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  • Eric Webster: Harris Imager Tech to Aid NOAA's Weather, Environmental Forecasts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Eric Webster: Harris Imager Tech to Aid NOAA’s Weather, Environmental Forecasts

    Harris has produced the second imager technology to help the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration monitor weather and environmental conditions from space. The company said Tuesday it built the Advanced Baseline Imager to increase the spectral coverage and processing speed of NOAA’s next Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite. GOES-S is the second of the agency’s four geostationary weather satellites and scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral, […] More

  • Comtech Books $134M Public Safety Call Routing Tech Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Comtech Books $134M Public Safety Call Routing Tech Contract

    A Comtech Telecommunications business unit has received a multiyear, $134 million contract to help a U.S. wireless communications provider implement technology platforms designed to comply with the Federal Communications Commission‘s emergency call routing services policy. Comtech said Tuesday its safety and security technologies group will provide E911 services for the customer’s 3G, 4G, and 5G networks across the country. […] More

  • PSC Issues Annual Report on Federal Acquisition Laws; David Berteau Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PSC Issues Annual Report on Federal Acquisition Laws; David Berteau Comments

    The Professional Services Council has released its annual report on federal acquisition laws and regulations in 2017. David Berteau, PSC president and CEO, said in a statement the annual report includes a summary of the council’s comments on government procurement measures and related regulations as well as whitepapers and testimonies submitted by PSC in 2017. […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL Licenses Govt-Funded Explosive Detection Canine Training Aid to Gallant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Johns Hopkins APL Licenses Govt-Funded Explosive Detection Canine Training Aid to Gallant

    Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has developed and licensed a tool for training canine teams to detect peroxide-based homemade explosives. APL said Monday it granted Gallant Technologies rights to produce and market the government-funded canine training aid through a licensing agreement. “Technologies like these will help prevent and deter devastating attacks, and facilitate the ongoing development […] More

  • Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Integrated Satcom Architecture Needs Industry Innovation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Integrated Satcom Architecture Needs Industry Innovation

    Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy for Inmarsat Government, has said she believes an integrated satellite communications architecture should incorporate industry’s technological advancements to change the cultural misperception about military and commercial satcom. “For space programs, it remains imperative to incorporate advancements from the commercial sector into the baseline [Defense Department] architecture as a […] More

  • Accenture Introduces AI Testing Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture Introduces AI Testing Services

    Accenture has unveiled new services designed to help clients test their artificial intelligence systems through a “teach and test” methodology. The process involves the “teach” phase, which evaluates the choice of data, models and algorithms used to train the AI platform to determine the best model as well as address ethical and compliance risks, Accenture said […] More

  • IBM, Siemens Ink Joint Cyber Charter With Industry Partners at Munich Security Conference - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM, Siemens Ink Joint Cyber Charter With Industry Partners at Munich Security Conference

    Siemens and several other companies have signed a joint charter on cybersecurity at the Munich Security Conference in Germany. Siemens said Friday it will work with Airbus, IBM, Daimler Group, Allianz, NXP, Deutsche Telekom and SGS as well as MSC to address 10 cybersecurity action areas under the joint charter. One of those action areas […] More

  • Mark Esper: Army Seeks to Accelerate Combat Vehicle Prototyping Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mark Esper: Army Seeks to Accelerate Combat Vehicle Prototyping Effort

    The U.S. Army looks to expedite the process for developing a prototype of the Next-Generation Combat Vehicle, Defense News reported Thursday. Army Secretary Mark Esper told reporters Thursday that the service branch aims to accelerate various programs, including NGCV, to help address goals of the Defense Department’s National Defense Strategy. In September 2017, the Army awarded […] More

  • BitSight Survey: Botnet Attacks Prevalent Among Govt Contractors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BitSight Survey: Botnet Attacks Prevalent Among Govt Contractors

    A new survey by cybersecurity company BitSight says botnets have become widespread among government contractors specifically for manufacturing and health care firms, e-End reported Friday. BitSight polled at least 1,200 federal government contractors and found that health care firms have recorded a data breach incidence rate of 8.2 percent since January 2016, followed by aerospace […] More

  • BAE Subsidiary Awarded UK Defense Analysis Services Extension - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Subsidiary Awarded UK Defense Analysis Services Extension

    A BAE Systems subsidiary will continue to serve as prime contractor for the U.K. defense science and technology laboratory’s Analysis Support Construct framework under a two-year contract extension. BAE Systems CORDA currently supports the ASC mission through an initial contract that was awarded in August 2015 and slated to end in March of this year, the company said Monday. […] More

  • Report: Aerojet Rocketdyne, USAF Restructure Rocket Engine Devt Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Aerojet Rocketdyne, USAF Restructure Rocket Engine Devt Agreement

    Aerojet Rocketdyne and the U.S. Air Force have begun to renegotiate an agreement over the development of the company’s rocket engine, SpaceNews reported Friday. The company develops the AR1 engine under a potential $115.3 million “other transaction” agreement the service branch awarded in 2016. The service’s space and missile systems center said Aerojet Rocketdyne has requested to […] More

  • Lockheed to Produce Additional Towed-Array Sonar Systems for Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Produce Additional Towed-Array Sonar Systems for Navy

    Lockheed Martin has received a $50.9 million contract modification to produce and engineer twin line towed-array sonars for the U.S. Navy. The company will supply two TL-29A systems as well as provide one spare array and refurbishment services to the program executive office for submarines at the service branch’s Maritime Surveillance Systems Program Office, the […] More