government organizations have tested the platform that works to detect, track, […] More

  • Army Vet Rhett Hernandez Named Thycotic Adviser on Public Sector Cybersecurity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Vet Rhett Hernandez Named Thycotic Adviser on Public Sector Cybersecurity

    Rhett Hernandez, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general and former commander of the Army Cyber Command, has joined Washington-based privileged account management technology provider Thycotic as strategic adviser for the public sector on cybersecurity matters. Thycotic said Thursday the 39-year veteran helped grow the service branch’s cyber force with nearly 17,000 personnel and led various initiatives to optimize operations and defense across Army networks. […] More

  • Carahsoft, TransUnion Partner to Offer Govt Clients Risk Mgmt, Authentication Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft, TransUnion Partner to Offer Govt Clients Risk Mgmt, Authentication Tools

    Carahsoft Technology will offer TransUnion‘s investigative and risk management, identity authentication and verification systems to the public sector through the contract vehicles run by the General Services Administration and NASA. TransUnion said Wednesday its TLOxp product offering will be available to government agencies via the GSA Schedule 70 and NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement contracts. TLOxp will work to help agencies authenticate […] More

  • Management Concepts to Support Natl Veterans' Training Institute Under DOL Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Management Concepts to Support Natl Veterans’ Training Institute Under DOL Contract

    The Labor Department has awarded Management Concepts a contract for classroom, virtual and online training support services to the National Veterans’ Training Institute. Management Concepts said Tuesday it will provide professional training and administrative support to workforce development professionals and supervisors of the State Workforce Agency under the NVTI program. The company will also train federal employees who represent the departments of Veterans Affairs, Justice, […] More

  • CSRA Holds Hacking Competition for Employees in Facet of 'Customer Zero' Strategy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Holds Hacking Competition for Employees in Facet of ‘Customer Zero’ Strategy

    CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) kicked off its first internal “Hack-A-Thon” competition Wednesday morning at its Falls Church, Va. headquarters for employees as part of the company’s push to gain status as “Customer Zero” for the federal government regarding technology adoption and integration. That distinction as Customer Zero — or “Client Zero” — would put forth CSRA as a primary resource […] More

  • Qualtrics to Provide GSA Customer Insights Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Qualtrics to Provide GSA Customer Insights Tool

    Qualtrics has been selected to provide a new customer insights system to the General Services Administration as part of GSA’s efforts to measure and manage the quality of its services. GSA will implement the enterprise-grade platform to collect, analyze and distribute customer feedback in real time through web-based, mobile-responsive collection tools, Qualtrics said Thursday. The system will […] More

  • GSA Wants Industry Input on EIS Transition of Regional Telecom Service Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Wants Industry Input on EIS Transition of Regional Telecom Service Customers

    The General Services Administration is asking for comments from industry on GSA’s plans to transition customer agencies from expiring regional telecommunications service contracts to the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions procurement vehicle. GSA also seeks feedback on a proposed acquisition strategy wherein the agency will conduct fair opportunities, issue task orders and manage regional telecom services on behalf of customers, according to a […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Continues Mentorship of Accurate Machine and Tool Under DoD Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Continues Mentorship of Accurate Machine and Tool Under DoD Program

    Lockheed Martin continues to work with Accurate Machine and Tool in efforts to boost the latter’s capacity to serve more potential customers as well as create opportunities for government work as part of the Defense Department‘s Mentor-Protege Program. Lockheed said Wednesday it secured a three-year deal with the Missile Defense Agency to help update AMT’s manufacturing and management processes and provide […] More

  • IBM, FDA Partner to Explore Secure Health Data Exchange Through Blockchain Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM, FDA Partner to Explore Secure Health Data Exchange Through Blockchain Tech

    IBM‘s Watson Health unit and the Food and Drug Administration have entered into a two-year research agreement to study the use of blockchain technology to facilitate a secure exchange of health data. The company said Wednesday the partnership will initially focus on oncology-related information and look into the exchange of owner-mediated data from sources such as electronic medical records, clinical […] More