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  • ViON Unveils Cloud-Based IT Services Marketplace - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ViON Unveils Cloud-Based IT Services Marketplace

    ViON has launched cloud-based platform that is designed to let users compare, purchase and manage information technology services. The company said Wednesday its Marketplace works to offer a wide range of “as-a-service” data center technologies and help IT managers oversee IT requirements, procurement, workflows, contracts and performance indicators. ViON CEO and Chairman Tom Frana said the Marketplace […] More

  • University of Colorado Boulder to Help NASA Analyze Solar Irradiance Sensor Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    University of Colorado Boulder to Help NASA Analyze Solar Irradiance Sensor Data

    A laboratory of the University of Colorado Boulder has secured a potential five-year, $16.2 million contract to help NASA process, analyze and manage data from a solar irradiance measurement instrument currently installed aboard the International Space Station. The university’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics will provide Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-1 data products along with command procedures, scripts and […] More

  • Red Hat’s David Egts on 3 Application Migration Approaches - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Red Hat’s David Egts on 3 Application Migration Approaches

    David Egts, chief technologist for Red Hat’s public sector, told MeriTalk in an interview published Wednesday that lift and shift, augment with new layers and rewrite are three approaches government agencies and companies can adopt to modernize aging applications. He said the effectiveness of the approaches depends on the application, contextual factors and business and […] More

  • DARPA Taps General Atomics to Build Portable Diagnostic Platform With Sensor - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps General Atomics to Build Portable Diagnostic Platform With Sensor

    A General Atomics business unit has received a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to build a portable medical device for military personnel to detect if they have come into contact with an infectious disease. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems will equipe the Portable Diagnostic Platform with sensor technology and disposable cartridges designed to perform laboratory-quality molecular […] More

  • DoD CIO Seeks Positioning, Navigation & Timing Enterprise Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD CIO Seeks Positioning, Navigation & Timing Enterprise Support

    The Defense Department Chief Information Officer has issued a solicitation notice for programmatic, systems engineering and management support for DoD’s positioning, navigation and timing enterprise, Fedscoop reported Wednesday. DoD CIO seeks a contractor to help the department procure and manage PNT, GPS and navigation warfare systems, according to a performance of work statement obtained by Fedscoop. The selected contractor will also […] More

  • Marine Corps Picks Tactical Edge for Post-Deployment System Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marine Corps Picks Tactical Edge for Post-Deployment System Support Contract

    Tactical Edge has won a potential five-year, $49 million contract to provide post-deployment system support to the U.S. Marine Corps. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will aim to address the Marine Air-Ground Task Force’s logistics support system requirements through PDSS technical services. San Diego-based Tactical Edge will help the group manage projects, administer systems, develop […] More

  • DCMA Boeing Seattle Team Delivers P-8A Poseidon Aircraft to Australia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DCMA Boeing Seattle Team Delivers P-8A Poseidon Aircraft to Australia

    A five-member team from the Defense Contract Management Agency embarked on a more than 9,400-mile journey to deliver a Boeing-built P-8A Poseidon military aircraft to Australia’s air force on Jan. 12, DCMA reported Wednesday. The more than 24-hour flight marks DCMA’s first direct foreign military aircraft delivery through the Poseidon program. The DCMA Boeing Seattle […] More

  • Rockwell Collins-Built Radio Tech Passes Navy MUOS Satcom Security Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins-Built Radio Tech Passes Navy MUOS Satcom Security Test

    A Rockwell Collins-built airborne radio system has passed military security standards required to operate with the U.S. Navy‘s Mobile User Objective System satellite. The U.S. Navy‘s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command performed a “do no harm” test on the ARC-210 RT-2036(C) radio that works to communicate with air and ground platforms through MUOS signals, Rockwell Collins said Wednesday. The company completed initial […] More

  • Saab Receives Swedish Navy Tactical Data Link Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab Receives Swedish Navy Tactical Data Link Order

    Saab has received an $18.6 million order from Sweden’s defense materiel administration to equip Swedish navy platforms with multitactical data links. The company said Tuesday it will provide Link 16 and Link 22 to the military service and update the 9LV Combat Management System on board the branch’s surface warfare vessels. Saab designed its 9LV CMS is designed to function as […] More

  • Maxar to Transfer Corporate HQ to Westminster, Colorado - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maxar to Transfer Corporate HQ to Westminster, Colorado

    Maxar Technologies will relocate its corporate headquarters from San Francisco, California, to DigitalGlobe’s existing facility in Westminster, Colorado. “This move represents an opportunity to bring together our executive leadership team in a common location, as well as to establish a base for our future shared-services organizations,” Howard Lance, Maxar president and CEO, said in a statement […] More

  • Northrop Subsidiary Gets NATO Contract to Install Montenegro Airbase Radio System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Subsidiary Gets NATO Contract to Install Montenegro Airbase Radio System

    A Northrop Grumman subsidiary has received a contract from the NATO Communications and Information Agency to provide a communications system to an airbase in Podgorica, Montenegro. The company said Wednesday its Park Air Systems business will deploy an M7 radio system at Golubovci Airbase. M7 is built to facilitate very high frequency and ultra high frequency communications among defense forces and comply with NATO […] More

  • Report: SpaceX on Track to Receive FCC Approval for Satellite Broadband Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: SpaceX on Track to Receive FCC Approval for Satellite Broadband Service

    Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has proposed to clear SpaceX’s application to offer broadband services through the use of low-Earth orbit satellite systems, Ars Technica reported Thursday. Pai said in a statement issued Wednesday the approval of SpaceX’s application will help create more competition when it comes to providing terrestrial internet services […] More