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  • Hughes to Provide Satcom Support for General Atomics' Predator B RPA; Rick Lober Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hughes to Provide Satcom Support for General Atomics’ Predator B RPA; Rick Lober Comments

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has partnered with Hughes Network Systems to update the satellite communications system of the Predator B remotely piloted aircraft. Hughes said Monday it will provide customized airborne modems for Predator B’s SkyGuardian variant as part of a contract with General Atomics. The broadband satellite technology company designed its Hughes HM series modems to increase data transfer rates as well as secure […] More

  • Microsoft Adds Big Data, Analytics, Visualization Tools to Azure Govt Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Adds Big Data, Analytics, Visualization Tools to Azure Govt Cloud

    Microsoft has added two big data and visualization tools to the company’s Azure Government cloud platform. Tom Keane, a Microsoft general manager, wrote in a blog post published Monday the HDInsight and Power BI offerings are designed to help government agencies manage, analyze and visualize huge quantities of data in Azure. He said HDInsight works to help users build data and […] More

  • Report: BAE, Lockheed Compete for Australia's Jindalee Radar Network Upgrade Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: BAE, Lockheed Compete for Australia’s Jindalee Radar Network Upgrade Project

    BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin have bid on a project to modernize the Australian air force’s over-the-horizon radar system, Aviation Week reported Thursday. Bradley Perrett writes the modernization effort for the Jindalee Operational Radar Network is scheduled to begin next year and will run through 2020. The report said “Project Joint 2025 Phase 6” will cover upgrade work on JORN’s signal generator, receivers, signal […] More

  • Trident Technologies to Build Computer Comms Network for Army Engineer R&D Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Trident Technologies to Build Computer Comms Network for Army Engineer R&D Center

    Trident Technologies has won a potential five-year, $48 million contract to build, staff and maintain a computer communications network in support of the U.S. Army‘s Engineer Research and Development Center. The Defense Department said Friday work will occur through Feb. 28, 2022, and locations and funds will be determined with each task order. The Army Corps of Engineers received three […] More

  • Coast Guard Seeks Info on Network Device Mgmt & Monitoring Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Coast Guard Seeks Info on Network Device Mgmt & Monitoring Tools

    The U.S. Coast Guard seeks industry information on tools that can help monitor, document, diagram and analyze information technology devices. The tools will be used to monitor and analyze the state, condition and configuration of more than 6,000 network devices across 1,500 sites and 60,000 users in the U.S. and international locations, the Coast Guard said in […] More

  • Boeing Offers MH-139 Helicopter for Air Force Huey Replacement Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Offers MH-139 Helicopter for Air Force Huey Replacement Program

    Boeing has unveiled its MH-139 helicopter as its entry in a U.S. Air Force program that seeks to replace the service branch’s UH-1N Huey fleet. MH-139 is based on Leonardo‘s AW139 multi-mission helicopters that currently serve more than 250 government, military and industry customers worldwide, Boeing said Thursday. David Koopersmith, Boeing vice president and general manager for vertical lift, said MH-139 […] More

  • Lockheed Unveils 'Paragon' Direct Attack Munition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Unveils ‘Paragon’ Direct Attack Munition

    Lockheed Martin has introduced the Paragon brand name for the company’s dual-mode, laser-guided bombs. The Bethesda, Maryland-based defense contractor said Thursday Paragon is guided by an inertial navigation system and designed to engage fixed, relocatable and moving targets. Joe Serra, director of precision guided systems at Lockheed’s missiles and fire control business, said the direct attack munition […] More

  • Charles River Analytics to Help Army Predict Military Operation System Flaws - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Charles River Analytics to Help Army Predict Military Operation System Flaws

    Charles River Analytics has secured two contracts from the U.S. Army to help the service branch predict faults in military operations systems using a company-owned open-source, probabilistic programming language. The company said Wednesday it will use the Figaro programming language to support the Energy Models of Critical Components and the Probabilistic Operations Warranted for Energy Reliability Evaluation and […] More

  • Datapipe Obtains FedRAMP Certification for PaaS Cloud Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Datapipe Obtains FedRAMP Certification for PaaS Cloud Platform

    Datapipe has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification for the company’s platform-as-a-service offering to government agencies. FedRAMP’s Joint Authorization Board certified the Datapipe Government Cloud platform as compliant with 800-53 Revision 4 controls that cover privacy and additional security measures. Datapipe provides operating and security services to support an organization’s virtual operating system and virtual network layer through PaaS. Dan Tudahl, president and general manager […] More

  • Trowbridge & Trowbridge Awarded Navy IT, Cybersecurity Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Trowbridge & Trowbridge Awarded Navy IT, Cybersecurity Support Contract

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Trowbridge & Trowbridge a $23.4 million contract for  information technology, system administration and cybersecurity services to the Naval Air Warfare Center’s weapons division. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract covers hardware, software, licensing, technical support, lab warranty services, technological refreshment and enhancements, life cycle support and customer services. Work will occur […] More

  • Report: Sikorsky to Offer Black Hawk Variant to Air Force Huey Replacement Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Sikorsky to Offer Black Hawk Variant to Air Force Huey Replacement Program

    Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary plans to offer a modified version of the Black Hawk helicopter as a potential replacement for the U.S. Air Force‘s UH-1N Huey aircraft, DoD Buzz reported Wednesday. Oriana Pawlyk writes Sikorsky will pitch its HH-60U platform that is currently part of the Air Force’s inventory to the UH-1N replacement program. The military branch looks to procure 84 new helicopters as part of efforts […] More

  • CTC to Explore AI Automation Tools Under NGA Contract; Ed Sheehan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC to Explore AI Automation Tools Under NGA Contract; Ed Sheehan Comments

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. has won a $498,000 contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to research artificial intelligence-based automation technologies. CTC said Wednesday it aims to develop an AI Analyst Virtual Assistant platform that would process large quantities of information through NGA’s Boosting Innovative GEOINT initiative. Ed Sheehan, CTC president and CEO, said the contract gives CTC an opportunity to “contribute to a […] More