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  • SAIC to Establish Platform Integration & Engineering Hub in S.C.; Tony Moraco Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC to Establish Platform Integration & Engineering Hub in S.C.; Tony Moraco Comments

    Science Applications International Corp. has begun construction of a Berkeley County, S.C.-based facility for the engineering and integration of technology platforms. SAIC said Friday it is scheduled to open the Platform Innovation Center later this year and expects to create up to 200 jobs there during the next five years. The center is part of the company’s efforts to grow […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne to Build Upper Stage Engine for ULA's Vulcan Centaur Rocket - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne to Build Upper Stage Engine for ULA’s Vulcan Centaur Rocket

    United Launch Alliance has selected Aerojet Rocketdyne to provide an upper stage engine technology to help power ULA’s Vulcan Centaur rocket. The space launch company said Friday Aerojet Rocketdyne will build RL10 propulsion systems and develop an RL10C-X variant as part of a 10-year partnership agreement between the companies. “Key determining factors to our selection included price and […] More

  • Navy Lays Keel for 'Hyman G. Rickover' Pre-Commissioning Submarine - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Lays Keel for ‘Hyman G. Rickover’ Pre-Commissioning Submarine

    The U.S Navy laid the keel for a Virginia-class submarine named after Adm. Hyman G. Rickover, director of the Bureau of Ships’ Naval Reactors branch in the late 1940s. The ceremony took place Friday at a facility of General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary in Quonset Point, R.I., and involved the installation of a steel plate that […] More

  • Lockheed Sponsors Jordan-Based Robotics Lab - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Sponsors Jordan-Based Robotics Lab

    Lockheed Martin has helped establish a robotics laboratory for students at King’s Academy in Jordan through sponsorship, TradeArabia reported Saturday. The Lockheed Martin Incubator features equipment, software and systems designed to complement science, technology, engineering and math education at the nonprofit boarding school. King’s Academy educates students from grades 7 to 12.  Lockheed offers defense equipment and services […] More

  • Nicholas Veasey Named Investor Relations Director at Booz Allen Hamilton - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Nicholas Veasey Named Investor Relations Director at Booz Allen Hamilton

    Nicholas Veasey, director of mergers and acquisitions at Booz Allen Hamilton, will direct the company’s investor relations unit effective June 30. The company said Thursday that Veasey will replace Curt Riggle, who will head the internal education for finance and will continue serving the investor relations unit through summer to help during the transition period. Veasey […] More

  • AWS Certifies ECS Machine Learning Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS Certifies ECS Machine Learning Services

    Fairfax, Va.-based information technology firm ECS has obtained Amazon Web Services‘ machine learning competency designation. ECS said Thursday its consulting practice will offer ML services to government and commercial organizations through the company’s Cloud Center of Excellence. John Sankovich, vice president of cloud solutions at ECS, said the company aims to help clients address mission challenges with its cloud-based artificial […] More

  • Orbis Technologies to Provide Automated Document Redaction Tool for DoD - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbis Technologies to Provide Automated Document Redaction Tool for DoD

    Orbis Technologies has secured a production contract to provide an automatic document redaction technology for the Defense Department. The company said Thursday it will deliver its Redaction and Exploitation Releasability tool to allow the U.S. military to safely distribute intelligence data from multiple sources to coalition partners. Brian Ippolito, president and CEO of Orbis, said […] More

  • Harris Gets $141M Contract to Support India's Air Traffic Mgmt Comms Tech Modernization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Gets $141M Contract to Support India’s Air Traffic Mgmt Comms Tech Modernization

    Harris has secured a potential $15-year, $141 million contract from the Airports Authority of India to help modernize the country’s air traffic management communications system. The company said Thursday it aims to help AAI update network operations and security measures as well as increase the performance, quality and reliability of the Indian ATM infrastructure through the Futuristic Telecommunications Infrastructure […] More

  • Ensco to Debut Rail Temperature Prediction System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ensco to Debut Rail Temperature Prediction System

    A business of Ensco will launch a product for rail safety meant to provide a forecast of track temperature to help in train operations. Ensco Rail will introduce its Predictive Rail Temperature System at the Railway Systems Suppliers, Inc.‘s 58th Annual Communication and Signal Exhibition from May 21 to 24 in Omaha, Neb., Ensco said Wednesday. The rail technology is […] More

  • Cubic to Update Navy's LCS Virtual Training Environment; Dave Buss Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic to Update Navy’s LCS Virtual Training Environment; Dave Buss Comments

    Cubic‘s global defense business has received eight delivery orders worth $16 million combined to add new functions and virtual content to a U.S. Navy virtual training environment for Littoral Combat Ships. The company said Thursday the orders fall under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for support work on the service branch’s Immersive Virtual Shipboard Environment. IVSE is designed to generate a virtual three-dimensional environment […] More