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  • SSL to Provide Test Environment for USAF's Hosted Payload Security Project; Richard White Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SSL to Provide Test Environment for USAF’s Hosted Payload Security Project; Richard White Comments

    Innoflight has selected Space Systems Loral to help create a simulation environment for the U.S. Air Force to test and validate cybersecurity of hosted payloads aboard commercial satellites. The testing platform will be built to help the service branch’s Space and Missile Systems Center demonstrate concept of operations, cyber controls and scenarios for hosting payloads, SSL said Tuesday. […] More

  • Mitre, Japan's ICT Org Partner to Help Secure 2020 Summer Olympics - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mitre, Japan’s ICT Org Partner to Help Secure 2020 Summer Olympics

    Mitre and Japan-based National Institute of Information and Communications Technology have agreed to examine potential cyber and physical security measures for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as part of a memorandum of understanding. The agreement calls for both parties to explore cybersecurity, sensor and artificial intelligence tools that can work to help secure the international sporting event, […] More

  • Lockheed, Leidos, Northrop Named Top Federal IT Vendors in IDC Report - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Leidos, Northrop Named Top Federal IT Vendors in IDC Report

    A business unit of International Data Corp. has ranked companies with the highest revenues from the sale of information technology products and services to federal government customers in 2017. IDC Government Insights said Wednesday its 2017 Federal IT Rankings are based on federal IT providers’ calendar year revenues for IT hardware, software and services instead of potential earnings […] More

  • NXT Robotics Introduces New Physical Security Monitoring and Reporting Robot - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NXT Robotics Introduces New Physical Security Monitoring and Reporting Robot

    NXT Robotics has unveiled a new rugged all-terrain and all-weather outdoor security robot built to help organizations perform physical security monitoring and reporting activities. The company said Tuesday that the Scorpion 2 robot can help autonomously patrol airports, borders, data centers, equipment yards, industrial buildings, power plants, seaports, energy and military facilities. Scorpion 2 features cameras […] More

  • Suntiva to Provide Technical Support for Army Contract Writing System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Suntiva to Provide Technical Support for Army Contract Writing System

    Suntiva has received a five-year, $20 million contract to provide technical, analytical and functional support for a contract writing system being used by the U.S. Army‘s acquisition community. The company said Tuesday it will also help deploy, update and sustain the Defense Department‘s Procurement Desktop-Defense platform that supports the Army contracting personnel within and outside the continental U.S. Work also covers organizational […] More

  • SpaceX Urges FCC to Consider Future Satellite Constellation for Internet Services Expansion Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX Urges FCC to Consider Future Satellite Constellation for Internet Services Expansion Program

    SpaceX has asked the Federal Communications Commission to consider the company’s future low-Earth orbit satellite constellation as a potential recipient of the Connect America Fund award, Space News reported Tuesday. The report said FCC proposed rules that would exclude satellite constellations from participation in the CAF program due to the low latency of such platform. […] More

  • SAIC to Enter Marine AAV Survivability Tech Production, Deployment Phase - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC to Enter Marine AAV Survivability Tech Production, Deployment Phase

    Science Applications International Corp. has received approval from the U.S. Marine Corp‘s program executive officer for land systems to kick off the production and deployment phase of its Assault Amphibious Vehicle Survivability Upgrade program. SAIC said Tuesday the Marine Corps authorized the program’s transition into low-rate initial production following issuance of a Milestone C decision and awarded […] More

  • Orbital ATK to Expand Composite Structure Production Facility in Ohio - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK to Expand Composite Structure Production Facility in Ohio

    Orbital ATK has announced plans to make a $5 million investment to expand its 175,000-square-foot production facility in Beavercreek, Ohio, as the company transitions work from its Clearfield, Utah-based facility. The company said Tuesday the expansion project is expected to generate 57 technical and engineering jobs and will add approximately 40,000 square feet of space […] More

  • Contrack Watts to Build US Navy's Waterfront HQ Building in Guam - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Contrack Watts to Build US Navy’s Waterfront HQ Building in Guam

    Contrack Watts Inc. has received a $17.9 million contract from the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific to build a waterfront headquarters building at the U.S. Navy base in Guam. The Japanese government will fund the construction project as part of a bilateral agreement between the U.S. and Japan, the Navy said Tuesday. Contrack Watts will construct the facility at Naval […] More

  • 4 Companies Get Contract Modifications to Extend DARPA Tactical Tech Program Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    4 Companies Get Contract Modifications to Extend DARPA Tactical Tech Program Support

    Four companies have received a combined $13.5 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to extend support services for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s tactical technology office. Booz Allen Hamilton, ManTech International‘s SRS Technologies subsidiary, Centra Technology and Schafer will continue to provide technical, programmatic, financial and administrative support to TTO programs, the Defense Department said Tuesday. […] More

  • Raytheon to Support Army Airborne Surveillance Sensor, Defense Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Support Army Airborne Surveillance Sensor, Defense Systems

    The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon a potential five-year, $48 million contract to perform support work on the military branch’s cooperative aviation surveillance sensor and man-portable air defense systems. Raytheon will support AN/UPR-3 CASS and Avenger/Stinger MANPADS along with AN/TPX-57(V)2, AN/TPX-58(V)1, AN/TPX-59 and ADI KIV-77 subassemblies, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The Army Contracting Command will determine funds […] More

  • BAE to Develop Adaptive Decision-Making Tool for Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Develop Adaptive Decision-Making Tool for Air Force

    BAE Systems Inc. has won a $9.2 million contract to develop iterative reasoning, association and learning software for the U.S. Air Force‘s adaptive decision-making efforts. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will develop the software to help automate indications, warning and situational awareness data processing for battle management command control and communication. Work will occur in Massachusetts through Sept. […] More