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  • STG to Provide IT Support to Army Civilian Information Services Division - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    STG to Provide IT Support to Army Civilian Information Services Division

    The U.S. Army has awarded STG Group a potential $11 million contract to provide information technology support services for the service branch’s civilian information services division. The 23-month contract covers data management, software engineering, training, quality assurance, system security, software application support, backup and recovery assistance, and software integration services to CISD, the company said […] More

  • Lockheed, Israel Launch Country's First F-35A Jet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Israel Launch Country’s First F-35A Jet

    Lockheed Martin and Israel have launched the country’s first F-35A fighter jet at a ceremony with at least 400 people in attendance such as company executives and Israel and U.S. government officials. The conventional-takeoff-and-landing jet’s stealth technology, fused sensor information, network-enabled operations and sustainment support functions are designed to help Israel face threats such as missiles and defended airspace, Lockheed said Wednesday. […] More

  • NASA to Launch SpaceX's Dragon for 9th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission in July - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA to Launch SpaceX’s Dragon for 9th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission in July

    An uncrewed SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will launch to the International Space Station on July 18 or onward to carry out a cargo resupply services mission. NASA said Wednesday the company’s ninth mission under the space agency’s Commercial Resupply Services contract will bring almost 4,900 pounds of science research supplies and equipment to ISS. It will also deliver two […] More

  • Fifth Lockheed-Built MUOS Satellite Set to Launch Friday; Mark Woempner Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fifth Lockheed-Built MUOS Satellite Set to Launch Friday; Mark Woempner Comments

    Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy are scheduled to launch a fifth Mobile User Objective System satellite Friday at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida onboard United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V rocket. The launch of MUOS-5 will complete a network of orbiting satellites and relay ground stations designed to provide near-global communications coverage for mobile military forces, Lockheed said Wednesday. “MUOS […] More

  • NASA Seeks Next-Generation Spacecraft Onboard Computing Processor - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Seeks Next-Generation Spacecraft Onboard Computing Processor

    NASA has kicked off its hunt for a processor based on the ARM architecture for use aboard the space agency’s and U.S. Air Force’s future manned and unmanned spacecraft, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Tuesday. John Keller writes NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center released a solicitation Monday in search of a radiation-hardened, multicore processor under the […] More

  • Parsons to Help Plan U.S. Military Infrastructure Projects in Europe - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons to Help Plan U.S. Military Infrastructure Projects in Europe

    Parsons has been awarded a five-year contract to provide master planning and design services to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Europe District. The company said Wednesday that it will help USACE develop a facilities master plan, assess infrastructure and document programs within the military organization’s Europe District area of responsibility. Chris Alexander, executive vice president and manager of Parsons’ federal infrastructure and […] More

  • Bechtel to Continue Support Work for Gabon's $25B Nat'l Infrastructure Plan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bechtel to Continue Support Work for Gabon’s $25B Nat’l Infrastructure Plan

    Bechtel has extended its partnership with Gabon to continue work on a $25 billion national infrastructure plan that looks to build the country’s skill base for project management, construction, engineering, project controls, sustainability, health, safety, environment, quality and contracts. Bechtel said Wednesday the collaboration has established a public works agency called l’Agence Nationale des Grands Travaux d’Infrastructures — or ANGTI — […] More

  • Barbara Humpton: Siemens Govt Technologies to Provide Fire Protection Services Under NAVFAC Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Barbara Humpton: Siemens Govt Technologies to Provide Fire Protection Services Under NAVFAC Contract

    Siemens‘ federal subsidiary Siemens Government Technologies seeks to help the Naval Facilities Engineering Command design, install and repair fire protection systems at various U.S. Navy installations under a $49 million contract the service branch awarded in May. SGT said Wednesday it is eligible to bid on task orders to deliver fire suppression systems, water supplies, low and high expansion foams, gaseous special […] More

  • Inmarsat Unveils New Office in Tokyo; Gerbrand Schalkwijk Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat Unveils New Office in Tokyo; Gerbrand Schalkwijk Comments

    Inmarsat has moved to grow the satellite communications provider’s footprint in the Asia-Pacific region with a newly opened office in Tokyo, Japan. The company said Monday it commemorated the opening with a traditional Japanese sake-barrel-breaking ceremony and several of Inmarsat’s partners and clients attended the celebration. Gerbrand Schalkwijk, chief sales officer at Inmarsat’s maritime sector, said the company considers […] More

  • Boeing's Jeppesen Subsidiary to Support Istanbul Airport Construction Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing’s Jeppesen Subsidiary to Support Istanbul Airport Construction Project

    Boeing has signed an agreement with Turkey-based company iGA Havalimani Isletmesi to provide technical assistance services for an international airport infrastructure development project in Istanbul. Under the deal, Boeing unit Jeppesen will supply a Total Airport and Airspace Modeler tool to help iGA and the General Directorate of State Airports Authority of Turkey design airpace structure for the Istanbul New Airport as well as develop an operations […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Starts Construction on Training Center for Hercules Pilots, Crew - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Starts Construction on Training Center for Hercules Pilots, Crew

    Lockheed Martin has started the construction of a training center focused on the C-130J Super Hercules airlifter and LM-100J commercial freighter at a site in Marietta, Georgia. The Hercules Training Center will work to train future air mobility pilots and crews for the C-130J and LM-100J and feature classroom space, training devices and a reconfigurable C-130J/LM-100J full-mission simulator, Lockheed said Tuesday. Sandy Samuel, […] More

  • Riverbed Federal Lead Davis Johnson on Continuous Monitoring Trends & How Agencies Can Understand Their IT Assets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Riverbed Federal Lead Davis Johnson on Continuous Monitoring Trends & How Agencies Can Understand Their IT Assets

    Davis Johnson joined application and network services provider Riverbed Technology in April 2015 as vice president of a U.S. public sector business that works with government agencies that want new tools to manage network performance in their enterprise. Founded in 2002, San Francisco-headquartered Riverbed is known in the technology sector as the developer of a series of […] More