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  • Salient CRGT Receives ISRI Contract to Update Theft Tracking Web App - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Salient CRGT Receives ISRI Contract to Update Theft Tracking Web App

    Salient CRGT has secured a contract of undisclosed value from the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries to modernize the association’s web application that works to help track and recover stolen materials. The company said Tuesday the contract covers application development, data hosting and information technology modernization to support ISRI’s ScrapTheftAlert.com tracking application. Salient CRGT will form connections to […] More

  • Microsoft Reaches $3B Cloud Investment in Europe; Satya Nadella Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Reaches $3B Cloud Investment in Europe; Satya Nadella Comments

    Microsoft has reached more than $3 billion in cloud infrastructure investments that support the company’s efforts to meet demand from European partners and clients. Microsoft said Monday the company plans to offer its cloud computing platforms such as Microsoft Azure, Office 365 and Dynamics 365 from France-based data centers in 2017. “We continue to invest heavily in cloud infrastructure to […] More

  • Airbus Unveils Satellite Image Basemap; Bernhard Brenner Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Unveils Satellite Image Basemap; Bernhard Brenner Comments

    Airbus‘ defense and space business segment has launched an online basemap that works to provide customers access to homogeneous imagery of the Earth’s landmasses. The One Atlas basemap is designed to facilitate data sharing across teams or partner organizations and help users plan, map and locate personnel, assets or areas of interest, Airbus said Thursday. Bernhard Brenner, head of intelligence […] More

  • Raytheon SM-6 Conducts Navy's Longest Range Surface-to-Air Intercept - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon SM-6 Conducts Navy’s Longest Range Surface-to-Air Intercept

    Raytheon‘s Standard Missile-6 has set a record for the U.S. Navy‘s longest range surface-to-air intercept after the missile engaged an over-the-horizon target. The company said Friday the SM-6 was deployed from the Navy’s USS Princeton cruiser that features an Aegis baseline 9 combat system. The missile also broke its own record in January after SM-6 surpassed its June 2014 milestone when […] More

  • UK Defense Ministry to Put $1.7B Toward BAE-Led Submarine Replacement Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UK Defense Ministry to Put $1.7B Toward BAE-Led Submarine Replacement Program

    The U.K. defense ministry has committed an estimated $1.7 billion in funds to support a BAE Systems-led effort to replace the British navy’s Vanguard-class submarines. BAE said Saturday the funds will cover initial manufacturing work on the first of four submarines under the Successor program as well as long lead item procurement and redevelopment of facilities and infrastructure at […] More

  • GSA-D&B Partnership Expands Govt Spending Activity Info Access - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA-D&B Partnership Expands Govt Spending Activity Info Access

    The General Services Administration and Dun & Bradstreet have renegotiated their data collection contract to expand the use of federal government spending information. Kevin Youel Page, acting assistant commissioner of GSA’s Integrated Award Environment, wrote in a blog post posted Saturday that rights to proprietary D&B data stored in IAE systems have been expanded in efforts to help users conduct historical […] More

  • HHS Selects CSRA to Update HR Mgmt System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS Selects CSRA to Update HR Mgmt System

    CSRA has received a potential five-year, $38.9 million contract to help update the Department of Health and Human Services‘ human resources management system. The company said Thursday it will work to upgrade the HHS human resource solutions division’s PeopleSoft Human Capital Management 8.9 suite to the PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 version. CSRA will also design, develop and integrate the suite and related interfaces […] More

  • SAE ITC Forms Consortium in Push to Help Army Streamline Vehicle Tech Adoption - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAE ITC Forms Consortium in Push to Help Army Streamline Vehicle Tech Adoption

    SAE Industry Technologies Consortia has established a nonprofit consortium of commercial automotive manufacturers and suppliers that will work to help the U.S. Army adopt new automotive technologies. SAE ITC said Tuesday the Defense Automotive Technologies Consortium will address technology areas such as automotive cybersecurity, vehicle safety and lightweighting, autonomous and connected vehicles, intelligent systems and advanced energy storage technologies. “Headquartered […] More

  • Lockheed to Integrate Combat System on Future Australia Submarine Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Integrate Combat System on Future Australia Submarine Fleet

    Lockheed Martin‘s Australia-based subsidiary has been awarded a contract install combat systems on 12 future ­submarines for that country’s navy, The Australian newspaper reported Friday. Brendan Nicholson writes Lockheed will integrate the combat systems in partnership with Australia’s defense department and France-based company DCNS. DCNS was chosen for the potential $38.7 billion contract in April to help design 12 submarines that will replace Australia’s fleet of Collins-class […] More

  • DigitalGlobe's Base Map Adds 10M Square Miles Into 12-Inch Imagery Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DigitalGlobe’s Base Map Adds 10M Square Miles Into 12-Inch Imagery Service

    DigitalGlobe has made approximately 9.7 million square miles of 11.8-inch resolution commercial satellite imagery available through the company’s online base map. DigitalGlobe said Wednesday more than 500 population centers in the Basemap +Metro product are now available at 11.8-inch resolution as well as 1,700 cities available at 19.7-centimeter or better resolution. The company added its Basemap Suite of products now offers 57.9 […] More

  • Elon Musk: Future SpaceX Rocket's Goal to Start Mars Civilization, Explore Solar System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Elon Musk: Future SpaceX Rocket’s Goal to Start Mars Civilization, Explore Solar System

    SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has revealed plans to build a 400-feet tall integrated rocket and spaceship system he hopes can send 100 people to Mars and start a civilization on the planet, Florida Today reported Wednesday. James Dean writes Musk said at the International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico that SpaceX’ Interplanetary Transport System could cost $10 […] More

  • Whitesell-Green to Help Navy Build Triton UAS Mission Control Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Whitesell-Green to Help Navy Build Triton UAS Mission Control Facility

    Whitesell-Green has been awarded an $8.5 million contract by the U.S. Navy to build a mission control facility at a military airport in Florida for the Northrop Grumman-built MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system. The U.S. Navy said Wednesday the company will construct and connect a 12,200-square-foot building to an existing Triton mission control facility located at Naval Air Station Jacksonville. “The new building will […] More