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  • Gabriel Breeman Named F5 Networks VP for Partner Sales, Alliances in APAC Region - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gabriel Breeman Named F5 Networks VP for Partner Sales, Alliances in APAC Region

    Gabriel Breeman, formerly senior director of partner sales for the Asia-Pacific and Japanese markets at Brocade, has joined F5 Networks as vice president of partner sales and alliances for the APAC region. F5 Networks said Monday he will be responsible for helping grow the company’s sales channels and alliance partner network in his new position. Adam Judd, senior VP […] More

  • Persistent Systems to Deliver Radio Tech Under Potential $100M FBI IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Persistent Systems to Deliver Radio Tech Under Potential $100M FBI IDIQ

    Persistent Systems has secured a position on a potential $100 million FBI indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide mobile ad hoc networking radio systems in support of the bureau’s operational technology division. The company said June 5 it seeks to deliver a wireless internet protocol network to the FBI through the firm’s MPU5 communication system. Herbert Rubens, CEO of […] More

  • Red River Acquires Natoma Technologies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Red River Acquires Natoma Technologies

    Red River announced Friday that it has acquired Sacramento, California-based Natoma Technologies, a technical consulting firm and systems integrator specializing in software and application development. “Red River is extremely impressed with the technical competencies and innovative approach that has made Natoma a go-to choice for custom development solutions for the State of California and others,” said […] More

  • Dell EMC to Integrate Analysis Tool With SAIC's Cloud Migration Services Suite; Steve Harris Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell EMC to Integrate Analysis Tool With SAIC’s Cloud Migration Services Suite; Steve Harris Comments

    Science Applications International Corp. has partnered with Dell EMC to integrate the companies’ business intelligence software and cloud migration service offerings. SAIC said Thursday its Cloud Migration Edge services suite will incorporate Dell EMC’s Adaptivity platform designed to analyze an organization’s application portfolio and facilitate the decision-making process for technology investments. “Our partnership with SAIC, centered on […] More

  • Marine Corps Eyes 65% Increase in Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Procurement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marine Corps Eyes 65% Increase in Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Procurement

    Andrew Rodgers, program manager for light tactical vehicles at PEO Land Systems Marine Corps, said the U.S. Marine Corps plans to increase the number of joint light tactical vehicles it intends to buy from 5,500 to 9,092 units, National Defense Magazine reported Thursday. Rodgers told reporters Wednesday at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia that the […] More

  • L3 Gets FAA Supplemental Type Certificate for 'Longsword' Digital Avionics, Cockpit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Gets FAA Supplemental Type Certificate for ‘Longsword’ Digital Avionics, Cockpit

    The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a supplemental type certificate to L3 Technologies‘ modified digital avionics and cockpit for the AT-802L Longsword aircraft. The certification allows L3 to equip the missionized aircraft with a cockpit that consists of a Garmin G600 glass panel system, air data computer, attitude/heading reference system, digital intercommunication system, dual-screen displays and the Electronic Standby Instrument System, said Thursday. […] More

  • NOAA Issues Web-Based Space Situational Awareness Service RFQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NOAA Issues Web-Based Space Situational Awareness Service RFQ

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released a request for quotation for a potential one-year contract to provide web-based space situational awareness products and services to facilitate conjunction analysis related to space debris and satellites in low-Earth orbit. NOAA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday it will award a small business set-aside contract […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Delivers 770th GPS Receiver to Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins Delivers 770th GPS Receiver to Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center

    Rockwell Collins has delivered the 770th global positioning system receiver built for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center as part of a contract awarded in 2012. The company said Thursday that the Military-Code GPS receivers were ordered under the Military GPS User Equipment program which works to boost GPS capacities for the military in […] More

  • Deloitte: Global Aerospace & Defense Sector’s 2016 Revenue Hit $674B; Robin Lineberger Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte: Global Aerospace & Defense Sector’s 2016 Revenue Hit $674B; Robin Lineberger Comments

    A new report from Deloitte says that global aerospace and defense revenue increased by 2.4 percent to $674.4 billion during 2016. The 2017 Global A&D Sector Financial Performance Study is based on an analysis of top 100 A&D companies worldwide that recorded more than $500 million in revenues last year, the company said Thursday. The report found that A&D […] More

  • Teledyne's Earth Imaging Platform Installed on Space Station - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Teledyne’s Earth Imaging Platform Installed on Space Station

    An Earth observation platform developed by a Teledyne Technologies subsidiary has been installed on the International Space Station to host imaging, technology demonstration and space qualification payloads. The Multi-User System for Earth Sensing platform from Teledyne Brown Engineering launched with SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 rocket in early June and has completed an initial operational assessment at the space station, Teledyne said Tuesday. MUSES, which orbits approximately 250 miles […] More

  • DARPA Calls for WMD Detection Ideas - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Calls for WMD Detection Ideas

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants information on current products and services that can help increase the detection rate for weapons of mass destruction via networked sensors. DARPA said in a FedBizOpps notice published Wednesday it aims to explore new technologies to help defend metropolitan- and city-sized environments from radiological and nuclear-based threats under the SIGMA program. The program looks […] More

  • NASA, Lockheed, Orbital ATK Test Orion Spacecraft Launch Abort Motor - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Lockheed, Orbital ATK Test Orion Spacecraft Launch Abort Motor

    Orbital ATK has worked with NASA and Lockheed Martin to test-fire a motor technology for the Orion spacecraft’s launch abort system. The Qualification Motor-1 test was conducted at Orbital ATK’s facility in Promontory, Utah, and evaluated if the motor could activate within milliseconds and operate as designed under high temperatures, Orbital ATK said Thursday. Lockheed awarded Orbital ATK a $98 million subcontract […] More