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  • Northrop to Update Computers in Air Force's E-8C Joint STARS Fleet; Jane Bishop Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Update Computers in Air Force’s E-8C Joint STARS Fleet; Jane Bishop Quoted

    Northrop Grumman has secured a $17.5M delivery order to update central computers in the U.S. Air Force‘s E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft. The company said Wednesday it will perform fifth-generation computer upgrade on 16 E-8C units as part of a fleet capability enhancement effort as the service builds a new advanced battle management system. Jane Bishop, […] More

  • Ron VanCourt Appointed Systecon North America Strategic Dev't Head - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ron VanCourt Appointed Systecon North America Strategic Dev’t Head

    Ron VanCourt, a more than two-decade naval program management veteran, has been named director of strategic development at Systecon’s North American business. He will oversee deal strategy, relationship-building and customer interface efforts in his new role, Systecon said. VanCourt previously served as program manager for the Naval Sea Systems Command 05V aircraft carrier engineering contract at Gryphon […] More

  • General Atomics Flies Second SkyGuardian RPA; David Alexander Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Flies Second SkyGuardian RPA; David Alexander Quoted

    General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has completed the initial flight of a second MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft at a military airport in Yuma, Ariz. The company said Tuesday its MQ-9B features new technologies that were not present in the first unit produced two years ago such as updated avionics, software package and de-icing and lightning protection […] More

  • Carahsoft Makes 2018 List of 'Largest' Private Companies in DC Metro Area; Craig Abod Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Makes 2018 List of ‘Largest’ Private Companies in DC Metro Area; Craig Abod Quoted

    Carahsoft Technology has landed a spot on the Washington Business Journal’s 2018 list of top 100 privately held companies in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, ranked by total revenue during the previous fiscal year. The company said Tuesday it recorded $4.4B in 2017 bookings and saw the number of its employees increase to more than 900 […] More

  • Fugue Wins Cybersecurity Breakthrough Award; Phillip Merrick Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fugue Wins Cybersecurity Breakthrough Award; Phillip Merrick Quoted

    Fugue has received a Cybersecurity Breakthrough Award in the infrastructure-as-a-service category. The company said Wednesday it was given the award as recognition for its products that readily determine the existence of anomalous content in a cloud infrastructure, like a policy violation, an unauthorized transaction or a misconfiguration, and address the problem as it happens. “As […] More

  • SAIC Lands CMS Comms Campaign Support Subcontract; Bob Genter Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC Lands CMS Comms Campaign Support Subcontract; Bob Genter Quoted

    Science Applications International Corp. will support national education campaign and outreach efforts of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as part of a Ketchum-led industry team that won a spot on a potential $900M contract. SAIC said Monday it can vie for task orders to help the CMS develop, implement and evaluate integrated communications campaigns via the indefinite-delivery, […] More

  • Mitre Unveils Medical Device Cybersecurity Framework; John Kreger Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mitre Unveils Medical Device Cybersecurity Framework; John Kreger Quoted

    Mitre has collaborated with the Food and Drug Administration to create a guide for health care delivery organizations to prepare for and respond to security breaches involving medical technology platforms. The Medical Device Cybersecurity Regional Incident Preparedness and Response Playbook is designed to help HDOs, such as hospitals, produce a framework that would cover device inventory and information […] More

  • General Dynamics' Dave Vennergrund: Cloud Paves Way for AI Tech Advancement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics’ Dave Vennergrund: Cloud Paves Way for AI Tech Advancement

    Dave Vennergrund, director of data and analytics at General Dynamics’ information technology business unit, has said cloud technology offers an avenue for federal agencies and companies to develop artificial intelligence tools. He wrote in a blog entry posted Thursday that cloud provides a system designed to facilitate algorithmic machine learning processes; services intended to support deep […] More

  • BAE's Diane Dempsey Wins 'Minority Supplier Development Leader' Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE’s Diane Dempsey Wins ‘Minority Supplier Development Leader’ Award

    Diane Dempsey, director of small business programs at BAE Systems‘ U.S. arm, accepted the 2018 Chairman’s Award for Minority Supplier Development Leader of the Year from the Capital Region Minority Supplier Development Council at a ceremony held last week in National Harbor, Md. Dempsey said in a statement released Friday the company partners with businesses that […] More

  • CTC-Led Team to Support Marine Corps' Energy Program; Ed Sheehan Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC-Led Team to Support Marine Corps’ Energy Program; Ed Sheehan Quoted

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. has won a potential five-year, $36M contract to assist the U.S. Marine Corps in efforts to address the service’s energy reliability and resiliency goals. CTC said Thursday it will help Marine Corps Installations Command review Energy Security Assessment documents, recommend upgrades for infrastructure, analyze utility rates and bills and audit energy systems at multiple […] More

  • Maxar VP Mike Gold to Chair NASA Advisory Council's Regulatory & Policy Committee - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maxar VP Mike Gold to Chair NASA Advisory Council’s Regulatory & Policy Committee

    Mike Gold, vice president of regulatory and policy at Maxar Technologies, has been named chairman of NASA Advisory Council’s regulatory and policy committee. Gold said in a statement released Thursday the newly formed panel will offer advice and insight to the NASA leadership team in support of the agency’s plans to leverage public-private partnerships and encourage […] More

  • NSA Certifies Rockwell Collins-Built Military Ground Radio Tech; Troy Brunk Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NSA Certifies Rockwell Collins-Built Military Ground Radio Tech; Troy Brunk Quoted

    Rockwell Collins has received Type-1 certification from the National Security Agency for a ground radio technology designed to facilitate military communications. NSA validated the potential of AN/PRC-162(V)1 RT 20-48(C)U radios to help U.S. armed forces transmit and secure classified data including top-secret information, Rockwell Collins said Wednesday. Troy Brunk, vice president and general manager of communication, navigation and electronic warfare solutions at […] More