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  • Telos Launches IT Governance, Risk & Compliance Assessment Engine - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Telos Launches IT Governance, Risk & Compliance Assessment Engine

    Telos has unveiled a new assessment engine for information technology governance, risk and security compliance to help enterprises manage those functions and authorizations. Xacta AE works to help security professionals manage IT risks on a day-to-day basis through continuous information monitoring and assurance on authorization in cloud computing environments, Telos said Wednesday. Telos President and CEO John Wood said […] More

  • Leidos, Immunovaccine Form Zika Vaccine Development Partnership; Jerry Hogge Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos, Immunovaccine Form Zika Vaccine Development Partnership; Jerry Hogge Comments

    Leidos and Canada-based clinical vaccine developer Immunovaccine have forged an agreement to jointly develop a preventive agent against the mosquito-borne Zika virus in an effort to halt the spread of the disease that has affected much of Latin America within the past year. The companies said Thursday Immunovaccine will use its DepoVax platform to create an anti-Zika vaccine and […] More

  • General Dynamics Subsidiary Completes AF Space Fence Radar Ground Structure Construction - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Subsidiary Completes AF Space Fence Radar Ground Structure Construction

    A General Dynamics subsidiary has completed its work to construct a 7,000 square-foot ground structure for a radar system that Lockheed Martin is currently building on a Pacific Ocean island for the U.S. Air Force. General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies said Thursday it will ship the 700,000-pound steel radar receive array to Kwajalein Atoll in Marshall Islands to be reassembled and integrated into […] More

  • Tetra Tech Awarded 5-Year Army Water Resource Mgmt Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tetra Tech Awarded 5-Year Army Water Resource Mgmt Support Contract

    Pasadena, California-based construction and engineering services provider Tetra Tech has received a potential five-year, $47 million multiple-award task order contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to support the organization’s water resource management programs. The company will provide analytical and consultation services such as research, analysis, and technical assistance for multiple centers in California, Pennsylvania, Colorado and Louisiana, Tetra Tech […] More

  • Lockheed Awards $166.3M to BAE for F-35 Engineering & Training Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Awards $166.3M to BAE for F-35 Engineering & Training Facilities

    Lockheed Martin has awarded a $166.3 million subcontract to BAE Systems to construct three engineering and training facilities at a U.K. air force base in the country as Britain prepares to take in its first F-35 fighter jets aircraft in 2018. BAE said Thursday the contract covers maintenance and finishing work, logistics operations and integrated training facilities to support the […] More

  • BAE's US Arm Lands Assault Amphibious Vehicle Production Contract From Japan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE’s US Arm Lands Assault Amphibious Vehicle Production Contract From Japan

    Japan’s defense ministry has awarded the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc for the production of Assault Amphibious Vehicles to support ongoing development of amphibious operations in the country’s ground self-defense force. BAE Systems Inc. will deliver 30 AAV7A1 Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability/Rebuild to Standard vehicles along with supply tools, test equipment and vehicle training aids, the company said […] More

  • Airbus Subsidiary Installs New 911 Call Handling Platform for Manatee Country - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Subsidiary Installs New 911 Call Handling Platform for Manatee Country

    An Airbus Defense and Space subsidiary has completed the installation of its VESTA 911 call handling platform into the emergency communications system of Manatee County, Florida. Airbus DS Communications said Wednesday it worked to update Manatee County’s four public safety answering points with 45 call taking positions that receive approximately 250,000 calls a year. VESTA is designed to support four separate locations with two backroom […] More

  • Michael Baker Int'l Unveils First Responder, Public Safety Practice Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michael Baker Int’l Unveils First Responder, Public Safety Practice Services

    Michael Baker International has launched a public safety product line that works to support first responders and will utilize a team of public safety and geographic information systems. The company will offer public safety products and services that address a national mandate for 911 technology and a line of services called DataMark along with integration […] More

  • DoD, DHS Buy 100 Units of Battelle’s Drone Defense Tool; Dan Stamm Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD, DHS Buy 100 Units of Battelle’s Drone Defense Tool; Dan Stamm Comments

    Battelle has sold nearly 100 units of a portable drone defense system to the departments of Defense and Homeland Security. The nonprofit science organization’s DroneDefender technology works to disrupt the operations of unmanned aircraft systems at a range of up to 1,300 feet through the use of radio control frequency, Battelle said Wednesday. “The idea is to quickly […] More

  • Northrop Taps Moog to Build Flight Control System for DARPA/ONR UAS Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Taps Moog to Build Flight Control System for DARPA/ONR UAS Program

    Moog has been awarded a subcontract by Northrop Grumman to manufacture a flight control actuation system for the Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node program jointly run by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Office of Naval Research. Moog said Wednesday the contract requires initial delivery of flight control actuators, actuator-control electronics and accessories for the […] More

  • Odyssey Systems to Support Air Force Aircraft R&D, Production - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Odyssey Systems to Support Air Force Aircraft R&D, Production

    Odyssey Systems Consulting Group has won a $50.8 million contract to assist in the U.S. Air Force‘s activities related to aircraft research, development, production and lifecycle acquisition and sustainment. The company will perform engineering, scientific, research, financial and administrative works for special operations forces and personnel recovery division, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Odyssey Systems […] More

  • Serco Group to Deliver Test Equipment for Germany's Eurofighter Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Serco Group to Deliver Test Equipment for Germany’s Eurofighter Fleet

    Serco Group has received a $7 million contract from Germany’s air force to provide 10 sets of test kits for the country’s fleet of Eurofighters. The company said Wednesday its General Purpose Support Equipment will work to allow the German air force to test release units, pylons, launchers and other related components through measurement hardware and open architecture. Simon Bailey, Serco information support capability […] More