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  • DigitalGlobe Agrees to Extend WorldView-3 Access for Int'l Defense Customer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DigitalGlobe Agrees to Extend WorldView-3 Access for Int’l Defense Customer

    DigitalGlobe has signed a definitive agreement with an international defense and intelligence organization to provide the customer agency with direct access capacity on a commercial Earth observation satellite. The contract will extend the agency’s access to high-resolution images from DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 satellite for an additional four years, the company said Wednesday. WorldView-3 launched in August 2014 […] More

  • Reuters: Japan Meets With Western Defense Contractors for New Fighter Jet Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reuters: Japan Meets With Western Defense Contractors for New Fighter Jet Program

    Japan has met with Western defense contractors including Boeing and Lockheed Martin for a potential “next generation” of fighter jets in an effort to enhance the country’s air presence, Reuters reported Tuesday. Siva Govindasamy writes that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries partnered with Japan’s defense ministry to develop the ATD-X experimental aircraft, whose stealth fighter technologies the country […] More

  • Iron Bow to Offer Agencies Zipit Messaging Platform Via 2 GWACs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iron Bow to Offer Agencies Zipit Messaging Platform Via 2 GWACs

    Iron Bow Technologies and Zipit Wireless have partnered to sell an enterprise-grade messaging tool to federal customers through two governmentwide acquisition contract vehicles. The Zipit-built Enterprise Critical Messaging Solution will work to help agencies secure data and comply with federal information processing standards, Keith Finley, director of Iron Bow’s veterans affairs and defense healthcare business, said Wednesday. Iron […] More

  • Cobham Continues Counter IED Efforts with UK Govt, Vallon GMBH Partnerships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cobham Continues Counter IED Efforts with UK Govt, Vallon GMBH Partnerships

    Cobham has said it continues to develop counter improvised explosive device technologies in partnership with the U.K. government and mine detector manufacturer Vallon GmbH. Together with its partners, Cobham has delivered 150,000 communication systems and 9,500 counter IED detectors worldwide, the England-based company said Tuesday. Cobham said its portfolio of handheld and vehicle mounted IED sensors […] More

  • Raytheon to Continue Dev't of EW Systems for Boeing Missiles Under AF Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Continue Dev’t of EW Systems for Boeing Missiles Under AF Contract

    Raytheon has secured a $4.8 million U.S. Air Force contract to continue the development of an electronic warfare payload for Boeing-built cruise missiles. The contract requires refurbishment of the Counter-Electronics High Power Microwave Advanced Missile and a pair of Conventional Air-Launched Cruise Missile systems for delivery to the Air Force Research Laboratory, Raytheon said Wednesday. The CHAMP payload, which was created by a team […] More

  • IARPA Solicits Research Proposals for Chemical Analysis Tool Dev't Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IARPA Solicits Research Proposals for Chemical Analysis Tool Dev’t Program

    The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has released a solicitation for research proposals on a tool designed to help the Intelligence Community detect and identify various types of chemicals in remote areas. IARPA said in a broad agency announcement posted March 11 it intends to build a low-power system designed to detect chemical weapons, explosives and narcotics under the Molecular […] More

  • DoD Seeks Cyber Platforms Through Solutions Meeting - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Seeks Cyber Platforms Through Solutions Meeting

    The Defense Department will hold a meeting in Washington between June and July 2016 to allow potential contractors to deliver technical presentations about their cyber platforms. DoD said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday it will conduct the Cyber Strategy Solutions Meeting to identify cyber tools that might qualify for experimentation and pilot projects. The department […] More

  • Boeing's Insitu to Provide Blackjack UAS Logistics, Training Support Under Navy Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing’s Insitu to Provide Blackjack UAS Logistics, Training Support Under Navy Contract

    Boeing subsidiary Insitu has received a $10 million U.S. Navy contract to provide logistics, training, field service and other interim contractor support services for the Boeing-built RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned aircraft system. The Defense Department said Wednesday the cost-reimbursable contract has a scheduled completion date of October 2018. Work will occur in Cherry Point, North Carolina; Yuma, Arizona; Bingen,Washington and […] More

  • IARPA Requests Proposals for Quantum Annealing System R&D Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IARPA Requests Proposals for Quantum Annealing System R&D Program

    The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has issued a broad agency announcement to acquire ideas for the development of quantum annealing methods to solve complex optimization problems in enterprise operation. IARPA said Feb. 25 it aims to create application-specific quantum annealers that the agency believes can help address operational efficiency and risk issues of an organization. The agency seeks industry […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion System Backs Orbital ATK Cygnus Launch for SS Cargo Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion System Backs Orbital ATK Cygnus Launch for SS Cargo Resupply Mission

    An Aerojet Rocketdyne-built propulsion system helped to launch a Orbital ATK-made Cygnus space vehicle onboard a United Launch Alliance-made Atlas V rocket to transport cargo to the International Space Station. The OA-6 flight’s launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida Tuesday represents Orbital ATK’s fifth cargo delivery mission to the ISS under the company’s Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA, Aerojet […] More

  • The Spectrum Group Adds Evelyn Suarez to International Affairs Business Group - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    The Spectrum Group Adds Evelyn Suarez to International Affairs Business Group

    Evelyn Suarez, an international trade lawyer and consultant, has joined The Specctrum Group. Anthony Principi, chairman of TSG, said in a statement issued Thursday Suarez will work to support the Alexandria, Va.-based consulting firm’s international affairs business group through her knowledge and experience in the field of international trade regulation. Suarez’s specialties include trade facilitation, customs, […] More