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  • Deborah Lee James: Air Force Eyes Separate Competition for Bomber Aircraft Subsystems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deborah Lee James: Air Force Eyes Separate Competition for Bomber Aircraft Subsystems

    U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James has said the military service expects to hold a competition for Long-Range Strike Bomber subsystems that will not be part of the LRS-B development and initial production contract, Bloomberg reported Monday. Anthony Capaccio writes James told Bloomberg the Air Force could name the prime contractor for the LRS-B program […] More

  • KPMG Study: Insurance Firms Can Help Address Global Challenges Through Innovation, Partnerships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KPMG Study: Insurance Firms Can Help Address Global Challenges Through Innovation, Partnerships

    A KPMG International report says insurers can identify new investment opportunities if they develop innovation strategies and engage in public-private alliances. KPMG said Friday it believes the insurance sector has the potential to help address climate change, disaster and infrastructure management and economic development issues by offering long-term debt financing products. “Insurers will either need […] More

  • Rick Ambrose: Lockheed-Boeing JV Seeks US Approval for Russian Rocket Engine Purchase - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rick Ambrose: Lockheed-Boeing JV Seeks US Approval for Russian Rocket Engine Purchase

    Boeing and Lockheed Martin‘s joint venture United Launch Alliance is seeking a waiver from a federal ban on the use of the Russian-made RD-180 engine for U.S. military satellite launches, Reuters reported Sunday. Andrea Shalal writes ULA wants permission to continue using its Atlas V rockets until it has completed the development of a U.S. […] More

  • Tom Vice: Northrop, General Dynamics, L-3 Partner for Joint Surveillance System Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tom Vice: Northrop, General Dynamics, L-3 Partner for Joint Surveillance System Competition

    Northrop Grumman will collaborate with General Dynamics‘ Gulfstream subsidiary and L-3 Communications in pursuit of the U.S. Air Force‘s Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System recapitalization contract. Tom Vice, corporate vice president and president of Northrop’s aerospace systems, said Friday the companies aim to integrate their technologies to meet the military branch’s JSTARS aircraft requirements. […] More

  • Army Demos Gray Eagle UAS Payload Control System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Demos Gray Eagle UAS Payload Control System

    The U.S. Army has used a new remote system to demonstrate a General Atomics-built MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, the Army News Service reported Wednesday. David Vergun writes F Company/227th Aviation soldiers managed the unmanned aircraft system’s payload with the One System Remote Video Terminal during a […] More

  • Matt Desch: Iridium Seeks Insurance on NEXT Satellites - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matt Desch: Iridium Seeks Insurance on NEXT Satellites

    Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications, told investors Wednesday the company wants to insure its upcoming constellation of NEXT satellites against potential operational risks, Space News reported Thursday. “We have to place insurance before launch and we’re in that process right now,” he was quoted as saying. Desch, an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 for […] More

  • Tony Smeraglinolo: Engility Helps Navy Facilitate X-47B Aerial Refueling Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tony Smeraglinolo: Engility Helps Navy Facilitate X-47B Aerial Refueling Test

    Engility Holdings has assisted the U.S. Navy in a program to demonstrate the automated aerial refueling of an X-47B unmanned aircraft built by Northrop Grumman. The company said Thursday it engineered a navigation software system that worked to help the X-47B maneuver to a fixed position behind an Omega K-707 tanker during a recent demonstration. […] More

  • Justice Dept Wants Info on Colocation Services Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Justice Dept Wants Info on Colocation Services Market

    The U.S. Justice Department is seeking information on small businesses that can perform a data center colocation of security server racks for the agency’s Amazon Web Services-built cloud platform. DOJ said in a FedBizOpps notice published Thursday it prefers a colocation facility that is located near a FedRAMP-certified AWS GovCloud site in the Seattle metropolitan […] More

  • Promark Adds AppDynamics Platform to GSA Schedule - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Promark Adds AppDynamics Platform to GSA Schedule

    AppDynamics has partnered with Promark Technology to offer federal agencies an application performance management platform through the U.S. General Services Administration‘s Schedule 70 program. The partnership is for Promark channel partners to use the company’s existing GSA contract for the distribution AppDynamics‘ Application Intelligence Platform in the government market, AppDynamics said Tuesday. The tool is designed to help […] More

  • Cisco's Steve Martino: 'Internet of Everything' Security Frameworks Must Include Threat Visibility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco’s Steve Martino: ‘Internet of Everything’ Security Frameworks Must Include Threat Visibility

    Steve Martino, chief information security officer and a vice president at Cisco, wrote in an opinion piece for Nextgov that adopters of the Internet of Everything platform should embed big data collection and network visibility tools into their IoE security architecture. Martino said he believes an IoE security framework should also include strategies to tackle […] More

  • John Heller: PAE Strives for 'Aggressive' Business Growth - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Heller: PAE Strives for ‘Aggressive’ Business Growth

    PAE CEO John Heller told the Washington Business Journal in an interview published Tuesday that the company is pursuing a more “aggressive” expansion strategy that focuses on organic, as well as inorganic, growth. Jill Aitoro writes PAE reported $1.8 billion in revenue for its fiscal 2014 year and the company’s income is projected to reach […] More