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  • Schneider Electric-Black & Veatch JV to Help Build Microgrid at Marine Corps Base in San Diego - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Schneider Electric-Black & Veatch JV to Help Build Microgrid at Marine Corps Base in San Diego

    A joint venture of Schneider Electric‘s U.S. subsidiary and infrastructure development company Black & Veatch has won a potential two-year, $21.9 million contract to design and build an energy security microgrid system for a San Diego-based U.S. Marine Corps air base. The U.S. Navy asked Schneider Electric USA–Black & Veatch JV to construct a system that would power […] More

  • Former DIA Official David Shedd Joins SOSi's Board of Advisers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former DIA Official David Shedd Joins SOSi’s Board of Advisers

    David Shedd, a former deputy director and acting director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, has joined SOS International‘s board of advisers. Shedd will help the company with regards to leadership, growth and governance along with the other business, defense and government leaders in the advisory board, SOSi said Tuesday. “David’s experience in the intelligence community and Latin America closely align with […] More

  • Vencore Receives 'Virginia Values Veterans' Accreditation; Mac Curtis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vencore Receives ‘Virginia Values Veterans’ Accreditation; Mac Curtis Comments

    Vencore has received a Virginia Values Veterans certification from the state’s Department of Veterans Services. The Chantilly, Virginia-based government contractor said Tuesday it looks to hire 1,800 veterans and family members by fiscal year 2020. The accreditation recognizes companies that have publicly committed to hire and retain veterans, conduct a year-long training program and submit an organizational veteran hiring plan that contains strategy and […] More

  • NS2 Serves Certifies New Group of SAP Software-Trained Veterans; Mark Testoni Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NS2 Serves Certifies New Group of SAP Software-Trained Veterans; Mark Testoni Comments

    NS2 Serves has graduated the newest group of veterans who underwent training on SAP software at the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, Virginia. This fifth class of post-9/11 military veterans completed NS2 Serves’ three-month, in- residence technology training and employment program and received the Certified SAP Associate certification in information technology, NS2 Serves said Wednesday. Participants […] More

  • CEO John Heller Outlines PAE's Priorities, Vision Under Platinum Equity Ownership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CEO John Heller Outlines PAE’s Priorities, Vision Under Platinum Equity Ownership

    Arlington, Virginia-based government services contractor PAE entered a new chapter in the company’s six-decade history upon its purchase by Platinum Equity and leaders on both sides are now planning investments with an eye toward short- and long-term growth. Despite budget uncertainties and shifting priorities at agencies, PAE CEO John Heller views Los Angeles-headquartered private equity firm Platinum Equity’s move […] More

  • Jacobs to Provide Enterprise IT Services for Army's Missiles & Space Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs to Provide Enterprise IT Services for Army’s Missiles & Space Program

    The U.S. Army has awarded a five-year, $32.3 million contract to Jacobs Engineering Group to provide a range of enterprise information technology services to the service branch’s program executive office for missiles and space. Jacobs said Tuesday it will also provide IT support for eight subordinate organizations of the Army PEO MS as well as the Army’s PEO Aviation, […] More

  • Microsoft Aims to Help Combat Terrorism Through Online Strategies, Partnerships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Aims to Help Combat Terrorism Through Online Strategies, Partnerships

    Microsoft has outlined the steps the company plans to take with the use of digital technology and the Internet in an effort to help counter terrorist activities online. The company said Friday it seeks to tackle terrorism-related content posted on its web services while it maintains the users’ rights to privacy, freedom of expression and the right to access information. […] More

  • Army Research Lab, Drexel University Partner for Aircraft Material Fatigue Modeling, Detection R&D - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Research Lab, Drexel University Partner for Aircraft Material Fatigue Modeling, Detection R&D

    The Army Research Laboratory has partnered with Drexel University in Pennsylvania to explore methods to detect structural fatigue and stress problems in military aerial vehicles. ARL and the university also seeks to identify approaches to model the severity of aircraft  material damage precursors as part of their cooperative research and development agreement, the U.S. Army said Friday. “While many […] More

  • Whitescope to Build Wireless Comms Gateway for IoT Devices Under DHS Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Whitescope to Build Wireless Comms Gateway for IoT Devices Under DHS Contract

    The Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate has awarded a $200,000 contract to Whitescope to provide a wireless communications gateway that will work to secure Internet of Things devices. DHS said Monday Whitescope’s GatewayX platform will work to perform passive and active detection of connected IoT devices and centralize the access to the devices. The award was given under […] More

  • Lockheed Transports Asteroid Sampling Spacecraft to NASA for Launch Preparations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Transports Asteroid Sampling Spacecraft to NASA for Launch Preparations

    Lockheed Martin has shipped its asteroid sampling spacecraft to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for final processing prior to the spacecraft’s launch toward an asteroid believed to hold answers about the solar system’s origin. The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security – Regolith Explorer spacecraft was transported Friday from Buckley Air Force Base in Colorado […] More

  • Fairfax County to Adopt Airbus 911 Call Handling Platform; Bob Freinberg Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fairfax County to Adopt Airbus 911 Call Handling Platform; Bob Freinberg Comments

    Fairfax County, Virginia will install an Airbus-built call handling platform into the jurisdiction’s future 911 system for use by more than 1.1 million residents. Airbus said Monday it will provide the company’s Vesta 9-1-1 call handling platform to Fairfax County in support of the latter’s contract to General Dynamics for work to help develop, deploy, maintain and support a “next-generation” 911 network. Steve McMurrer, Fairfax […] More

  • iDirectGov Releases Updated Transmission Security Software for Remotes & Defense Line Card Portfolio - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    iDirectGov Releases Updated Transmission Security Software for Remotes & Defense Line Card Portfolio

    iDirect Government has launched its Evolution 3.4.1 software that is designed to facilitate transmission security for airborne, maritime and land-based satellite communications using the 9-Series portfolio of remotes and defense line cards. The satcom provider said Monday the software works to support 950mp, 900 and 9350 remotes as well as DLC-T and DLC-R line cards via a single platform. iDirectGov added it also […] More