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  • Gahn Lane Joins CenturyLink as ISV, Federal Channels VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gahn Lane Joins CenturyLink as ISV, Federal Channels VP

    Gahn Lane, formerly vice president of service-provider sales at Westcon Group, has joined CenturyLink as vice president of independent software vendors and federal channels, Channel Partners Online reported Monday. Edward Gately writes Lane will report to Bill Corbin, senior VP of strategic partnerships and channel operations, and lead the establishment of a federal partner program at the […] More

  • Kratos Unveils SpectralNet 1.2 Update Designed to Provide Automated Site Diversity Functions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Unveils SpectralNet 1.2 Update Designed to Provide Automated Site Diversity Functions

    Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has launched an update on its network interaction analysis tool that adds automated site diversity functionality to help satellite and network operators locate backup antennas and switch between antennas without affecting a network’s quality of service. Kratos said Wednesday SpectralNet 1.2 digitizes radio frequency signals for packetized transport over internet protocol networks to preserve frequency […] More

  • BAE Systems, Patria to Debut CV90 Infantry Fighting Vehicle at Land Forces 2016 Event - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Systems, Patria to Debut CV90 Infantry Fighting Vehicle at Land Forces 2016 Event

    BAE Systems will debut a new infantry fighting vehicle offered in partnership with Patria for the LAND 400 Phase 3 program at the Land Forces 2016 event in Australia. BAE Systems said Tuesday the CV90 family of tracked combat vehicles has supported worldwide UN and NATO operations and provides tactical and strategic mobility, air defense, anti-tank capacity and […] More

  • NanoMech to Develop Army Combat Uniforms With Coating Against Insects, Microbes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NanoMech to Develop Army Combat Uniforms With Coating Against Insects, Microbes

    The U.S. Army has selected NanoMech to develop future combat uniforms that will utilize the company’s nano-engineered chemical coating finish under a $235,000 contract in efforts to protect warfighters from vector-borne diseases such as Zika. NGuard will work to provide Army combat uniforms and other equipment and clothing items with low-toxicity vector protection and anti-attractant for infected insects, NanoMech said Monday. […] More

  • Concurrent Technologies, Water Energy Technologies Jointly Develop Green Laundry System; Jeff Grabarek Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Concurrent Technologies, Water Energy Technologies Jointly Develop Green Laundry System; Jeff Grabarek Comments

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. and Water Energy Technologies have jointly developed a laundry system designed to help reduce water consumption for commercial laundry operations. The treatment system processes and recycles 90 percent of grey water from laundry operations through an integrated ozone technology and water recycling system, CTC said Thursday. “We look forward to combining the […] More

  • IDC: Systems Integrators Key to Federal IT Transformation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IDC: Systems Integrators Key to Federal IT Transformation

    A new IDC report has highlighted the role system integrators play in helping the federal government transition to digital platforms through the 3rd platform technologies mobility, cloud, big data and analytics and social business. The report evaluates the system integrators’ relationship with each other and with the factors the report finds conducive to government digital […] More

  • ICL Business Unit to Supply Phos-Chek Firefighting Foam to Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICL Business Unit to Supply Phos-Chek Firefighting Foam to Air Force

    ICL‘s advanced additives business unit has landed a $6.2 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide 418,000 gallons of the company’s firefighting foam for firefighting vehicles and fire station foam stocks. The company said Wednesday it has started delivery of its Phos-Chek firefighting foam in August and will continue over a 10-week period. ICL added the Air […] More

  • DARPA Seeks Info on Simulation Platform Development to Validate Social Science Research Methods - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Seeks Info on Simulation Platform Development to Validate Social Science Research Methods

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants information on ideas and approaches that could help develop interactive simulation platforms that will work to validate social science research methods. A notice posted Wednesday on FedBizOpps stated DARPA eyes simulations or “forensic social science supercolliders” that could help evaluate social science research methods for using “strong inference” to identify factors that lead to particular human behaviors and […] More

  • Inmarsat Demonstrates GX Satcom-as-a-Service Platform for US Govt Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat Demonstrates GX Satcom-as-a-Service Platform for US Govt Clients

    Inmarsat and its Global Xpress partners have demonstrated a satellite communications-as-service platform in multiple aeronautical scenarios with U.S. government end users. The company said Monday its GX network worked to provide wideband connectivity for video and data transfers through Honeywell-built JetWave satcom terminals during airborne and ground demonstrations carried out within the contiguous U.S. and outside the continental U.S. GX is designed […] More

  • CSRA Extends Support for Joint Integrated Air & Missile Defense Org Under $53M Recompete Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Extends Support for Joint Integrated Air & Missile Defense Org Under $53M Recompete Contract

    CSRA has won a five-year, $53 million contract to provide systems engineering and technical assistance services to the Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense Organization. The company said Monday it will continue to perform analysis, assessments, technology demonstrations, wargames and exercises meant to help the agency shape concepts, requirements and operational architectures under the recompete contract. “The Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense’s challenge […] More

  • Jeremy Burton: Dell Technologies Aims to Help Clients Realize Digital Transformation Goals - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeremy Burton: Dell Technologies Aims to Help Clients Realize Digital Transformation Goals

    Jeremy Burton, chief marketing officer of Dell Technologies, wrote in a blog entry posted Wednesday the company’s goal is to serve as a partner and a catalyst for enterprise customers that aim to transform their information technology functions. Dell Technologies formed as a result of the merger between Dell and EMC. Burton said the company seeks to help enterprise clients […] More

  • Onvia Report Highlights Growing Role of Cybersecurity in Business-to-Govt Marketplace - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Onvia Report Highlights Growing Role of Cybersecurity in Business-to-Govt Marketplace

    Onvia has released a new report that examines the increasing role of cybersecurity in federal, state and local government procurement efforts and provides insight into various  cyber market opportunities for contractors. The business intelligence firm said Thursday it found that the impacts of cybersecurity on political priorities, funding requests and anti-threat programs have led to new regulations that influence contract language and requirements. “In […] More