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  • Siemens to Provide Traffic Management Platform to Seattle DOT - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens to Provide Traffic Management Platform to Seattle DOT

    The Department of Transportation in Seattle, Washington, has selected Siemens to provide a platform that works to manage traffic and reduce congestion through integration with traffic control centers, parking guidance systems and other third-party platforms. Seattle DOT will install Siemens’ Concert software to generate intelligence data in order to detect and facilitate response to traffic-related incidents […] More

  • Elbit Systems Picks Leonardo-Finmeccanica Radar for US Naval Test Pilot School - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Elbit Systems Picks Leonardo-Finmeccanica Radar for US Naval Test Pilot School

    Elbit Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary has selected Leonardo-Finmeccanica to provide a radar system to support training at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in Patuxent River, Maryland. The school will use the Vixen 500E active electronically scanned array radar for student training operations aboard a C-26 aircraft, Leonardo-Finmeccanica said Friday. The radar is set for delivery in mid-2016 and will […] More

  • Meggitt Training Systems Receives Second Delivery Order for Engagement Skills Trainer II System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Meggitt Training Systems Receives Second Delivery Order for Engagement Skills Trainer II System

    The U.S. Army‘s program executive Office for simulation and training has awarded Meggitt Training Systems a new $15 million second delivery order for the local and international installation of the company’s Engagement Skill Trainer II system. The company’s open architecture system is designed to integrate with third-party and Meggitt’s own module that works through a tablet-based coaching application to allow trainers […] More

  • Lockheed Picks Anark Software to Produce 3D Technical Data Packages for Orion Spacecraft; Richard Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Picks Anark Software to Produce 3D Technical Data Packages for Orion Spacecraft; Richard Smith Comments

    Lockheed Martin has selected an Anark-built software that works to generate technical data packages in three-dimensional PDF formats in support of the former’s work on NASA’s Orion spacecraft. Lockheed’s space systems business will use Anark Core Server to produce and publish 3D PDF documents of design and engineering data stored in PTC‘s Windchill software for product data […] More

  • Parsons Lands $1.7B Dubai Wastewater Tunnel, Sewer Construction Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Lands $1.7B Dubai Wastewater Tunnel, Sewer Construction Contract

    Parsons has been awarded a $1.7 billion contract to construct two deep wastewater tunnels and link sewers for the city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The company will perform feasibility studies, preliminary design, tender preparation, program management of the construction phases and supervision of the pumping station construction, Parsons said Tuesday. The tunnels will […] More

  • By Light Secures Potential 10-Year DISA Contract for O&M Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    By Light Secures Potential 10-Year DISA Contract for O&M Support

    Veteran-owned small business By Light Professional IT Services has landed a contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency potentially worth $15 million for indefeasible right-of-use dark fiber, equipment and operations and maintenance support over 10 years. The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization will allocate funding from 2015 and 2016 procurement appropriation for the one-year, $10 million base […] More

  • Army Taps CSRA Subsidiary for Biomedical Research Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Taps CSRA Subsidiary for Biomedical Research Contract

    CSRA subsidiary SRA International has won a potential five-year, $34.6 million contract to support biomedical research programs of the U.S. Army. The Defense Department said Tuesday SRA will perform work under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract through May 16, 2021. The Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity received two bids for the procurement initiative via the Internet, DoD said. DoD noted the service […] More

  • FEMA Taps UltiSat to Support Contingency Satellite Services Project; Moe Abutaleb Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FEMA Taps UltiSat to Support Contingency Satellite Services Project; Moe Abutaleb Comments

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded a task order to UltiSat for services to support the agency’s Contingency Satellite Services Project. The company will deliver satellite services that work to meet operational communications requirements for FEMA response and recovery missions along with network support for training, testing and operations, UltiSat said Monday. UltiSat CEO Moe Abutaleb […] More

  • BAE, CSC Sign $600M IT Outsourcing Pact - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE, CSC Sign $600M IT Outsourcing Pact

    Computer Sciences Corp. will provide a range of information technology services for BAE Systems‘ U.K. and Saudi Arabia operations under a $600 million agreement between the two companies. CSC said Tuesday the IT outsourcing deal will run through November 2021 and covers contact center, end user compute, mainframe, physical/virtual servers, storage, networking, project services and application maintenance support. “We are delighted to […] More

  • NTT Data Expands North America Service Delivery Center in Kentucky; Jim Milde Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NTT Data Expands North America Service Delivery Center in Kentucky; Jim Milde Comments

    NTT Data has expanded the company’s North America service delivery center located in Louisville, Kentucky as part of an effort to grow its financial services business in the U.S. Customers will have access to on-shore delivery support through the center and the company will hire more than 300 positions in Louisville for financial services jobs, NTT […] More

  • IGS Adds Intell Community Vet David Shedd to Board of Directors; Michael Maples Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IGS Adds Intell Community Vet David Shedd to Board of Directors; Michael Maples Comments

    David Shedd, formerly acting director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, has joined the board of directors of Huntsville, Alabama-based geospatial software provider Intergraph Government Solutions. Michael Maples, IGS board chairman and a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, said Tuesday the company will leverage Shedd’s insights and experience in the intelligence community to support growth strategies. […] More

  • Grant Thornton Names Jim Copeland Canada COO; Kevin Ladner Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Grant Thornton Names Jim Copeland Canada COO; Kevin Ladner Comments

    Grant Thornton has promoted Jim Copeland to the role of chief operating officer for the accounting and advisory firm’s operations in Canada. GT said Wednesday Copeland moves to the position from his previous roles as national managing partner, advisory services and national manufacturing leader in the firm. “Jim will be responsible for ensuring a cohesive go-to-market strategy and effective […] More