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  • QTS Attains PCI DSS v3.1 Certification for Colocation Services at Dallas-Fort Worth Data Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QTS Attains PCI DSS v3.1 Certification for Colocation Services at Dallas-Fort Worth Data Center

    QTS has attained the Payment Card Industry’s Data Security Standard version 3.1 information security certification and attestation of compliance for the company’s colocation services at its data center in Dallas, Texas. The company said Monday the certification makes the Dallas-Fort Worth data center its fourth PCI DSS v3.1 compliant center. QTS added it implemented a network architecture designed to address more than […] More

  • Sevatec Opens New Office in Virginia in Push to Support DHS Component Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sevatec Opens New Office in Virginia in Push to Support DHS Component Agencies

    Sevatec has opened a new office in Crystal City in Arlington County, Virginia, in an effort to deliver information technology services to Department of Homeland Security operational and support components. The new office’s project delivery teams support the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Joint Engineering Teams-Sustainment contract and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement‘s Student Exchange and Visitor Program contract for optional practical training […] More

  • Carahsoft to Offer Geofeedia Social Media Intell Tools in Federal Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Offer Geofeedia Social Media Intell Tools in Federal Sector

    Carahsoft has agreed to serve as the federal government aggregator of Geofeedia‘s location-based social media intelligence tools under a partnership agreement between the two companies. Geofeedia said Wednesday its products are now available to public sector agencies through Carahsoft’s General Services Administration schedule and Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V contracts. Tiffany Goddard, director of geospatial solutions at Carahsoft, said the […] More

  • Securiport-Amazon Web Services Team to Build, Test Immigration Control Services on AWS Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Securiport-Amazon Web Services Team to Build, Test Immigration Control Services on AWS Cloud

    Securiport has entered an agreement with Amazon Web Services as a technology partner to develop, deploy and test various immigration control services and internal research and development projects through the AWS Cloud. Washington, D.C.-based Securiport said Friday it will utilize its Amazon Partner Network membership and AWS resources to build and test new cloud technology in a controlled […] More

  • Boeing Hands MexSat Satellite Communications System to Mexico - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Hands MexSat Satellite Communications System to Mexico

    Boeing has completed the final tests on its MexSat satellite communications platform that works to provide voice and data services across Mexico and has delivered the system to the country’s communications and transportation ministry. MexSat features 3G+ voice and data connectivity for land, air and sea mobile terminals in support of Mexico’s national security, civil and humanitarian programs, […] More

  • Raytheon to Supply MK 54 Torpedo Equipment to US Navy, Thailand - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Supply MK 54 Torpedo Equipment to US Navy, Thailand

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon a potential $448.7 million contract to provide MK 54 lightweight torpedo parts and equipment to the U.S. Navy and the government of Thailand under the foreign military sales program. The contract, which contains a base value of $37.7 million, covers MK 54 common parts kits and MK 54 Mod 0 kits as well as exercise […] More

  • Elbit Systems Flies Hermes 450 at UAS Field Day in North Dakota - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Elbit Systems Flies Hermes 450 at UAS Field Day in North Dakota

    An Elbit Systems subsidiary and its partners held an unmanned aircraft systems field day at the Hillsboro Regional Airport in North Dakota in efforts to demonstrate the precision agriculture and utility infrastructure damage assessment functions of the Hermes 450 UAS. Elbit Systems of America worked with local farmers to collect and analyze data to support crop management and […] More

  • Kratos, Safran Subsidiaries to Provide Target Drone Launchers to US Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos, Safran Subsidiaries to Provide Target Drone Launchers to US Army

    A team comprising subsidiaries of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and Safran Electronics & Defense has been awarded a prime contract to provide unmanned aerial vehicle launcher systems to the U.S. Army. The Madison Research Corp.–Robonic team will deliver two KONTIO launchers to the Army’s Program Management Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Targets Management Office under the contract, Kratos said Wednesday. The service branch […] More

  • DCCA to Build, Maintain IT Platform for CMS' Medicaid Drug Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DCCA to Build, Maintain IT Platform for CMS’ Medicaid Drug Program

    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded Data Computer Corporation of America a potential four-year, $12 million contract to design, build and maintain an information technology system for CMS’ Medicaid Drug Program. DCCA said Wednesday it will use open architecture and open source commercial off-the-shelf products to develop the MDP platform as well as apply a human-centric design approach that complies with […] More

  • BPM Accredited as FedRAMP Third-Party Assessment Organization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BPM Accredited as FedRAMP Third-Party Assessment Organization

    BPM has received accreditation as a Third Party Assessment Organization that can conduct assessments of cloud service providers in accordance with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The company said Wednesday it will utilize previous assessment work by its information technology assurance group based on the International Organization for Standardization, Service Organization Control and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act […] More

  • Alliance BioEnergy Eyes Military Applications for Cellulose-to-Sugar Biofuel Production Process - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Alliance BioEnergy Eyes Military Applications for Cellulose-to-Sugar Biofuel Production Process

    Alliance BioEnergy Plus plans to demonstrate the potential military applications of its cellulose-to-sugar conversion process for the production of aviation biofuels and biodiesels. The company said Monday its patented CTS process works to convert biomass into sugar or phospholipids to produce biodiesel, bio-jet and other types of biofuels that could be used by the military, commercial and transportation industries. […] More

  • L-3 Subsidiary Secures Navy Jet Training Services Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L-3 Subsidiary Secures Navy Jet Training Services Contract Modification

    The U.S. Navy has awarded an L-3 Communications subsidiary a $21.9 million modification to exercise the first option on a previously awarded contract for contractor-owned and operated business jet training services. L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace will provide the training services to support the Navy’s maritime air patrol, low/slow terrorist aircraft, air interdiction and air intercept/anti-submarine missions, the Defense […] More