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  • GSA Seeks Industry Feedback on Redefined Special Item Number for Identity Protection Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Seeks Industry Feedback on Redefined Special Item Number for Identity Protection Services

    The General Services Administration has asked industry to provide feedback on the agency’s plan to redefine a special item number in an effort to make it the official SIN for identity protection and data breach response services on the Professional Services Schedule. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says the redefined SIN 520-20 would require vendors to provide […] More

  • Galois Seeks Submissions to DARPA-Sponsored Software Reverse Engineering Prevention Challenges - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Galois Seeks Submissions to DARPA-Sponsored Software Reverse Engineering Prevention Challenges

    Galois seeks submissions to two benchmark challenges that work to support the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s efforts to prevent software reverse engineering. Submissions should describe existing theories or new approaches to identify security vulnerabilities in program obfuscation technology, Galois said Monday. One challenge focuses on order-revealing encryption while the other targets point-function obfuscation, with both security […] More

  • Taiwan’s Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. Begins F-16 Modernization Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Taiwan’s Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. Begins F-16 Modernization Work

    Taiwan’s state-owned aerospace firm has begun to upgrade four Lockheed Martin-built F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft for the country’s air force, Defense News reported Tuesday. Mike Yeo writes Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. said it expects to complete modernization work on 144 F-16s within six years at its Taichung facility. According to the 2011 foreign military sales request […] More

  • DCS to Support Navy Air Vehicle Test & Evaluation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DCS to Support Navy Air Vehicle Test & Evaluation

    DCS Corp. has won a one-year, $10.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide a range of technical services to the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s air vehicle test and evaluation division. The Defense Department said Tuesday the contract covers up to 166,848 man-hours of test engineering, test support, ground and flight test conduct, test […] More

  • Nutanix to Provide Computing Tech for Navy's Deployable Joint C2 System Modernization Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Nutanix to Provide Computing Tech for Navy’s Deployable Joint C2 System Modernization Effort

    Crown Point Systems has subcontracted Nutanix to provide enclave commercial off-the-shelf technology for a U.S. Navy deployable program of record that fields an integrated command-and-control system. Nutanix said Tuesday it will supply a hyperconverged computing platform to the Deployable Joint Command and Control program as part of a potential five-year, $28.8 million contract the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command awarded to […] More

  • Boeing-Built ABS Communications Satellite Begins Commercial Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing-Built ABS Communications Satellite Begins Commercial Service

    A communications satellite that Boeing built for ABS has begun to provide services to customers in Africa, Middle East, Russia and Asia. Boeing said Monday ABS-2A is the second all-electric propulsion satellite that the company delivered to ABS following the launch of ABS-3A in 2015. “We have completed our three-satellite build investment in launching three satellites in three consecutive years, […] More

  • Harris-Built GOES-16 Satellite Camera Captures Image of Earth's Full Western Hemisphere - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris-Built GOES-16 Satellite Camera Captures Image of Earth’s Full Western Hemisphere

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has unveiled the first image taken by a Harris-built high-resolution digital camera onboard a weather monitoring satellite. Harris said Monday its Advanced Baseline Imager took a picture of Earth’s full western hemisphere with detailed cloud and water features from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-16. NASA and NOAA launched the Lockheed Martin-built GOES-16R satellite atop a […] More

  • VA Requests Info on Maintenance Support Sources for Real Time Location System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Requests Info on Maintenance Support Sources for Real Time Location System

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a request for information on potential industry sources of maintenance support services for the Real Time Location System as part of the Veterans Integrated Service Network 10. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says interested vendors should submit a summary of technical capabilities to carry out the services, knowledge of […] More

  • NASA Seeks Feedback on SBIR/STTR Solicitations and Ideas for Future R&D Program Subtopics - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Seeks Feedback on SBIR/STTR Solicitations and Ideas for Future R&D Program Subtopics

    NASA has issued a request for information to solicit input on current solicitations and potential future subtopics of an agency program that offers federal research and development funding opportunities for small businesses. The space agency said Tuesday it will gather and use feedback from the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer program RFI to create strategies that will help […] More

  • CSRA Redesigns Website, Launches New Tagline As Part of Rebranding Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Redesigns Website, Launches New Tagline As Part of Rebranding Effort

    CSRA has introduced a new website and adopted the tagline “Think Next. Now” as part of a rebranding initiative to highlight the government technology services contractor’s efforts to deliver innovative platforms and attract talent. The company said Monday the redesigned website includes expanded content on CSRA’s cybersecurity, digital platforms, intelligent business process support, data and analytics and enterprise […] More

  • Specmat Technologies Wins Air Force Contract to Deliver Personnel Locator Beacons - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Specmat Technologies Wins Air Force Contract to Deliver Personnel Locator Beacons

    Specmat Technologies has won a potential $22.3 contract to supply personnel locator beacons to the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Monday the military branch will use the beacons to help locate downed aircrew after ejection or bailout. Work will occur in Rockford, Tennessee through July 31, 2018. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center received three proposals […] More

  • AAR to Supply NATO Storage & Shipping Containers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AAR to Supply NATO Storage & Shipping Containers

    AAR has secured a potential five-year, $12.6 million contract to provide storage and shipping containers, shelters, air cargo pallets and accessories to NATO. The company said Monday the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract serves as a tool for NATO countries and allies to procure AAR’s rapid deployment products. Jeffery Jackson, vice president of sales and marketing at AAR’s mobility systems business, said […] More