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  • DCMA, Lockheed Hold Retirement Ceremony for Former Air Force Switch Engine - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DCMA, Lockheed Hold Retirement Ceremony for Former Air Force Switch Engine

    The Defense Contract Management Agency and Lockheed Martin co-hosted a retirement ceremony for a U.S. Air Force railroad switch engine that will be given to the Williston, Florida-based educational facility Kirby Family Farm. DCMA said Tuesday the engine 1248 was previously used to transport C-5 Galaxy and C-130 Super Hercules parts as well as autoclaves for B-1 Bomber […] More

  • Microsoft Unveils New Azure FedRAMP High Baseline Guide - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Unveils New Azure FedRAMP High Baseline Guide

    Microsoft‘s Azure Government Engineering unit has released a new platform for the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program High Baseline system that will serve as a guide to receive authority-to-operate designations. A blog post published Tuesday says the Azure Blueprint is now available on the FedRAMP High Baseline system and will work to help facilitate the use […] More

  • Utah State Govt Awards Carahsoft Cloud Tech Reseller Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Utah State Govt Awards Carahsoft Cloud Tech Reseller Contract

    Carahsoft has secured a contract from Utah’s state government to offer participating states, educational and local government agencies access to cloud technologies from the company and its authorized resellers such as SAP and ePlus. Carahsoft said Tuesday the potential 10-year NASPO ValuePoint Cloud Solutions contract was awarded through a competitive solicitation and evaluation process launched by the state of Utah. “Carahsoft and […] More

  • BAE Starts Test-Bed Trials of Autonomous Air Technologies; Maureen Mccue Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Starts Test-Bed Trials of Autonomous Air Technologies; Maureen Mccue Comments

    BAE Systems has begun to test unmanned aircraft technologies in support of an industry-led effort to study how autonomous air vehicles can integrate into the U.K.’s airspace. BAE said Tuesday it uses a Jetstream 31 aircraft as a flying test bed for the ongoing trials at the company’s military aircraft engineering and manufacturing hub in Warton, England. The testing platform is built to fly […] More

  • Army Taps Charles River Analytics to Build New Soldier Operational Readiness Assessment & Diagnosis Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Taps Charles River Analytics to Build New Soldier Operational Readiness Assessment & Diagnosis Tool

    Charles River Analytics has received a potential two-year, $1 million contract from the U.S. Army to develop a new system for the assessment and diagnosis of vestibular indicators of soldier operational readiness. Charles River said Monday the follow-on ADVISOR contract will fund work to create an in-field vestibular assessment platform that features electromyography, integrated video oculography, […] More

  • Northrop, Australia's Air Force Demo Distributed Network Training Environment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop, Australia’s Air Force Demo Distributed Network Training Environment

    Northrop Grumman has commenced a demonstration of a distributed network virtual training environment between two simulator platforms of Australia’s air force and the company’s test lab. Northrop said Tuesday the KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport and C-17A Globemaster II simulators were utilized for the tests designed to determine operating standards required to meet standards similar to the U.S. Air Force […] More

  • Army Evaluates Ricardo-Designed Mobile Protected Firepower Vehicle Concept - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Evaluates Ricardo-Designed Mobile Protected Firepower Vehicle Concept

    U.S. Army soldiers at Fort Bragg commenced simulations on a Ricardo-developed lightweight infantry vehicle concept designed to address gaps in the country’s light infantry, airborne and air assault operations. Ricardo said Thursday its defense systems business designed a concept for the Mobile Protected Firepower vehicle in a push to help the service branch deliver added […] More

  • Lockheed Finishes Encapsulation Work on EchoStar XIX Broadband Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Finishes Encapsulation Work on EchoStar XIX Broadband Satellite

    Lockheed Martin has encapsulated an EchoStar broadband satellite into a launch vehicle fairing platform ahead of a scheduled Dec. 18 launch aboard United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V 431 rocket. The EchoStar XIX satellite was connected to an adapter and enclosed in a “nose cone” as part of the encapsulation, Lockheed said Monday. Lockheed secured a contract in August 2015 to provide launch support services […] More

  • Force Protection Offers Microsoft Azure Govt Cloud-Based Storage for Digital Evidence - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Force Protection Offers Microsoft Azure Govt Cloud-Based Storage for Digital Evidence

    Users of Force Protection Video Equipment-built body-worn cameras and surveillance equipment may now store their audio, photo and video files in the cloud using Microsoft‘s Azure Government Cloud. Force Protection said Monday the cloud storage function utilizes VeriPic‘s Evidence Storage Locker software with an individualized encryption tool in which each data file is secured with a unique […] More

  • Airbus Delivers Germany's First A400M Airlifter Designed for Tactical Missions; Kurt Rossner Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Delivers Germany’s First A400M Airlifter Designed for Tactical Missions; Kurt Rossner Comments

    Airbus‘ defense and space business has delivered an A400M tactical mission-qualified military transport aircraft to Germany’s air force. The company said Monday the aircraft represents the first in Germany’s A400M fleet that was built to support transport operations in areas with military threats and designed with  self-defense systems as well as air-drop cargo load and paratrooping features. “In addition to having twice the […] More

  • Motorola Solutions Buys Cyfas' Unified Comms Platform in Push to Support U.K. Public Safety Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Motorola Solutions Buys Cyfas’ Unified Comms Platform in Push to Support U.K. Public Safety Efforts

    Motorola Solutions has acquired a unified communications platform and related integrated communications control system products from Cyfas Systems to expand smart public safety offerings for U.K. customers. Motorola said Thursday the Mobile Assets Communications System will support the development of a new ICSS deployment model that will work to help customers move from a hardware-centric delivery system to […] More

  • Northrop Gets $55M Contract Modification to Support USAF's Airborne Comms Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Gets $55M Contract Modification to Support USAF’s Airborne Comms Platform

    Northrop Grumman‘s information systems business has secured a $55.3 million  contract modification to provide comprehensive support services for an airborne communications platform of the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Friday the modification covers aircraft subsystems,  facilities, personnel and support equipment for the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node E-11A system. DoD noted that the Air Force Life Cycle […] More