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  • Leonardo on Track to Build T-100 Aircraft Manufacturing Facility in Alabama - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo on Track to Build T-100 Aircraft Manufacturing Facility in Alabama

    Leonardo executives have told Alabama government officials that the aerospace company is on track to build a T-100 trainer aircraft manufacturing facility in the state. Leonardo toured a group of Alabama officials around its Venegono Superiore aircraft factory in Italy to demonstrate the production of T-100 trainers, the company’s U.S.-based Leonardo DRS subsidiary said Thursday Leonardo plans […] More

  • Cisco, Interpol Enter Cyber Threat Intell Sharing Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco, Interpol Enter Cyber Threat Intell Sharing Agreement

    Cisco and Interpol have signed an agreement to share cyber threat intelligence as part of efforts to jointly mitigate cybercrime. The company said Tuesday it will work with the Singapore-based Interpol Global Complex for Innovation to develop a data sharing approach that will support global threat detection and lay the foundation for future training and […] More

  • FedRAMP Board Issues Provisional ATO to 20 AWS Cloud Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FedRAMP Board Issues Provisional ATO to 20 AWS Cloud Services

    Amazon Web Services has obtained provisional Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification from the FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board to offer 20 cloud services to government agencies. AWS said Monday the new provisional authority-to-operate at the “Moderate” baseline will centralize the maintenance for the P-ATO of 10 AWS services that are previously authorized and add 10 new […] More

  • Lockheed Facilitates Talks on Australian Space Agency Establishment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Facilitates Talks on Australian Space Agency Establishment

    Lockheed Martin hosted a forum in Canberra, Australia on Monday to discuss the Australian government’s plan to form a national space agency. The event titled “Securing Australia’s Space Industry Forum 2017” involved discussions on key opportunities and challenges facing the establishment of an Australian space agency, Lockheed said Monday. “It is critical that Australian industry, government […] More

  • Mojo Networks Clears FedRAMP Security Assessment Phase - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mojo Networks Clears FedRAMP Security Assessment Phase

    Mojo Networks has completed a security assessment report required to obtain Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification. Mountain View, California-based Mojo said Monday it selected Kratos Defense & Security Solutions to evaluate the cloud WiFi service provider against the FedRAMP Moderate baseline and submit the results in a security assessment report. Mojo Networks CEO Rick Wilmer […] More

  • DISA to Solicit Proposals for $96M IT Products & Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DISA to Solicit Proposals for $96M IT Products & Services Contract

    The Defense Information Systems Agency plans to issue a formal request for proposals later this month for a range of information technology products and services that will be delivered outside the continental U.S. DISA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday that the planned single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will be valued at $95.9 million and will include […] More

  • Red Hat Unveils Updated Enterprise Container Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Red Hat Unveils Updated Enterprise Container Platform

    Red Hat has introduced an updated version of its enterprise-grade Kubernetes container application platform. The company said Thursday its OpenShift Container Platform 3.7. works to help information technology organizations develop and manage applications that use services from data centers and public clouds. Matt Yanchyshyn, director of partner solution architecture at Amazon Web Services, said AWS partnered with Red Hat […] More

  • GSA Adds Nutanix Hyperconverged Cloud Platforms to Carahsoft's IT Schedule 70 Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Adds Nutanix Hyperconverged Cloud Platforms to Carahsoft’s IT Schedule 70 Contract

    The General Services Administration-led Enterprise Software Category Team has selected Nutanix and Carahsoft to offer hyperconverged cloud infrastructure platforms to government agencies via GSA’s IT Schedule 70 contract vehicle. Nutanix can use Carahsoft’s position under IT Schedule 70 to deliver 10 HCI products designed to help agencies simplify their data centers and modernize their information technology infrastructure, GSA said Friday. […] More

  • SAP NS2 Plans IT, Cyber Business Expansion in Virginia; Mark Testoni Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP NS2 Plans IT, Cyber Business Expansion in Virginia; Mark Testoni Comments

    SAP National Security Services plans to invest $6 million and create 95 new jobs through expansion of its information technology and cybersecurity business operations in Fairfax County, Virginia. “We are pleased to expand our operations in Fairfax County’s thriving technology corridor,” Mark Testoni, SAP NS2 president and CEO, said in a statement published Thursday. “This area offers us access […] More

  • Zane Burke: Cerner, Leidos & Accenture Could Team Again on VA EHR Rollout; Jerry Hogge Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Zane Burke: Cerner, Leidos & Accenture Could Team Again on VA EHR Rollout; Jerry Hogge Comments

    Cerner President Zane Burke has said the health information technology company hopes to retain its partnership with Leidos and Accenture for the delivery of a modernized electronic health record system to the Department of Veterans Affairs, Healthcare IT News reported Thursday. The team known as the “Leidos Partnership for Defense Health” won a potential $9 billion […] More

  • Lockheed Hands Over 5th MUOS Satellite to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Hands Over 5th MUOS Satellite to Navy

    The U.S. Navy has assumed full operational control of the fifth Lockheed Martin-built Mobile User Objective System satellite. Lockheed said Thursday the Naval Satellite Operations Center took control of MUOS-5 on Oct. 11 following the satellite’s on-orbit test and the delivery of equipment needed for satellite operations. The MUOS constellation of five satellites is designed to deliver ultra-high frequency satellite […] More

  • Fluor Completes Power Line in Puerto Rico Under USACE Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fluor Completes Power Line in Puerto Rico Under USACE Contract

    Fluor has finished construction of a power line in Puerto Rico as part of a contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The company said Thursday the 38-kilovolt power line will help restore electricity in an area that includes residential neighborhoods, a hospital and a campus of the University of Puerto Rico. The $240 million USACE task order […] More