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  • ONR Seeks Sci-Tech Approaches for Multi-Domain Unmanned Systems in Amphibious Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ONR Seeks Sci-Tech Approaches for Multi-Domain Unmanned Systems in Amphibious Operations

    The Office of Naval Research looks to explore science and technology approaches on how to utilize multi-domain unmanned systems in support of amphibious operations. A presolicitation notice issued Thursday on the FedBizOpps website says ONR looks to develop autonomous amphibians with a capacity to maneuver through the surf zone, emerge and navigate ashore. ONR expects potential partners […] More

  • Total Logistics Small Business JV Secures $56M Navy, Marine Corps Support Services IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Total Logistics Small Business JV Secures $56M Navy, Marine Corps Support Services IDIQ

    The Total Logistics Small Business joint venture has secured a five-year, $55.6 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for logistics and technical support to the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. Work will occur in Patuxent River, Maryland through December 2021 and covers analysis, development, execution, facilities, planning, support equipment management and training services, the Defense Department said Monday. DoD noted the Naval Air […] More

  • CACI to Support JIDO's Joint Force Intell Integration Mission; Ken Asbury Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI to Support JIDO’s Joint Force Intell Integration Mission; Ken Asbury Comments

    The General Services Administration has tasked CACI International to offer deployable intelligence integration, analytical and training services to the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization under a potential $1.8 billion task order awarded in late October. CACI said Monday the company will work to integrate systems, technologies and processes to help U.S. joint forces defeat adversarial networks globally as part of […] More

  • Lockheed Breaks Ground on Minuteman III ICBM Replacement Program Mgmt Facility in Utah - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Breaks Ground on Minuteman III ICBM Replacement Program Mgmt Facility in Utah

    Lockheed Martin has kicked off construction of a program management facility at  the Falcon Hill National Aerospace Research Park in Utah to support the U.S. Air Force‘s project to develop a follow-on intercontinental ballistic missile system. Lockheed said Friday it will move into the company’s program management office at Falcon Hill by August 2017 as part of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent competition and seeks […] More

  • European Space Agency Pledges $11B to Space-Related Projects; Jan Worner Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    European Space Agency Pledges $11B to Space-Related Projects; Jan Worner Comments

    Member countries in the European Space Agency have pledged $11 billion to support  various space-related projects that include a mission to launch a life-seeking rover to Mars by 2020, Deutsche Welle reported Friday. DW reported that about $465 million of the ESA’s new space funding commitment will go to the ExoMars rover mission and the remaining money will be for Earth […] More

  • BAE, NFU Mutual to Collaborate on Financial Crime Detection, Prevention System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE, NFU Mutual to Collaborate on Financial Crime Detection, Prevention System

    BAE Systems has received a contract to help NFU Mutual develop a system for the insurance company to protect customers against fraud and financial crimes. The partnership seeks to utilize external and internal data sources to identify fraudsters at the point of sale, BAE said Friday. Work under the contract is scheduled to begin in 2017. “We will be working with NFU […] More

  • Orbital ATK Plans Launch Vehicle Business Expansion in Arizona; Rich Straka Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Plans Launch Vehicle Business Expansion in Arizona; Rich Straka Comments

    Orbital ATK has announced plans to expand the operations of its launch vehicles division through the construction of a new facility in Chandler, Arizona. The company said Thursday it will establish a 46,000-square-foot facility at Allred Park Place and aims to create as many as 500 new full-time science, technology, engineering and math positions over a five-year period as part of […] More

  • Justice Dept Selects ICF to Offer Support for Victim Services Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Justice Dept Selects ICF to Offer Support for Victim Services Clients

    ICF has secured a potential five-year, $38.8 million re-compete task order from the Justice Department‘s office for victims of crime to help the agency cater to demands of clients that include victim services organizations. ICF said Thursday that it will offer a range of services to aid the training and technical assistance center of the OVC including […] More

  • Lockheed Performs First Initial T-50A Trainer Aircraft Flight Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Performs First Initial T-50A Trainer Aircraft Flight Test

    Lockheed Martin has completed an initial flight test on the joint offering between the company and Korea Aerospace Industries for the U.S. Air Force‘s advanced pilot training competition. Lockheed said Thursday the company’s facility in Greenville, South Carolina will serve as the final assembly and checkout facility for the T-50A aircraft that will train F-22 […] More

  • Jeff Barr: AWS Unveils Anti-DDoS Managed Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeff Barr: AWS Unveils Anti-DDoS Managed Service

    Amazon Web Services has launched a new cybersecurity managed service intended to help clients protect web applications against three types of distributed-denial-of-service attacks. AWS Chief Evangelist Jeff Barr wrote in a blog post published Thursday the AWS Shield  offering is designed to work alongside Elastic Load Balancing, CloudFront and Route 53 platforms. AWS Shield consists of a standard […] More

  • State Dept Chooses Nlyte Platform to Manage Data Center Infrastructure - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Dept Chooses Nlyte Platform to Manage Data Center Infrastructure

    The State Department has selected Nlyte Software to provide an enterprise-grade  technology platform to help DOS manage data center operations and comply with the government’s Data Center Optimization Initiative. Nlyte said Thursday it will deploy the Data Center Infrastructure Management platform, BMC Remedy Change Management and BMC Atrium CMDB connectors across multiple server racks for the department. “Many federal […] More

  • CAE to Train Army Fixed-Wing Aviators at New Dothan Training Center in Alabama - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE to Train Army Fixed-Wing Aviators at New Dothan Training Center in Alabama

    CAE has finished construction of an Alabama-based facility where some of the company’s employees and subcontractor personnel will provide fixed-wing training for U.S. Army  aviators. The company said Wednesday it also secured occupancy certificate for the Dothan Training Center and installed a Grob G120TP flight training device at the facility. CAE is scheduled to deliver C-12 King Air full-flight simulators […] More