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  • SBD Alliant JV Secures CRM Contract With Bureau of Consular Affairs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SBD Alliant JV Secures CRM Contract With Bureau of Consular Affairs

    The SBD Alliant joint venture of 15 small businesses will provide customer relationship management software and integration services to the State Department in support of the Bureau of Consular Affairs’ operational modernization efforts. Qbase, a member of the JV, said Monday the CRM contract has a one-year base period of performance and four option years. “We are […] More

  • CRN: Dell to Debut ID Mgmt Offering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CRN: Dell to Debut ID Mgmt Offering

    Dell will launch a new identity management and access control offering in an effort to help customers secure their cloud environments, CRN reported Monday. Matt Brown writes the Dell One Identity Manager 7.0 security platform is designed to provide an integrated identity and access management strategy to clients. Dell intends for the new offering to […] More

  • Orbital ATK Subsidiary to Work on NASA Space Propulsion System; Mike Kahn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Subsidiary to Work on NASA Space Propulsion System; Mike Kahn Comments

    Orbital ATK has secured a contract to perform research and design work on space propulsion systems for NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Ohio. NASA awarded the Research and Technologies for Aerospace Propulsion Systems 2 contract to Orbital ATK’s Alliant Techsystems Operations subsidiary, Orbital ATK said Monday. In July, NASA awarded Orbital ATK and 12 other companies five-year […] More

  • GSA Creates New Special Item Number for 3-D Printers, Services; Walter Johnson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Creates New Special Item Number for 3-D Printers, Services; Walter Johnson Comments

    The General Services Administration has added a new special item number for three-dimensional printers and services to the Multiple Award Schedule 36 acquisition vehicle for office equipment and supplies, Federal Times reported Friday. Aaron Boyd writes SIN 51-400 is designed to serve as a central facility for vendors and federal agencies that plan to buy 3-D […] More

  • Navy Taps Capstone for CNIC IT Support Task Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps Capstone for CNIC IT Support Task Order

    Capstone has received a task order to continue its Tier II information technology services to the Commander, Navy Installations Command’s headquarters. The Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk’s Philadelphia office awarded the task order to Capstone through CNIC’s Program Management Oversight Services indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple-award contract, Capstone said Sunday. The contract covers data, voice and video teleconferencing […] More

  • Uniformed Services University Orders Research Equipment From Henry Jackson Foundation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Uniformed Services University Orders Research Equipment From Henry Jackson Foundation

    The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine will provide research equipment to the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences as part of a $18.26 million task order. The Defense Department said Friday the order includes a magnetic resonance imaging system, a super resolution microscope and other equipment. USUHS plans to install the equipment in its biomedical […] More

  • Air Force Selects Roboteam for Explosive Ordnance Disposal Robot IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Selects Roboteam for Explosive Ordnance Disposal Robot IDIQ

    Maryland-based Roboteam has received a $25 million contract to provide a small robot system for the U.S. Air Force to carry out explosive ordnance disposal operations. The Defense Department said Thursday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract also covers logistics and maintenance services. Roboteam will perform contract work at international locations through Sept. 16, 2022, DoD added. The obligated amount of $4.8 million […] More

  • Navy Selects 5 Firms for Natural Resource Mgmt Services IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Selects 5 Firms for Natural Resource Mgmt Services IDIQ

    The U.S. Navy has awarded contracts worth $49 million combined to five companies to provide natural resource management support services for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific. NAVFAC Pacific received seven proposals via the FedBizOpps website for the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Awardees include: Cardno GS HDR Environmental Operations and Construction […] More

  • Thales-Finmeccanica JV to Build Orion Service Module's Thermomechanical Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales-Finmeccanica JV to Build Orion Service Module’s Thermomechanical Platforms

    A joint venture of Thales Group and Finmeccanica has secured a potential $103 million contract from Airbus to build thermomechanical platforms for the Orion spacecraft’s European Service Module. Thales Alenia Space will supply thermal control, consumable storage components, micrometeoroid and structure protection systems for the space capsule’s ESM, Thales Group said Thursday. ESM will work to provide thermal control, […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Nears Completion of Standalone Launcher Production; Jennifer Houston-Manchester Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Nears Completion of Standalone Launcher Production; Jennifer Houston-Manchester Comments

    Lockheed Martin is set to complete the production of its standalone launcher in October that is built to launch MBDA‘s common anti-air modular missile. The three-cell ExLS launcher is scheduled for qualification testing in late 2016, Lockheed Martin said Tuesday. Jennifer Houston-Manchester, Lockheed Martin ExLS engineering program manager, said the ExLS works to “reuse already […] More

  • MBDA to Lead European Marketing Efforts for BAE's APKWS Rocket - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MBDA to Lead European Marketing Efforts for BAE’s APKWS Rocket

    BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary has partnered with MBDA for its support in marketing BAE’s Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System laser-guided missile in Europe. The companies said Wednesday MBDA will take the lead role in the joint marketing campaign. David Harrold, director of precision guidance solutions at BAE Systems Inc., noted that the partnership will work to create a channel that manages […] More

  • Selex to Supply Lasers for Lockheed’s F-35 Electro-Optical Targeting System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Selex to Supply Lasers for Lockheed’s F-35 Electro-Optical Targeting System

    Selex ES, a Finmecannica subsidiary, has been selected to supply lasers to Lockheed Martin for integration with the electro-optical targeting system onboard F-35 Lightning II fighter jets. Selex said Tuesday the lasers will work to help F-35 pilots carry out targeting and precision ranging functions. The contract covers the delivery of 165 lasers to Lockheed and […] More