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  • Capstone Obtains Govt IT Support Contract Spot Through New Business Acquisition Deal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Capstone Obtains Govt IT Support Contract Spot Through New Business Acquisition Deal

    The National Institutes of Health‘s information technology acquisition and assessment center has novated an information technology support contract to Capstone after the company purchased an unnamed business. Capstone said Wednesday it earned a spot under all 10 task areas of the potential 10-year, $20 billion Chief Information Officers – Solutions and Partners 3 government-wide acquisition contract […] More

  • Reports: SpaceX Delays Falcon 9 Rocket Launch Due to Bad Weather - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reports: SpaceX Delays Falcon 9 Rocket Launch Due to Bad Weather

    Space Exploration Technologies has delayed a Falcon 9 rocket launch previously  slated to take off Monday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California due to high winds and rain at the site, CNN reported Sunday. Jill Disis and Danielle Wiener-Bronner write that SpaceX now expects to launch its rocket with an initial set of 10 NEXT satellites for Iridium on Jan. […] More

  • IHS Markit Predicts Global Unmanned Vehicle Sales Growth Through 2025; Derrick Maple Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IHS Markit Predicts Global Unmanned Vehicle Sales Growth Through 2025; Derrick Maple Comments

    A report from IHS Markit forecasts that sales of unmanned ground, sea and aerial vehicles will increase through 2025 as military organizations increasingly use such platforms to conduct missions. IHS Jane’s predicts 63,000 new unmanned aerial vehicles will be sold from 2016 to 2025 and surpass $82 billion in global sales during the 10-year forececast period, IHS Markit said Monday. […] More

  • Mitre VP William LaPlante to Co-Chair a Defense Science Board Task Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mitre VP William LaPlante to Co-Chair a Defense Science Board Task Force

    William LaPlante, vice president of Mitre‘s intelligence portfolio, has been appointed to co-chair the Defense Science Board’s task force on the design and acquisition of software for defense systems. He will lead the task force in efforts to examine the evolution of the Defense Department‘s software acquisition process over the past decade and offer recommendations to help DoD improve the […] More

  • Task Force Dagger Foundation, ACRES Aim to Advance Clinical Research in Support of SOCOM Members, Veterans - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Task Force Dagger Foundation, ACRES Aim to Advance Clinical Research in Support of SOCOM Members, Veterans

    The Task Force Dagger Foundation and the Alliance for Clinical Research Excellence and Safety have teamed up to facilitate clinical research and provide healthcare support for U.S. Special Operations Command servicemembers, veterans and their families. ACRES will implement an integrated systems model designed for the Moonshot on Cancer program to TFD’s functional medicine approach under […] More

  • Siemens, Omnetric Group, CPS Energy Deploy Microgrid System at San Antonio Military Post; Mike Carlson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens, Omnetric Group, CPS Energy Deploy Microgrid System at San Antonio Military Post; Mike Carlson Comments

    Siemens, Omnetric Group and CPS Energy have worked together to deploy a microgrid system at Joint Base San Antonio – Fort Sam Houston as part of the Energy Department‘s effort to integrate disparate renewable resources. The system comprises a 20-kilowatt solar photovoltaic array, a 48-kilowatt hour battery, a weather station and a microgrid controller, Siemens said Thursday. The […] More

  • Deloitte Study: 73% of CFOs Expect Less Congressional Gridlock in Next Administration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte Study: 73% of CFOs Expect Less Congressional Gridlock in Next Administration

    A new Deloitte report says 73 percent of surveyed chief financial officers at multiple North America-based public and private companies anticipate less congressional gridlock under the incoming U.S. administration. Deloitte said Thursday it polled 137 CFOs from Nov. 9 to 23 for the professional services firm’s “CFO Signals” report for the fourth quarter of 2016. The survey found 86 percent of respondents expect […] More

  • Army Requests Info on LIDAR Tech for Manned & Unmanned Airborne Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Requests Info on LIDAR Tech for Manned & Unmanned Airborne Platforms

    The U.S. Army has issued a request for information on potential sources of light detection and ranging technology that can integrate with manned and unmanned airborne platforms. A FedBizOpps notice posted Dec. 21 stated the service branch seeks a LIDAR system that is designed to support mission planning, concealed target detection and mapping missions. The Army is also interested in LIDAR technology components and […] More

  • DLT Adds Sqrrl’s Threat Detection Products to GSA Schedule; Jeremy Young Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLT Adds Sqrrl’s Threat Detection Products to GSA Schedule; Jeremy Young Comments

    DLT Solutions will offer Sqrrl’s threat hunting products to government agencies via the General Services Administration Schedule contracting vehicle. Sqrrl developed its threat detection system to help organizations detect, hunt and disrupt cyber threats through analytics, machine learning, petabyte scalability and link analysis methods, DLT said Thursday. The platform is designed to hunt for security threats that have bypassed other computer  defenses. […] More

  • France Orders Thales Mini Reconnaissance UAVs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    France Orders Thales Mini Reconnaissance UAVs

    Thales has been selected to supply up to 210 mini unmanned aerial vehicles to France beginning next year in an effort to help the country’s armed forces access imagery in real time. France’s defense procurement agency asked the company to provide Spy’Ranger  reconnaissance UAVs, ground equipment and related technical support to the French military, Thales said Thursday. Jean-Pascal Arrou-Vignod, […] More

  • Report: Northrop Reschedules Global Hawk Flight Test With UTC-Built Sensor - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Northrop Reschedules Global Hawk Flight Test With UTC-Built Sensor

    Northrop Grumman has pushed back the test flight of its RQ-4 Global Hawk  unmanned surveillance aircraft equipped with a United Technologies Corp.-built multispectral imaging sensor technology to late January, Inside Defense reported Wednesday. Rachel Karas writes testing of the MS-177 sensor-equipped Global Hawk was originally scheduled to occur in late December. The report said Northrop postponed all the company’s test […] More

  • John Chen: BlackBerry-Giuliani Partners Alliance to Offer Cybersecurity Products, Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Chen: BlackBerry-Giuliani Partners Alliance to Offer Cybersecurity Products, Services

    BlackBerry has partnered with Giuliani Partners to offer technology platforms and services that will work to help government and enterprise clients protect data and infrastructure against security breaches. BlackBerry said Thursday its Secure mobile security platform will be the underlying software for Giuliani Partners’ cybersecurity consulting services as part of the partnership. Giuliani Partners seeks to help customers evaluate infrastructure assets, identify potential cybersecurity […] More