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  • DARPA awards autonomous cybersecurity research contracts to STR, Arizona State University - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA awards autonomous cybersecurity research contracts to STR, Arizona State University

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded an $8.7 million contract to  Systems Technology and Research and a $7.5 million contract to Arizona State University to support DARPA’s Harnessing Autonomy for Countering Cyberadversary Systems program. DARPA received 30 offers for the project via a competitive acquisition process under an open broad agency announcement, the Defense Department said […] More

  • Booz Allen to offer info, comm system support through DISA's Encore III vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen to offer info, comm system support through DISA’s Encore III vehicle

    Booz Allen Hamilton will vie for task orders to provide communication and information technology support services to military and federal agencies under the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s potential 10-year, $17.5 billion contract vehicle. The company said Tuesday it aims to help DISA maintain a globally accessible information infrastructure for the Defense Department‘s command-and-control and data exchange […] More

  • Lockheed CEO Marillyn Hewson receives Edison Achievement Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed CEO Marillyn Hewson receives Edison Achievement Award

    Marillyn Hewson, chairman, president and CEO at Lockheed Martin, has received an award from the Edison Awards Steering Committee in recognition of her contributions to the technology field through professional career, achievements and leadership. The company said Thursday she accepted the 2018 Edison Achievement Award at a gala ceremony that took place Wednesday night. “I’m humbled and I’m […] More

  • ManTech secures $104M for USMC vehicle work; Daniel Keefe comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech secures $104M for USMC vehicle work; Daniel Keefe comments

    ManTech announced Wednesday two U.S. Marine Corps contracts, a $82 million win with the U.S. Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic to bolster command, control, communication, computer and intelligence capabilities for combat vehicles, and a $22.5 million win for vehicle maintenance and support consisting of engineering, acquisition and lifecycle sustainment services for medium and […] More

  • Orbital ATK explodes partial 3D-printed warhead for hypersonic applications - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK explodes partial 3D-printed warhead for hypersonic applications

    On March 29th, Orbital ATK tested a 50-lb. warhead designed for hypersonic weapons that was partially built from 3D-printed components, Defense News reported. The test assessed what effects the warhead’s fragmentation had on different targets. Hypersonic weapons are those that can surpass Mach 5 when traveling, five times faster than the speed of sound. Doug Truitt, […] More

  • LRASM field test from F/A-18 Super Hornet slated for this year - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LRASM field test from F/A-18 Super Hornet slated for this year

    Boeing‘s F/A-18 Super Hornet will be live-testing Lockheed Martin‘s Long Range Anti-Ship Missile later this year, Military.com reported Tuesday. The AGM-158C LRASM is expected to become operational in September 2019. At Naval Station Patuxent River, Md., the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet completed a successful “jettison release” test in 2017, which led to captive-carry tests at Navy Air Weapons Station China Lake, […] More

  • HII shipbuilding division inactivates Navy's USS Enterprise; Chris Miner comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HII shipbuilding division inactivates Navy’s USS Enterprise; Chris Miner comments

    A shipbuilding division of Huntington Ingalls Industries has completed the inactivation of a legacy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier the U.S. Navy decommissioned on Feb. 3, 2017. Newport News Shipbuilding completed the inactivation base work for the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) in December 2017 and the government contracting office has recently finalized the review and certification of the […] More

  • The Data Incubator trains military personnel to use AWS cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    The Data Incubator trains military personnel to use AWS cloud

    The Data Incubator, a member of Amazon Web Services‘ partner network, is training U.S. warfighters on how to manage data at all classification levels with cloud computing technology. AWS said Tuesday the U.S. Navy‘s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command tapped The Data Incubator six months ago to develop and create a long-term delivery course in the […] More

  • AECOM to implement SitScape's digital enterprise enablement tech under partnership agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AECOM to implement SitScape’s digital enterprise enablement tech under partnership agreement

    SitScape will provide its Digital Enterprise Enablement Platform to AECOM‘s management services group as part of a five-year partnership agreement between the two companies. AECOM said Tuesday it aims to help global customers manage mission-critical operations through the use of DEEP software equipped with data analytics, machine learning, visualization, process automation and collaboration features. The web-based platform helps enterprise […] More

  • GE tests carbon fiber enclosure for marine gas turbine - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GE tests carbon fiber enclosure for marine gas turbine

    General Electric’s marine solutions business has completed a weight and noise attenuation testing between a carbon fiber-based gas turbine enclosure and steel module. GE said Monday test results showed that the lightweight composite-based module for the LM2500 marine gas turbine reduced noise by 60 percent and weight by approximately 2,500 kilograms compared with the steel enclosure. […] More

  • AeroVironment tests UAS, loitering munition sensor-to-shooter system prototype - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AeroVironment tests UAS, loitering munition sensor-to-shooter system prototype

    AeroVironment conducted a maritime demonstration of its sensor-to-shooter system from a coastal riverine craft of the U.S. Navy. The company said Monday its S2S is an integration of its RQ-20B Puma Block 2 – All Environment small unmanned aircraft system with its Switchblade lethal loitering missile for rapid surveillance and response to land and sea […] More