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  • CompTIA Reports 25% Rise in Public Sector Council Membership; Peter Kaminskas Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CompTIA Reports 25% Rise in Public Sector Council Membership; Peter Kaminskas Comments

    Information technology trade group CompTIA has recorded a 25 percent increase in membership across its public sector councils between the first quarters of 2015 and 2016. The rise in membership at CompTIA’s Space Enterprise Council, State and Local Government and Education Council and Human Services Information Technology Advisory Group comes a year after the nonprofit […] More

  • F-35 Joint Program Office Issues RFI on Knowledge-Based IT Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    F-35 Joint Program Office Issues RFI on Knowledge-Based IT Services

    The Defense Department‘s F-35 joint program office seeks information on potential vendors that can provide knowledge-based information technology support to F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter and related air system programs. JPO and the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division will collaborate to identify qualified providers for an upcoming contract, which could have a ceiling value of $160 million over five years, the Department […] More

  • Army Picks Battelle to Develop Vaccines for Biological, Chemical Threats Under $59M Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Picks Battelle to Develop Vaccines for Biological, Chemical Threats Under $59M Contract

    Battelle has received a potential five-year, $59 million contract from the U.S. Army to conduct research and develop therapeutics and vaccines for chemical and biological threats. The Army’s joint program executive office for chemical and biological defense awarded the contract through the General Services Administration‘s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services contract vehicle, Battelle said Monday. Battelle […] More

  • DISA to Solicit Proposals for DoD milCloud 2 Phase 1 Contract by June 6 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DISA to Solicit Proposals for DoD milCloud 2 Phase 1 Contract by June 6

    The Defense Information Systems Agency will release a request for proposals for the first phase of the Defense Department‘s milCloud 2 infrastructure-as-a-service system by June 6. The contract works to support the integration of commercial infrastructure services into a private cloud platform for the DoD community, DISA said in a pre-solicitation notice posted Friday on FedBizOpps. DISA added the selected contractor will also […] More

  • Navy Seeks Industry Sources for Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Seeks Industry Sources for Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle System

    The U.S. Navy seeks information on potential industry sources that can help develop a prototype of the Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle system designed to support the service branch’s underwater intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday that it wants information on structures and materials […] More

  • SAIC to Support DoD Training Requirements Under Navy Contract; Tom Watson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC to Support DoD Training Requirements Under Navy Contract; Tom Watson Comments

    Science Application International Corp. will work to support the design, development, implementation and evaluation of training materials for the U.S. Navy as part of a potential $343 million contract awarded earlier in May. SAIC said Tuesday it will seek to deliver modular, scalable and tailored learning in support of Defense Department training requirements and Navy distance […] More

  • Microsoft Awards Grants to 12 Entrepreneurial Businesses to Support Internet "Democratization" Plan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Awards Grants to 12 Entrepreneurial Businesses to Support Internet “Democratization” Plan

    Microsoft has awarded 12 entrepreneurial businesses with seed grants and resources – including BizSpark tools such as free software, services and technology support — to help the expansion of the company’s hardware, applications, connectivity and power systems. The company said Monday the Affordable Access Initiative grants support the $1 billion investment plan of Microsoft to use cloud technology power […] More

  • Matt Desch: Iridium Releases Positioning, Navigation & Timing Tech Offering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matt Desch: Iridium Releases Positioning, Navigation & Timing Tech Offering

    Iridium Communications has introduced a technology platform the company designed to help users access satellite-based positioning, navigation and timing data in locations where GPS services are limited or unavailable. The Satellite Time and Location system will work to verify GPS, Galileo and Glonass navigation signals when deployed through Iridium’s constellation of cross-linked satellites in low-Earth orbit, the company said Monday. Matt Desch, Iridium CEO, […] More

  • DMI-Telit Alliance Creates Cloud-Based IoT Platform for Enterprise Clients; Sunny Bajaj Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DMI-Telit Alliance Creates Cloud-Based IoT Platform for Enterprise Clients; Sunny Bajaj Comments

    DMI and Telit have partnered to develop an Internet of Things platform intended to help organizations connect devices to web-based or mobile applications and enterprise systems. The cloud-based Telit IoT Portal is designed to offer a single access point for customers to integrate their data from remote equipment with databases, apps and dashboards, DMI said Thursday. “As the Internet of Things continues its exponential growth around the world, enterprises […] More

  • General Dynamics Delivers 1st Zumwalt Class Ship to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Delivers 1st Zumwalt Class Ship to Navy

    A subsidiary of General Dynamics has delivered the first of Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers to the U.S. Navy for the service branch’s multi-mission surface combatant force. The Navy said Friday it accepted delivery of the USS Zumwalt after a series of tests on the ship’s hull, mechanical and electrical, damage control, ballasting, navigation and communications systems. General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works subsidiary designed and built the ship. […] More

  • NIST, Stanford University Enter Partnership to Foster Biotech Measurement Infrastructure - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST, Stanford University Enter Partnership to Foster Biotech Measurement Infrastructure

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology will collaborate with Stanford University to develop measurement units for biotechnology products and services in sectors such as healthcare, energy and electronics. NIST said Friday the NIST-Stanford Joint Initiative for Metrology in Biology looks to engage academia, industry and government in the development of tools that would help establish units of measurement for […] More

  • DoD Org to Evaluate Potential ISR, Security Applications of Tethered AeroVironment UAS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Org to Evaluate Potential ISR, Security Applications of Tethered AeroVironment UAS

    A Defense Department organization is examining the potential use of an AeroVironment-built tethered unmanned aircraft system to facilitate intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and security operations. AeroVironment developed the Tether Eye UAS as part of the company’s contract with DoD’s Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office, the company said Monday. CTTSO operates under the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict. “Having the […] More