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  • Report: Gen. David Goldfein Attributes Shakeout in T-X Competition to Air Force Procurement Strategy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Gen. David Goldfein Attributes Shakeout in T-X Competition to Air Force Procurement Strategy

    Gen. David Goldfein, chief of staff at the U.S. Air Force, has said that he expected a shakeout in the military service’s $16 billion T-X trainer competition launched in late 2016 given the branch’s strategy to procure a new jet fighter training system, National Defense Magazine reported Tuesday. According to the story by Yasmin Tadjdeh, Goldfein told reporters during a meeting in […] More

  • Report: Global UAV Flight Training and Simulation Market to Show 7% CAGR Through 2021 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Global UAV Flight Training and Simulation Market to Show 7% CAGR Through 2021

    Research and Markets has released a report that predicts the global unmanned aerial vehicle flight training and simulation market to rise at a 7.29 percent compound annual growth rate through 2021. Research and Markets said Monday its “Global UAV Flight Training and Simulation Market 2017-2021” report covers an in-depth market analysis and discussions on the market landscape, vendors and […] More

  • Lockheed Martin, MDA & Navy Test Latest Version of Aegis Weapons System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin, MDA & Navy Test Latest Version of Aegis Weapons System

    A team that includes the Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin have conducted the first shipboard demonstration of the latest version of a Lockheed-produced  ballistic missile defense system. Lockheed said Monday the Aegis Baseline 9.C2 (BMD 5.1) combat system underwent the developmental test onboard the USS John Paul Jones and worked to detect, track and intercept a medium-range ballistic […] More

  • IBM Partners With Dubai Agencies, Firms for Blockchain Tech Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Partners With Dubai Agencies, Firms for Blockchain Tech Initiative

    IBM has teamed up with six Dubai-based public and private organizations in an effort to advance the country’s government blockchain strategy. IBM said Monday it will collaborate with Dubai’s customs and trade agencies as well as with Emirates NBD, du, Aramex, and Banco Santader to assess the potential use of blockchain technology in trade finance and logistics systems designed for the import and re-export process […] More

  • Mikros to Support Production of Maintenance Tool for Navy Radar Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mikros to Support Production of Maintenance Tool for Navy Radar Systems

    Mikros Systems has secured a potential five-year, $35.2 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to support the production of a computer-aided alignment and maintenance tool for air and surface radar systems used on warships. The Defense Department said Monday the Phase III Small Business Innovation Research contract also covers data management, engineering, logistics and technical […] More

  • Harris-Built Imager Onboard Japanese Weather Satellite Captures First Images - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris-Built Imager Onboard Japanese Weather Satellite Captures First Images

    Japan’s meteorological agency has unveiled a detailed picture of clouds taken by a Harris-developed imager technology onboard the country’s newest weather satellite over Japan and the Pacific Ocean. Harris said Monday it designed the Advanced Himawari Imager to increase the accuracy, speed and accuracy of information the Mitsubishi Electric-built Himawari-9 satellite delivers to Japanese meteorologists with the aid of the satellite’s 11 additional spectral bands […] More

  • Microsoft to Relocate Michigan Tech Center to Bedrock Building in Downtown Detroit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft to Relocate Michigan Tech Center to Bedrock Building in Downtown Detroit

    Microsoft will move its Michigan-based Microsoft Technology Center to downtown Detroit and utilize more than 40,000 square feet of Bedrock‘s One Campus Martius building in early 2018. Bedrock said Friday the MTC will serve as a platform for clients to explore Microsoft products and partner technologies to support the technology-driven community in Detroit. “Not only will the Microsoft Technology Center […] More

  • OmniEarth to Develop Soil Moisture Mapping Tech Under DARPA Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OmniEarth to Develop Soil Moisture Mapping Tech Under DARPA Contract

    OmniEarth has received a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop a mapping technology for military personnel to assess, manage and predict soil conditions. The company said Monday it will fuse information from commercially-available synthetic aperture radar and multispectral imagery in a push to develop a precision soil moisture mapping model to aid tactical decisionmaking. […] More

  • Lockheed, UK Nat'l Cybersecurity Center Partner for Talent Development Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, UK Nat’l Cybersecurity Center Partner for Talent Development Initiative

    Lockheed Martin and the U.K.-based National Cyber Security Center have partnered to facilitate a program that seeks to develop the cybersecurity skills of students who are currently in their first year or about to start university. The CyberFirst initiative will offer nearly $5000 to as many as 250 recruits along with paid work placements and employment opportunities upon graduation, Lockheed said Friday. The company […] More

  • Army Taps Black Box to Support Ukraine Security Assistance Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Taps Black Box to Support Ukraine Security Assistance Program

    Black Box has secured a $22.7 million contract from the U.S. Army‘s Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems to support a security assistance program of Ukraine’s defense ministry. Black Box said Thursday PEO EIS’ office of Foreign Military Sales for Ukraine’s ministry of defense awarded the contract in support of the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative […] More

  • FDA OKs Abbott Zika Virus Detection Molecular Test that Involves Whole Blood Usage - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FDA OKs Abbott Zika Virus Detection Molecular Test that Involves Whole Blood Usage

    The Food and Drug Administration has expanded its emergency use authorization for an Abbott-developed molecular test for Zika virus detection to involve the use of whole blood in addition to previous serum and urine sample usage. Abbott said Thursday the RealTime ZIKA test was created for use on the company’s molecular diagnostics instrument called the m2000 RealTime […] More

  • Airbus Subsidiary Offers SatCom Services to Support EU Military Training Missions in Somalia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Subsidiary Offers SatCom Services to Support EU Military Training Missions in Somalia

    Airbus‘ defense and space business has delivered satellite communications systems to support military training missions of the European Union in Somalia including the Sahel Niger and Sahel Mali EU capacity building and civilian missions. The company said Thursday it leads the missions on behalf of the EU to support government efforts to boost stability and response to security issues that impact […] More