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  • Google Signs Up 7 Tech Firms for 'Kubernetes' Community; Scott Guthrie Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Google Signs Up 7 Tech Firms for ‘Kubernetes’ Community; Scott Guthrie Comments

    Microsoft, Red Hat, IBM, Docker, Mesosphere, CoreOS and SaltStack have joined Google’s open source docker management community. The companies will contribute code to the Kubernetes container management technology and maintain the project as an open container management framework for private, public and hybrid cloud applications, Google said Thursday. Google says the Kubernetes community aims to help […] More

  • Lockheed to Mentor Lewis Innovative Technologies; Jeff MacBride Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Mentor Lewis Innovative Technologies; Jeff MacBride Comments

    Lockheed Martin will mentor Lewis Innovative Technologies on administrative support, training and technology transfer operations with the goal of helping the woman-owned small company grow its business. Jeff MacBride, small business program manager at Lockheed’s mission systems and training division, said Thursday the U.S. Army and Defense Department will access Lewis Innovative Technologies’ system security portfolio through […] More

  • Lockheed’s Iris Bombelyn: 3rd MUOS Satellite on Track for 2014 Delivery to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed’s Iris Bombelyn: 3rd MUOS Satellite on Track for 2014 Delivery to Navy

    Lockheed Martin has scheduled the delivery the third Mobile User Objective System satellite to the U.S. Navy for 2014 following the completion of environmental testing. The MUOS satellite went through simulated hot and cold temperature testing in a vacuum at Lockheed’s Dual Entry Large Thermal Altitude chamber, Lockheed said Thursday. “We are committed to quality, and our […] More

  • Raytheon SM-6 Missile Hits Target in Long-Range Navy Demo; Mike Campisi Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon SM-6 Missile Hits Target in Long-Range Navy Demo; Mike Campisi Comments

    A Raytheon-developed missile has engaged a target in the U.S. Navy’s long-distance surface-to-air strike demonstration in June. The destroyer USS John Paul Jones launched a set of Standard Missile-6 interceptors to hit over-the-horizon missile targets in a series of three tests, Raytheon said Thursday. SM-6 also destroyed a target moving at supersonic speeds in a […] More

  • Northrop to Upgrade Navigation Systems of Navy’s Fire Scout UAV - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Upgrade Navigation Systems of Navy’s Fire Scout UAV

    Northrop Grumman Corp. will work to upgrade the navigation systems of the U.S. Navy’s Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicles, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Wednesday. John Keller writes the Naval Air Systems Command is planning to award a sole-source contract to Northrop’s aerospace systems segment to evaluate and certify the Kearfott-built KN-4073C navigation systems. The […] More

  • Angela Beltz: Tech Data Adds Cisco Cloud Offering to Services Portfolio - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Angela Beltz: Tech Data Adds Cisco Cloud Offering to Services Portfolio

    Tech Data Corp. has moved to grow its software and infrastructure services by incorporating Cisco’s cloud and managed services into Tech Data’s cloud portfolio. Angela Beltz, vice president of product marketing within Tech Data’s Cisco Solutions Group, said Wednesday that the company intends to help customers capture fresh markets and facilitate transition of a hybrid information technology […] More

  • General Dynamics Updates Soldier Network Extension - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Updates Soldier Network Extension

    General Dynamics’ C4 Systems division has updated the soldier network extension of the company’s tactical network backbone for the U.S. military by considering feedback from soldiers. The 101st Airborne Division troops connected their laptop computers and radios to the Warfighter Information Network – Tactical Increment 2 Soldier Network Extension during Afghanistan’s elections in April, General Dynamics said […] More

  • General Dynamics Mediaware Delivers Video Tool to Int'l Police Dept; Kevin Moore Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Mediaware Delivers Video Tool to Int’l Police Dept; Kevin Moore Comments

    A General Dynamics subsidiary has handed a video exploitation system over to the Victoria Police. The police authority will use General Dynamics Mediaware’s D-VEX tool to catalog and analyze video from airborne operations, facilitate agencies collaboration and support intelligence reporting, General Dynamics said Wednesday. “We look forward to working with the Victoria Police to address […] More

  • DoD Turns to Private Sector for Spectrum Mgmt Aid; Frederick Moorefield Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Turns to Private Sector for Spectrum Mgmt Aid; Frederick Moorefield Comments

    The Defense Department is seeking concepts from the private sector to manage electromagnetic spectrum usage with the goal of fulfilling bandwidth requirements of the military, SIGNAL Magazine reported July 1. Sandra Jontz writes DoD officials are developing a plan to implement its spectrum management strategy while factoring in national security issues and the reallocation of […] More

  • Tanaz Shahrzad: GCS to Help Lockheed Update Federal Acquisition Service's Applications - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tanaz Shahrzad: GCS to Help Lockheed Update Federal Acquisition Service’s Applications

    Lockheed Martin will work with professional services contractor GCS to refresh the application infrastructure for the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service under a potential $400 million task order. Lockheed selected McLean, Virginia-based GCS to provide operation, maintenance, enhancement and development services for the CIO Applications, Maintenance, Enhancements, and Operations as a subcontractor, GCS said Tuesday. Tanaz Shahrzad, GCS […] More

  • Boeing to Develop Satellite for Intelsat; Thierry Guillemin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Develop Satellite for Intelsat; Thierry Guillemin Comments

    Boeing has received an order from Intelsat for the ninth Epic Next Generation satellite. Boeing develops the 35e EpicNG satellite based on its 702 medium power platform, Boeing said Tuesday. Thierry Guillemin, Intelsat executive vice president and chief technical officer, said the company aims for the satellite-based infrastructure to meet customer demands for commercial plane bandwidth […] More