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  • Reuters: BAE Systems, Japan's Daicel Eye US Army for Helicopter Airbag Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reuters: BAE Systems, Japan’s Daicel Eye US Army for Helicopter Airbag Tech

    BAE Systems has partnered with Japan’s Daicel Corp. to offer cockpit airbags for U.S. Army helicopters in a push to establish military and industrial ties with Tokyo, Reuters reported Monday. Tim Kelly and Nobuhiro Kubo write that the partnership with the British defense contractor also works to build on Japan’s military exports following the repeal of a […] More

  • Army Talks Medium Tactical Vehicle Modernization With Industry Partners - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Talks Medium Tactical Vehicle Modernization With Industry Partners

    The U.S. Army hosted an industry day for the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles to discuss modernization ideas for the FMTV with interested contractors at the Nevada Automotive Test Center. The Army said Friday the acquisition leaders and Army Transportation Corps also shared their experiences on the FMTV program as the service branch seeks to award […] More

  • Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service Awards Unified Comms BPA to VSGi - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service Awards Unified Comms BPA to VSGi

    Visual Systems Group Inc. has received a five-year, $10 million blanket purchase agreement to provide unified communications services and technology to the Bureau of the Fiscal Service within the Treasury Department. The company said Thursday it will design, install and maintain communications and collaboration equipment at the bureau and support standardized video teleconferencing between internal and external participants. […] More

  • State Dept OKs Saudi Arabia's $155M Request for Raytheon Weapon System Upgrade - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Dept OKs Saudi Arabia’s $155M Request for Raytheon Weapon System Upgrade

    The State Department has approved the request of Saudi Arabia to purchase weapons system upgrade and logistics support from Raytheon under a potential $154.9 million foreign military sale. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday Saudi Arabia’s order includes the conversion of five Block 0 MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons Systems to the Block 1B Baseline 2 configuration. […] More

  • CAE to Proceed With MH-60 Training System Tech Refresh; Ray Duquette Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE to Proceed With MH-60 Training System Tech Refresh; Ray Duquette Comments

    CAE‘s U.S. business unit has received authorization from the U.S. Navy to begin technology refresh work on simulator and training systems for the service branch’s fleet of MH-60 Seahawk helicopters. The company said Wednesday the Navy gave the signal for CAE to proceed following the Government Accountability Office‘s decision over a bid protest on the MH-60R/S Tech Refresh […] More

  • DOE Seeks Proposals for Funding Opportunity on Energy Tech Transfer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE Seeks Proposals for Funding Opportunity on Energy Tech Transfer

    The Energy Department has issued the first request for proposals on the office of technology transition’s Technology Commercialization Fund, which seeks to support the transfer of energy-related technologies to the commercial market. DOE said Friday the $20 million funding opportunity aims to facilitate the commercialization of technologies developed as part of federally funded research projects at the 17 […] More

  • Ken Asbury: CACI-Virginia Tech UAV Cybersecurity Partnership Eyes Future Nat'l Security Workers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ken Asbury: CACI-Virginia Tech UAV Cybersecurity Partnership Eyes Future Nat’l Security Workers

    CACI International has partnered with the Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security and Technology at Virginia Tech to provide support for cybersecurity research on unmanned aerial vehicles. The company said Tuesday the five-year partnership under the Hume center’s Cyber-Physical System Security program covers student mentorship, curriculum development and research projects. “The threat of cyber attacks […] More

  • Ntrepid Offers Free Virtual Web Browser Trial to OPM Breach Victims - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ntrepid Offers Free Virtual Web Browser Trial to OPM Breach Victims

    Virginia-based cybersecurity firm Ntrepid plans to offer free access to the consumer version of its Passages virtual browser to the people affected in last year’s data breach on the Office of Personnel Management. The company said Wednesday those qualified under the initiative can use Passages Consumer without cost for a year following its general availability. The OPM data breach […] More

  • NATO Begins Deployment of Polycom's RealPresence Centro Collaboration Tool; Sean Berg Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NATO Begins Deployment of Polycom’s RealPresence Centro Collaboration Tool; Sean Berg Comments

    NATO has approved and deployed Polycom‘s RealPresence Centro tool to support communications and collaboration through its restricted network. The company said Thursday the alliance is the first to deploy the technology, which will become commercially available late this month. “For the agency, this means saving time, resources, working securely from almost anywhere and an exceptional user experience,” said Catherine Galoppin, […] More

  • Boeing to Provide P-8 Maintenance Training Devices to Australian Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Provide P-8 Maintenance Training Devices to Australian Air Force

    Boeing will provide P-8A maintenance training devices to the Australian air force in an effort to prepare the crew to support the P-8A aircraft. “This provides the [Royal Australian Air Force] with the ability to train its maintainers on more than 1,400 maintenance procedures using the Boeing-provided suite of devices,” Tom Wagner, Boeing’s P-8A maintenance program […] More

  • Steven Whitney: AF Eyes More GPS III Purchases to Bolster GPS Modernization Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Steven Whitney: AF Eyes More GPS III Purchases to Bolster GPS Modernization Efforts

    U.S. Air Force Col. Steven Whitney believes the updated global positioning system satellite that Lockheed Martin built for the service will work to deliver increased accuracy and security in GPS services, C4ISR & Networks reported Tuesday. Rutrell Yasin writes that Whitney, director of the Space and Missile Systems Center’s GPS directorate, indicated the Air Force plans […] More

  • Adventium Enterprises Awarded Contract for DHS Medical Device Security Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Adventium Enterprises Awarded Contract for DHS Medical Device Security Contract

    Minnesota-based Adventium Enterprises will work to upgrade the security of medical devices under a $2.2 million contract as part of the Department of Homeland Security science and technology directorate’s Intrinsically Secure, Open, and Safe Control of Essential LayErS project. DHS said Tuesday the project aims to protect medical devices from cyber threats. “Many medical devices are networked into hospital […] More