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  • Epirus to Develop Electromagnetic Detection Software for DARPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Epirus to Develop Electromagnetic Detection Software for DARPA

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected Epirus to develop software algorithms, source code and artificial intelligence models that can help operators detect electromagnetic threats in a matter of minutes. Epirus said Friday it will work with Georgia Tech Research Corp. on three phases under DARPA’s Waveform Agile Radio-frequency Directed Energy Rapid Assessment and […] More

  • D-Fend Solutions Adds Former NASA Administrator Charles Bolden to Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    D-Fend Solutions Adds Former NASA Administrator Charles Bolden to Advisory Board

    D-Fend Solutions has welcomed Charles Bolden, a former NASA administrator, to the counter-drone technology company’s board of advisers. Bolden will help D-Fend boost its posture in the market for counter-small unmanned aerial systems used in sensitive environments, the company said Thursday. He served as a U.S. Marine Corps officer for 34 years, spending more than […] More

  • NASA to Fund 9 Space Tech Projects Under TechFlights Solicitation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA to Fund 9 Space Tech Projects Under TechFlights Solicitation

    NASA will invest $5.5 million in nine projects that will test space technologies with suborbital rocket-powered systems, high-altitude balloons and parabolic aircraft. The space agency said Friday its 2021 TechFlights solicitation will fund technology demonstrations in space-like scenarios without having to launch them into orbit. NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate selected the technologies through the […] More

  • Verizon Offers Services in Support of 'NORAD Tracks Santa' Initiative; Jennifer Chronis Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Verizon Offers Services in Support of ‘NORAD Tracks Santa’ Initiative; Jennifer Chronis Quoted

    North American Aerospace Defense Command will again use Verizon‘s communications services in this year’s hotline service to help children track Santa Claus. Verizon said Thursday it added 14,000 new augmentations, including 5G cell sites, network-based virtualization and fiber deployments, to support volunteers in answering children’s calls under the NORAD Tracks Santa program. Almost 600 volunteers […] More

  • Lockheed Books $286M MDA Contract Modification to Support Saudi Arabia's THAAD - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Books $286M MDA Contract Modification to Support Saudi Arabia’s THAAD

    Lockheed Martin has secured a $286.5 million contract modification with the Missile Defense Agency to continue helping Saudi Arabia maintain and operate its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system. The company will provide equipment, spare parts and support services to support ground production, maintenance, software updates, training and logistics of Saudi Arabia’s THAAD under the […] More

  • ECS Authorized to Resell USAF's Platform One Offerings; Stephen Erickson Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ECS Authorized to Resell USAF’s Platform One Offerings; Stephen Erickson Quoted

    ECS has been authorized to commercially resell products and services made by Platform One, the U.S. Air Force’s consolidated team of DevSecOps enterprise service providers. The company said Wednesday it will distribute the Iron Bank container repository, the Big Bang software factory deployment service and other P1 products to federal, academic and commercial customers. P1 […] More

  • Army Vet Leslie Smith Named to US Development Group's Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Vet Leslie Smith Named to US Development Group’s Board of Directors

    Leslie Smith, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general and former inspector general, will share his military expertise to U.S. Development Group following his appointment to its board of directors. Smith brings over 35 years of military experience, which includes various staff and command positions within the Army, USD Group said Wednesday. He most recently served […] More

  • Lockheed Awarded $78M Air Force Contract for F-16 Training Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Awarded $78M Air Force Contract for F-16 Training Systems

    Lockheed Martin‘s rotary and mission systems business has landed a potential six-year, $77.6 million sole-source contract from the U.S. Air Force to supply training systems for F-16 Block 70 jets of foreign military sales customers. The company will engineer, develop, produce, integrate, test and deliver training equipment and spare parts in support of two Eastern […] More

  • Epiq Solutions to Deliver Sensors to DIU for Spectrum Monitoring Initiative; John Orlando Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Epiq Solutions to Deliver Sensors to DIU for Spectrum Monitoring Initiative; John Orlando Quoted

    Epiq Solutions has secured a contract to provide the Defense Innovation Unit with a radio frequency sensor monitoring system that will be used to support a wider government project on spectrum technologies. The company said Tuesday it will help in the government’s Spectrum and Wireless Monitoring project through the delivery of a commercial off-the-shelf sensor […] More

  • KBR Books 8 Prime Awards Under GSA Contract for Manned/Unmanned Platform Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KBR Books 8 Prime Awards Under GSA Contract for Manned/Unmanned Platform Services

    KBR has received eight prime awards under the General Services Administration‘s multiple-award contract for services in support of manned, unmanned and optionally manned platforms, as well as robotic systems. The company said Tuesday it will serve as one of the prime providers for data operation, mission operation, ground, space, development and systems integration, research, training […] More

  • Global Technical Systems Secures $85M Navy IDIQ for EW Testing Pods, Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Global Technical Systems Secures $85M Navy IDIQ for EW Testing Pods, Support

    Global Technical Systems has won an $84.7 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide the U.S. Navy with one lot of ALQ-167 and ULQ-24C electronic warfare testing pods. The company will also deliver to the service branch associated modification hardware and technical data for use on EW simulations, training and weapons testing, the Department of Defense said […] More

  • General Dynamics Opens St. Louis-Based Facility for Geoint-Focused Initiatives - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Opens St. Louis-Based Facility for Geoint-Focused Initiatives

    General Dynamics‘ information technology business has opened a geospatial intelligence innovation-focused facility in St. Louis, Missouri, a region that serves as a strategic hub for geoint organizations. The new flagship facility, located at the Cortex innovation district, will feature General Dynamics’ Deepsky collaborative environment where geoint teams can prototype technologies with academic and industry partners, […] More