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  • Army Vet Rhett Hernandez Named Thycotic Adviser on Public Sector Cybersecurity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Vet Rhett Hernandez Named Thycotic Adviser on Public Sector Cybersecurity

    Rhett Hernandez, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general and former commander of the Army Cyber Command, has joined Washington-based privileged account management technology provider Thycotic as strategic adviser for the public sector on cybersecurity matters. Thycotic said Thursday the 39-year veteran helped grow the service branch’s cyber force with nearly 17,000 personnel and led various initiatives to optimize operations and defense across Army networks. […] More

  • Marine Corps OKs Magpul's Polymer-Based Magazine for Combat & Training - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marine Corps OKs Magpul’s Polymer-Based Magazine for Combat & Training

    The U.S. Marine Corps has cleared Magpul Industries‘ polymer-based magazine for combat and training applications, Military Times reported Sunday. Shawn Snow writes the Marine Corps Systems Command said Magpul’s GenM3 PMAG was the only magazine that met performance requirements across all combinations of the service branch’s 5.56mm rifles and ammunition during tests. “The specification to use ‘only tested, approved, and […] More

  • Army Requests Info on LIDAR Tech for Manned & Unmanned Airborne Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Requests Info on LIDAR Tech for Manned & Unmanned Airborne Platforms

    The U.S. Army has issued a request for information on potential sources of light detection and ranging technology that can integrate with manned and unmanned airborne platforms. A FedBizOpps notice posted Dec. 21 stated the service branch seeks a LIDAR system that is designed to support mission planning, concealed target detection and mapping missions. The Army is also interested in LIDAR technology components and […] More

  • Carahsoft to Help Army Obtain VMware Product Licenses for WIN-T Server Infrastructure - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Help Army Obtain VMware Product Licenses for WIN-T Server Infrastructure

    Carahsoft Technology has received a two-year, $23.9 million contract to help the U.S. Army license multiple VMware products to support the management and virtualization of the military branch’s Warfighter Information Network-Tactical server infrastructure. The Defense Department said Friday that Carahsoft will assist the Army in the acquisition of proprietary brand name, commercial off-the-shelf VMware vSphere  Enterprise Plus server virtualization platform, vCenter server for […] More

  • Smiths Detection Lands $68M Communication Adapter, Chemical Detector Supply Contract From Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Smiths Detection Lands $68M Communication Adapter, Chemical Detector Supply Contract From Army

    Smiths Detection has secured a $67.9 million firm-fixed-price contract to provide a Joint Chemical Agent Detector system, Striker communication adapter units and associated equipment to the U.S. Army. The company will also deliver communication adapter kits and spare parts through Dec. 21, 2021, as part of the contract, the Defense Department said Thursday. The Army Contracting Command will […] More

  • Charles River Analytics to Design, Build Cyber Defense System for Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Charles River Analytics to Design, Build Cyber Defense System for Army

    The U.S. Army has awarded Charles River Analytics a two-year, $1 million follow-on contract to help the military branch develop a system for vulnerability analysis and create proactive defense strategies against cyber threats. Charles River said Monday the Cyber Attacker and Network Vulnerability Analysis and Simulation system will be built to help users examine adversary behavior in a network […] More

  • Orbital ATK Demos Short-Range Ballistic Missile Target; John Pullen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Demos Short-Range Ballistic Missile Target; John Pullen Comments

    Orbital ATK has demonstrated the first type of its Zombie Pathfinder short-range ballistic missile target designed for future interceptor tests of the U.S. Army. The company said Tuesday it launched the Zombie Pathfinder guided target from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico to test the updated single stage model. Orbital ATK’s technical services […] More

  • DRS to Provide Jordan Military Electronic Warfare System Through FMS Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DRS to Provide Jordan Military Electronic Warfare System Through FMS Program

    The U.S. Army has awarded a DRS Technologies subsidiary a $41.3 million foreign military sales contract to support the second phase of a program to develop a military electronic warfare system for Jordan. DRS Advanced ISR will perform work at a company facility in Beavercreek, Ohio through Dec. 20, 2019, the Defense Department said Wednesday. DoD added the firm-fixed-price contract includes options and […] More

  • CSRA Subsidiary to Provide Army Passive RFID Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Subsidiary to Provide Army Passive RFID Tech

    CSRA‘s SRA International subsidiary has been awarded a five-year, $25.5 million contract to provide a common, integrated radio frequency identification system to the U.S. Army. The Defense Department said Monday that the Army will implement passive Radio Frequency Identification III technology to track, locate and identify commodities and assets. SRA is scheduled to complete work by Dec. 18, 2021. The […] More

  • BAE Unveils First Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle Prototype for Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Unveils First Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle Prototype for Army

    BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary has unveiled the first Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle prototype that will work to provide mobility, survivability, force protection and combat capacities to the Army. BAE Systems Inc. built the vehicle to address the Army’s force protection and all-terrain mobility requirements and support operations with the Armored Brigade Combat Team, the subsidiary said Thursday. BAE added […] More

  • Army Orders $69M in BAE Rocket Propellant Grains - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Orders $69M in BAE Rocket Propellant Grains

    BAE Systems has secured a $69 million contract from the U.S. Army to manufacture additional propellant grains for rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft rockets. The company said Wednesday it will produce MK90 propellants at the BAE-operated Radford Army Ammunition Plant in Virginia through October 2018. Reed McPeak, vice president and general manager of BAE’s ordnance systems business, said the propellants are designed […] More

  • Army Taps Robertson for Black Hawk External Fuel System A-Kits - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Taps Robertson for Black Hawk External Fuel System A-Kits

    Robertson Fuel Systems has secured a five-year, $42.1 million contract to supply 541 crashworthy external fuel systems bussed aircraft A-kits for the U.S. Army‘s UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will perform work under the firm-fixed-price contract through Dec. 8, 2021. The Army Contracting Command received one bid for the procurement effort through an online solicitation […] More