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  • World Wide Technology to Replace Obsolete Data Storage Items at USACE Sites - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    World Wide Technology to Replace Obsolete Data Storage Items at USACE Sites

    The U.S. Army has awarded World Wide Technology a $7.9 million contract to deliver data storage hardware and software and provide maintenance and professional implementation services to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. World Wide Technology will work to replace the obsolete data storage items at all relevant USACE sites, the Defense Department said Friday. DoD added that […] More

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    Tim Meehan: CenturyLink to Provide Managed Disaster Recovery Services to OCC

    CenturyLink has been awarded a potential six-year, $29 million contract to help the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency develop and manage a disaster recovery program for the agency’s mission-critical systems. The company said Monday it will also support the program’s testing, security, compliance, configuration management, emergency operations and documentation requirements. “CenturyLink is pleased to provide the OCC with disaster recovery […] More

  • NASA Launches 9th SpaceX ISS Resupply Mission Aboard Dragon Spacecraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Launches 9th SpaceX ISS Resupply Mission Aboard Dragon Spacecraft

    NASA has launched SpaceX‘s ninth commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station as part of the company’s Commercial Resupply Services contract with the space agency. NASA said Monday the CRS-9 mission carries 5,000 pounds of cargo, which will reach the space station on Wednesday. The space agency added the cargo contains samples and instruments that will […] More

  • Lockheed to Develop Sensor System For Army's Integrated Air & Missile Defense Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Develop Sensor System For Army’s Integrated Air & Missile Defense Network

    Lockheed Martin aims to pursue the U.S. Army‘s planned acquisition of a lower-tier air and missile defense sensor that will operate in the Army’s integrated air and missile defense network and replace the Patriot radar. The company said Friday the Army wants a new sensor that could meet mobility and transportability targets as well as reduce sustainment costs. “With this request […] More

  • Cubic-Led Team to Continue Training Services at Air Force Expeditionary Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic-Led Team to Continue Training Services at Air Force Expeditionary Center

    A team comprising Cubic, Fae Vectus, Language Directions and Marton Technologies has received a $6.2 million follow-on contract to develop education and training requirements for the U.S. Air Force‘s adviser academic services program. Team Cubic will also continue to provide classroom and scenario-based training on core skills, language, region and culture at the Air Force Expeditionary Center at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey, Cubic […] More

  • Army Tests Ebola Vaccine Candidate With Yisheng Biopharma’s PIKA Adjuvant in Mice - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Tests Ebola Vaccine Candidate With Yisheng Biopharma’s PIKA Adjuvant in Mice

    The U.S. Army has begun preclinical trials of its vaccine candidate against Ebola virus in combination with the PIKA adjuvant platform developed by China-based Yisheng Biopharma. Study results show that mice that received a combination of the Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases’ virus-like particle-based vaccine and Yisheng’s PIKA adjuvant platform demonstrated 100 percent […] More

  • Oracle to Support White House's Wireless Networking Research Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oracle to Support White House’s Wireless Networking Research Project

    Oracle has joined a public-private research project introduced by the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy that seeks to examine the advantages and challenges of wireless networking. The company said Monday it will provide engineering and technology expertise as well as core network control, analytics and network orchestration tools to the Platforms Enabling Advanced Wireless Program. PAWR, led by the National Science Foundation, […] More

  • NASA, Sinclair College to Use UAS for Algae Bloom Study on Lake Erie - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Sinclair College to Use UAS for Algae Bloom Study on Lake Erie

    NASA‘s Glenn Research Center and Sinclair College’s national training and certification center for unmanned aircraft systems will conduct a study on the algae blooms on Lake Erie as part of their new Space Act Agreement. Sinclair said Wednesday it will work with NASA to perform UAS sensor integration tests and flight operations to study the effects of […] More

  • KBR Chosen for US, Australia Defense Support Services Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KBR Chosen for US, Australia Defense Support Services Contracts

    KBR has received a pair contract extensions of undisclosed terms for base operational support services from the U.S. Defense Department, as well as a five-year integrated support contractor services contract from the Australian defense department. The company said Monday the awards from DoD cover base operations and maintenance services to the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic in Djibouti and work to […] More

  • LGS Innovations to Update, Relocate US Army C41 Systems in South Korea - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LGS Innovations to Update, Relocate US Army C41 Systems in South Korea

    LGS Innovations has received a five-year contract from the U.S. Army to support the migration of assets from the service branch’s facilities across South Korea to U.S. Army Garrison-Humphreys. The company said Monday it will update and migrate the Army’s command, control, communications, computers and intelligence systems to a new network infrastructure at Camp Humphreys as part of the […] More

  • Jeff Kohler: Boeing in Talks With Japan for Potential Fighter Aircraft Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeff Kohler: Boeing in Talks With Japan for Potential Fighter Aircraft Development

    An official with Boeing said the company held talks with Japanese government representatives at the Farnborough International Airshow to propose a possible collaboration on the development of a fighter jet that would replace the country’s F2 planes, Nikkei Asian Review reported Saturday. Jeff Kohler, vice president of international business development at Boeing’s defense, space and security business, […] More

  • FLIR to Build Ship Imaging, Fire Control Sensors for Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FLIR to Build Ship Imaging, Fire Control Sensors for Navy

    FLIR Systems has been awarded a potential five-year, $13.3 million contract by the U.S. Navy to provide electro-optics sensors for integration with the military branch’s Sea Star Safire III and Brite Star II EOS systems. The Defense Department said Friday FLIR will also deliver spares as well as perform repair, training, data and technical support services under the firm-fixed-price contract. Work will occur […] More