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  • Germany Eyes Lockheed Martin Military Transport Plane Purchase - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Germany Eyes Lockheed Martin Military Transport Plane Purchase

    Germany has announced plans to procure between four and six Lockheed Martin-built transport planes following delays in the delivery of the Airbus Group-built A400M military cargo aircraft, Marketwatch reported Tuesday. Robert Wall writes Ursula von der Leyern, Germany’s defense minister, has signed a declaration of intent to acquire the Lockheed C-130J transport planes under the same pool of aircraft that […] More

  • Raytheon, Norway's Military Conduct Flight Test on New AMRAAM Variant; Taylor Lawrence Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Norway’s Military Conduct Flight Test on New AMRAAM Variant; Taylor Lawrence Comments

    Raytheon has completed a flight test on the newest variant of the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System surface-based system Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile that features an enlarged motor to expand the NASAMS engagement envelope. Raytheon said Tuesday the AMRAAM-Extended Range missile launched from a NASAMS launcher to engage and destroy a target drone at a flight test […] More

  • Architect-Engineering Firm Heery International Adopts Deltek Platform to Seek Govt Business - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Architect-Engineering Firm Heery International Adopts Deltek Platform to Seek Govt Business

    Heery International has chosen a Deltek-built platform for efforts to pursue business in the federal government, state, local and education contracting sectors. Heery will use Deltek’s GovWin IQ offering which works to provide information on approximately $2.1 trillion in government opportunities and contracts, Deltek said Tuesday. GovWin IQ bases its information on research from analysts in the area of government spending, Deltek noted […] More

  • HHS Invests Funds to Back Cyber Info Sharing Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS Invests Funds to Back Cyber Info Sharing Efforts

    The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $350,000 in cooperative agreements to help private and public healthcare sector partners address cybersecurity threats and develop an information sharing ecosystem. HHS said Tuesday its Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology awarded a competitive agreement to the Ormond Beach, Florida-based National Health Information Sharing and Analysis […] More

  • CyrusOne Constructs Data Hall to Expand Phoenix Data Center; John Hatem Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CyrusOne Constructs Data Hall to Expand Phoenix Data Center; John Hatem Comments

    Carrollton, Texas-based data center builder CyrusOne will construct  a new data hall at the company’s Phoenix campus in an effort to add 32,000 additional colocation square feet and six megawatts of power. CyrusOne said Tuesday its Phoenix data centers work with cloud, internet and other companies that seek infrastructure to support applications and want to relocate in the area for […] More

  • Boeing Hands First P-8A Poseidon Aircraft to Australia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Hands First P-8A Poseidon Aircraft to Australia

    Boeing has turned over the first P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to the Royal Australian Air Force during a ceremony held at the company’s delivery center in Tukwila, Washington. Shelley Lavender, Boeing military aircraft president, handed the ceremonial keys for P-8A to Australian Chief of Air Force Leo Davies during the event, the company said Friday. Boeing based […] More

  • L-3 Releases Electro-Optical IR Imaging Tech for Small Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L-3 Releases Electro-Optical IR Imaging Tech for Small Aircraft

    L-3 Communications has introduced an electro-optical/infrared airborne imaging system designed to integrate with small tactical unmanned aerial vehicles, light manned ISR aircraft and tactical aerostats. The MX-8 system works to process images in real time and simultaneously support up to four sensors, the company said Monday. L-3’s WESCAM division developed the airborne imaging technology. The 15-pound system has a clearance level of […] More

  • HHS to Fund Commercial Manufacturing Tests for BioProtection Systems' Ebola Vaccine - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS to Fund Commercial Manufacturing Tests for BioProtection Systems’ Ebola Vaccine

    The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded BioProtection Systems a contract with $24.75 million in base funds to support commercial manufacturing tests of the company’s anti-Ebola vaccine. HHS said Tuesday said the tests will work to validate whether manufacturing processes created under a previous contract would produce enough V920 vaccines in the event of an Ebola outbreaks. Funds from the HHS Office […] More

  • QTS Buys VMware Govt Cloud Platform in Push to Expand Hybrid Cloud Portfolio; Dan Bennewitz Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QTS Buys VMware Govt Cloud Platform in Push to Expand Hybrid Cloud Portfolio; Dan Bennewitz Comments

    QTS Realty Trust has purchased a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-compliant cloud platform from VMware for an undisclosed sum. QTS said Wednesday it has rebranded VMware vCloud Government Service as QTS Government Cloud and expects the acquisition to help expand QTS’ portfolio of hybrid cloud platforms designed to help federal information technology professionals meet IT infrastructure compliance requirements. […] More

  • NASA Sets Oct. 13 Launch for Sixth Orbital ATK Cargo Delivery Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Sets Oct. 13 Launch for Sixth Orbital ATK Cargo Delivery Mission

    NASA has scheduled Oct. 13 as the date it aims to launch an Orbital ATK-built Cygnus spacecraft on a mission to deliver more than 5,100 pounds of crew supplies and research equipment to the International Space Station. Officials from both NASA and Orbital ATK plan to roll out Cygnus to a launch pad at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia by Oct. […] More

  • Textron's Unmanned Systems Business Unveils Control & Collaboration Tech Product Line - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron’s Unmanned Systems Business Unveils Control & Collaboration Tech Product Line

    Textron Systems‘ unmanned systems business unit has unveiled a new portfolio of multidomain control and collaboration technologies that work to help customers gain  situational awareness and share information. Textron said Monday the Synturian suite includes the Synturian Control technology the company designed to integrate with different platforms or vehicles as well as the Synturian Remote system equipped with mobile and network-strengthened tools. Wayne Prender, vice […] More

  • Saab Intros Land-Based Compact Radar Tech Offering; Erik Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab Intros Land-Based Compact Radar Tech Offering; Erik Smith Comments

    Saab has released a ground-based compact radar system in the U.S. market in efforts to help military customers address multiple types of threat when they conduct missions. Sweden-based Saab said Monday it will transfer rights to the Giraffe 1X radar that mounts on vehicles, vessels and fixed installations to its subsidiary Saab Defense and Security USA in a push to help address emerging requirements […] More