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  • Maury Blackman Appointed Premise Data President, CEO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maury Blackman Appointed Premise Data President, CEO

    Maury Blackman, formerly president and CEO of San Ramon, California-based government technology company Accela, has been appointed to similar roles at Premise Data. Blackman will help Premise Data provide government agencies and companies with a data and analytics platform designed to help them derive actionable intelligence from data gathered by a “network of on-the-ground contributors,” […] More

  • Army, Helius Partner for Neuromodulation Tech Research Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army, Helius Partner for Neuromodulation Tech Research Effort

    The U.S. Army has partnered with Helius Medical Technologies through a cooperative research and development agreement that seeks to improve soldier readiness and resilience with the use of technology. Helius and the Army Research Laboratory will launch an effort to investigate the potential use of the company’s Portable Neuromodulation Stimulator in military cognitive and psychological preparedness efforts, the […] More

  • Kratos Aims to Meet Tactical, Target Drone Demand With New Oklahoma Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Aims to Meet Tactical, Target Drone Demand With New Oklahoma Facility

    A Kratos Defense & Security Solutions division has opened an 8,800-square-foot facility in Oklahoma City to house engineering, production and administrative operations as the company anticipates an increased demand for target and tactical unmanned aerial systems. The company said Friday the new facility unveiled by its unmanned systems division will accommodate the production of new tactical […] More

  • Bloomberg: Pentagon's Fiscal 2017 Contract Spend Reached $331B - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bloomberg: Pentagon’s Fiscal 2017 Contract Spend Reached $331B

    Bloomberg‘s government arm has analyzed the Defense Department‘s unclassified contract obligations and found that DoD awarded a total of $331 billion to contractors over the last fiscal year. Robert Levinson, a senior defense analyst at Bloomberg Government, wrote in a blog entry posted Wednesday that the Department of the Navy, which includes the U.S. Marine Corps, received the highest DoD […] More

  • Northrop to Help Engineer Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Help Engineer Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems

    Northrop Grumman has received a one-year, $12.5 million contract modification to perform engineering work on U.S. Army‘s fleet of Hunter unmanned aircraft systems The Defense Department said Wednesday that Northrop’s technical services business in Sierra Vista, Arizona, will perform work through Jan. 17, 2019. Hunter is designed to help Army personnel collect intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data in the battlefield with […] More

  • PacStar to Begin Full-Rate Communications Module Production for Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PacStar to Begin Full-Rate Communications Module Production for Army

    Pacific Star Communications has received authorization from the U.S. Army to begin full-rate production of deployable and tactical communications modules in support of the service’s Transportable Tactical Command Communications program. PacStar’s 400-Series small form factor communication modules are designed to provide baseband networking support for the T2C2 program’s Heavy and Lite satellite terminals that work to provide […] More

  • Army Eyes Chemring Unit for Explosives Detection Platform Engineering Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Eyes Chemring Unit for Explosives Detection Platform Engineering Work

    The U.S. Army has announced plans to negotiate a contract for engineering work on a technology platform that soldiers use to detect improvised explosive devices and antitank mines on roads. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says the Army intends to enlist a Chemring Group business unit to perform engineering modifications in the military branch’s Husky Mounted Detection System. The […] More

  • Orbital ATK Demos Counter-Drone Tech at Maneuver Fires Integrated Experiment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Demos Counter-Drone Tech at Maneuver Fires Integrated Experiment

    Orbital ATK demonstrated its anti-unmanned aerial system defense system at the Maneuver Fires Integrated Experiment held at Fort Sill in Oklahoma in an effort to gather feedback and address short-range air defense capability gaps. The company said Wednesday the AUDS platform worked to help soldiers detect, track and target hostile UAS during the demonstration. AUDS […] More

  • BlackRidge Technology Names 4 Execs to Newly Formed Govt Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BlackRidge Technology Names 4 Execs to Newly Formed Govt Advisory Board

    BlackRidge Technology International has appointed four executives to its newly established government advisory board that will work to provide insights on the cybersecurity and network requirements of the Defense Department and other public sector clients. David Peed, vice president and general manager at Equinix Government Solutions with oversight over the firm’s Americas public sector strategy, will […] More

  • Charles River Analytics to Develop Human-Machine Interface for Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Charles River Analytics to Develop Human-Machine Interface for Army

    Charles River Analytics has received a two-year, $1 million contract to develop a hands-free human-machine interface for U.S. Army soldiers who operate in diverse environments. The company said Monday it will produce the Supervisory HMI Enabling Practical Autonomous Robot Direction under the follow-on contract. “Our goal is to develop controls that let robots seamlessly integrate into human teams,” said […] More

  • Cubic to Enter Full-Rate Production on Army Satellite Antennas; Mike Twyman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic to Enter Full-Rate Production on Army Satellite Antennas; Mike Twyman Comments

    A business unit of Cubic has received approval from the U.S. Army to commence full rate production of satellite antenna systems for the service branch’s Transportable Tactical Command Communications program. Cubic Mission Solutions will begin to produce GATR expeditionary satellite antennas for deployment to multiple Army units, the company said Tuesday. Mike Twyman, president of Cubic Mission Solutions, […] More

  • Army Taps 3 Small Businesses for Facility Construction, Renovation & Repair Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Taps 3 Small Businesses for Facility Construction, Renovation & Repair Services

    Three small businesses have secured spots on a potential five-year, $35 million contract to help the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers construct renovate or repair military and federal buildings. USACE received 16 bids for the contract via the internet and will determine performance locations and funds with each order, the Defense Department said Friday. DoD […] More