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  • GSA Picks Schooley Caldwell Associates, Hill International for $104M Courthouse Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Picks Schooley Caldwell Associates, Hill International for $104M Courthouse Project

    The General Services Administration has awarded contracts to Schooley Caldwell Associates and Hill International for a $104 million renovation and construction project on the Thomas W.L. Ashley U.S. Courthouse in Toledo, Ohio. GSA said Friday Schooley Caldwell Associates received an architect/engineer contract to provide design management and inspection services. Hill International will serve as GSA’s subject-matter adviser and support project oversight […] More

  • Gulfstream Receives G550 Aircraft Purchase Order from Poland - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gulfstream Receives G550 Aircraft Purchase Order from Poland

    Gulfstream Aerospace has received a purchase order for the company’s G550 aircraft from Poland’s national defense ministry for use in the transport of government officials. The General Dynamics subsidiary will configure two G550 for VIP transport and deliver the aircraft in 2017, Gulfstream said Wednesday. G550 is designed to fly at altitudes higher than commercial traffic and […] More

  • BAE Develops Bendable Titanium Alloy Suspension System for Military Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Develops Bendable Titanium Alloy Suspension System for Military Vehicles

    BAE Systems has developed a bendable titanium alloy suspension system that the company said has the potential to protect military vehicles from explosive impacts. The suspension system is based on the hard shells and legs of ironclad beetles and the system uses memory metal alloy to “bounce back” into shape after impact, BAE said Sunday. Marcus Potter, head of mobility at […] More

  • Navy Selects L-3 Switchgear for Ohio Replacement Submarine; Christine Montalvo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Selects L-3 Switchgear for Ohio Replacement Submarine; Christine Montalvo Comments

    L-3 Communications has won a contract to provide switchgear equipment for the power distribution and protection system of a future U.S. Navy submarine. Work covers design, qualification and delivery of switchgear to the first submarine built to replace the military branch’s legacy Ohio-class platform, L-3 Communications said Friday. L-3’s surge protection device electrical systems business has been assigned to perform the […] More

  • Authentic8 Updates Virtual Browser to Accommodate Govt-Issued Common Access Cards - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Authentic8 Updates Virtual Browser to Accommodate Govt-Issued Common Access Cards

    Authentic8 has updated its virtual browser to validate users with government-issued common access cards in efforts to help address federal customers’ demand for added CAC functionality. The company said Thursday its Silo virtual browser will be configured with the Defense Department‘s public certificates. “Support for CAC authentication ranked high on our customers’ list of requested enhancements,” said Authentic8 co-founder and […] More

  • Drone Aviation, Infor Launch UAS-Based Asset Mgmt Tech Offering; Wayne Bobby Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Drone Aviation, Infor Launch UAS-Based Asset Mgmt Tech Offering; Wayne Bobby Comments

    Infor has partnered with Drone Aviation to develop an unmanned aerial system-based enterprise platform designed to help public and private sector customers manage assets. The Drone Enterprise Asset Management Solution integrates Drone Aviation’s tethered drone technologies with Infor’s enterprise asset management system for organizations to inspect buildings, power stations, railways and other assets, Drone Aviation said Tuesday. Drone Aviation’s tethered drones […] More

  • Boeing's Insitu Demos ScanEagle Maritime Surface Search Tech for UK Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing’s Insitu Demos ScanEagle Maritime Surface Search Tech for UK Navy

    Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary has demonstrated the new wide-area maritime surface search and identification feature of its unmanned aerial vehicle to the U.K. navy, military officials and industry representatives. Insitu said Tuesday it installed the ViDAR payload in a ScanEagle UAV that was used to conduct various maritime missions during the Royal Navy’s Unmanned Warrior demonstration held in Benbecula, Scotland. […] More

  • USPS Deploys Honeywell-Built Handheld Computers to Track Parcels - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USPS Deploys Honeywell-Built Handheld Computers to Track Parcels

    The U.S. Postal Service has begun to use more than 5,000 Honeywell-built handheld computers in efforts to expand the agency’s parcel tracking network. Honeywell said Wednesday its CN51 rugged handheld computers will support USPS’ Surface Visibility program and help postal workers internally track packages from pickup to delivery. “As consumers continue to expect fast, accurate delivery, the Postal […] More

  • DoD Taps Parabon NanoLabs for Forensic DNA Analysis Software Devt Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Taps Parabon NanoLabs for Forensic DNA Analysis Software Devt Contract

    Parabon NanoLabs will develop a DNA analysis platform under a two-year contract with the Defense Department in an effort to help DoD analyze forensic data through open architecture. The company said Wednesday it will build the Keystone platform software plugins that combine analytical tools and methods to examine bioinformatic evidence from forensic science instruments, Parabon said Wednesday. Keystone […] More

  • Calibre Secures NIDA Clinical Informatics Program Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Calibre Secures NIDA Clinical Informatics Program Support Contract

    The National Institute on Drug Abuse has awarded Calibre Systems a contract of an undisclosed value to provide clinical informatics and document management services to NDIA’s therapeutics and medical consequences division. Calibre said Wednesday it will develop and maintain information and document management tools for NIDA DTMC to compile, examine and disseminate the division’s  research findings on potential substance use treatments. The […] More

  • Carahsoft Offers LexisNexis' Legal Software Products on GSA Schedule, NASA SEWP Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Offers LexisNexis’ Legal Software Products on GSA Schedule, NASA SEWP Contracts

    Carahsoft and LexisNexis have entered an agreement to offer the latter company’s legal software products to the federal government through Carahsoft’s positions on the General Services Administration‘s Schedule 70 and NASA‘s Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V contract vehicles. The partnership seeks to increase public sector demand for LexisNexis’ business of law software portfolio designed to support case analysis, presentation, legal and eDiscovery management processes, Carahsoft […] More

  • Lockheed to Equip Army Radar System with Counter-UAS Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Equip Army Radar System with Counter-UAS Tech

    Lockheed Martin has won a two-year, $27.8 million contract to add a counter-unmanned aerial system feature to the U.S. Army‘s AN/TPQ-53 radar system. The Army Contracting Command received four bids for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract and obligated $4 million in fiscal 2017 operations and maintenance funds at the time of award, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Lockheed will perform work in Syracuse, New […] More