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  • FAA Buys Thales Navigation Aids for National Airspace System; Tony Lo Brutto Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FAA Buys Thales Navigation Aids for National Airspace System; Tony Lo Brutto Comments

    The Federal Aviation Administration has purchased five Thales-built navigational aids for the U.S. National Airspace System under a five-year contract between the agency and company. “As the FAA transitions to NextGen, Thales will continue to help support and modernize the FAA’s inventory of navigational aids,” Tony Lo Brutto, vice president of Thales’ U.S. air traffic management unit, said Monday. The […] More

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  • Lockheed to Help Atlantis Design Tidal Turbine Tech; Tim Fuhr Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Help Atlantis Design Tidal Turbine Tech; Tim Fuhr Comments

    Lockheed Martin has signed a contract to help design Atlantis Resources‘ AR1500 tidal turbine set for the MeyGen tidal stream project, which aims to leverage tidal energy as a commercial power source. The 1.5-megawatt, single-rotor turbine will play a role in the Scotland-based MeyGen project that targets 100-percent renewable energy usage in the country by 2020,” Lockheed said Tuesday. Other […] More

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  • Deloitte, SAP Ink Global Reseller Deal; Peter Ryan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte, SAP Ink Global Reseller Deal; Peter Ryan Comments

    Deloitte and SAP have entered into an agreement for Deloitte’s global partners to offer SAP business software products and maintenance service offerings under a value-added reseller program. Through a single supply framework, Deloitte member firms can license SAP software products as well as deliver pre-configured systems and deployment support directly to customers, Deloitte said Monday. […] More

  • Robert Genter: SAIC to Help California Public Safety Agency Plan First Responder Net - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Robert Genter: SAIC to Help California Public Safety Agency Plan First Responder Net

    Science Applications International Corp. has been awarded a $440,000 contract to help the state of California’s emergency services agency plan a future broadband network for first responders. SAIC will facilitate outreach activities, town-hall meetings and webinars that are designed to guide Californian public safety officials through the FirstNet wireless communications project, SAIC said Monday. “We […] More

  • Neil Albert: MCR Federal Seeks More Prime Contracts Through GSA OASIS Vehicle Position - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Neil Albert: MCR Federal Seeks More Prime Contracts Through GSA OASIS Vehicle Position

    MCR Federal will compete in three pools as part of a potential 10-year, $60 billion General Services Administration contract vehicle covering professional services to federal agencies. The company said Monday its services will be available through the pools for aircraft, aircraft engine parts, auxiliary equipment, space vehicles, guided missiles, propulsion units and aircraft. “Our continued growth depends on our ability […] More

  • General Dynamics Awarded $643M for Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Awarded $643M for Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer

    A General Dynamics segment has won a $642.5 million U.S. Navy contract to build an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer which adds to a multi-year deal that includes two other DDG 51 destroyers and three Zumwalt-class destroyers already in production. This new ship order brings the total General Dynamics Bath Iron Works contract value to an estimated $3.4 billion, the company said Monday. The all-steel DDG […] More

  • Dennis Muilenburg to Congress: Boeing Plans Aircraft Production Rate Increase - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dennis Muilenburg to Congress: Boeing Plans Aircraft Production Rate Increase

    Boeing Chief Operating Officer Dennis Muilenburg outlined the company’s approach to production of commercial airplanes in response to global market competition before Senate lawmakers on Thursday, Herald Net reported Sunday. Dan Catchpole writes that Muilenburg also detailed Boeing’s plan to increase production rates for the 737 and 787 aircraft lines and to introduce the fresh 787-9 and -10, […] More

  • Dell, ikaSystems to Help Washington State Org Refresh Health Plan Services; Sid Nair Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell, ikaSystems to Help Washington State Org Refresh Health Plan Services; Sid Nair Comments

    Dell Services and  ikaSystems will work with the nonprofit Community Health Plan of Washington to update health services for Washington state residents with the goal of complying with federal healthcare reform laws. Dell said Tuesday it will provide information technology and business process outsourcing services to the nonprofit, as well as deploy ikaSystems’ health IT claims and billing tools on a software-as-a-service model. […] More

  • Kimberly Boarts Joins DLT Solutions as Enterprise Apps Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kimberly Boarts Joins DLT Solutions as Enterprise Apps Director

    Kimberly Boarts, a 12-year veteran of Oracle, has joined DLT Solutions to serve as director of enterprise applications. Boarts will be responsible for DLT’s sales of Oracle’s enterprise applications, databases and engineering systems, DLT announced Monday. She joins DLT from Affigent LLC, where she established Affigent’s alliances program and helped that company grow its Oracle team to […] More

  • Rod Day Named Iron Mountain EVP and CFO; Al Verrecchia Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rod Day Named Iron Mountain EVP and CFO; Al Verrecchia Comments

    Rod Day, formerly Iron Mountain acting chief financial officer, has been named executive vice president and CFO at the company. Day will be responsible for accounting, external reporting, financial planning and analysis, internal audit, investor relations, tax and treasury operations, Iron Mountain said Tuesday. Al Verrecchia, chairman of the Iron Mountain board of directors, said […] More

  • Catapult Technology Appoints Hélène Courard as VP of Capture and Proposals; Shawn Bethea Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Catapult Technology Appoints Hélène Courard as VP of Capture and Proposals; Shawn Bethea Comments

    Catapult Technology has named Hélène J. Courard vice president of capture and proposals. The more than 20-year industry veteran will be responsible for process improvement and execution of business capture and proposal program elements as well as lead business growth strategy, Catapult said Tuesday. “Hélène has an impressive win rate over the course of her career, and […] More

  • L-3 Tech Built to Give Field Soldiers Internet Connectivity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L-3 Tech Built to Give Field Soldiers Internet Connectivity

    L-3 Communications is working to extend mobile communications to frontline soldiers under a $15.5 million contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Sunday. John Keller writes the U.S. Army and Marine Corps warfighters will connect to a millimeter-wave communications backbone under the DARPA Mobile Hotspots program. The company will work to […] More