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  • ULA's Atlas V Rocket Sends NRO Payload Into Space - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA’s Atlas V Rocket Sends NRO Payload Into Space

    The Lockheed Martin–Boeing joint venture United Launch Alliance has launched a National Reconnaissance Office payload aboard an Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Calfornia. ULA said Wednesday the Atlas V lifted off with the NROL-79 payload at 12:50 p.m. Eastern time as part of NRO’s national defense mission. The rocket is based on the Evolved […] More

  • Juniper's Tim Solms: DoD Should Integrate Automation, SDN With Data Center Consolidation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Juniper’s Tim Solms: DoD Should Integrate Automation, SDN With Data Center Consolidation

    Tim Solms, vice president for U.S. federal business and managing director of worldwide government at Juniper Networks, has said the Defense Department should implement automation and software-defined networking efforts as it works to consolidate data centers. Solms wrote in a commentary for Federal News Radio published Monday that the adoption of SDN and automation seeks to help […] More

  • Exostar Updates Enterprise Collaboration Tool for Govt Security Standard Compliance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exostar Updates Enterprise Collaboration Tool for Govt Security Standard Compliance

    Exostar has updated its multi-tenant enterprise collaboration platform to comply with the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s security controls and Defense Department‘s cybersecurity directives. The company said Tuesday its collaboration technology offering is a software-as-a-service platform designed to help defense companies, subcontractors and suppliers share files that contain covered defense information with other organizations in accordance […] More

  • Engility to Help Update DoD's Systems Engineering Acquisition Policy, Guidance; Lynn Dugle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility to Help Update DoD’s Systems Engineering Acquisition Policy, Guidance; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Engility has received a potential $42 million initial task order to assist the Office of the Secretary of Defense in efforts to develop, update and disseminate systems engineering acquisition policy and guidance across the Defense Department. The company said Monday the task order has a nine-month base period and four one-year options and will include strategic studies in the areas cybersecurity, […] More

  • GE Aviation Invests $200M in Alabama-Based Ceramic Matrix Composite Production Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GE Aviation Invests $200M in Alabama-Based Ceramic Matrix Composite Production Facilities

    A General Electric subsidiary has begun development work on a U.S. blueprint that seeks to industrialize ceramic matrix composites and has invested at least $200 million to build two CMC manufacturing facilities in Huntsville, Alabama. GE Aviation said Friday it expects the two factories in Alabama to generate up to 20 metric tons of CMC […] More

  • IBC to Manufacture Housing Units for F-35 Targeting System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBC to Manufacture Housing Units for F-35 Targeting System

    IBC Advanced Alloys has received a $2.6 million contract from Lockheed Martin to manufacture a beryllium-aluminum alloy component for a targeting system used on F-35  aircraft. IBC said Thursday it will produce azimuth gimbal housing units for the F-35’s Electro-Optical Targeting System using the Beralcast beryllium-aluminum precision cast alloy. Lockheed made the order as part of its F-35 lot 11 low-rate […] More

  • SunLink to Supply Fixed Tilt Ground Mount Platform for DoD Solar Energy Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SunLink to Supply Fixed Tilt Ground Mount Platform for DoD Solar Energy Projects

    SunLink Corp. has received a contract from Swinerton Renewable Energy to deliver fixed tilt ground mount systems to three solar energy projects located at Defense Department sites in Florida. Mill Valley, California-based SunLink said Wednesday it will provide the company’s GeoPro fixed tilt platform for three ongoing construction projects in Valparaiso, Navarre and Pensacola. SunLink collaborated with Swinerton to modify the GeoPro […] More

  • CAE's KC-135 Simulator Certified for Air Force Training Center Network Deployment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE’s KC-135 Simulator Certified for Air Force Training Center Network Deployment

    CAE‘s U.S. subsidiary has obtained authorization to operate the KC-135 Stratotanker‘s operational flight trainer on the U.S. Air Force‘s Distributed Training Center Network. The company said Tuesday the ATO permits the KC-135 Aircrew Training System to connect with other Mobility Air Force platforms to help the service branch perform live-virtual-constructive training on a secure and classified network. CAE USA is the prime […] More

  • Lockheed Tests Modernized Tactical Missile System in New Mexico - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Tests Modernized Tactical Missile System in New Mexico

    Lockheed Martin has conducted two flight tests of an updated model of the U.S. Army‘s near all-weather guided missile technology at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Lockheed said Monday the third and fourth trials of the modernized Tactical Missile System during the months of December and February utilized the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launcher platform. […] More

  • PSI Pax to Support Navy Combat Integration & Identification Systems Division - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PSI Pax to Support Navy Combat Integration & Identification Systems Division

    PSI Pax has won a potential five-year, $23.8 million contract to provide management support and professional services to the U.S. Navy‘s combat integration and identification systems division. The Defense Department said Friday task orders under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will include systems design, integration, engineering, installation, operational support, training and in-service engineering for shore and combat […] More

  • Executive Profile: Shaun Bierweiler, Hortonworks Public Sector VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Shaun Bierweiler, Hortonworks Public Sector VP

    Shaun Bierweiler serves as vice president of public sector at Hortonworks, where he oversees the company’s work with U.S. federal, state, local and education customers. The government information technology industry veteran came to Hortonworks in November 2016 after he previously served as sales director at Red Hat and held responsibility over Defense Department and federal systems integrators in that capacity. At Red […] More

  • Orbital ATK to Integrate Multiple Instruments for Space Test Program Mission; Chris Long Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK to Integrate Multiple Instruments for Space Test Program Mission; Chris Long Comments

    Orbital ATK has secured a contract from the U.S. Air Force‘s Space and Missiles Systems Center to provide integration, test and support services for the primary payload of the Space Test Program – 3 mission. The company said Monday it will fit the STPSat-6 payload onto a modified satellite bus and support launch and on-orbit check-out operations to prepare for the STP-3 mission that […] More