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  • Northrop Recognized for James Webb Space Telescope Program; Scott Willoughby Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Recognized for James Webb Space Telescope Program; Scott Willoughby Comments

    Northrop Grumman has received Aviation Week magazine’s Program Excellence award for the company’s program goal achievement and leadership role in the development of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Scott Willoughby, vice president and James Webb Space Telescope program manager at Northrop, was selected in the subsystem research and design category for delivering the telescope and Integrated Science […] More

  • VMware Mobility Mgmt Software Obtains FedRAMP ATO From Census Bureau; Bill Rowan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VMware Mobility Mgmt Software Obtains FedRAMP ATO From Census Bureau; Bill Rowan Comments

    The U.S. Census Bureau has granted VMware authority-to-operate approval under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to offer the company’s cloud-based enterprise mobility management platform in the public sector. The FedRAMP ATO designation is for the VMware AirWatch platform that works to help users manage, secure and remotely deliver mobile applications from cloud environments, the company said Thursday. Bill Rowan, vice president of federal sales […] More

  • HPE’s Earl Matthews: Analytics, Speed, Intell Key to Cyber Situational Awareness - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HPE’s Earl Matthews: Analytics, Speed, Intell Key to Cyber Situational Awareness

    Earl Matthews, a vice president at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, has said speed, analytics, integration, resiliency, intelligence and expertise are the six attributes that are key to cyber situational awareness, Signal magazine reported Wednesday. Matthews, VP of enterprise security solutions for HPE’s U.S. public sector business, made the remarks Wednesday at the three-day MILCOM 2016 conference hosted by AFCEA International and […] More

  • BAE Extends Support for DARPA's Cognitive Electronic Warfare Tech Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Extends Support for DARPA’s Cognitive Electronic Warfare Tech Project

    BAE Systems has received a $13.3 million contract modification from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to continue support for DARPA’s program that aims to develop electronic warfare technologies that will counter new, unknown and adaptive radars. BAE said Thursday its team will complete algorithm development, advanced readiness tests and key milestones in efforts to transition technologies from […] More

  • Comtech to Provide Swedish Military Deployable Troposcatter Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Comtech to Provide Swedish Military Deployable Troposcatter Systems

    A Comtech Telecommunications subsidiary has received a $2.2 million contract by Sweden’s defense material administration to provide deployable troposcatter systems to the Swedish armed forces. Comtech said Wednesday it will supply MTTS deployable troposcatter terminals that were customized to address deployable communication requirements of the Sweden’s military. Fred Kornberg, president and CEO of Comtech Telecommunications, said the contract award demonstrates a growing […] More

  • Navy Starts Search for Next Generation Countermeasure Device - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Starts Search for Next Generation Countermeasure Device

    The Naval Sea Systems Command is working on a competitive solicitation in search of industry members that can develop, design, fabricate, integrate and test acoustic device countermeasure special test units, engineering development models, associated products and engineering services. A presolicitation notice published Tuesday on FedBizOpps says the procurement will support the Next Generation Countermeasure program as NAVSEA looks to release […] More

  • ULA Sets Nov. 11 for DigitalGlobe WorldView-4 Satellite Launch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA Sets Nov. 11 for DigitalGlobe WorldView-4 Satellite Launch

    United Launch Alliance has set a Nov. 11 launch date to lift DigitalGlobe‘s WorldView-4 satellite into space on-board a ULA Atlas V rocket on Nov. 11 from Vandenberg Air Force Base. ULA said Wednesday its team is working to address Atlas V booster issues discovered during final launch preparations. Lockheed Martin‘s space systems business built WorldView-4, which will work to […] More

  • Navy Wants Info on Parachute Insertion Training, Sustainment Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Wants Info on Parachute Insertion Training, Sustainment Sources

    The Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center has kicked off a search for potential sources of training and sustainment services for the U.S. Navy’s autonomous static line and military free fall parachute insertion systems. The branch seeks written information on the required services through a sources sought notice published Monday and intends to issue a full solicitation for […] More

  • Navy Orders Themis-Built Computer Rugged Servers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Orders Themis-Built Computer Rugged Servers

    The U.S. Navy has ordered $1.6 million in computer rugged servers from Themis Computer via the company’s reseller Strictly Technology LLC, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Wednesday. John Keller writes the order covers four Themis RES-XR5 1U standard-density rack mounted servers along with shock-mounting kits, cabling, optical transceivers, Gigabit Ethernet switches, disk-on-module data storage and auxiliary […] More

  • Thomson Reuters Releases App for US Election News & Analysis - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thomson Reuters Releases App for US Election News & Analysis

    Thomson Reuters has unveiled an application on its Eikon desktop product that will work to offer users market data, news, commentary and analysis before and after the U.S. election Nov. 8. The election app is designed to provide analysis and visuals on segments of the capital markets such as foreign exchange, equities, fixed income and commodities, Thomson Reuter […] More

  • Army Seeks New Landing Craft Provider - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Seeks New Landing Craft Provider

    The U.S. Army has started work to find a company to build a 100-foot-long landing craft for the Abrams main battle tank as the military branch seeks to retire a predecessor 74-foot landing ship, Defense News reported Wednesday. Christopher Cavas writes the Army has released a request for proposals for a new light maneuver support vessel […] More

  • Xybion to Help Automate Army's Biosafety Research Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Xybion to Help Automate Army’s Biosafety Research Operations

    Xybion has been selected to provide a preclinical management platform for the U.S. Army to automate scientific research operations at the military branch’s Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick in Maryland. The company will deploy its Pristima Suite to USAMRIID’s biosafety facility as well as perform system validation, configuration and training support services, said Tuesday. Pristima is designed to help users track […] More