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  • Conti Wins $65M Army FMS Contract for Israel Military Facility Design-Build Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Conti Wins $65M Army FMS Contract for Israel Military Facility Design-Build Project

    Conti Federal Services has been awarded a potential $65 million contract by the U.S. Army to support a military construction project in Israel. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will perform work through Nov. 28, 2018 under a foreign military sales deal. The Army Corps of Engineers received two offers for the project and will obligate the full contract […] More

  • Honeywell, OG&E to Support Tinker Air Force Base's Facility Modernization, Energy Savings Goals - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Honeywell, OG&E to Support Tinker Air Force Base’s Facility Modernization, Energy Savings Goals

    Honeywell and Oklahoma Gas & Electric have partnered to help modernize Tinker Air Force Base under a $19.1 million utility energy service contract funded by future savings generated through modernized systems, Honeywell said Wednesday the Air Force expects modernization work at the base to finish in December and the updates aim to help Tinker AFB reduce carbon footprint by approximately 196,903 tons over the life of […] More

  • Leonardo-Finmeccanica to Deliver AESA Radars for Navy MQ-8C Unmanned Helicopter - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo-Finmeccanica to Deliver AESA Radars for Navy MQ-8C Unmanned Helicopter

    Leonardo-Finmeccanica has secured a contract to provide active electronically scanned array radars for integration onto the U.S. Navy‘s new MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter built by Northrop Grumman. The company said Monday it will deliver five Osprey AESA radars to the Naval Air Systems Command to support testing and evaluation work and NAVAIR has the option to acquire more […] More

  • Army Orders Comtech VSAT Satellite Systems & Associated Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Orders Comtech VSAT Satellite Systems & Associated Services

    Comtech Telecommunications has received a $13.4 million order to provide very small aperture terminal satellite systems and associated services for the U.S. Army. The company said Monday its government solutions segment will supply the military branch with secret internet protocol router and non-secure internet protocol router access point VSAT satellite equipment under the order. Comtech added the Army project manager for the […] More

  • Unisys Launches Info Mgmt Platform for Public Safety Agencies; Mark Forman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys Launches Info Mgmt Platform for Public Safety Agencies; Mark Forman Comments

    Unisys has introduced an information management system the company designed to help law enforcement agencies exchange investigative intelligence across multiple applications. The company said Tuesday its Digital Investigator platform features a public portal that will connect users to public safety agencies to report missing persons, request appointments and receive request updates. Mark Forman, global public sector head at Unisys, said the company developed the […] More

  • Army Seeks Info on Technical Tools for Joint Cyber Training Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Seeks Info on Technical Tools for Joint Cyber Training Platform

    The U.S. Army wants information on potential technical tools and cost or schedule drivers for the modernization of a platform that works to help the Defense Department train cyber mission forces in emulated network environments. The service branch said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday that previous analysis on the Persistent Cyber Training Environment platform revealed gaps in event planning and […] More

  • Rolls-Royce to Build Power & Propulsion Equipment for Navy Oiler Ships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rolls-Royce to Build Power & Propulsion Equipment for Navy Oiler Ships

    Rolls-Royce has received a contract to build power and propulsion equipment for the U.S. Navy‘s fleet of replenishment oiler ships. The company said Monday the contract covers work on two Kamewa 150A controllable pitch propellers and two Bergen B32:40xL8A generator sets for the first John Lewis-class ship with options for five more. Don Roussinos, president of Rolls-Royce’s naval division, said […] More

  • SpaceX Seeks Dragon Spacecraft Reuse for 2017 ISS Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX Seeks Dragon Spacecraft Reuse for 2017 ISS Resupply Mission

    SpaceX plans to launch used Dragon spacecraft for cargo delivery missions to the International Space Station by 2017 as part of the Elon Musk-owned company’s Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA, SpaceNews reported Friday. Jeff Foust writes that Benjamin Reed, SpaceX director of commercial crew mission management, told the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight that SpaceX looks to reuse Dragon spacecraft to […] More

  • Dubai Deploys Dell Subsidiary's Hybrid Cloud Platform to Support Smart City Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dubai Deploys Dell Subsidiary’s Hybrid Cloud Platform to Support Smart City Project

    Dell Technologies‘ Dell EMC subsidiary has provided an enterprise hybrid cloud platform to the technology arm of Dubai’s smart city initiative. Dell said Sunday Smart Dubai Government deployed the cloud platform to establish an Information Technology-As-A-Service infrastructure that will work to aid the delivery of new services for individuals and organizations. The company added the cloud platform […] More

  • RFID Journal to Host A&D Radio Frequency Tech Forum - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    RFID Journal to Host A&D Radio Frequency Tech Forum

    RFID Journal will host an event focused on radio-frequency identification technologies for the aerospace and defense sector on Oct. 20 at the Long Beach Convention Center in California. The media company said Thursday the U.S. Air Force, Northrop Grumman and Delta Air Lines will participate in the event to share how they apply RFID technology in operations. RFID Journal added the forum will feature discussions on customer […] More

  • USAID Unveils 5 New Winners of Tech Challenge to Address Zika, Future Outbreaks - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USAID Unveils 5 New Winners of Tech Challenge to Address Zika, Future Outbreaks

    The U.S. Agency for International Development plans to award $3.3 million to five additional winners of a challenge started in search of ideas to help mitigate the spread of Zika virus and address future infectious disease outbreaks. USAID said Wednesday new Combating Zika and Future Threats Grand Challenge selections include Vayu, whose team will use unmanned aerial vehicles to send medical supplies to remote villages […] More

  • Visiongain: Military Land Vehicle Electronics Market's 2016 Revenue to Hit $3B - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Visiongain: Military Land Vehicle Electronics Market’s 2016 Revenue to Hit $3B

    A report from research firm Visiongain estimates that global revenue for military land vehicle electronics will reach $3.3 billion this year. The company’s “Military Land Vehicle Electronics Market Report 2016-2026” report also predicts that technology development efforts will help drive sales growth for the sector over the next 10 years, ReportBuyer said Monday. Vistronics also forecasts China will experience a significant increase […] More