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  • Unisys Receives NSA, NIAP Certifications for Enterprise IT Security Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys Receives NSA, NIAP Certifications for Enterprise IT Security Platform

    Unisys has received approval from the National Security Agency and NSA’s partnership with the National Institute of Standards and Technology to make a company-made enterprise information technology security platform available to government agencies. The company said Monday it received certification under the NSA Commercial Solutions for Classified program that allows federal agencies to buy and implement the Stealth software to help secure classified systems and […] More

  • Amazon Web Services Adds CSRA to Government Cloud Partner Network Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Amazon Web Services Adds CSRA to Government Cloud Partner Network Programs

    Amazon Web Services has selected CSRA to join two AWS government cloud partner network programs as part of a strategic alliance intended to help meet customer mission demands. Falls Church, Virginia-based CSRA will participate in the Government Competency and AWS GovCloud Skill programs and have access to architects, certifications and other resources to pursue new business opportunities, […] More

  • Peter Smith: American Systems to Continue Support for Navy 311 Call Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Peter Smith: American Systems to Continue Support for Navy 311 Call Center

    American Systems has received a potential five-year, $42.5 million task order to continue to help the U.S. Navy operate the military branch’s support center for troops and families. The company said Monday it will extend operations support at the Navy 311 call center that works to provide a single entry point for sailors, military families and civilians that […] More

  • PFP Cybersecurity to Study Cyber Threat Detection in Analog Domain for IoT-Connected Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PFP Cybersecurity to Study Cyber Threat Detection in Analog Domain for IoT-Connected Tech

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded PFP Cybersecurity a contract to study cybersecurity technologies designed to provide threat intelligence and detection to secure Internet of Things and embedded systems. PFP said Friday the new technology will work to protect IoT-connected devices such as power grids, smart devices and cars against cyber attacks. The company will work under DARPA’s Leveraging the Analog Domain […] More

  • DARPA Taps Raytheon to Build Interoperable Network Tools for UAVs, Manned Aircraft; Jason Redi Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps Raytheon to Build Interoperable Network Tools for UAVs, Manned Aircraft; Jason Redi Comments

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded a Raytheon subsidiary two contracts worth $9 million combined to develop platforms designed to facilitate interoperability of airborne communication networks used by manned aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles. DARPA awarded the contracts to Raytheon BBN Technologies under the agency’s Dynamic Network Adaptation for Mission Optimization program, Raytheon said Monday. The DyNAMO […] More

  • Leidos Demos Unmanned Anti-Sub Vessel for DARPA Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Demos Unmanned Anti-Sub Vessel for DARPA Program

    Leidos has conducted a series of initial performance trials on an autonomous vehicle it is developing for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program. Leidos said Monday its 132-foot trimaran Sea Hunter either met or exceeded speed, maneuverability, stability, seakeeping, acceleration/deceleration and fuel consumption performance requirements under the two-year DARPA and Office of Naval Research […] More

  • Space News: Satellite Industry Players Send Opinions to FCC on 5G Ruling - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space News: Satellite Industry Players Send Opinions to FCC on 5G Ruling

    Satellite operators have sent opinions to the Federal Communications Commission after an agency ruling that aims to make frequencies above 24 gigahertz available for fifth-generation wireless services, Space News reported Friday. Peter de Selding writes Boeing, EchoStar, Hughes Network Systems, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Iridium, O3b Networks, OneWeb, SES, SpaceX and ViaSat are among the companies that have submitted their opinions to […] More

  • DISA Lifts Stop-Work Order on Inmarsat’s $450M Satcom Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DISA Lifts Stop-Work Order on Inmarsat’s $450M Satcom Services Contract

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has given Inmarsat’s U.S. federal government subsidiary notice to proceed on multiband satellite communications services under a potential five-year, $450 million contract after DISA lifted a prior stop-work order on the award. DISA revoked the stop-work order issued on Inmarsat Government through a contract modification, the Defense Department said Friday. The agency selected Inmarsat Government in […] More

  • Bollinger Shipyards Orders $160M in L-3 Coast Guard Ship C4ISR Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bollinger Shipyards Orders $160M in L-3 Coast Guard Ship C4ISR Systems

    L-3 Communications has received a nine-year $160 million, subcontract from Bollinger Shipyards to provide an integrated C4ISR system for the U.S. Coast Guard‘s future Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters. L-3 said Monday it will provide initial design updates to the FRC ships such as antenna arrangement and analysis, exterior communications and other situation awareness platforms. The company will also deliver, […] More

  • DLA Orders Laser-Protected Periscopes From Optex Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLA Orders Laser-Protected Periscopes From Optex Systems

    Optex Systems has received a five-year, $5.99 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to deliver laser-protected periscopes across the U.S. military. The optical sighting systems manufacturer said Friday its glass and plastic periscopes work to support a range of vehicle platforms. Optex CEO Danny Schoening said the award builds on the company’s efforts to grow its footprint in the armored vehicle […] More

  • Lockheed to Deliver Cybersecurity Update for Navy's Fleet Ballistic Missile IT Applications, Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Deliver Cybersecurity Update for Navy’s Fleet Ballistic Missile IT Applications, Systems

    Lockheed Martin has received an $8.34 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification from the U.S. Navy to deliver a cybersecurity update for the fleet ballistic missile information technology applications and systems and a high-voltage detonator refresh. The Defense Department said Friday the project is scheduled to be completed by Dec. 31, 2018. The Strategic Systems Programs office obligated $7 million from the Navy’s fiscal […] More

  • Lockheed, Pilatus Aircraft Complete PC-21 Aircraft Initial Production Test Flight - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Pilatus Aircraft Complete PC-21 Aircraft Initial Production Test Flight

    Lockheed Martin and Pilatus Aircraft have conducted an initial production test flight of the first PC-21 training aircraft as part of the estimated $896.8 million AIR 5428 Pilot Training System Program contract signed in 2015. Lockheed said Thursday it will supply integrated ground-based training technologies and pilot training system project management to support future pilots in Australia’s air force, navy and army under […] More