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  • Parsons to Provide Engineering, Technical Services at NASA Goddard; Carey Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons to Provide Engineering, Technical Services at NASA Goddard; Carey Smith Comments

    Parsons has secured a potential five-year contract from NASA to provide a range of engineering and technical services to the Goddard Space Flight Center. The company said Wednesday the Facilities Construction, Engineering and Technical Services III contract covers engineering, construction, design-build, information technology and program management services. “We are honored to be awarded this contract and continue our relationship […] More

  • Senior Air Force Leader Tim Rudolph Named Evolver VP, Cybersecurity Tech Lead - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Senior Air Force Leader Tim Rudolph Named Evolver VP, Cybersecurity Tech Lead

    Tim Rudolph, senior technical adviser on integrated information capabilities at the U.S. Air Force, is set to join information technology company Evolver as vice president and cybersecurity technology lead. Evolver said March 8 that Rudolph will lead the company’s Boston office, oversee security concepts for the internet of things and provide strategic direction and integration across various cyber offerings in […] More

  • Yale University and McKinsey & Co. Hold First Ever Cyber Leadership Forum - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Yale University and McKinsey & Co. Hold First Ever Cyber Leadership Forum

    Yale University and global consulting firm McKinsey & Co. aim to facilitate a conversation on how legal, business and policy leaders can work together on cybersecurity issues at the “Bridging the Divide” conference March 30-April 1 in New Haven, Conn. This first-ever Yale Cyber Leadership Forum aims to offer attendees an environment to exchange ideas […] More

  • CBP Posts Border Wall Prototype Design, Construction RFPs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CBP Posts Border Wall Prototype Design, Construction RFPs

    The Customs and Border Protection seeks industry proposals for the design and construction of prototypes for President Donald Trump’s planned U.S.-Mexico border wall. CBP said Friday it intends to award multiple contracts, acquire numerous wall designs and build multiple prototypes through two requests for proposals published on the FedBizOpps website. The agency issued RFPs for a solid concrete border wall as well […] More

  • Lockheed to Engineer Fire Control Systems Under $68M Navy Basic Ordering Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Engineer Fire Control Systems Under $68M Navy Basic Ordering Agreement

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a five-year, $68 million basic ordering agreement to engineer and provide logistics support for Mk 92 fire control systems. The Defense Department said Tuesday the agreement covers equipment changes, repairs, and overhauls; engineering and field service; computer programming; documentation development and engineering services. Support services under the BOA will aid the […] More

  • Industry Officials Talk Govt’s Reluctance to Share Cyber Threat Data at House Panel Hearing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Industry Officials Talk Govt’s Reluctance to Share Cyber Threat Data at House Panel Hearing

    Industry officials told lawmakers at a House Homeland Security Committee’s cybersecurity panel hearing Thursday that that U.S. government is hesitant to facilitate cyber threat data sharing with stakeholders in the private sector, Nextgov reported Thursday. Scott Montgomery, a vice president at Intel Security, told House committee members that U.S. government investigators’ reluctance to share threat data […] More

  • General Atomics Unveils Railgun Pulsed Power Container - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Unveils Railgun Pulsed Power Container

    General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business has developed a pulsed power container designed to provide twice the energy density of current railgun pulsed power platforms. The High Energy Pulsed Power Container is equipped with HEPP modules that work to supply energy content of more than 415 kilojoules per module, General Atomics said Thursday. The company added the system can work to […] More

  • AWS, Virginia Partner on Virtual Cybersecurity Education Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS, Virginia Partner on Virtual Cybersecurity Education Initiative

    The Commonwealth of Virginia has partnered with Amazon Web Services in a move to expand the reach of the state’s cybersecurity-related educational programs. Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s office said Wednesday AWS, Virginia Tech and the Commonwealth will collaborate to implement a cloud infrastructure and offer content, simulations, hands-on exercises and competitions via the Virginia Cyber Range. “We are thrilled […] More

  • Textron Subsidiary to Extend Afghan C-208B Caravan Aircraft Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron Subsidiary to Extend Afghan C-208B Caravan Aircraft Support

    A Textron subsidiary will continue to provide maintenance and training support services for Afghanistan’s Cessna C-208B Caravan aircraft under a potential five-year, $50 million contract from the U.S. Air Force. Textron Systems Support Solutions will train Afghan air force personnel on how to maintain the branch’s C-208Bs designed for military transport and training activities, the company said Tuesday. The follow-on Afghan Trainer Contractor […] More

  • DOI Wants Info on Voice Comm Service Offerings - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOI Wants Info on Voice Comm Service Offerings

    The Interior Department has asked industry for ideas on how to maintain voice communication services across DOI facilities as federal agencies prepare to transition to the General Services Administration‘s Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions procurement vehicle. DOI seeks ways to continue voice services that are currently provided through GSA’s Networx, Washington Interagency Telecommunications 3 and Local Services Agreement contracts, according to a request […] More

  • DoD Solicits Proposals for Missile-Launched Quadcopter Swarm Payload - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Solicits Proposals for Missile-Launched Quadcopter Swarm Payload

    The Defense Department has begun to solicit proposals for the development of a missile-launched payload comprised of multiple quadcopters. DoD said in a notice posted Nov. 30 on the Small Business Innovation Research program’s website the project aims to produce a swarm of smart quadcopters that will work to deliver explosively formed penetrators to various targets in support of the […] More

  • Defense News: Raytheon Protests Army Artillery Tactical Data System Award to Leidos - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Defense News: Raytheon Protests Army Artillery Tactical Data System Award to Leidos

    Raytheon has filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office regarding a U.S. Army contract awarded to Leidos for the delivery of a new joint and coalition command and control fires support system, Defense News reported Friday. Jen Judson writes Leidos will not be able to proceed on the terms of the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System contract until GAO renders […] More