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  • Esri, RedSeal Form GeoSpatial Cyber Analytics Team; Jeff Peters Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Esri, RedSeal Form GeoSpatial Cyber Analytics Team; Jeff Peters Comments

    Esri and cybersecurity firm RedSeal Networks have partnered to develop a geospatial cyber framework with the goal of helping defense, civilian and intelligence customers avoid network threats. The alliance seeks to combine Esri’s geospatial technology with RedSeal’s network architecture to help organizations analyze the potential impact of cyber and physical events on their operations, Esri […] More

  • Lockheed Test-Fires Missiles from Turreted Weapon System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Test-Fires Missiles from Turreted Weapon System

    Lockheed Martin has destroyed targets with missiles launched from its turreted weapon system for two ground demonstrations at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The HELLFIRE and DAGR missiles were fired from the long-range surveillance and attack vehicle weapon system, Lockheed said Tuesday. The LRSAV system fired the HELLFIRE II missile from a distance of 6.4 kilometers […] More

  • Boeing-Lockheed JV Seeks Rocket Engine Partners - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing-Lockheed JV Seeks Rocket Engine Partners

    The United Launch Alliance has signed contracts with several U.S. companies to move towards creating a next-generation rocket engine, Reuters reported Tuesday. Andrea Shalal writes the joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin will choose one company to investigate next-generation liquid oxygen/ hydrocarbon first stage propulsion concepts to build the rocket engine as an alternative […] More

  • MCR Federal to Help Army Review Apache Plans, Testing Data; Neil Albert Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MCR Federal to Help Army Review Apache Plans, Testing Data; Neil Albert Comments

    MCR Federal will help the U.S. Army manage data and review testing work for the Apache Helicopter program through engineering and support services under a potential six-year, $14.1 million contract. The program management services contractor will work with the branch’s Aviation and Missile, Development and Engineering Center in Huntsville, Ala. on reviewing airworthiness documentation, qualification test plans […] More

  • Airbus Group, Safran Form Space Launcher JV; Tom Enders Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Group, Safran Form Space Launcher JV; Tom Enders Comments

    Airbus Group and Safran have inked a memorandum of understanding to develop new space launchers for commercial and government customers through a 50-50 joint venture. Safran will combine its propulsion technologies with Airbus’ launcher systems under the joint venture, Airbus said Monday. The agreement builds on an industrial initiative led by the European Space Agency […] More

  • Kevin Graney: General Dynamics NASSCO to Build 5th Vessel for American Petroleum Tankers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kevin Graney: General Dynamics NASSCO to Build 5th Vessel for American Petroleum Tankers

    A General Dynamics subsidiary has signed a contract with Kinder Morgan Energy Partners‘ American Petroleum Tankers to design and build an additional 610-foot, 50,000-ton cargo vessel with a 330,000 barrel capacity. General Dynamics NASSCO will construct the tanker at its shipyard in San Diego, California by the fourth quarter of 2015 for delivery in the second […] More

  • Boeing Taps Rockwell Collins Micro-GPS Tech for DoD Radio System; Mike Jones Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Taps Rockwell Collins Micro-GPS Tech for DoD Radio System; Mike Jones Comments

    Rockwell Collins will supply its Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module GPS receivers to Boeing for the Defense Department‘s Combat Survivor Evader Locator radio system for joint search-and-rescue missions. The SAASM micro-GPS technology, which enables GPS coordinates to be decoded, is expected to support the CSEL system in providing geoposition and navigation information, Rockwell Collins said Monday. Mike Jones, vice president […] More

  • Kevin Bell Appointed Northrop's Corporate Lead Exec in Dayton; Timothy Jones Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kevin Bell Appointed Northrop’s Corporate Lead Exec in Dayton; Timothy Jones Comments

    Kevin Bell, a former business development representative and sector lead executive at Northrop Grumman, has been named its corporate lead executive for Dayton, Ohio, including the U.S. Air Force facilities in the region. The company said Monday Bell will report to Timothy Jones, vice president for aviation and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. “[Bell] understands the challenges that our […] More

  • Stephen Pace Joins Raytheon As Cyber Portfolio Sales SVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Stephen Pace Joins Raytheon As Cyber Portfolio Sales SVP

    Stephen Pace, a former sales executive at network security firms Pwnie Express and Core Security, has joined Raytheon as senior vice president of global sales for the firm’s cyber products business. In his new role, he will be responsible for helping the unit develop and implement strategies intended to drive sales of its cybersecurity offerings […] More

  • Bostonia Secures $3M to Fund Expanded Work on GSA Facility; Anita Molino Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bostonia Secures $3M to Fund Expanded Work on GSA Facility; Anita Molino Comments

    Bostonia Group has structured an additional $3.25 million in lease-backed secured notes to finance expanded tenant improvement work on a 30,170 sq ft General Services Administration facility in Tamuning, Guam. The company, through Bostonia Partners and Bostonia Global Securities, have structured and placed two previous batches of notes worth $12.5 million issued by developer Micronesia CSL Development […] More

  • Porticor, HP Form Cloud Encryption Partnership; Gilad Parann-Nissany Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Porticor, HP Form Cloud Encryption Partnership; Gilad Parann-Nissany Comments

    Cloud computing security company Porticor will integrate its encryption technology with the HP Atalla platform as the companies aim to help users securely pass data across public, private or hybrid clouds. Porticor’s data protection technology is built to protect the expanding fan of cloud environments and to combine data encryption with patented encryption and homomorphic management technologies […] More

  • Oracle Unveils New Clinical Research Data Mgmt Platform; Steve Rosenberg Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oracle Unveils New Clinical Research Data Mgmt Platform; Steve Rosenberg Comments

    Oracle has released a new data management product that works to help life sciences organizations analyze, process and integrate large volumes of data from clinical trials. The Health Sciences Data Management Workbench platform is built to operate with an Oracle-designed life sciences data hub and automatically gathers multi-source study findings, Oracle said Monday. Steve Rosenberg, […] More