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  • Navy Taps Wyle to Help Address Naval Aviation Weapons System Corrosion - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps Wyle to Help Address Naval Aviation Weapons System Corrosion

    Wyle Laboratories has won a five-year, $41.8 million contract to help the U.S. Navy prevent and mitigate corrosion in the military branch’s naval aviation weapons throughout the systems’ sustainment life cycle. The Defense Department said Wednesday that Wyle will provide engineering support, proficiency training and technical guidance and advice on complex technical problems under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Wyle will perform […] More

  • Inmarsat, Partners to Provide Aviation Safety, Cockpit Comms Services in China - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat, Partners to Provide Aviation Safety, Cockpit Comms Services in China

    Inmarsat has entered into a partnership with Beijing Marine Communication & Navigation Company and Aviation Data Communication Corp. to provide aviation safety and cockpit communication services in China. MCN and ADCC will offer Inmarsat’s Classic Aero voice and data safety service and SwiftBroadband-Safety cockpit and aircraft operations connectivity platform under the memorandum of understanding signed during ATC […] More

  • Lazarus Alliance Achieves FedRAMP Third Party Assessment Organization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lazarus Alliance Achieves FedRAMP Third Party Assessment Organization

    Information technology cybersecurity company Lazarus Alliance has been accredited to evaluate cloud systems for public clients as a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Third Party Assessment Organization. The 3PAO accreditation will allow the company to verify the security and control implementations utilized by cloud service providers to deliver cloud services to government customers, Lazarus Alliance said Tuesday. “…For government […] More

  • Reuters: SpaceX Intends to Resume Falcon 9 Rocket Launches in November - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reuters: SpaceX Intends to Resume Falcon 9 Rocket Launches in November

    SpaceX plans to resume rocket launches in November, two months after a launch pad accident caused a Falcon 9 rocket to explode and destroyed a $200 million communications satellite owned by Space Communication, Reuters reported Tuesday. The space services company has said a second launch site at NASA‘S Kennedy Space Center in Florida would be ready to accommodate a […] More

  • Boeing, Saab to Use 2 Production Units of T-X Trainer Aircraft in Air Force Demo - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, Saab to Use 2 Production Units of T-X Trainer Aircraft in Air Force Demo

    Boeing and Saab are set to demonstrate the performance and maintainability of their entry to the U.S. Air Force‘s T-X trainer aircraft program using the first two production units. The Boeing T-X features one engine, twin tails, stadium seating and a cockpit designed to provide ground-based training, Boeing said Tuesday. The company added the aircraft will work to support […] More

  • Nick Bucci: General Atomics Hands Navy 1st Railgun Pulsed Power Container System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Nick Bucci: General Atomics Hands Navy 1st Railgun Pulsed Power Container System

    A General Atomics subsidiary has turned over the first of multiple pulsed power containers to the U.S. Navy as part of the military branch’s railgun development and testing program. The container comprises pulsed power modules and a control system designed to integrate with the Navy’s command-and-control network, General Atomics said Tuesday. Nick Bucci, vice president of missile defense and space systems at General Atomics’ […] More

  • Systems Application & Technologies to Continue Aircraft, Engine Support for NAVAIR - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Systems Application & Technologies to Continue Aircraft, Engine Support for NAVAIR

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Systems Application and Technologies a one-year, $20.4 million contract modification to extend the company’s support services at the Naval Air Systems Command’s air vehicle modification and instrumentation department. SA-TECH will continue to design, build, procure, install, test, evaluate, calibrate, operate and maintain instrumentation on aircraft and engines for the military branch as well as other […] More

  • Navy Picks 3 Small Businesses to Install, Uninstall Surface EW Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Picks 3 Small Businesses to Install, Uninstall Surface EW Systems

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Prism Maritime, Stimulus Engineering Services and Superior Marine Solutions spots on a potential four-year, $50 million contract to install or de-install surface electronic warfare systems for various ship hulls. The Defense Department said Tuesday contractors will compete for task orders to perform ship changes and ordnance alterations outside Chief of Naval Operations availability for the military branch as […] More

  • Mercury Systems Receives Order for Manned Airborne Sonar Digital Signal Processing Subsystems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mercury Systems Receives Order for Manned Airborne Sonar Digital Signal Processing Subsystems

    A defense contractor has awarded Mercury Systems a $4.4 million follow-on order for manned airborne sonar digital signal processing subsystems. The company said Thursday it booked the order in the last quarter of fiscal 2016 and is set to ship the subsystems through the next several quarters. Didier Thibaud, Mercury Systems’ executive vice president and chief operating […] More

  • Harris, Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program Partner for Indian River Lagoon Conservation Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris, Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program Partner for Indian River Lagoon Conservation Efforts

    Harris and Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program have entered into a partnership to support the environmental conservation and protection efforts for the Indian River Lagoon. The company will join other industry and community organizations  that seek to promote a cleaner and healthier ecosystem as part of the IRL-Innovators and Investors network, the IRLNEP said Monday. IRL-I2 members work […] More

  • DISA Releases VMware NSX Security Technical Implementation Guide for DoD Network; Bill Rowan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DISA Releases VMware NSX Security Technical Implementation Guide for DoD Network; Bill Rowan Comments

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has released a Security Technical Implementation Guide for VMware‘s NSX software-defined networking platform to verify the technology’s compliance with security requirements for installation on Defense Department networks. VMware said Monday STIG confirms that the NSX implementation follows DoD cybersecurity policies, standards, architectures, security controls and validation procedures, as well as applies NIST SP 800-53 cybersecurity controls. The company […] More

  • General Dynamics, Epsilon to Support DoD Hyperbaric Systems Under IDIQ Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics, Epsilon to Support DoD Hyperbaric Systems Under IDIQ Contract

    A General Dynamics subsidiary and Epsilon Systems Solutions have won positions on a potential five-year, $30 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide hyperbaric systems support services at Defense Department-run facilities worldwide. DoD said Monday that Epsilon and General Dynamics’ information technology business can vie for task orders to design, build, inspect, maintain, repair, overhaul and install recompression chamber, diver training, escape trainer, surface […] More