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  • Pacific Disaster Center Uses Esri Platform to Track Spread of Zika Virus - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pacific Disaster Center Uses Esri Platform to Track Spread of Zika Virus

    Esri and the Pacific Disaster Center collaborate to monitor the spread of Zika virus across the globe with a company-built mapping tool. PDC shares the mapped information about the characteristics of the virus and the breeding grounds of Zika-carrying mosquitoes with health services and aid responders, Esri said Wednesday. “Esri GIS technology specifically allows us to characterize the Zika […] More

  • Centerra to Continue Fire, Emergency Mgmt Services at Cape Canaveral AF Station - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Centerra to Continue Fire, Emergency Mgmt Services at Cape Canaveral AF Station

    Centerra Group has secured a five-year contract to provide fire protection and emergency medical services at a 15,000-acre U.S. Air Force base in Florida. The company said Wednesday it will continue to operate multiple fire stations as well as perform emergency response support for the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Centerra will also support all launch events at the site and respond to aircraft and vehicular incidents, structural […] More

  • Galois Unveils Election Tech Business Spinoff; Joseph Kiniry Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Galois Unveils Election Tech Business Spinoff; Joseph Kiniry Comments

    Galois has formed a new election technology company as part of an effort to help election officials secure and verify polls with open source software and systems. The Free & Fair spinoff will provide voting technology that utilizes commercial off-the-shelf hardware and works to generate verifiable evidence of election results, Galois said Monday. Joseph Kiniry, an elections technology […] More

  • Airbus Secures Potential $728M Subcontract to Support UK Military Training Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Secures Potential $728M Subcontract to Support UK Military Training Program

    The Lockheed Martin–Babcock International joint venture Ascent Flight Training has awarded a potential 17-year, $728 million subcontract to Airbus for service as the primary aircraft service provider for a U.K. military training initiative. Airbus will manufacturer and deliver rotorcraft with an integrated support system over 18 months with an intended start date for training in April 2018, plus also oversee the development of support […] More

  • US Coast Guard, Canada's Great Lakes Pilotage Authority to Use Saab's KleinPilot System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    US Coast Guard, Canada’s Great Lakes Pilotage Authority to Use Saab’s KleinPilot System

    The U.S. Coast Guard‘s Great Lakes pilotage division and Canada’s Great Lakes Pilotage Authority have awarded Saab separate contracts for its KleinPilot pilot management system. KleinPilot will replace the current Saab-developed pilot management system and support the two organizations plus three Great Lakes pilotage associations in the U.S., Saab said Thursday. The company added that the new system will work to help […] More

  • Steve Brannan: Harris CapRock Helps Satellite Operator Build VSAT Hub in Qatar - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Steve Brannan: Harris CapRock Helps Satellite Operator Build VSAT Hub in Qatar

    Doha, Qatar-based satellite operator Es’hailSat has chosen Harris subsidiary Harris CapRock Communications to build a very small-aperture terminal hub to support the Qatari company’s government and corporate clients. Steve Brannan, a senior project manager at Harris CapRock, said Wednesday the business worked with multiple vendors to develop and install an “advanced” VSAT network for Es’hailSat under a tight deadline. Harris CapRock obtained a government license […] More

  • GSA Grants VATC Spots on IT Schedule 70, Law Enforcement Schedule 84 Contract Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Grants VATC Spots on IT Schedule 70, Law Enforcement Schedule 84 Contract Vehicles

    The U.S. General Services Administration has awarded Tampa, Florida-based Visual Awareness Technologies and Consulting positions on the IT Schedule 70 and Law Enforcement and Security Training Schedule 84 governmentwide contract vehicles for information technology procurements. Sara Moola, president and co-founder of VATC, said Thursday that federal agencies will have access to VATC’s operations training and other services and technologies […] More

  • Esri, Harris Form Federal GEOINT Data Production Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Esri, Harris Form Federal GEOINT Data Production Partnership

    Esri has partnered with Harris Corp. to develop new methods for the production of geospatial intelligence data within a web-based geographic information system in an effort to help federal agencies update their processes and outcomes. The companies seek to help agencies build new applications and tools through digital transformation initiatives and location-based technology, Esri said Tuesday. Esri’s WebGIS is a network designed to […] More

  • Harris to Incorporate Icaros Image Processing Software to Geospatial Analysis Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Incorporate Icaros Image Processing Software to Geospatial Analysis Tool

    A division of Harris Corp. will offer its geospatial analytics technology ENVI with the Icaros OneButton image processing software to support both manned and unmanned aerial sensor data extraction. Icaros said Wednesday it developed OneButton to provide geospatial end users with 2D maps and 3D models using frame-based imaging systems. Beau Legeer, data products business lead at the Harris geospatial solutions division, […] More

  • Lockheed Eyes On-Orbit Re-Programmability for Air Force GPS III Satellites - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Eyes On-Orbit Re-Programmability for Air Force GPS III Satellites

    Lockheed Martin will work to provide an on-orbit re-programmability feature for the U.S. Air Force‘s future global positioning system satellites in response to changing requirements. The company will seek to demonstrate this feature of the GPS III system over the next two years under the Air Force’s GPS III Space Vehicles 11+ Production Readiness Feasibility Assessment contract, Lockheed said Thursday. […] More

  • Breaking Defense: Navy Plans Earlier Littoral Combat Ship Upgrade Award to 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Breaking Defense: Navy Plans Earlier Littoral Combat Ship Upgrade Award to 2018

    U.S. Navy Capt. Dan Brintzinghoffer, Littoral Combat Ship program manager, has said the branch may choose an updated LCS design in 2018 instead of 2019 as part of efforts to fall in line with Defense Department budget plans, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. Sydney Freedberg writes Brintzinghoffer said at the Sea-Air-Space conference the service branch plans to publish a formal request for proposals […] More

  • Ultra Electronics to Install Eectronic Intelligence Systems for NATO Country's UAV - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ultra Electronics to Install Eectronic Intelligence Systems for NATO Country’s UAV

    Ultra Electronics‘ Ultra TCS business has received an $18 million contract from an unnamed NATO member country for a variant of the unit’s ALR-510 ELectronic INTelligence system and perform additional support services. The customer will use the ELINT system on unmanned aerial vehicles and control the UAV through Ultra TCS’ TALON software from a ground support center, Ultra said Thursday. Ultra TCS will […] More