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  • DoD, Dedrone Partner to Experiment With UAS Detection Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD, Dedrone Partner to Experiment With UAS Detection Tech

    The Defense Department has partnered with Dedrone to test a company-built technology’s capacity to assess, measure and responding to unmanned aerial systems that may pose threats to base security and flight operations. DoD and its Defense Innovation Unit Experimental organization intend to experiment with the DroneTracker software designed to help operators collect intelligence from multiple sensors and detect activity of […] More

  • CTC CEO Ed Sheehan Accepts Patriot Award Through DoD's Service Member Support Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC CEO Ed Sheehan Accepts Patriot Award Through DoD’s Service Member Support Program

    Ed Sheehan, president and CEO of Concurrent Technologies Corp., has received recognition from the Defense Department‘s Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve program. Kevin Hillegas, a CTC employee and Army National Guard member, nominated Sheehan for the ESGR’s Patriot Award, the company said Tuesday. The ESGR program also previously bestowed the company with multiple awards […] More

  • Marines Seek Potential Fire Support Tech Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marines Seek Potential Fire Support Tech Sources

    The U.S. Marine Corps has issued a sources sought notice for potential industry sources of a system that can perform fire support at a range of up to 37 miles. A FedBizOpps notice posted Monday says the Marine Corps Rapid Capabilities Office seeks ideas to design, build, integrate and demonstrate an Organic Precision Fire platform. The office looks […] More

  • Engility, Nonprofit Donate House to Wounded Air Force Vet; Lynn Dugle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility, Nonprofit Donate House to Wounded Air Force Vet; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Engility has collaborated with Building Homes for Heroes to provide a mortgage-free house in Tampa, Florida to retired U.S. Air Force Capt. Gabriel Gonzalez, who was injured during active duty in Iraq. The company published Monday it has helped five wounded veterans receive home gifts since 2013 and Gonzalez will be the first of two home gift […] More

  • Sikorsky Gets Canada's OK for S-92 Helicopter Gross Weight Expansion - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky Gets Canada’s OK for S-92 Helicopter Gross Weight Expansion

    Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has received approval from Canadian regulators for a gross weight expansion of the S-92 helicopter platform. The company said Tuesday the certification allows Sikorsky to increase the helicopter’s payload capacity from 26,500 pounds to 27,700 pounds. The Federal Aviation Administration approved a similar modification three years ago. Sikorsky aims to obtain European Aviation Safety Agency certification […] More

  • DEA Plans Contract Award to SOSi for Continued Linguistic Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DEA Plans Contract Award to SOSi for Continued Linguistic Services

    The Drug Enforcement Administration plans to negotiate a potential one-year, sole-source contract for continued linguistic services with SOS International to support DEA field divisions in the Caribbean, Miami, New Orleans, Washington, D.C. and nearby regions. The contract includes a three-month base period and three options of three months each, the Justice Department said Monday in […] More

  • HHS Orders Elusys Anthrax Treatment for Strategic National Stockpile - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS Orders Elusys Anthrax Treatment for Strategic National Stockpile

    The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Elusys Therapeutics a $25.2 million contract to supply an anthrax treatment for the country’s national repository of medical countermeasures for public health emergency use. HHS said Monday its Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority provided funds for the company to produce the Anthim monoclonal antibody injection as part of Project BioShield. Elusys will […] More

  • NTT Data, GTA Extend Georgia IT Infrastructure Support Partnership; Chris Merdon Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NTT Data, GTA Extend Georgia IT Infrastructure Support Partnership; Chris Merdon Comments

    NTT Data‘s services division and the Georgia Technology Authority have extended a partnership agreement to help the state’s government entities manage information technology assets. The company said Monday it has supported more than 41,000 computers and operating systems built for public sector employees throughout Georgia over the past nine years. “We’re extremely proud of our work with […] More

  • AT&T Secures Year 2 Option Under DISA Comms Network Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T Secures Year 2 Option Under DISA Comms Network Support Contract

    AT&T will continue to support the the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s ultra-high-frequency/line-of-sight communications network under a $13.7 million contract modification. DISA exercised option year 2 under the company’s sole-source contract that covers the provision of Northstar long-haul telecommunications services and related transmission circuits for the UHF/LOS communications system, the Defense Department said Monday. Work under the modification will begin May 1 and […] More

  • DigitalGlobe Adds WorldView-4 Satellite Imagery to Cloud-Based GEOINT Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DigitalGlobe Adds WorldView-4 Satellite Imagery to Cloud-Based GEOINT Platform

    Maxar Technologies‘ DigitalGlobe has incorporated imagery from the WorldView-4 Earth observation satellite into a cloud-based technology designed to help customers access geospatial intelligence. DigitalGlobe said Sunday its WorldView-4 imagery collections will more than double the daily volume of 30-centimeter imagery stored in the SecureWatch platform and help analysts monitor activity in multiple areas of interest. MDA, also a Maxar unit, plans to integrate […] More

  • DHS' S&T Directorate, TSA to Discuss Partnership Opportunities at Joint Industry Day - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS’ S&T Directorate, TSA to Discuss Partnership Opportunities at Joint Industry Day

    The Department of Homeland Security‘s Science and Technology Directorate and Transportation Security Administration plan to host a joint event on May 4 in Menlo Park, California. DHS said Friday the Homeland Security Industry Day aims to inform technology startups of the department’s current operational requirements and identify opportunities for collaboration with companies to address transportation […] More

  • AECOM Subsidiary to Help Navy Expand Guantanamo Expeditionary Legal Complex - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AECOM Subsidiary to Help Navy Expand Guantanamo Expeditionary Legal Complex

    An AECOM subsidiary has won a potential $18.9 million task order from the U.S. Navy to design and build structures at the Expeditionary Legal Complex located in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Defense Department said Friday URS Group will construct general purpose administration and legal buildings, such as sensitive compartmented information facilities, as well as implement security measures in accordance with DoD’s […] More