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  • Unisys Partners with IBM, Deloitte to Centralize Pennsylvania’s Data Centers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys Partners with IBM, Deloitte to Centralize Pennsylvania’s Data Centers

    Unisys will collaborate with IBM and Deloitte Consulting to consolidate seven data centers of Pennsylvania into a hybrid cloud platform under a seven-year, $681 million contract, eWeek reported Thursday. Jeffrey Burt writes Pennsylvania’s state agencies will have access to support services hosted in Unisys’ data centers for their infrastructures, storage, security and database services. Unisys […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls to Design Navy’s Amphibious Assault Ship; Brian Cuccias Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls to Design Navy’s Amphibious Assault Ship; Brian Cuccias Comments

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has won a $23.5 million contract to develop an amphibious assault ship for the U.S. Navy in compliance with the service’s cost-saving plan. Ingalls Shipbuilding division’s engineers and planners will work to design and construct the Navy’s amphibious assault ship LHA 8, Huntington Ingalls said Thursday. Brian Cuccias, Ingalls Shipbuilding president, said […] More

  • Thomas Bussing: Raytheon’s Mobile Range System Demos Tri-Band Technologies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thomas Bussing: Raytheon’s Mobile Range System Demos Tri-Band Technologies

    Raytheon Co. has demonstrated its Mobile Range system’s tri-band telemetry antenna to test the technology’s reception and tracking capabilities. The system worked to track an AIM-9 missile onboard an F-18 Hornet aircraft through L-, S- and C-Band telemetry signals during a demonstration at Naval Base Ventura County in California, Raytheon said Thursday. ”Mobile Range’s test […] More

  • Orbital Sciences-Built Cygnus Spacecraft Transports Supplies, Equipment to Int'l Space Station - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital Sciences-Built Cygnus Spacecraft Transports Supplies, Equipment to Int’l Space Station

    Orbital Sciences‘ Cygnus cargo spacecraft has delivered science, supplies and spacewalking payloads to the International Space Station under a $1.9 billion NASA resupply services contract. SS Janice Voss was launched aboard an Orbital Sciences-built rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia and the Expedition 40 crew received the nearly 3,300 pounds of supplies at […] More

  • Rockwell Collins-Elbit Systems JV Hands F-35 Helmet to Lockheed; Ranaan Horowitz Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins-Elbit Systems JV Hands F-35 Helmet to Lockheed; Ranaan Horowitz Comments

    A joint venture of Rockwell Collins and Elbit Systems has handed a helmet-mounted display system to Lockheed Martin for integration into the F-35 aircraft. Rockwell Collins ESA Vision Systems LLC developed the Gen III HMDS for F-35 Lightning II pilots to gain situational awareness of the battlefield during operations, Rockwell Collins said Tuesday. “Providing an accurate […] More

  • Raytheon, Kongsberg Gruppen to Jointly Build Anti-Surface Warfare Systems; Taylor Lawrence Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Kongsberg Gruppen to Jointly Build Anti-Surface Warfare Systems; Taylor Lawrence Comments

    Raytheon has partnered with Kongsberg Gruppen to develop anti-surface warfare systems to customers worldwide. The companies will build the joint strike missile for air-launched anti-surface warfare applications, Raytheon said Tuesday. Taylor Lawrence, Raytheon missile systems president, said the companies aim to provide new technologies in the anti-surface warfare arena for the U.S. and its allies. Norway’s air […] More

  • Tony Hall: BAE Puts F-35, Typhoon Aircraft Through 4th Simulated Scenario - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tony Hall: BAE Puts F-35, Typhoon Aircraft Through 4th Simulated Scenario

    BAE Systems has kicked off a series of simulation-based tests on F-35 and Typhoon aircraft that the U.K.’s military will start to operate in 2018. An E3D Sentry crew worked to send datalink-transmitted tasks for the F-35 aircraft to engage ground targets and for the Typhoons to destroy air threats as part of the exercise, said Monday. Tony Hall, […] More

  • Sanjay Mehta: Splunk Designs Dashboard Access App for iPhone, iPad - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sanjay Mehta: Splunk Designs Dashboard Access App for iPhone, iPad

    Splunk has unveiled a mobile application for users to access the operational intelligence company’s dashboards and reports. The Splunk mobile app is available for iPhone and iPad users to view reports and receive Splunk enterprise alerts in real time, Splunk said Wednesday. “Splunk deployments have become increasingly critical for our users, who now can benefit from […] More

  • MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates to Develop Geospatial Data Charting System for NGA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates to Develop Geospatial Data Charting System for NGA

    MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. will develop software systems for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to generate aeronautical charts for flight operations at airports and surrounding airspace. MDA will work to combine its AutoChart technology with NGA’s source databases and provide customized AutoChart products to NGA under the agency’s Geospatial Terminal Operations program, MDA said Monday. The […] More

  • Raytheon Tests Shooter Detection System; Roy Azevedo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Tests Shooter Detection System; Roy Azevedo Comments

    Raytheon expects to obtain approval from a U.S. military client by the end of 2014 after the company completes developmental testing on its helicopter-mounted shooter detection system, Defense News reported Sunday. Aaron Mehta writes Raytheon developed the Boomerang Air system based on its Boomerang and Warrior X ground-based technologies. Roy Azevedo, Raytheon’s vice president for advanced concepts and technology, […] More

  • General Dynamics Tests Development Approaches for Marine Corps’ Amphibious Combat Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Tests Development Approaches for Marine Corps’ Amphibious Combat Vehicle

    General Dynamics’ land systems business unit has been awarded a $7 million contract extension to assess approaches to building an amphibious combat vehicle for the U.S. Marine Corps. The company will work to analyze requirements, concept refinement and experimentation planning for the Marine Corps to gain insights into the pros and cons of developing the […] More