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  • Microsoft Launches 365 Package for US Govt Cloud Environments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Launches 365 Package for US Govt Cloud Environments

    Microsoft has made its Microsoft 365 package available for U.S. government cloud environments. Josh Rice, general manager of Microsoft’s worldwide modern workplace, wrote in a news release published Monday the Microsoft 356 package includes Windows 10, Enterprise Mobility + Security and Office 365 offerings designed to help government agencies meet U.S. security and compliance requirements. Microsoft […] More

  • Former Comtech SVP Jay Icard Named XTAR President, CEO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Comtech SVP Jay Icard Named XTAR President, CEO

    Jay Icard, former senior vice president of strategic sales at Comtech Telecommunications‘ command and control technologies business, has joined XTAR as president and CEO of the Ashburn, Virginia-based commercial satellite operator. The 13-year industry veteran succeeds outgoing President Philip Harlow, who has led XTAR over the past eight years and will help ensure a smooth transition, the company said Monday. […] More

  • Lockheed Martin and Letterkenny Munitions Center Partner to Modernize Army Tactical Missile Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin and Letterkenny Munitions Center Partner to Modernize Army Tactical Missile Systems

    Lockheed Martin has partnered with the Letterkenny Munitions Center in an effort to modernize the U.S. Army‘s tactical missile systems or ATACMS. The Army said Thursday its Precision Fire Rocket and Missile Systems Project Office initiated the ATACMS Modernization (AMOD program) to replace older variant warhead with a more modern warhead, through updating the electronics and installing a new warhead. […] More

  • DoD to Outline Cloud Acquisition Plan With Interested Providers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD to Outline Cloud Acquisition Plan With Interested Providers

    The Defense Department is scheduled to host an event on March 7 to discuss a cloud procurement effort with interested parties in the private sector, DoD News reported Thursday. DoD’s Cloud Executive Steering Group will facilitate the industry day for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud program at the Sheraton Pentagon City in Arlington, Virginia. U.S. Army Lt. Gen. […] More

  • DoD Committee Updates Tactical Radio Software Standard - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Committee Updates Tactical Radio Software Standard

    A Defense Department committee has included the latest tactical radio architecture in DoD’s registry for approved information technology and national security systems standards, SIGNAL reported Thursday. The report said DoD’s Joint Enterprise Standards Committee replaced version 2.2.2. of the Software Communications Architecture with SCA version 4.1 in the Information Technology Standards Registry. SAC’s new version is designed to increase performance, cybersecurity and portability […] More

  • Rhoads Industries Gets Navy Nuclear Propulsion Program Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rhoads Industries Gets Navy Nuclear Propulsion Program Support Contract

    Rhoads Industries has received a potential $31.2 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to support the service branch’s Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. The Naval Surface Warfare Center received one proposal during the solicitation process on FedBizOpps and will obligate $100,000 in fiscal 2018 shipbuilding and conversion funds at the time of award, the Defense Department said […] More

  • Gen. John Hyten: Stratcom Eyes Low-Yield, Nuclear Cruise Missile Tech for Zumwalt-Class Destroyers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gen. John Hyten: Stratcom Eyes Low-Yield, Nuclear Cruise Missile Tech for Zumwalt-Class Destroyers

    Air Force Gen. John Hyten, head of the U.S. Strategic Command, has said Stratcom considers equipping the U.S. Navy’s Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyers (DDG-1000) with low-yield, sea-launched cruise missiles, Military.com reported Monday. Hyten’s statement came after the Defense Department issued the Nuclear Posture Review that aims to advance the use of low-yield nuclear weapons such as SLCMs […] More

  • Army Special Operations Command to Exercise 1st Option on General Dynamics' Mission Training Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Special Operations Command to Exercise 1st Option on General Dynamics’ Mission Training Support Contract

    The U.S. Army Special Operations Command intends to award General Dynamics‘ One Source business an option under a potential five-year, $30.8 million contract for mission training support services. The firm-fixed price contract was originally valued at $26.9 million and covered support for the U.S. Special Operations Command’s G3 organization, the Defense Department said Thursday. USSOCOM obligated $5.1 million for […] More

  • Noblis to Support DoD Chemical, Biological Defense Efforts Under $8B IDIQ; Jordin Cohen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Noblis to Support DoD Chemical, Biological Defense Efforts Under $8B IDIQ; Jordin Cohen Comments

    A Noblis subsidiary holds a spot on a potential $8 billion contract vehicle for support services to the Defense Department‘s Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense. The company said Thursday Noblis ESI aims to provide technology, subject matter experts and experience-based insight to help JPEO-CBD manage investments in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense platforms through […] More

  • Boeing Lands $73M IDIQ to Help Extend Navy Super Hornet Service Life - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Lands $73M IDIQ to Help Extend Navy Super Hornet Service Life

    Boeing has secured a $73.2 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to perform modifications on four F/A-18E/F Super Hornets in an effort to extend the aircraft’s service life. The company will aim to extend the operational service life of the service branch’s F/A-18E/F fleet from 6,000 to 9,000 flight hours, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Seventy-five percent of the work will […] More

  • AeroVironment-MDA Team to Provide Small UAS for Canada's Maritime Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AeroVironment-MDA Team to Provide Small UAS for Canada’s Maritime Operations

    The Canadian department of national defense has selected a team of AeroVironment and Maxar Technologies‘ MDA subsidiary to provide small unmanned aerial systems for deployment aboard the Canadian navy’s maritime coastal defense vessels. AeroVironment said Wednesday the military service will receive Puma II AE mini UAS equipped with 360-degree antenna and Mantis i45 sensor systems designed to support […] More

  • Raytheon to Produce Multispectral Targeting Systems for USAF, France Under $87M Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Produce Multispectral Targeting Systems for USAF, France Under $87M Contract

    Raytheon has received a potential $87.1 million contract to supply updated high definition/target location accuracy turrets to the U.S. Air Force and France. The Defense Department said Wednesday the fixed-price-incentive contract covers the production of 44 AN/DAS-4 AN/DAS-4 Multi-Spectral Targeting System Model B turrets as well as one lot of initial spares, shop replaceable units, associated data. The […] More