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  • QTS Gains AWS Advanced Consulting Partner Designation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QTS Gains AWS Advanced Consulting Partner Designation

    QTS Realty Trust has received Advanced Consulting Partner designation from Amazon Web Services after the data center services provider met requirements necessary to help clients manage AWS cloud platforms. QTS said Thursday it invests in technology platforms that support access to AWS and other public cloud providers. AWS consulting partners include professional and information technology services companies that support customers’ efforts to design, architect, build, […] More

  • Report: Romania Eyes Raytheon-Built Patriot Missiles for Integrated Air Defense System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Romania Eyes Raytheon-Built Patriot Missiles for Integrated Air Defense System

    Romania looks to buy Raytheon-built Patriot missiles as part of the country’s military modernization efforts, Reuters reported Thursday. Radu-Sorin Marinas writes Romania wants to integrate Patriots into an air defense system comprised of six F-16 fighter jets in an effort to address NATO standards. “We’re assessing all options to develop this (acquisition) program,” Gen. Nicolae-Ionel Ciuca, chief of the general staff of Romania’s […] More

  • FedBid Lands Reverse Auction Contract With USDA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FedBid Lands Reverse Auction Contract With USDA

    FedBid has secured a contract to help the Agriculture Department utilize a reverse auction system to procure goods and services. The company said Thursday the contract was awarded through the U.S. Forest Service and can be used by procurement staff across all USDA agencies. FedBid CEO Joe Jordan said the company facilitates competition in a marketplace of more than 90,000 […] More

  • General Dynamics Subsidiary Gets Navy Contract for Ship Alterations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Subsidiary Gets Navy Contract for Ship Alterations

    General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary has secured a potential $46.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide ship alterations and a range of technical services. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract has a $13 million base value and covers technical engineering support for Trident II submarine launched ballistic missile programs, Ohio-class submarines, attack weapon system trainers and […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL, Facebook's Building 8 Partner to Develop 'Silent Speech' Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Johns Hopkins APL, Facebook’s Building 8 Partner to Develop ‘Silent Speech’ Tech

    Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has partnered with Facebook‘s Building 8 research and development group to create a “silent speech” technology designed to help users type 100 words per minute using neural signals. APL said Wednesday it will apply its experience from an existing neural prosthetics program for wounded service members to support the new project. […] More

  • MobileIron Supports DoD's Mobile Derived Credentials; Sean Frazier Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MobileIron Supports DoD’s Mobile Derived Credentials; Sean Frazier Comments

    MobileIron has integrated with the Defense Department‘s Purebred derived credentials in a push to eliminate the need for common access cards to authenticate mobile identity. The company said Wednesday its derived credentials technology works to help government agencies authorize employees’ use of mobile devices to access resources without using additional hardware such as smart card readers. Sean Frazier, chief technical evangelist of MobileIron, […] More

  • Jeff Foley: Siemens Contributes to NIST Draft Cybersecurity Guide for Energy Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeff Foley: Siemens Contributes to NIST Draft Cybersecurity Guide for Energy Sector

    Siemens and the National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence have collaborated to craft a cybersecurity practice guide for the energy sector. Siemens said Tuesday the practice guide titled “Situational Awareness for Electric Utilities” suggests various methods for companies to detect and address utility anomalies, investigate events that led to the anomalies and share findings with other […] More

  • Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Unveils Initiative for Gov't Data Accessibility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Unveils Initiative for Gov’t Data Accessibility

    Steve Ballmer, a former CEO of Microsoft, has launched an initiative that aims to boost the accessibility of government data on tax revenues, expenditures and spending outcomes. The USAFacts project works to collect data from approximately 130 government statistical databases to create products such as a document modeled after the 10-K form that companies file with the Securities […] More

  • GSA Posts RFI on Planned EIS Transition of Small Agencies, Tribal Gov'ts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Posts RFI on Planned EIS Transition of Small Agencies, Tribal Gov’ts

    The General Services Administration has issued a request for information on plans to transition small agencies and tribal government customers from expiring telecommunications and network services contracts to the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions procurement vehicle. GSA said Monday in a FedBizOpps notice it has created an approach to help small agencies and native American tribes complete their shift from […] More

  • CTC Opens Crystal City, VA Office; Bob Kubler Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC Opens Crystal City, VA Office; Bob Kubler Comments

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. has opened an office in Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia, as part of a push to bring the nonprofit applied scientific research and development firm’s employees closer to Defense Department customers. CTC said Monday 14 of its employees work daily from the new office and another 25 personnel conduct business at the facility. Bob Kubler, senior director of […] More

  • Boundless Secures NGA GEOINT Support Contract; Andy Dearing Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boundless Secures NGA GEOINT Support Contract; Andy Dearing Comments

    Boundless has received a $36 million contract to support the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency‘s GEOINT services. The company said Tuesday it will also help package, deliver, maintain and patch accredited open source geospatial software packages under the contract. “So many organizations are quickly realizing the power and flexibility of open source,” said Boundless CEO Andy Dearing. Dearing added […] More

  • Kratos Subsidiary Modifies T-72 Tank to Operate Unmanned - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Subsidiary Modifies T-72 Tank to Operate Unmanned

    A subsidiary of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has installed a remote control kit into a T-72 tank to support unmanned operations. Kratos said Thursday its Micro Systems business converted a T-72 to be controlled by the Army Ground Aerial Target Control System as part of an effort to help the U.S. Army meet its tank target requirement. AGATCS is a […] More