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  • Frank Kendall: DoD Wants Modular Design for Future Air Force Bombers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Frank Kendall: DoD Wants Modular Design for Future Air Force Bombers

    The Defense Department has required a modular approach for the design of the U.S. Air Force‘s Long-Range Strike Bombers to allow future incremental modifications on the aircraft’s systems, Defense One reported Thursday. Marcus Weisgerber writes Frank Kendall, DoD acquisition chief and an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2015, told reporters the LRS-B program has […] More

  • Northrop, Qtec Partner for MDA's Mentor-Protege Program; Dan Verwiel, Kathryn Broad Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop, Qtec Partner for MDA’s Mentor-Protege Program; Dan Verwiel, Kathryn Broad Comment

    Northrop Grumman and professional services firm Qtec have joined a U.S. Missile Defense Agency mentor-protege program that is meant to encourage small businesses to participate more in federal subcontracts. Northrop said Friday it will mentor Qtec in business development, information assurance, systems engineering and cybersecurity under a three-year agreement. “This agreement aligns with Qtec’s long-term […] More

  • Deltek: Obama's Budget Package Shows Support for Higher Contract Spending - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deltek: Obama’s Budget Package Shows Support for Higher Contract Spending

    A new Deltek report says that President Barack Obama’s proposed fiscal 2016 budget reflects the administration’s efforts to increase spending on priority programs across the government. The company has estimated that overall contractor-addressable spending will grow 2 percent to $660 billion in FY 2016 if Congress approves the budget plan, Deltek said Wednesday. Federal spending […] More

  • Navy Set to Deploy Raytheon's AIM-120D Missile System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Set to Deploy Raytheon’s AIM-120D Missile System

    The U.S. Navy has declared initial operating capability for a Raytheon-built medium range air-to-air missile system after the military service completed flight testing of the technology. Raytheon said Thursday the Navy tested the AMRAAM AIM-120D missile on F/A-18 fighters and is scheduled to deploy the system later this year. According to the company, the U.S. […] More

  • General Atomics' High-Energy Laser Tech Undergoes Beam Quality Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics’ High-Energy Laser Tech Undergoes Beam Quality Tests

    An independent measurement organization has tested the beam quality and power of a General Atomics-built tactical laser system for the Defense Department. General Atomics’ aeronautical systems group designed the Gen 3 High-Energy Laser System to integrate with aerial, ground and naval platforms, the company said Wednesday. Testers used a government diagnostic system from DoD’s Joint […] More

  • Deloitte's Russ Rudish Proposes Cybersecurity Measures for Healthcare Industry - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte’s Russ Rudish Proposes Cybersecurity Measures for Healthcare Industry

    Russ Rudish, global healthcare leader at Deloitte, has offered multiple strategies that he believes can help providers manage cyber-related risks to their information technology assets. Rudish said industry needs to have safeguards in place because technology designed to improve healthcare system interoperability, care delivery and electronic medical records access might also expose organizations to security […] More

  • AIT to Build Production Tools for Northrop's E-2D Hawkeye Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AIT to Build Production Tools for Northrop’s E-2D Hawkeye Program

    Northrop Grumman has awarded Advanced Integration Technology a contract to produce turnkey systems and tools for the production of E-2D Advanced Hawkeye planes. AIT said Tuesday it will also help install computerized numerical control machines, tool cribs, ovens, metrology instruments and back shops at Northrop’s aircraft integration plant in St. Augustine, Florida. Northrop is expanding […] More

  • RSA Survey: Majority of Firms Unprepared for Advanced Cyber Threats - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    RSA Survey: Majority of Firms Unprepared for Advanced Cyber Threats

    A global study from RSA, the security division of EMC, has shown that most organizations struggle to adopt tools and methods for preventing or mitigating sophisticated cyber threats. The Global Breach Readiness Survey covered 170 companies across 30 countries and used the RSA-backed Security for Business Innovation Council as a benchmark for cybersecurity best practices, […] More

  • NSA Certifies General Dynamics' Network Encryption Tech Offering; Nadia Short, Chris Marzilli Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NSA Certifies General Dynamics’ Network Encryption Tech Offering; Nadia Short, Chris Marzilli Comment

    General Dynamics has obtained certification from the U.S. National Security Agency for a technology that seeks to help government agencies manage and secure up to 10 gigabytes of network-level data. NSA approved the company’s Taclane-10G network encryptor to help protect government information classified as top secret or below that category, General Dynamics said Monday. Nadia […] More

  • Maj. Gen. Dwyer Dennis: USAF Could Seek Trainer Contract Bids Later This Year - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maj. Gen. Dwyer Dennis: USAF Could Seek Trainer Contract Bids Later This Year

    U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Dwyer Dennis has said a budget-related postponement of the T-X trainer replacement initiative allowed the military service to rethink the program’s acquisition and requirements process, Aviation Week reported Monday. Amy Butler writes Dennis, director of global reach programs in the Air Force’s office of the assistant secretary for acquisition, told […] More

  • GSA Issues Multiagency Renewable Energy Procurement RFP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Issues Multiagency Renewable Energy Procurement RFP

    The General Services Administration is looking for a contractor to develop, install and maintain a solar photovoltaic technology at nine federal buildings in the northern parts of California and Nevada. GSA said Thursday it plans to award a potential 20-year power purchase agreement through the Federal Aggregated Solar Procurement Pilot initiative. The program is part of […] More