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  • NIST: FY 2013 Federal Tech Transfer Efforts Generated $185M in Active Licenses-Related Income - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST: FY 2013 Federal Tech Transfer Efforts Generated $185M in Active Licenses-Related Income

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a new report on federal laboratories’ technology transfer efforts in fiscal year 2013 as part of the Obama administration’s Lab-to-Market Cross-Agency Priority Goal. NIST said Tuesday 5,492 active income bearing licenses resulted in approximately $185 million income in fiscal 2013. Other findings of the Federal Laboratory Technology […] More

  • Radisys, Octasic, Quortus Unveil New Multiradio System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Radisys, Octasic, Quortus Unveil New Multiradio System

    Radisys, Octasic and Quortus have introduced a multiradio system designed for use in military and public safety operations. Radisys said Monday the ruggedized radio system is designed as a combination of its small cell software systems with Octasic’s platforms and Quortus’ virtualized evolved packet core service into a complete, network-in-a-box tool. The system is built for military and public safety professionals […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls, Coast Guard Name Legend-Class Cutter ‘Munro’ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls, Coast Guard Name Legend-Class Cutter ‘Munro’

    Huntington Ingalls Industries and the U.S. Coast Guard christened the agency’s sixth National Security Cutter ship during a christening ceremony Saturday at the company’s shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division unveiled the Legend-class NSC ship’s name as Munro at the ceremony attended by nearly 600 guests, HII said Saturday. Munro, a 418-foot-long vessel, is named after Signalman First Class Douglas Munro, […] More

  • Raytheon Concludes Navy Jammer Design Review; Daniel Theisen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Concludes Navy Jammer Design Review; Daniel Theisen Comments

    Raytheon will move to design work on a new airborne electronic attack system after the company and U.S. Navy completed the jammer program’s design review phase. The Navy intends for the jammer system to replace the ALQ-99 jamming pods on board the EA-18G Growler from 2021 onward, Raytheon said Friday. Daniel Theisen, director of airborne electronic attack programs […] More

  • ManTech Receives Navy IT Maintenance, Logistics Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech Receives Navy IT Maintenance, Logistics Contract Modification

    ManTech International has received a $10,720,438 contract modification to maintain information systems installed in U.S. Navy ships. The company will provide engineering support in IT planning, operations, documentation, program management, and application update and deployment areas, the Defense Department said Friday. ManTech will perform work in Virginia, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maine, Washington, California, Florida, Maryland […] More

  • Microsoft Plans to Further Expand Mecklenburg County Data Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Plans to Further Expand Mecklenburg County Data Center

    Microsoft will invest about $402.4 million for a planned expansion of its Mecklenburg County, Virginia, data center and the technology company expects to create as many as 42 new jobs through the project, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported Friday. The Virginia government has offered to provide $7,000 in Opportunity Fund grants and another $1.34 million from the […] More

  • Reuters: Northrop Eyes Hawkeye Sales With Other Foreign Countries - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reuters: Northrop Eyes Hawkeye Sales With Other Foreign Countries

    Northrop Grumman is talking with countries in the Persian Gulf, North Africa and Asia on potential purchases of the country’s E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft despite the United Arab Emirates’ decision to not buy that plane, Reuters reported Friday. Andrea Shalal writes the UAE agreed earlier in the week to purchase $1.27 billion in Saab-built early warning planes. Northrop officials told Reuters Japan […] More

  • Transcom Seeks C5 Support for Joint Enabling Capabilities Command - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Transcom Seeks C5 Support for Joint Enabling Capabilities Command

    The U.S. Transportation Command wants information on potential contractors that can provide command, control, cyber, communications and collaboration support for the Joint Enabling Capabilities Command. Transcom said in a FedBizOpps notice published Nov. 9 that it is in search of vendors that can provide cyber defense, life-cycle sustainment, software management, automatic data processing equipment degaussing and disposal […] More

  • Event Celebrates Sikorsky's Integration into Lockheed; Marillyn Hewson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Event Celebrates Sikorsky’s Integration into Lockheed; Marillyn Hewson Comments

    Lockheed Martin and Sikorsky held an event Friday to formally mark their combination, a week after Lockheed closed its approximately $9 billion acquisition of the helicopter manufacturing business from United Technologies Corp. “Today is the beginning of an exciting new period for our company,” Marillyn Hewson, Lockheed chairman, president and CEO, said Friday. “Sikorsky’s strong […] More

  • Aurora Flight Sciences Lands Contract Modification for Navy Unmanned Aerial Cargo Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aurora Flight Sciences Lands Contract Modification for Navy Unmanned Aerial Cargo Platform

    Aurora Flight Sciences has received a potential two-year, $11 million contract modification to build an autonomous airborne cargo platform for the U.S. Navy. The Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System is an Office of Naval Research-funded program that seeks to allow remote-controlled, vertical take-off and landing platforms to perform cargo deliveries in unprepared landing sites, the […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Build Digital Cargo Mgmt Tech for Embraer KC-390 Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Build Digital Cargo Mgmt Tech for Embraer KC-390 Aircraft

    Embraer has chosen Rockwell Collins to manufacture cargo handling and aerial delivery control systems for integration into Embraer-built KC-390 airlifters for the Brazilian military. Rockwell Collins said Wednesday its CHADCS works to help military organizations monitor, hold and manage air drops of personnel, vehicles and cargo. The digital control technology comprises a loadmaster station, activate and release […] More

  • ServiceNow Cloud Platform to Host NASA Shared Services Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ServiceNow Cloud Platform to Host NASA Shared Services Center

    ServiceNow will provide cloud services to NASA in support of the NASA Shared Services Center, which seeks to facilitate the delivery of IT, human resources and grant services to employees, contractors and researchers. The enterprise software firm said Nov. 3 its cloud-based service management platform works to support the consolidation of NSSC’s systems and automation of 50 […] More