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  • CyrusOne Data Center Offers AWS Cloud Access for Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CyrusOne Data Center Offers AWS Cloud Access for Customers

    CyrusOne has begun to offer access to Amazon Web Services‘ cloud services through a private network at the former’s data center campus in Houston, Texas. AWS Direct Connect is designed to provide a private and direct access to AWS services instead of requiring customers to connect through the internet, CyrusOne said Tuesday. The data center provider initially made AWS Direct […] More

  • Leonardo Subsidiary Wins Navy Contract for Instrument Landing Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo Subsidiary Wins Navy Contract for Instrument Landing Systems

    Leonardo‘s Selex ES subsidiary has won a potential $20.9 million contract to supply instrument landing systems to the U.S. Navy. The contract was awarded through a competitive procurement process and covers 31 Model 2100 instrument landing systems along with collocated distance measuring equipment, Leonardo said Monday. The company noted its Model 2100 technology will work to help naval aviators perform safe […] More

  • Microsoft Obtains FedRAMP Certification for Intelligent Business App Suite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Obtains FedRAMP Certification for Intelligent Business App Suite

    Microsoft has received a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification to offer its line of intelligent business applications to U.S. government customers. James Townsend, founder and CEO of Microsoft partner company Infostrat, wrote in article published Monday that the Department of Housing and Urban Development granted a FedRAMP authority to operate at the “moderate impact level” to […] More

  • Navy to Solicit Guided Missile Frigate Concept Proposals - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy to Solicit Guided Missile Frigate Concept Proposals

    The U.S. Navy plans to issue a request for proposals in November for design development activities in support of the service branch’s future guided missile frigates. A presolicitation notice posted Monday on FedBizOpps stated that the Navy looks to award multiple contracts through an open and competitive solicitation for the conceptual design of the FFG(X) ships. The Navy […] More

  • Leidos' Roger Krone Calls on CEOs to Support Fight Against Opioid Abuse - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos’ Roger Krone Calls on CEOs to Support Fight Against Opioid Abuse

    Leidos CEO Roger Krone has called on other chief executives to help combat opioid addiction during the two-day COMMIT!Forum event for corporate responsibility practitioners that kicked off on Wednesday in Maryland, TriplePundit reported Friday. The science and technology company partnered with the Chris Atwood Foundation and other nonprofit organizations in August to help counter opioid abuse. Leidos also […] More

  • Cubic Gets New Zealand Satcom Tech FMS Contract; Mike Twyman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Gets New Zealand Satcom Tech FMS Contract; Mike Twyman Comments

    A Cubic subsidiary has received a foreign military sales contract worth more than $5 million to deliver satellite communication platforms in support of New Zealand’s military. GATR Technologies will supply 7.9-feet inflatable satellite antennas, associated hardware, spares and training to aid New Zealand’s Network Enabled Army program, Cubic said Monday. The company will also deploy a time division […] More

  • ULA's Atlas V Carries NRO Natl Security Payload to Orbit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA’s Atlas V Carries NRO Natl Security Payload to Orbit

    United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin, has deployed a National Reconnaissance Office payload into space aboard its Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The NROL-52 payload lifted off Sunday at 3:28 a.m. Eastern time to support NRO’s national security mission, ULA said Sunday. The company launched NROL-52 using an Atlas […] More

  • AWS, Microsoft Launch Deep Learning Library for Developers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS, Microsoft Launch Deep Learning Library for Developers

    Amazon Web Services and Microsoft have introduced a deep learning library to help developers prototype, create, train and deploy machine learning models for cloud computing tools, edge devices and mobile applications. The Gluon library currently serves as an interface for the Apache MXNet deep learning framework and will be updated to support Microsoft’s open-source, deep-learning toolkit called Microsoft Cognitive […] More

  • Carahsoft to Offer Aqua Security's Container Security Platform via GSA Schedule - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Offer Aqua Security’s Container Security Platform via GSA Schedule

    Aqua Security and Carahsoft Technology have entered a partnership that allows the latter company to resell Aqua’s container security platform to government customers via the General Services Administration‘s Schedule contract vehicle. The Aqua Container Security Platform is designed to provide security support for containerized environments and multiple orchestration environments, for both on-premises and public cloud deployments, […] More

  • OSHA Recertifies CTC Facilities for Workplace Safety & Health Excellence; Ed Sheehan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OSHA Recertifies CTC Facilities for Workplace Safety & Health Excellence; Ed Sheehan Comments

    Concurrent Technologies Corp.‘s Johnstown, Pennsylvania-based facilities have earned the “Star site” designation for meeting the Occupational Safety and Health Administration‘s workplace safety and health standards. CTC said Wednesday it has continuously gained the Star site status under OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs since 2008. Ed Sheehan, CTC president and CEO, said the company continually works to maintain “safe and healthy work spaces […] More

  • Keoki Jackson: Lockheed's Terran Orbital Investment Creates Tech Insertion Opportunities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Keoki Jackson: Lockheed’s Terran Orbital Investment Creates Tech Insertion Opportunities

    Keoki Jackson, chief technology officer at Lockheed Martin, has said the company’s investment in nanosatellite maker Terran Orbital provides opportunities for strategic technology insertion, Space News reported Wednesday. Jackson told reporters that Lockheed needs agility and speed to adapt new technologies that can help maintain the relevance of the company’s existing platforms. Lockheed set aside […] More

  • 4 Companies Receive Final Navy RFP for MQ-25 Stingray Unmanned Tanker Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    4 Companies Receive Final Navy RFP for MQ-25 Stingray Unmanned Tanker Program

    The U.S. Navy has issued the final request for proposals on a carrier-based unmanned aerial refueling tanker to four contractors, USNI News reported Tuesday. Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman and General Atomics received the RFP for the air segment of the MQ-25 Stingray unmanned tanker last week, the report noted. The Navy will require the companies to develop […] More