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  • Army Taps VSE-Led Team for Data Framework Support Task Order; Maurice Gauthier Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Taps VSE-Led Team for Data Framework Support Task Order; Maurice Gauthier Comments

    VSE Corp. has been awarded a $28 million task order to help the U.S. Army maintain and update software systems and integrate data as part of the service branch’s Data Framework Initiative. VSE’s Akimeka LLC subsidiary will lead a team comprised of The Informatics Applications Group and Enterprise Information Services to provide support for the Army Analytics Group, VSE said Monday. […] More

  • Australia's 1st Hobart-Class Air Warfare Destroyer Completes Initial At-Sea Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Australia’s 1st Hobart-Class Air Warfare Destroyer Completes Initial At-Sea Tests

    A partnership between Australia’s defense department, shipbuilding company ASC and Raytheon‘s Australian subsidiary has completed phase one trials for the first of the country’s three Hobart-class destroyers, The Lead South Australia reported Monday. Caleb Radford writes the Air Warfare Destroyer Alliance performed the HMAS Hobart  builder’s sea trials off the coast of South Australia to evaluate the ship’s hull, propulsion and navigation systems. AWD Alliance General Manager […] More

  • OGSystems, Planet Forge Strategic Alliance to Develop Location-Based Intelligence Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OGSystems, Planet Forge Strategic Alliance to Develop Location-Based Intelligence Platform

    OGSystems will team with Planet to build a location-based intelligence platform that combines commercial remote sensing, big data and cognitive analytics. The companies said Monday the BlueGlass platform will work to offer real-time insights delivered through situational awareness, anomaly alerting and reporting on activities that could lead to potential risks to user operations. “OGSystems’ vision for BlueGlass was born out of our […] More

  • Northrop to Enter Low-Rate Initial Production for MQ-4C Triton UAS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Enter Low-Rate Initial Production for MQ-4C Triton UAS

    Northrop Grumman has obtained approval from Defense Department acquisition chief Frank Kendall to begin low-rate initial production of the company’s MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system for the U.S. Navy‘s surveillance operations. The Navy said Friday the milestone C decision represents the beginning of the production and deployment stage of the Triton UAS program. Sean Burke, Triton program manager at […] More

  • SAIC Recognized in Military Training International’s 2016 Top Simulation and Training Company List; Josh Jackson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC Recognized in Military Training International’s 2016 Top Simulation and Training Company List; Josh Jackson Comments

    Science Applications International Corp. has been listed in Military Training International magazine’s 2016 Top Simulation and Training Company list for the publication’s September edition. The recognition marks the third consecutive year SAIC was included in the roster of companies selected for their contributions to the training community, SAIC said Monday. “SAIC is incredibly honored and proud […] More

  • ULA Launches Atlas V Attachment Bracket Design Challenge; Tory Bruno Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA Launches Atlas V Attachment Bracket Design Challenge; Tory Bruno Comments

    United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, has introduced a competition that seeks to encourage participants to develop a launch support attachment bracket for ULA’s Atlas V rocket. ULA opened the 3-2-1 Liftoff! ULA Rocket Hardware Challenge through GrabCAD‘s digital manufacturing portal for designers and engineers, ULA said Monday. Participants will work to design a new support bracket for ground processing at the base of […] More

  • UES, Universal Technology to Support Air Force Technical Operations Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UES, Universal Technology to Support Air Force Technical Operations Program

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded UES and Universal Technology Corp. a $43.8 million multiple-award, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to perform research and development work in support of the service’s technical operations program. The contract covers support for materials integrity, acquisition systems and logistics systems, the Defense Department said Friday. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will include the synthesis, formulation and mechanics […] More

  • Navy Taps Capstone for Operational Contracting Support Services; John McNally Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps Capstone for Operational Contracting Support Services; John McNally Comments

    Capstone has received a competitive task order from the Naval Supply Systems Command to provide operational contracting support services the Joint Staff Director of Logistics. The company said Thursday this award made under NAVSUP’s Joint Force Development Support Services vehicle will cover integration of OCS in joint training and lessons, development and validation of systems and OCS development through operationalized concepts. Joint […] More

  • Report: Oracle to End Use of GSA’s IT Schedule 70 Contract Vehicle, Third-Party Software Resellers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Oracle to End Use of GSA’s IT Schedule 70 Contract Vehicle, Third-Party Software Resellers

    Oracle will no longer use the General Services Administration’s Information Technology Schedule 70 acquisition vehicle and third-party resellers to directly sell its software platforms to government agencies, Federal News Radio reported Monday. Oracle’s decision seeks to reduce litigation risks associated with the False Claims Act as well as address concerns over compliance with the Transactional Data Reporting rule […] More

  • Irving Burton Associates to Continue Support for Army Health Informatics, Telemedicine Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Irving Burton Associates to Continue Support for Army Health Informatics, Telemedicine Programs

    Irving Burton Associates has received a five-year, $10 million contract to provide research, scientific, management and technical services to the Joint Program Committee-1 at the U.S. Army‘s Medical Research and Material Command. IBA said the contract covers support for JPC-1 in the areas of health information technology, informatics, medical modeling and simulation, systems engineering, logistics, communications and program management. Karthik Srinivasan, […] More

  • LinQuest Awarded Air Force Satellite Test and Engineering Services Contract; Greg Young, Leon Biederman Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LinQuest Awarded Air Force Satellite Test and Engineering Services Contract; Greg Young, Leon Biederman Comment

    LinQuest Corp. has been selected for a recompete contract to carry out engineering and operational services on research and development satellites for the U.S. Air Force‘s Space and Missile Systems Center. LinQuest will support the center’s pre-launch, launch and early orbit, mission planning, on-orbit operations and anomaly resolution operations at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico, LinQuest said Thursday. […] More

  • NASA Posts Call for Asteroid Redirect Mission Partnerships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Posts Call for Asteroid Redirect Mission Partnerships

    NASA has released a broad agency announcement on an umbrella for partnerships to support the Asteroid Redirect Mission and work to boost technologies, capacities and spaceflight experience for continued human exploration. A presolicitation notice posted Thursday says the space agency wants subsequent awards from the BAA to foster partnerships between U.S. and international partners for commercial, scientific, exploration technology and planetary defense ARM […] More