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  • SES Subsidiary Partners With Bushtex to Support USAF's Satcom Operations; Pete Hoene Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SES Subsidiary Partners With Bushtex to Support USAF’s Satcom Operations; Pete Hoene Quoted

    SES‘ government solutions business has partnered with Bushtex to provide training and testing support to the U.S. Air Force’s Air Combatant Command. The collaboration comes as part of a $29.3M contract which tasks SES to deliver commercial Ku band satellite communications technology to the ACC in support of the command’s missions in the continental U.S., SES said […] More

  • Horacio Rozanski: Booz Allen Eyes Gov't AI Market Potential - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Horacio Rozanski: Booz Allen Eyes Gov’t AI Market Potential

    Booz Allen Hamilton CEO Horacio Rozanski said during a recent earnings call the company has invested in artificial intelligence as the Defense Department and federal agencies tap into the technology, National Defense Magazine reported Tuesday. “We see this as the beginning of something. The market for [AI] is here and Booz Allen is well prepared to capture it,” Rozanski added. […] More

  • Tech Firms Endorse Software Vulnerability Info Sharing, Disclosure Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tech Firms Endorse Software Vulnerability Info Sharing, Disclosure Effort

    A coalition of multinational technology firms has volunteered to make public their company policies governing the disclosure and sharing of known software vulnerabilities. Signatories to the Cybersecurity Tech Accord announced Monday they were publishing their Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure policies, a concept endorsed by the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise, an international platform for governments, companies and other […] More

  • WBSI to Support Marine C2 Training Center Under $71M IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    WBSI to Support Marine C2 Training Center Under $71M IDIQ

    Web Business Solutions Inc. has won a potential seven-year $70.6M contract to help manage a U.S. Marine Corps center established to train the military branch’s personnel on how to operate command-and-control systems. WBSI will provide support services to the Command and Control Training and Education Center of Excellence and its facilities located at various U.S. and international […] More

  • Brig. Gen. Thomas Todd: Army Gives Nod to Boeing to Resume Apache Helicopter Deliveries - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Brig. Gen. Thomas Todd: Army Gives Nod to Boeing to Resume Apache Helicopter Deliveries

    Brig. Gen. Thomas Todd, program executive officer for aviation, has said the U.S. Army started to accept deliveries of Boeing-built AH-64E Apache helicopters on Aug. 31 after the company kicked off an effort in June to address safety issues with the aircraft’s strap pack nut, Defense News reported Tuesday. The service temporarily stopped deliveries of Apaches […] More

  • Ball Aerospace Licenses Camera Tech for Defense, Space Applications - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ball Aerospace Licenses Camera Tech for Defense, Space Applications

    Argo AI has granted Ball Aerospace exclusive rights to manufacture light detection and ranging camera systems for potential use in government, space and defense missions. Ball Aerospace said Monday it will produce Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode LiDAR technology intended to function as a key component of non-conventional imaging and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms. The company plans to create three variants […] More

  • Former USMC Officer Charlie Miles Named PenFed Military Employment Program Lead - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former USMC Officer Charlie Miles Named PenFed Military Employment Program Lead

    Charlie Miles, a two-decade veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, has joined Pentagon Federal Credit Union as director of military employment programs. PenFed said Tuesday. Miles will lead internal efforts to support servicemen, military veterans, surviving spouses and caregivers across the employment life cycle. The company’s Military Employment Program offers training, internships, outreach, recruiting, hiring, onboarding, professional development, mentoring and retention […] More

  • BGOV: Federal Spending on Cloud Services to Reach $6.5B in Fiscal 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BGOV: Federal Spending on Cloud Services to Reach $6.5B in Fiscal 2018

    Federal contract obligations on cloud services are expected to rise by approximately 32 percent to $6.5B in fiscal 2018, up from $4.9B in the previous fiscal year, Bloomberg Government reported Tuesday. BGOV estimates the Defense Department to record approximately $2B in fiscal 2018 cloud services spending and civilian agencies to spend $4.4B on such contracts […] More

  • Valiant-ALCA JV Secures $61M Navy Facility Support Extension; James Jaska Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Valiant-ALCA JV Secures $61M Navy Facility Support Extension; James Jaska Quoted

    A Valiant Integrated Services–ALCA joint venture has been awarded a potential eight-year, $61M contract to continue to support three of the U.S. Navy’s facilities located in Italy. The JV will deploy equipment and provide services necessary to address housing, facility support, transportation and environmental concerns at the Naval facilities in Sigonella, Niscemi and Augusta Bay, Valiant […] More

  • Army Maj. James Covington Joins Dewberry Under Rotational Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Maj. James Covington Joins Dewberry Under Rotational Program

    Maj. James Covington, a former aide-de-camp at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has joined professional services firm Dewberry to support various projects under a one-year rotational program. He brings 15 years of engineering experience and will work on projects in the areas of alternative delivery, water, resilience, transportation, civil, and land planning and development, Dewberry said Tuesday. Covington […] More

  • GTS Books $67M Army Contract for Power & Energy Generation Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GTS Books $67M Army Contract for Power & Energy Generation Services

    General Technical Services has received a potential five-year, $67M contract for tactical and expeditionary power and energy generation services to the U.S. Army‘s Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center. GTS said Tuesday it will provide scientific, engineering, prototyping and analytical services to help CERDEC’s Command Power and Integration Directorate generate, store, manage and distribute power sources. Work will take place over […] More

  • Lockheed Gets $64M Navy Contract for Aegis System Engineering Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets $64M Navy Contract for Aegis System Engineering Support

    Lockheed Martin has landed a potential $64M contract to provide design agent field engineering services for U.S. Navy guided missile cruisers and destroyers, U.S. Coast Guard ships and allied vessels equipped with the Aegis combat system. The company will perform test and evaluation, implement engineering changes, modify ordnance, modernize systems, conduct logistics, develop ordnance alterations kits and integrate technologies on the […] More