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  • CenturyLink Gets DOJ Clearance to Sell Level 3’s Albuquerque Fiber Network Assets to UPN - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink Gets DOJ Clearance to Sell Level 3’s Albuquerque Fiber Network Assets to UPN

    CenturyLink has received approval from the Justice Department to sell Level 3 Communications’ fiber network assets in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Unite Private Networks for an undisclosed sum. The transaction is subject to the Federal Communications Commission’s approval and other customary closing conditions, CenturyLink said Wednesday. “Once the transaction is approved, we will quickly work […] More

  • Hortonworks’ Shaun Bierweiler: Enterprise Open Source Offers Options to Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hortonworks’ Shaun Bierweiler: Enterprise Open Source Offers Options to Agencies

    Shaun Bierweiler, vice president of U.S. public sector at Hortonworks, has said federal agencies seeking to modernize information technology infrastructure should leverage enterprise open source software platforms. Bierweiler wrote in a GCN guest piece published Tuesday that there are four advantages associated with the adoption of enterprise open source and one of those is choice. An […] More

  • Boeing-Sikorsky Team Tests SB-1 Defiant Helicopter in Preparation for Maiden Flight - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing-Sikorsky Team Tests SB-1 Defiant Helicopter in Preparation for Maiden Flight

    Boeing and Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary have begun testing the SB-1 Defiant coaxial helicopter in preparation for its initial flight as part of the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi-Role program, Defense News reported Wednesday. The service has started to evaluate two flight demonstrator aircraft – Defiant and Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor – through the JMR initiative […] More

  • CSRA Eyes IT Engineering Task Orders Under $139M HHS NGITS BPA; Kamal Narang Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Eyes IT Engineering Task Orders Under $139M HHS NGITS BPA; Kamal Narang Comments

    CSRA will compete for task orders to provide information technology engineering support services for the Department of Health and Human Services under a potential eight-year, $139 million blanket purchase agreement awarded in February. The company said Tuesday the Next-Generation IT Services engineering BPA covers unified communications and collaboration, enterprise mobile management, infrastructure, endpoint, email, facilities and print-server engineering […] More

  • Rick Wagner: ManTech to Back Army INSCOM Through Insider Threat, Forensic Capabilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rick Wagner: ManTech to Back Army INSCOM Through Insider Threat, Forensic Capabilities

    Rick Wagner, president of ManTech International’s mission, cyber and intelligence solutions group, has said the company will leverage its cyber forensic and insider threat capabilities to support the mission of the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command and the 902nd military intelligence group through a potential $133 million contract. “INSCOM, like many government partners, faces an […] More

  • Orbital ATK Unveils In-Space Robotic Vehicle, Mission Extension Pods - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Unveils In-Space Robotic Vehicle, Mission Extension Pods

    Orbital ATK unveiled two in-orbit satellite servicing platforms at the Satellite 2018 conference and exhibition. The company said Tuesday the Mission Robotic Vehicle and Mission Extension Pods comprise a system designed to facilitate repairs and extend the life of satellite assets. MRV works to carry out space robotic functions and install MEPs and other payloads on […] More

  • Iridium NEXT Satellites Arrive in California for 5th Launch; Matt Desch Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium NEXT Satellites Arrive in California for 5th Launch; Matt Desch Comments

    Iridium Communications has announced the arrival of the fifth batch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in preparation for the launch aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket that is set to take off on March 29. Iridium said Monday each satellite will go through encapsulation, fueling and other pre-launch processing […] More

  • Air Force Prepares for B-21 Bomber Critical Design Review - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Prepares for B-21 Bomber Critical Design Review

    The U.S. Air Force plans to conduct a critical design review of its B-21 Raider bomber to facilitate evaluation of technology plans, weapons integration, computing power and design specifications for the aircraft program, Warrior Maven reported Friday. Anne Stefanek, senior public affairs director at the Air Force, said the B-21 program has concluded the preliminary […] More

  • SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Sends Communications Satellite, Secret Payload Into Orbit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Sends Communications Satellite, Secret Payload Into Orbit

    A communications satellite with a classified secondary payload took off March 6 aboard a SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida, Spaceflight Now reported Monday. The classified secondary satellite, dubbed PODSat, was integrated into Spain’s Hispasat 30W-6 communications satellite through the Payload Orbital Delivery System built by Maxar Technologies’ SSL subsidiary. PODS is […] More

  • Navy Seeks Info on Air Vehicle Systems for MUX Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Seeks Info on Air Vehicle Systems for MUX Program

    The U.S. Navy has asked industry for technical information on air vehicle systems designed to expand and complement a joint force’s capability to carry out crisis response, campaigns and other operations across maritime, ground and littoral environments. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says the Naval Air Systems Command seeks industry input on aerial vehicle platforms […] More