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  • SpaceX, NASA Plan Crewed 'Dragon' Spacecraft Test Flight - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX, NASA Plan Crewed ‘Dragon’ Spacecraft Test Flight

    NASA and Elon Musk’s SpaceX collaborate to finalize launch day operations for the planned April 2019 test flight of a company-built spaceship built to transport astronauts to the International Space Station. Both parties agreed on a proposal to fuel a Falcon 9 rocket after ensuring astronauts are already inside the Crew Dragon module and set for crewed […] More

  • NASA Solar Probe Team Reports Mission Progress - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Solar Probe Team Reports Mission Progress

    The team in charge of NASA‘s Parker Solar Probe has observed that the spacecraft is performing as planned, Space News reported Friday. Andy Driesman, who manages the mission from Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, said in a statement that the spacecraft is operating as designed, and the team is moving forward with commissioning activities. The […] More

  • Lockheed to Build, Test F-35 Logistics Info Security Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Build, Test F-35 Logistics Info Security Tool

    Lockheed Martin has received a $26.1M order from the U.S. Navy to design, build, integrate and test a security tool for an information technology system F-35 operators use to sustain aircraft systems. The company will perform non-recurring engineering work on the security architecture of the F-35 Autonomic Logistics Information System and the ALIS Sovereign Data Management platform for the Navy, U.S. […] More

  • Forcepoint’s Eric Trexler: CDM Program Could Help Federal Agencies Build Cyber Needs Into IT Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Forcepoint’s Eric Trexler: CDM Program Could Help Federal Agencies Build Cyber Needs Into IT Efforts

    Eric Trexler, vice president for global governments and critical infrastructure sales at Forcepoint, has said the Continuous Diagnostic and Mitigation program launched by the Department of Homeland Security and the General Services Administration is an initial step in the integration of cybersecurity requirements into federal information technology efforts. Trexler wrote in a LinkedIn article posted […] More

  • DARPA Reviews Satellite Servicing Robot Design - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Reviews Satellite Servicing Robot Design

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has concluded a preliminary design review of a satellite servicing system being developed in collaboration with Maxar Technologies’ SSL subsidiary. DARPA said Friday results of the assessment showed that the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites payload could operate for several years and repair at least 20 commercial and government […] More

  • HII Shipbuilding Division Launches Philanthropic Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HII Shipbuilding Division Launches Philanthropic Initiative

    A shipbuilding division of Huntington Indalls Industries has introduced a program to offer startup funds for nonprofit organizations that aim to address key community needs in Virginia’s Hampton Roads region. HII said Friday its Newport News Shipbuilding business will support projects in the areas of education and workforce development, environmental stewardship, inclusion and diversity, and health, wellness, safety and human services […] More

  • Tote Services to Help Navy Manage Sea-Based Radar Vessel - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tote Services to Help Navy Manage Sea-Based Radar Vessel

    Tote Services has received a potential 5.5-year, $65.3M contract to help the U.S. Navy operate and maintain a vessel equipped with the Sea-Based X-Band Radar system. The service branch’s Military Sealift Command on Thursday awarded the contract that contains a one-year base period, four option years and a six-month option, the company said Friday. Work will […] More

  • QTS Completes First Phase of Mega Data Center Construction in Northern Virginia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QTS Completes First Phase of Mega Data Center Construction in Northern Virginia

    QTS Realty Trust has finished the first-phase construction of a new facility in Ashburn, Va., in 10 months to meet the increasing demand for hyperscale data center and hybrid colocation products and services. The data center services provider stood up a three-story center that has 32 megawatts of critical power capacity that will be used […] More

  • Army Sources for Next-Generation Transponder Technology - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Sources for Next-Generation Transponder Technology

    The U.S. Army is sourcing for information on next-generation transponder technology to provide worldwide cellular- and satellite-based coverage in support of the Defense Department‘s asset tracking operations. The service branch intends to use the transponders to perform logistics activities and generate asset in-transit visibility, the Army said Thursday in a FedBizOpps notice. The Army plans to […] More

  • SAP Concur-Led Team to Modernize DoD Business Travel System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP Concur-Led Team to Modernize DoD Business Travel System

    A SAP Concur-led industry team has secured a $9.3M “other transaction” agreement to develop a technology platform for Defense Department employees to manage travel bookings. DoD said Thursday SAP Concur will collaborate with Accenture‘s federal services unit, Booz Allen Hamilton and CWTSato Travel to build a prototype for the Defense Travel System replacement effort. More than two million active duty, reserve and […] More

  • SSL to Develop Satcom Antenna Tech Prototypes for Air Force; Richard White Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SSL to Develop Satcom Antenna Tech Prototypes for Air Force; Richard White Quoted

    The Space Enterprise Consortium has chosen Maxar Technologies‘ SSL subsidiary to develop antenna subsystems for the U.S. Air Force‘s Space and Missile Systems Center to secure tactical satellite communications. SSL said Thursday it aims to create, analyze and test subsystem prototypes as part of a military satcom resiliency demonstration effort under the contract from the Advanced Technology International-managed consortium. Richard White, president of […] More