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  • CAE to Update Canadian Aircrew Training Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE to Update Canadian Aircrew Training Platform

    CAE Inc. has been awarded a $32.5 million contract to upgrade the aircrew training system of Canada’s armed forces, Airforce Technology reported Tuesday. The company will provide CC-130J Hercules training simulators and courseware for the Canadian Armed Forces’ tactical airlift fleet program at the Canadian Forces Base Trenton in Ontario, according to the report. “The […] More

  • CACI Continues to Convert Navy’s Personnel, Pay Systems; Ken Asbury Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI Continues to Convert Navy’s Personnel, Pay Systems; Ken Asbury Comments

    CACI International has won a $22 million contract extension to convert the personnel and pay business processes of the U.S. Navy. The company booked the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the fourth quarter of CACI’s fiscal year 2014, CACI said Wednesday. “This is a key part of our broader effort to provide support and thought leadership in human […] More

  • SAP Selects Omnicom Marketing Comms Services; Bill McDermott, John Wren Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP Selects Omnicom Marketing Comms Services; Bill McDermott, John Wren Comment

    SAP SE has selected Omnicom Group to provide communications, advertising and marketing services for SAP’s global accounts. Bill McDermott, CEO of SAP, said Tuesday the company will work with Omnicom to scale the “Run simple” movement worldwide. “Omnicom’s agencies delivered us a compelling, end-to-end vision for the next generation of the SAP brand,” McDermott said. […] More

  • Lockheed Martin to Provide Human Spaceflight Services for Orion Crew Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin to Provide Human Spaceflight Services for Orion Crew Vehicle

    Lockheed Martin is working to supply ground-based human spaceflight services for the Orion crew vehicle under a $1.3 billion contract that SGT Inc. holds with NASA, Washington Technology reported Tuesday. Mark Hoover writes SGT will support the International Space Station’s mission and flight crew operations under the Integrated Mission Operations Contract II program. The company […] More

  • Harris to Supply Wideband Tactical Radio to Mideast Client; Brendan O'Connell Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Supply Wideband Tactical Radio to Mideast Client; Brendan O’Connell Comments

    Harris Corp. has been awarded a $15 million order to provide wideband handheld tactical radios to a Middle East country. The company will deliver its RF-7850M multiband radio for tactical communication missions to the customer, Harris said Tuesday. “The radio provides capabilities for sharing situational awareness feeds and command and control information while on the […] More

  • Accenture Receives $48M IT, Financial Mgmt Services Task Order from Treasury Dept - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture Receives $48M IT, Financial Mgmt Services Task Order from Treasury Dept

    Accenture Federal Services has received a five-year, $48 million task order to update the Treasury Department’s information technology and financial management services. The company will perform work on technology recommendations, acquisition support, security, financial systems, program management, enterprise architecture and support services, Accenture said Tuesday. The Treasury Department awarded the contract under the Internal Revenue […] More

  • Scott Smith: Iridium to Begin High-Volume Production of NEXT Antennas - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Scott Smith: Iridium to Begin High-Volume Production of NEXT Antennas

    Iridium Communications is set to produce antennas for the NEXT constellation in large volumes following completion of the first five flight main mission antennas. Thales Alenia Space built the antennas to handle the transmission of data between Iridium customer devices, Iridium Communications said Monday. “The main mission antennas are a critical component of each satellite, and […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Tests Fourth Coast Guard National Security Cutter; Jim French, Richard Schenk Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Tests Fourth Coast Guard National Security Cutter; Jim French, Richard Schenk Comment

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has completed the sea tests for the U.S. Coast Guard‘s fourth national security cutter. The testing team assessed the propulsion, electrical, damage control, anchor handling, small boat operations and combat systems of the Hamilton cutter for three days, Huntington Ingalls said Friday. “It’s a team effort to bring one of these magnificent […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Opens Tech Office in England; Rick Ambrose Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Opens Tech Office in England; Rick Ambrose Comments

    Lockheed Martin’s space systems company has moved to help the United Kingdom grow its space capabilities by opening a technology office in the region, the Denver Business Journal reported Wednesday. Greg Avery writes the new office located at UK Space Gateway in Harwell Oxford is a spinoff of Lockheed Martin’s UK division. Rick Ambrose, executive […] More

  • General Counsel Pay Package Up 6.8% in 2013 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Counsel Pay Package Up 6.8% in 2013

    Corporate Counsel has released a report that indicates salaries for general counsel increased by $701,001 in 2013, The Washington Post reported Sunday. Catherine Ho writes the pay hike is a gain of 6.8 percent compared to a 7.4 percent year-over-year increase in 2012. Corporate Counsel surveyed the pay packages of 100 highest-paid legal officers last year […] More

  • United Technologies to Modernize Air Force Imaging Sensors; Kevin Raftery Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    United Technologies to Modernize Air Force Imaging Sensors; Kevin Raftery Comments

    United Technologies Corp. has won a contract to modernize the airborne imaging sensors of the U.S. Air Force, C4ISR & Networks reported Thursday. Michael Peck writes United Technologies’ UTC aerospace systems unit will work to upgrade the SYERS-2 sensor systems to the SYERS-2C version featuring multispectral technology. Kevin Raftery, UTC vice president, said the company […] More

  • Global Knowledge Trains IBM Business Partners on SoftLayer Tech; Ed Bottini Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Global Knowledge Trains IBM Business Partners on SoftLayer Tech; Ed Bottini Comments

    Global Knowledge has delivered learning services to help IBM’s business partners acquire skills around SoftLayer cloud services. Global Knowledge will provide training services on the fundamentals of SoftLayer technology through a two-day course of lectures and hands-on sessions, Global Knowledge said Thursday. “Through this program, our partners are gaining the skills they need to build […] More