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  • Bob Kleinhample: SAIC, VMware Partner on Cloud-Based Simulation Offering for Gov't Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bob Kleinhample: SAIC, VMware Partner on Cloud-Based Simulation Offering for Gov’t Clients

    Science Applications International Corp. has selected VMware to provide cloud-based platforms for SAIC’s simulation training program as part of an effort to meet the technical requirements of government customers. Bob Kleinhample, vice president of simulation and training systems at SAIC, wrote in a blog article published Monday that SAIC developed a simulation-as-a-service offering with the use of VMware’s […] More

  • Mellanox, DOE Lab to Collaborate on Exascale Computing Tech Design - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mellanox, DOE Lab to Collaborate on Exascale Computing Tech Design

    Mellanox Technologies and the Energy Department‘s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have entered into a partnership agreement to design and architect exascale computing technologies. PNNL and Mellanox seek to explore advanced functions of the company’s Interconnect platform as well as develop a new in-network computing architecture,  Mellanox said Monday. The partnership will also support efforts of Mellanox and DOE’s Center for Advance Technology Evaluation to […] More

  • Xerox Lands Public Sector Cooperative Contract for Managed Business Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Xerox Lands Public Sector Cooperative Contract for Managed Business Services

    Xerox will provide operational and managed business platforms and services to government agencies and educational institutions under a contract awarded through cooperative purchasing organization National IPA/TCPN. The Region 4 Education Service Center awarded the national cooperative contract to Xerox’s public sector solutions business after a competitive solicitation process, the company said Monday. The contract covers customer service, […] More

  • Mitre Nabs 8th Spot in 2016 Washington Post 'Top Workplaces' List - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mitre Nabs 8th Spot in 2016 Washington Post ‘Top Workplaces’ List

    The Washington Post has placed Mitre on the eighth spot of the 2016 edition of the publication’s annual Top Workplaces list to represent the nonprofit organization’s second consecutive year of selection. Mitre said Monday survey firm WorkplaceDynamics conducted the Post’s 2016 Top Workplaces survey that measured individuals’ responses to statements on factors in employee happiness such as company direction, execution, employee connection, workload and […] More

  • LMI Defense Sector Lead Mary Margaret Evans Named to NDIA Board of Trustees - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LMI Defense Sector Lead Mary Margaret Evans Named to NDIA Board of Trustees

    Mary Margaret Evans, vice president of business development for the defense sector at LMI, has been appointed to the National Defense Industrial Association’s board of trustees. LMI said Monday Evans will bring her defense industry and acquisition reform experience to her role at NDIA. NDIA aims to promote the development of weapons systems, technology platforms, training […] More

  • Factom to Develop Added Security Options for IoT Devices - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Factom to Develop Added Security Options for IoT Devices

    Factom has been awarded the $199,000 Blockchain Software to Prove Integrity of Captured Data From Border Devices project contract from the Department of Homeland Security science and technology directorate to deliver security options for IoT Devices. The company will leverage on the Blockchain network and develop an identity log to gather device identification, including the manufacturer, available updates, […] More

  • Raytheon Systems and Technologies Undergo Performance Tests as USS Zumwalt Completes Trials - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Systems and Technologies Undergo Performance Tests as USS Zumwalt Completes Trials

    The USS Zumwalt’s key functions and Raytheon-made systems underwent performance tests as the ship sailed through acceptance and builder’s trials. The company’s Total Ship Computing Environment integrated mission system and all other systems, including DDG 1000’s engineering control systems, integrated bridge, navigation and electro-optic surveillance systems, passed the performance test during the trials trials, Raytheon said Friday. Pat […] More

  • Mercury Systems Lands Follow-on Order for ISR Digital Signal Processing Subsystems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mercury Systems Lands Follow-on Order for ISR Digital Signal Processing Subsystems

    Mercury Systems has received a $2.8 million follow-on order from a defense contractor to produce digital processing subsystems for an unmanned airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance program. The company booked the order in the fourth quarter of its 2016 fiscal year and is scheduled to deliver the subsystems in the company’s fiscal 2017 third quarter, Mercury Systems said Tuesday. Didier Thibaud, an executive vice president […] More

  • Raytheon to Hire 140-Plus Employees in Florida Under $1B DHS Cyber Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Hire 140-Plus Employees in Florida Under $1B DHS Cyber Contract

    Raytheon plans to recruit more than 140 employees in Pensacola, Florida, under a $1 billion cyber system support contract with the Department of Homeland Security, The Pulse reported Friday. Raytheon will conduct an open house in Pensacola to look for cybersecurity professionals, information technicians and systems engineers in support of the contract, Drew Buchanan writes. […] More

  • CACI to Support Centcom Counter Narco-Terrorism Efforts in Afghanistan; Ken Asbury Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI to Support Centcom Counter Narco-Terrorism Efforts in Afghanistan; Ken Asbury Comments

    CACI International has secured a multi-million task order contract under the U.S. Army‘s Rapid Response 3rd Generation contract vehicle for continued counter narco-terrorism support for Central Command forces in Afghanistan and other combatant commands. CACI said Monday it will seek to help protect U.S. soldiers, as well as establish and support CNT networks and infrastructure in areas including program management, advisement, […] More

  • Forbes: Roger Krone Kicks Off Town Hall Meetings Ahead of Leidos-Lockheed IS&GS Merger - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Forbes: Roger Krone Kicks Off Town Hall Meetings Ahead of Leidos-Lockheed IS&GS Merger

    Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos, has begun to conduct town hall” meetings to brief approximately 16,000 employees of Lockheed Martin’s information systems and global solutions business about IS&GS’ impending merger with Leidos, Forbes reported Friday. Loren Thompson writes such efforts by Krone, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2016, aim to explain his company’s strategy behind […] More

  • Dan Allen: Serco to Update Ballistic Missile Early Warning Radar Tech at U.S. Air Base in Greenland - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dan Allen: Serco to Update Ballistic Missile Early Warning Radar Tech at U.S. Air Base in Greenland

    Serco‘s North American subsidiary has won a potential five-year, $38 million contract to modernize the high-altitude electromagnetic pulse protection of Ballistic Missile Early Warnings Systems at Thule Air Base in Greenland. Serco Inc. will apply a design-build-install-test approach to update the radar system’s HEMP protection for the U.S. Air Force Space Command, the company said Friday. Dan Allen, Serco  Inc. chairman and CEO, said the contract supports the […] More