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  • IBM Partners with Pratt & Whitney to Improve Aircraft Engine Performance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Partners with Pratt & Whitney to Improve Aircraft Engine Performance

    Pratt & Whitney today announced it is teaming up with IBM to enhance the engine fleet and health solutions. The partnership could provide Pratt & Whitney’s customer base with more time on-wing, current asset maintenance alerts and better insight into flight operational data. “By incorporating learnings from our military engines programs where we are pushing […] More

  • Ed Spitler: Airbus, Inmarsat to Continue Global Xpress Reseller Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ed Spitler: Airbus, Inmarsat to Continue Global Xpress Reseller Partnership

    Airbus Defense and Space will offer its channel partners and customers in the U.S. government and military sectors access to Inmarsat‘s Global Xpress broadband satellite service under a new reseller agreement between both companies. The companies said Wednesday that the agreement will continue Airbus Defense and Space’ 25 years of work with federal agencies in the U.S. […] More

  • MBDA Kicks Off Brimstone 2 Missile Production - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MBDA Kicks Off Brimstone 2 Missile Production

    MBDA has started to produce Brimstone 2 missile for the British air force to use on its fleet of Tornado GR4 aircraft. The Brimstone 2 missile is built to help the Tornado in guidance against targets and work through both safety methods and potential logistical issues, MBDA said Brimstone 2 enters the series production phase after a qualification of the Brimstone 2 IM rocket […] More

  • Verizon Enterprise Solutions Adds Europe to Channel Network; Janet Schijns Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Verizon Enterprise Solutions Adds Europe to Channel Network; Janet Schijns Comments

    Verizon Enterprise Solutions plans to expand its channel program into Europe in tandem with an initiative to grow its U.S. program in order to help channel members offer the company’s products to a wider range of customers. The telecommunications company said Wednesday that this is the first time that channel partners in Europe can team up with Verizon to […] More

  • L-3 to Host Cloud-Based Cyber Training, Certification Program; Les Rose Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L-3 to Host Cloud-Based Cyber Training, Certification Program; Les Rose Comments

    L-3 Communications will host an international cybersecurity training and certification program on a company-operated, private cloud computing environment environment that will include introductory cyber defense practices, strategies and plans. The company’s national security solutions business will work with the Cyber Security Forum Initiative to carry out the program, L-3 said Tuesday. Paul de Souza, president […] More

  • Mike Blair: Exelis Adds Aerostructure Technologies to Composites Portfolio - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Blair: Exelis Adds Aerostructure Technologies to Composites Portfolio

    Exelis has licensed patented manufacturing technology from Belgium-based Bodair S.A. to produce a new product line and expand upon the company’s aerostructures offerings in the aerospace industry, Exelis said Tuesday. The new Exelis STaR product line is a selection of technologies that are intended to help with development and reconfigurations of product design that can achieve […] More

  • Northrop Kicks Off Baltimore Space Assembly, Test Facility Construction - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Kicks Off Baltimore Space Assembly, Test Facility Construction

    Northrop Grumman has broken ground on its new $20 million Maryland Space Assembly and Test facility, which is based on the company’s Baltimore campus that is next to Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. The company said Thursday that officials who attended the opening of the 25,000-square-foot building were Sen. Ben Cardin, Reps. Dutch Ruppersberger and John Sarbanes and Gloria Flach, […] More

  • Exelis to Maintain Military Family Housing in Germany; Ken Hunzeker Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis to Maintain Military Family Housing in Germany; Ken Hunzeker Comments

    Exelis has been awarded a potential five-year, $32 million contract by the U.S. Air Forces in Europe to maintain government-owned family housing facilities in the Kaiserslautern Military Community based in Germany. The contract calls on Exelis to provide support to approximately 2,000 family housing units at Landstuhl, Ramstein Air Base and Vogelweh Military Housing Complex, the company said […] More

  • ViON Opens Support, Services Facility in Utah; Tom Frana Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ViON Opens Support, Services Facility in Utah; Tom Frana Comments

    ViON Corp., a veteran-owned information technology company based in Herndon, Virginia, has opened a support and services facility in Utah as part of the company’s series of infrastructure, facilities and personnel investments. Tom Frana, president and CEO of ViON, said Thursday the company aims to bolster clients’ business and missions through this round-the-clock service and support coverage. ViON designs, delivers and maintains IT […] More

  • Boeing, Bombardier Develop Maritime Surveillance Aircraft; Bob Schoeffling Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, Bombardier Develop Maritime Surveillance Aircraft; Bob Schoeffling Comments

    Boeing has partnered with Bombardier to develop a new maritime surveillance aircraft that combines Boeing’s P-8 sensors and mission systems and Bombardier’s Challenger 605 flight features, DoD Buzz reported Monday. Kris Osborn reports the aircraft is designed for maritime and over-land surveillance, search-and-rescue and border and harbor security operations. “We chose the Challenger very carefully. We looked at it […] More

  • Boeing Inks Collaboration Deal With Africa-Based Paramount Group; Chris Chadwick Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Inks Collaboration Deal With Africa-Based Paramount Group; Chris Chadwick Comments

    Boeing will collaborate with Africa’s Paramount Group in developing defense and security products for the international market as part of an agreement signed by both companies at the Farnborough Airshow. The companies said Tuesday they will leverage Boeing’s rotorcraft and unmanned aerial systems technology and Paramount’s land and aerospace systems to deliver offerings for areas such as border security, heavy airlift, anti-piracy and […] More

  • Unisys to Help Pennsylvania Implement Cloud Computing System; Ron Frankenfield Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys to Help Pennsylvania Implement Cloud Computing System; Ron Frankenfield Comments

    Unisys will provide the state of Pennsylvania with an on-demand, cloud-based computing environment that will work to unify seven data centers under a seven-year, $681 million contract. The company said Monday the contract covers managed hosting services, self-provisioning and capacity on demand for computing resources based on business needs, technical services and project, contract and facilities management. IBM and Deloitte […] More