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  • CBP Selects GreenGen to Install Lighting At US-Mexico Border Entry Site in Energy Reduction Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CBP Selects GreenGen to Install Lighting At US-Mexico Border Entry Site in Energy Reduction Initiative

    Green Generation Solutions has received a $2.4 million contract from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to install new lighting fixtures at the San Luis Port of Entry on the U.S.-Mexico border in Yuma, Arizona as CBP seeks to reduce energy consumption. CBP has set a goal to cut energy usage at the border by approximately 75 percent […] More

  • Microsoft, CSRA, Amazon Web Services Receive FedRAMP High Baseline Cloud Designation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft, CSRA, Amazon Web Services Receive FedRAMP High Baseline Cloud Designation

    Microsoft, CSRA and Amazon Web Services have each received a newly-created high baseline designation under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to operate their cloud computing offerings on sensitive, unclassified systems for agencies. The FedRAMP program management office says the new high baseline level is intended to unlock nearly $40 billion in information technology funds per year […] More

  • DARPA, Lockheed Demo Cognitive Electronic Warfare System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA, Lockheed Demo Cognitive Electronic Warfare System

    Lockheed Martin and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have collaborated to demonstrate a cognitive electronic warfare system that is designed to detect, characterize and counter wireless communication threats. Lockheed said Monday that Raytheon‘s Silencer EW technology hosted machine-learning software for the Behavioral Learning for Adaptive Electronic Warfare system onboard a modified Piper Navajo aircraft during a series of flight tests. The Lockheed-Raytheon team flew the aircraft to […] More

  • BAE, IBC Sign Beryllium-Aluminum Components Development Pact - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE, IBC Sign Beryllium-Aluminum Components Development Pact

    BAE Systems and IBC Advanced Alloys have signed a joint development agreement to produce components based on the latter company’s beryllium-aluminum alloys. IBC said Wednesday it will initially develop prototype components to demonstrate the characteristics of Beralcast casted products for specific applications at BAE under the deal. David Heinz, IBC president and CEO, said the partnership supports the company’s efforts […] More

  • US Air Force Mulls Energy-as-a-Service Model; Mark Correll Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    US Air Force Mulls Energy-as-a-Service Model; Mark Correll Comments

    The U.S. Air Force is looking into the possibility of using an energy-as-a-service model at its bases in order to keep facilities powered in the event of a cyber attack or a natural disaster, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. Jared Serbu writes the model could replace the Air Force’s existing business arrangements that involve enhanced-use leases and energy saving performance […] More

  • DRT Strategies Awarded CDC Contract for Web, IT & Graphics Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DRT Strategies Awarded CDC Contract for Web, IT & Graphics Support

    DRT Strategies has received a 29-month, $3.9 million contract from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for web, information technology and graphics support services. DRT Strategies said Monday it will redesign and modernize CDC’s websites to include social media, data visualization, mobile apps and collaboration sites to help support communication within the public health community. “This contract […] More

  • DOE Aims to Help Commercialize 2 Energy Technologies From Los Alamos Nat'l Lab - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE Aims to Help Commercialize 2 Energy Technologies From Los Alamos Nat’l Lab

    The Department of Energy has awarded $850,000 in funds to support groundwater restoration and fractured rock characterization projects at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico under DOE’s Technology Commercialization Fund. DOE picked a total of 54 energy technology projects that involve collaboration between 12 national laboratories and 52 companies as part of an effort to help businesses move technologies from the lab to the market, LANL said […] More

  • CH2M Selected for Dallas Fort Worth Airport Civil Design Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CH2M Selected for Dallas Fort Worth Airport Civil Design Services

    CH2M has received a five-year contract to provide civil design and design management services to the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in Texas. The company said Tuesday that it will focus on airfield civil engineering projects at DFW to support the airport’s Capital Improvement Program. Wiliam Paduzzi, CH2M aviation director, said CH2M aims to help DFW give passengers a “seamless travel experience.” Denver-based […] More

  • Boeing Unveils Space Simulation Training Facility in Houston; John Elbon Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Unveils Space Simulation Training Facility in Houston; John Elbon Comments

    Boeing has unveiled a new facility in Houston designed to allow NASA astronauts and mission control staff to train on various space flight operations through a simulator, the Houston Business Journal reported Wednesday. The company’s Space Training, Analysis and Review facility that officially opened Tuesday is built to facilitate crew training operations for the Boeing-built CST-100 […] More

  • AWS Gives Govt Competency Status to InfoReliance; John Sankovich Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS Gives Govt Competency Status to InfoReliance; John Sankovich Comments

    Amazon Web Services has recognized Fairfax, Virginia-based technology company InfoReliance for work to help government customers run workloads and applications on AWS’ cloud platform. InfoReliance achieved the AWS Government Competency status based on AWS cloud services to federal civilian and defense agencies, InfoReliance said Monday. John Sankovich, InfoReliance executive vice president for cloud solutions, said the designation recognizes […] More

  • CRN Selects Carahsoft to 2016 ‘Solution Provider 500’ List; Craig Abod Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CRN Selects Carahsoft to 2016 ‘Solution Provider 500’ List; Craig Abod Comments

    Carahsoft Technology is among the companies included in The Channel Company‘s annual list of the top 500 information technology consultants, integrators and service providers across North America based on sales revenue. The company said Wednesday it has climbed in rank on the CRN 2016 Solution Provider 500 from 22 last year to 20 this year, which is the company’s 11th consecutive placement in the […] More

  • Sikorsky Subcontracts Bluedrop Subsidiary for Aircrew Training Instructors & Courseware - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky Subcontracts Bluedrop Subsidiary for Aircrew Training Instructors & Courseware

    A Bluedrop Performance Learning subsidiary has secured a $13 million contract from Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary to provide aircrew training instructors and courseware in support of a maritime helicopter program in Canada. Bluedrop Training & Simulation said Tuesday the contract requires 30 technician and aircrew instructors, simulator operators and training program support personnel to train the 406 Operational and Training Squadron to operate Canada’s CH-148 […] More