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  • Army Seeks Industry Info on IT Modernization Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Seeks Industry Info on IT Modernization Tech

    The U.S. Army wants industry feedback on technologies that can help modernize the Army Research Laboratory’s information technology environment. The military branch said Tuesday in a FedBizOpps notice that it plans to use cloud computing, virtualization and self-service tools to modernize ARL’s IT systems. ARL seeks to develop a computing environment that can expand and contract services; deliver optimized services […] More

  • Sikorsky Begins Combat Rescue Helicopter Final Assembly Under $1.5B Air Force Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky Begins Combat Rescue Helicopter Final Assembly Under $1.5B Air Force Contract

    Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has moved forward to the final assembly phase of a combat rescue helicopter under a potential $1.5 billion contract from the U.S. Air Force. Lockheed said Tuesday the current assembly schedule for the first HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter will allow the company to deliver the aircraft to USAF for an initial flight […] More

  • Norway Completes Verification of F-35 Drag Chute System; Lockheed's Art Sheridan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Norway Completes Verification of F-35 Drag Chute System; Lockheed’s Art Sheridan Comments

    Norway’s defense ministry has concluded the verification procedure for a drag chute system of the F-35 aircraft Lockheed Martin built for the Norwegian air force. The verification occurred Friday at Orland Air Force Base as the U.S. Air Force‘s conducted an F-35A cold-weather test round at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, Lockheed said Tuesday. Lockheed delivered the […] More

  • Boeing, Oerlikon Form Titanium Additive Manufacturing Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, Oerlikon Form Titanium Additive Manufacturing Partnership

    Boeing and Switzerland-based technology and engineering firm Oerlikon have agreed to collaborate on the development of standard metal-based 3D printing processes and materials. The companies will use the data from their collaboration to help additive manufacturing companies qualify their 3D-printed metallic components for aerospace applications under a five-year agreement, Boeing said Tuesday. “This agreement is […] More

  • 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