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  • Johns Hopkins APL-Navy Research Team Makes Anti-Corrosion Paint Additive; Frank Furman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Johns Hopkins APL-Navy Research Team Makes Anti-Corrosion Paint Additive; Frank Furman Comments

    The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and Office of Naval Research have developed a paint additive they hope can help prevent corrosion of vehicles’ metal surfaces. The U.S. Navy said Wednesday that the polyfibroblast powder is designed to be mixed with commercial paint primers and for its composition to help scratched paint heal over the exposed metal. Navy […] More

  • DARPA Enlists Boeing Prototype for 'X-Plane' Program; Dan Newman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Enlists Boeing Prototype for ‘X-Plane’ Program; Dan Newman Comments

    Boeing and the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency ahave signed a $17 million agreement for the company to continue developing a prototype vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft for flying at speeds of up to 460 miles per hour. The company is building the Phantom Swift with two lifts inside the fuselage in order to create vertical lift and provide both […] More

  • Exelis Adds SATCOM Tech Into Army Combat Vehicle; Nick Bobay Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis Adds SATCOM Tech Into Army Combat Vehicle; Nick Bobay Comments

    Exelis installed its satellite communications on-the-move technology into the U.S. Army Stryker vehicle during the Army Expeditionary Warfighting Experiment at Fort Benning, Ga. The Global Network On the Move Active Distribution system is built to provide command, control, communications and intelligence tools to armored combat and sport utility vehicles, Exelis said Thursday. “We are proud to have had GNOMAD deployed […] More

  • Diana Gowen: CenturyLink Lands 3rd Quantico Base Network, Telecom Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Diana Gowen: CenturyLink Lands 3rd Quantico Base Network, Telecom Services Contract

    CenturyLink has won a potential two-year, $8.5 million contract to design, plan and install a telecommunications system for the Marine Corps in Quantico, Va. and Washington. The company said Wednesday that it will also work to support Marine Corps tenants such as the Navy Criminal Investigations Service and Marine Helicopter Squadron One, which flies the U.S. president onboard a helicopter. Diana […] More

  • North Star Group to Help DOI Create IT Services Delivery Arm; Robert Olsen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    North Star Group to Help DOI Create IT Services Delivery Arm; Robert Olsen Comments

    North Star Group will help the Interior Department build a new information technology service delivery organization under a potential five-year, $22.2 million blanket purchase agreement with DOI’s office of the chief information officer. The company said Monday it will provide cybersecurity, cloud computing, financial analysis, organizational change management and other support services to DOI’s CIO under the department’s […] More

  • Kratos to Help East Regional School District Deploy Security Tools; Ben Goodwin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos to Help East Regional School District Deploy Security Tools; Ben Goodwin Comments

    A division of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has won a $4.5 million contract to provide security and surveillance services and products to an unidentified public school system in the eastern U.S. The contract with Kratos Public Safety & Security is worth up to $10 million if the school system issues follow-on orders within the next 30 days, the […] More

  • Tom Moore: McAfee-Schneider Electric Team to Help Energy Clients 'Whitelist' Applications - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tom Moore: McAfee-Schneider Electric Team to Help Energy Clients ‘Whitelist’ Applications

    McAfee and Schneider Electric have formed a partnership that will offer whitelisting, cybersecurity and change control services to the utility and critical infrastructure industry for customers’ energy management tools. The companies said Tuesday that McAfee will offer embedded, integrity and application control products with Schneider’s water, oil and gas, electric networks and transportation services with the goal of preventing malware […] More

  • Cisco, Optus Launch Unified Communications Platform; Ian Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco, Optus Launch Unified Communications Platform; Ian Smith Comments

    Cisco and Australia’s SingTel Optus has launched a unified communications platform that Optus Business ICT Solutions Vice President Ian Smith said offers businesses with upgrades and integrated options, Business Spectator reported today. Supratim Adhikari writes the unified communications-as-a-service platform is built to combine voice, video, messaging and telepresence tools that are integrated into the Optus Evolve IP network. The services include enterprise […] More

  • FAA Buys Thales Navigation Aids for National Airspace System; Tony Lo Brutto Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FAA Buys Thales Navigation Aids for National Airspace System; Tony Lo Brutto Comments

    The Federal Aviation Administration has purchased five Thales-built navigational aids for the U.S. National Airspace System under a five-year contract between the agency and company. “As the FAA transitions to NextGen, Thales will continue to help support and modernize the FAA’s inventory of navigational aids,” Tony Lo Brutto, vice president of Thales’ U.S. air traffic management unit, said Monday. The […] More

  • Lockheed to Help Atlantis Design Tidal Turbine Tech; Tim Fuhr Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Help Atlantis Design Tidal Turbine Tech; Tim Fuhr Comments

    Lockheed Martin has signed a contract to help design Atlantis Resources‘ AR1500 tidal turbine set for the MeyGen tidal stream project, which aims to leverage tidal energy as a commercial power source. The 1.5-megawatt, single-rotor turbine will play a role in the Scotland-based MeyGen project that targets 100-percent renewable energy usage in the country by 2020,” Lockheed said Tuesday. Other […] More

  • Northrop's Unmanned Systems Center Expects More Gov't Contracting Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop’s Unmanned Systems Center Expects More Gov’t Contracting Work

    Northrop Grumman‘s unmanned aircraft systems facility in Moss Point, Miss. is expected to bring growth, investment and jobs to the area, according to the Jackson County Economic Development Foundation’s executive director, the Mississippi Business Journal blog reported Monday. JCEDF’s George Freeland said the $30 million Unmanned Systems Center also brings economic diversity because it adds to the shipbuilding and petrochemical industries in […] More

  • Neil Albert: MCR Federal Seeks More Prime Contracts Through GSA OASIS Vehicle Position - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Neil Albert: MCR Federal Seeks More Prime Contracts Through GSA OASIS Vehicle Position

    MCR Federal will compete in three pools as part of a potential 10-year, $60 billion General Services Administration contract vehicle covering professional services to federal agencies. The company said Monday its services will be available through the pools for aircraft, aircraft engine parts, auxiliary equipment, space vehicles, guided missiles, propulsion units and aircraft. “Our continued growth depends on our ability […] More