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  • Cray, Hitachi Provide Supercomputers for Japan Weather Bureau - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cray, Hitachi Provide Supercomputers for Japan Weather Bureau

    Cray, in partnership with Japanese conglomerate Hitachi, has provided the Japan Meteorological Agency with two Cray XC50 supercomputers. Hitachi serves as the prime contractor and systems integrator on the project. The systems have been installed at JMA’s facility in Kiyose, Tokyo, and will assist the weather bureau in its atmospheric and oceanographic modeling, and weather […] More

  • DOE to Award 219 Research Grants to Small Businesses - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE to Award 219 Research Grants to Small Businesses

    The Energy Department plans to award 219 research and development grants cumulatively worth $34 million to 183 small businesses from 41 states, the agency announced Monday. Rick Perry said that Phase I grants will be funded via the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, with the department awarding a median of $150,000 […] More

  • Army Issues Source Sought Notice for ARCIC Mission Support Acquisition Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Issues Source Sought Notice for ARCIC Mission Support Acquisition Effort

    The U.S. Army has begun to seek information on potential contractors that can provide mission support services for the Army Capabilities Integration Center. A FedBizOpps notice published Friday says the service branch plans to award a potential five-year, $240 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple-award task order contract for the procurement of mission support services. ARCIC is a subordinate […] More

  • NCI to Review Payment Errors Under HHS Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NCI to Review Payment Errors Under HHS Contract

    NCI has received a five-year, $44 million prime contract to perform payment error rate measurement review services for the Department of Health and Human Services‘ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The company said it will conduct claims review for national-level improper payment rates concerning Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. NCI will also perform studies on state Medicaid and […] More

  • Johns Hopkins Participants in Mercury Mission Receive NASA Recognition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Johns Hopkins Participants in Mercury Mission Receive NASA Recognition

    NASA has granted its Group Achievement Award to Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory personnel and external partners who contributed to a Mercury mission that concluded three years ago. The MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging, or MESSENGER, mission, which was intended to orbit and examine the planet Mercury, lasted for over four years […] More

  • United Technologies Subsidiary Releases New UAS Payload System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    United Technologies Subsidiary Releases New UAS Payload System

    A United Technologies subsidiary has released a new optical and laser designation payload system designed for use with small and mid-sized unmanned aerial systems. During the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference, UTC Aerospace Systems launched the 10.6-pound TASE400 LD which uses NATO-compliant laser designator technology, UTC said Monday. Laser designator technology provides mid-wave infrared imaging to support situational awareness for both day […] More

  • Maximus VPs Barbara Selter, Nancy Shanley to Speak at Medicaid Managed Care Congress - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maximus VPs Barbara Selter, Nancy Shanley to Speak at Medicaid Managed Care Congress

    Barbara Selter, vice president of health services at Maximus, and Nancy Shanley, VP of consulting and policy analysis at the Reston, Va.-based government services contractor, are scheduled to speak at the three-day Medicaid Managed Care Congress that kicked off Monday in Maryland. Selter will lead a discussion titled, “Automating Long-Term Services and Supports Financial Eligibility […] More

  • Ingram Micro, Synnex Offer Opengear Products Via GSA Contract Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ingram Micro, Synnex Offer Opengear Products Via GSA Contract Vehicle

    Opengear‘s management products for information technology infrastructures have been made available through the General Services Administration‘s schedule by distributors Ingram Micro and Synnex. The distributors will offer Opengear’s products at education and government pricing through GSA’s contract vehicle, the company said Monday. GSA contractors can employ Opengear platforms from resellers that purchase the products through […] More

  • DHS S&T to Focus Upcoming Facebook Tech Talk on TTP Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS S&T to Focus Upcoming Facebook Tech Talk on TTP Program

    The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate will host a live Facebook Tech Talk on May 29 to initiate a discussion on a program designed to commercialize technologies that stem from  government-funded projects. DHS announced that it will present how the Transition to Practice program is accelerating the process of developing and distributing […] More

  • Lockheed Completes Thermal Vacuum Chamber, Acoustic Tests of USAF AEHF-5 Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Completes Thermal Vacuum Chamber, Acoustic Tests of USAF AEHF-5 Satellite

    Lockheed Martin has completed a series of launch environment tests for its fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite designed to provide protected communications capabilities for U.S. and allied warfighters operating on maritime, aerial and ground platforms. Lockheed said Monday it subjected the AEHF-5 satellite to extreme heat and cold temperatures as part of the 39-day […] More

  • Gov. Ralph Northam: VITA-SAIC Partnership to Generate 40 IT Jobs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gov. Ralph Northam: VITA-SAIC Partnership to Generate 40 IT Jobs

    Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced that an agreement between the Virginia Information Technologies Agency and Science Applications International Corp. will generate 40 information technology jobs in Clinton, Dickenson County. “These jobs will be key to helping the Commonwealth modernize its technology infrastructure and support the changing IT needs of our citizens, businesses and visitors,” Northam […] More

  • AECOM Gets Navy Contract for Airfield Facilities Construction - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AECOM Gets Navy Contract for Airfield Facilities Construction

    AECOM‘s construction business will build airfield facilities at an Australian air force base under a potential $24.1 million contract from the U.S. Navy. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command at Pearl Harbor received four proposals through a competitive procurement via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website. The contract includes the construction of four concrete-paved parking aprons with […] More