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  • Rockwell Collins to Deliver MUOS-Capable Radios to Military via $83M Contract; Troy Brunk Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Deliver MUOS-Capable Radios to Military via $83M Contract; Troy Brunk Quoted

    Rockwell Collins has received a potential five-year, $82.6M contract to deliver its sixth-generation Mobile User Objective System-enabled airborne radios and ancillaries to warfighters. The company said Thursday it will install the ARC-210 RT-2036(C) radios on defense platforms such as fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, ships and ground platforms to provide military forces with voice, video and […] More

  • CrowdStrike Receives FedRAMP Authorization for Cloud-Based Endpoint Protection Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CrowdStrike Receives FedRAMP Authorization for Cloud-Based Endpoint Protection Platform

    CrowdStrike has been authorized under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to support the U.S. government in modernizing its information technology systems using the CrowdStrike Falcon platform. As a FedRAMP-certified cloud service provider, Crowdstrike will continue to serve the private sector, as well as expand its services to the federal, state and local governments […] More

  • Raytheon to Demonstrate Deployable Version of Approach, Landing Guidance System to Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Demonstrate Deployable Version of Approach, Landing Guidance System to Air Force

    Raytheon plans to demonstrate a deployable version of its approach and landing guidance system at two of the U.S. Air Force’s F-35 operation facilities in 2019, Military.com reported Wednesday. The company aims to show the U.S. Air Force the ability of the Joint Precision Approach and Landings System to guide pilots in landing in austere […] More

  • DHS Requests Info on Surveillance System for Biothreat Response Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Requests Info on Surveillance System for Biothreat Response Missions

    The Department of Homeland Security has posted a request for information to determine the availability of a nationwide subscription-based system of early medical data integrators and users that can help the DHS to respond to biological threats. A FedBizOpps notice posted Sept. 13 says DHS’ National Biosurveillance Integration Center looks to use a platform that […] More

  • BAE to Pursue NGA Janus Program Support Orders via Three IDIQ Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Pursue NGA Janus Program Support Orders via Three IDIQ Contracts

    BAE Systems has been selected to help the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency increase availability of commercial geospatial data and community-sourced information under three contracts worth up to $1.52B. NGA down-selected only two contractors to vie for task orders to support the agency’s Janus Geomatics Precise Imagery, Janus Geography and Janus Geomatics Elevation programs, BAE said Wednesday. The company plans to […] More

  • AWS Helps Public Safety Agencies Manage Workload in Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS Helps Public Safety Agencies Manage Workload in Cloud

    Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies use Amazon Web Services’ cloud computing region designed for the U.S. government to manage critical justice information workloads. AWS said in a blog entry posted Tuesday its GovCloud (US), CloudTrail, Key Management Services and CloudHSM services work to help public safety organizations protect CJI data. GovCloud allows customer agencies to comply […] More

  • Raytheon Updates Air Operations Center Software With Agile Methodology; Todd Probert Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Updates Air Operations Center Software With Agile Methodology; Todd Probert Quoted

    Raytheon has used agile development practices in efforts to integrate new features into the baseline software of the U.S. Air Force’s Air and Space Operations Center Weapon System, Flightglobal reported Wednesday. The company added functions for targeting, battle damage assessment and logistics applications, among other things, into the software to link previously disconnected systems, as […] More

  • Lockheed Taps Agile Dev't Methods in USAF ISR Modernization Push; Rob Smith Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Taps Agile Dev’t Methods in USAF ISR Modernization Push; Rob Smith Quoted

    Lockheed Martin has integrated modern signals intelligence mechanisms into the U.S. Air Force’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance system using agile development approaches. The company said Tuesday it modernized the Distributed Common Ground System to support airmen in performing intelligence operations worldwide, as well as allow the ISR platform to provide centralized processing and remote support services. […] More

  • Air Force Seeks IT Contractors for National Capital Region - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Seeks IT Contractors for National Capital Region

    The U.S. Air Force is preparing to start a formal solicitation for information technology and telecommunications services needed to address the military service’s operational requirements in the National Capital Region. A FedBizOpps notice posted Monday says a chosen contractor must complete the 844th Communications Group’s assigned strategic and daily operational priorities in coordination with government […] More

  • PSC Voices Concerns Over DoD's Proposed Contractor Payment Rule - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PSC Voices Concerns Over DoD’s Proposed Contractor Payment Rule

    The Professional Services Council has raised concerns about rule changes proposed by the Defense Department to performance-based and progress payments for defense contracts. PSC said Monday it intends to submit written feedback on the proposal before Oct. 23. Alan Chvotkin, executive vice president and counsel of PSC, noted at a public meeting last week that the rule […] More

  • Lockheed Develops Asset Synchronization Tool for Mission Planning Operations; Rob Smith Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Develops Asset Synchronization Tool for Mission Planning Operations; Rob Smith Quoted

    Lockheed Martin has developed a tool that consolidates disparate systems and assets from different domains into a single platform to speed up mission planning processes. The Multi-Domain Synchronized Effects Tool is designed to synchronize essential information from traditional stove-piped systems to allow warfighters to make decisions based on concurrent situational awareness of activity in multiple […] More