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  • InfoReliance Enters Multistate IaaS Platform Marketing Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    InfoReliance Enters Multistate IaaS Platform Marketing Agreement

    The state of Utah has awarded InfoReliance a 10-year master agreement to offer an infrastructure-as-a-service platform to state agencies and education institutions that are part of the NASPO ValuePoint cooperative procurement program. InfoReliance said Tuesday it will sell 53 IaaS offerings such as cloud services for initial setup, access, training and support under the agreement. The company also […] More

  • PwC Offers Strategies for Defense Contractors That Seek Emerging Market Opportunities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PwC Offers Strategies for Defense Contractors That Seek Emerging Market Opportunities

    PwC‘s strategy and consulting team has suggested various strategies the group believes can help defense companies win contracts in emerging countries such as Saudi Arabia, India, South Korea and Japan. PwC advisers Randy Starr and Anurag Garg wrote in a 2017 trend report they forecast that defense contractors will increasingly seek business with individual nations as military budgets in traditional defense […] More

  • Bastille Networks Receives DHS Grant for IoT Security Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bastille Networks Receives DHS Grant for IoT Security Project

    Bastille Networks has secured a $196,760 grant from the Department of Homeland Security to help optimize internet of things wireless protocols. DHS said Monday it awarded the funds through the department’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program, which aims to encourage “non-traditional performers” to offer technologies that could help DHS address threats. Melissa Ho, SVIP managing director, said Bastille Networks seeks to help DHS gain  […] More

  • Harris, North Dakota Partner to Develop UAS Network for Beyond-Line-of-Sight Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris, North Dakota Partner to Develop UAS Network for Beyond-Line-of-Sight Operations

    The state of North Dakota and Harris have entered into a partnership agreement to develop a platform that will work to support beyond-visual-line-of-sight operations for unmanned aircraft systems. Harris said Tuesday it received a two-year grant from the North Dakota Centers of Excellence Commission to create aviation-grade network services for UAS BVLOS operations. The company will also work with the […] More

  • General Dynamics Lands DIA Task Order for IT Support to EUCOM Intell Directorate - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Lands DIA Task Order for IT Support to EUCOM Intell Directorate

    General Dynamics‘ information technology business unit has secured a potential five-year, $16 million task order from the Defense Intelligence Agency to provide IT support to the U.S. European Command‘s intelligence directorate. The company said Tuesday the task order covers IT, web architect, content management, planning and documentation support services. DIA awarded the task order through the Enhanced Solutions for the […] More

  • Navy Cancels RFP on Commercial Recycling of USS Enterprise's Non-Nuclear Parts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Cancels RFP on Commercial Recycling of USS Enterprise’s Non-Nuclear Parts

    The U.S. Navy has halted a proposal solicitation for the commercial recycling of the retired USS Enterprise‘s non-nuclear components. The military branch said Monday it needs more information to determine an executable and environmentally sound approach for the disposal of USS Enterprise. The Huntington Ingalls Industries-built nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was decommissioned in February after almost 55 years in active service. The service branch’s disposal […] More

  • Unisys to Build Customer Service Facility for Philippines' Civil Registry Modernization Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys to Build Customer Service Facility for Philippines’ Civil Registry Modernization Project

    Unysis has begun construction of a customer service facility for the Philippines’ statistics authority as part of a 12-year contract to modernize the country’s civil registry system. The information technology company said Monday it also hired approximately 1,100 former contractors of the statistics agency. Unisys was awarded a contract in 2016 to provide digital government services in support of the modernization […] More

  • CFPB Seeks Info on Potential Credit Process Applications of Alternative Data & Modeling Techniques - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CFPB Seeks Info on Potential Credit Process Applications of Alternative Data & Modeling Techniques

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants information on the potential applications of alternative financial data and modeling approaches in the credit process. Responses to the request for information could help CFPB understand benefits and risks related to financial service providers’ use of alternative data and modeling techniques, the bureau said in a notice published Feb. 21. CFPB […] More

  • LeoLabs Raises Funds for Space Debris & Satellite Tracking Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LeoLabs Raises Funds for Space Debris & Satellite Tracking Service

    LeoLabs has raised $4 million in a funding round to support an expansion of its cloud-based space debris and satellite tracking service. The investment round engaged global investors such as SRI International, Horizons Ventures and Airbus Group‘s early-stage investment arm Airbus Ventures, LeoLabs said Monday. LeoLabs will use the funds to expand its ground-based radar infrastructure and support engagements with commercial and government […] More

  • Engility to Help Update DoD's Systems Engineering Acquisition Policy, Guidance; Lynn Dugle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility to Help Update DoD’s Systems Engineering Acquisition Policy, Guidance; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Engility has received a potential $42 million initial task order to assist the Office of the Secretary of Defense in efforts to develop, update and disseminate systems engineering acquisition policy and guidance across the Defense Department. The company said Monday the task order has a nine-month base period and four one-year options and will include strategic studies in the areas cybersecurity, […] More

  • NASA Calls for iTech Program Cycle 2 White Papers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Calls for iTech Program Cycle 2 White Papers

    NASA has asked industry to propose new ideas to address gaps in different technology areas that may impact future space exploration missions. The agency said Friday businesses, universities, nonprofit organizations, inventors and U.S. government organizations outside of NASA can submit five-page white papers for the second cycle of the NASA iTech initiative. The program’s next round will cover the areas of autonomy; […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Unveils Missile Tech Integration & Test Hub in Florida - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Unveils Missile Tech Integration & Test Hub in Florida

    Aerojet Rocketdyne on Friday inaugurated a facility for missile technology integration and testing at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida shortly after the rocket manufacturer completed its acquisition of the Coleman Aerospace business from L3 Technologies. Coleman Aerospace and economic development agency Space Florida collaborated to renovate the Space Coast Integration & Test facility that was previously […] More