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  • ManTech to Provide Engineering, Technical Support for Navy Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech to Provide Engineering, Technical Support for Navy Aircraft

    ManTech International has secured a five-year, $39.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide engineering and technical support for naval aircraft platforms and systems. The Defense Department said Monday that ManTech’s s advanced systems division will support reliability, maintainability, testability, quality assurance and diagnostic and system safety analyses during aircraft and system design, development, production and in-service life cycles. Work […] More

  • ACT I Secures F-35 Program Office Logistics Support Subcontract; Michael Niggel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ACT I Secures F-35 Program Office Logistics Support Subcontract; Michael Niggel Comments

    Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has received a five-year subcontract from Booz Allen Hamilton to provide lifecycle logistics and sustainment services to the Naval Air Systems Command on behalf of the Defense Department‘s F-35 Program Office. The subcontract falls under a task order Booz Allen won through the U.S. Navy‘s Seaport-E contract vehicle, according to an ACT I release. “We look forward to continuing […] More

  • Report: SpaceX Deploys NRO Payload to Orbit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: SpaceX Deploys NRO Payload to Orbit

    SpaceX has launched the National Reconnaissance Office‘s classified payload dubbed NROL-76 aboard a company-built Falcon 9 rocket, TechCrunch reported Monday. Falcon 9 lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the rocket’s first stage was separated to perform controlled landing at SpaceX’s Cape Canaveral-based landing pad, reported TechCrunch. The company postponed the initial launch attempt on Sunday due to […] More

  • BAE Rolls Out 4th Astute-Class Attack Submarine for British Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Rolls Out 4th Astute-Class Attack Submarine for British Navy

    BAE Systems has unveiled the fourth Astute-class attack submarine that the company built for the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy. The nuclear-powered submarine named Audacious was lowered into the dock water at BAE’s Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria site to undergo the next phase of test and commissioning ahead of sea trials in 2018, the company said Friday. Astute-class submarines are equipped […] More

  • Energy Dept Picks 21 Companies for Energy Savings Performance Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Energy Dept Picks 21 Companies for Energy Savings Performance Contracts

    The Energy Department has awarded energy savings performance contracts to 21 companies to help update energy and water infrastructure at federal facilities. DOE said Friday contractors will design, construct, install and provide financing support to energy and water savings projects of federal agencies under the ESPCs. ESPCs will not require initial costs from agencies and contractors will be paid over the term of the […] More

  • General Atomics-GKN Aerospace Alliance Unveils RPA Landing Gear Production Line - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics-GKN Aerospace Alliance Unveils RPA Landing Gear Production Line

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems division and GKN Aerospace‘s Fokker business have opened a production line of landing gear systems for the General Atomics built Predator B remotely piloted aircraft. Fokker said Tuesday the facility in Helmond, the Netherlands is designed to support “highly automated” processes and will be managed by a program team. Linden Blue, CEO of General Atomics’ aeronautical systems […] More

  • IBM Launches 4 US Data Centers in Cloud Footprint Expansion Push - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Launches 4 US Data Centers in Cloud Footprint Expansion Push

    IBM has opened four new cloud data centers in U.S. to address the demand for cloud infrastructure that can support access to services such as internet of things, blockchain, quantum computing and cognitive technology. The company said Wednesday it established two new facilities each in Dallas, Texas and Washington, D.C. as part of efforts to expand its global cloud footprint […] More

  • LAC Federal to Offer Professional & Health IT Services via GSA IT Schedule 70 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LAC Federal to Offer Professional & Health IT Services via GSA IT Schedule 70

    LAC Federal has secured a five-year contract to offer professional and health information technology services via the General Services Administration‘s IT Schedule 70 procurement vehicle. The company said Thursday it will provide services to federal, state and local government agencies as a prime contractor in Special Item Numbers (SINS) 132-51 and 132-52. The SINs cover services such as automation […] More

  • Motorola Solutions, RapidSOS to Deliver Smartphone Location Info for 9-1-1 Calls - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Motorola Solutions, RapidSOS to Deliver Smartphone Location Info for 9-1-1 Calls

    Motorola Solutions and RapidSOS have partnered in an effort to provide precise location information for U.S. 9-1-1 calls made through smartphones. RapidSOS will deliver location information through Motorola’s Emergency CallWorks CallStation software which works to support emergency call-taking and mapping, Motorola said Wednesday. Both companies also plan to offer location data to first responders in the field via Motorola’s suite of public safety mobile […] More

  • Raytheon SM-6 Missile Moves Toward Full Operational Capability - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon SM-6 Missile Moves Toward Full Operational Capability

    The U.S. Navy has conducted flight tests of the Raytheon-built Standard Missile-6 weapon system to validate whether the missile is ready to obtain full operational capability. Raytheon said Thursday four SM-6 missiles were launched throughout the “graduation” tests to engage shore-launched, sub- or supersonic targets. Mike Campisi, Raytheon SM-6 senior program director, said the Navy started to deploy SM-6s four years ago but the […] More

  • Raytheon, Navy Review Air Surveillance Radar Design - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Navy Review Air Surveillance Radar Design

    Raytheon and the U.S. Navy have completed a preliminary design review of an air surveillance radar technology the company developed to provide simultaneous anti-air warfare, anti-surface warfare and air traffic control support for aircraft carriers and amphibious warfare ships. The company said Wednesday the PDR validated that the Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar is on track for system development and delivery to various ship classes […] More

  • Cameron Chehreh: Converged Tech to Drive Dell EMC's Investment Strategy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cameron Chehreh: Converged Tech to Drive Dell EMC’s Investment Strategy

    Cameron Chehreh, chief technology officer at Dell EMC‘s federal business, has said converged and hyper-converged technologies will become “great focal areas” for Dell EMC, FedScoop reported Wednesday. Chehreh told the publication that software-defined networking is another information technology development that will drive Dell EMC’s investment strategy. “The last piece for us is all about the software, […] More