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  • Boeing to Open New Research Center in South Korea - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Open New Research Center in South Korea

    Boeing is in talks with the South Korean government on the company’s plan to build a new research center in the East Asian country. The research center will support the development of technologies that can be integrated into future aerospace products such as autonomy, artificial intelligence, avionics, analytics, smart cabin and smart factory, Boeing said Wednesday. […] More

  • Lockheed-Led Team Updates US Ballistic Missile Defense System Foundation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Led Team Updates US Ballistic Missile Defense System Foundation

    A Lockheed Martin-led industry team has modernized a global network of systems that serves as the foundation of U.S.  ballistic missile defense. Lockheed said Tuesday it worked with Boeing, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon to update the Command, Control, Battle Management and Communications system, which is installed at various locations worldwide. The C2BMC network is designed […] More

  • Report: Army to Pick Short-Range Air Defense System Vendor in Late 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Army to Pick Short-Range Air Defense System Vendor in Late 2018

    The U.S. Army plans to select a supplier of short-range air defense systems for Europe by the fourth quarter of 2018, Defense News reported Monday. Brig. Gen. Randy McIntire, head of the Army’s cross-functional team for air and missile defense, said that Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville has signed the directed requirement for […] More

  • Cubic Report: Public Transit Agencies Should Lead Mobility-as-a-Service Tech Devt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Report: Public Transit Agencies Should Lead Mobility-as-a-Service Tech Devt

    Cubic has released a new white paper that says public transit should be at the forefront of discussions on Mobility-as a-Service technologies. Matt Cole, president of Cubic’s transportation systems arm, authored the report titled “MaaS: Putting Transit Front and Center of the Conversation,” which was unveiled at the American Public Transportation Association’s three-day legislative conference that […] More

  • CACI Lands $60M Army National Guard Contract for Media Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI Lands $60M Army National Guard Contract for Media Services

    CACI International has secured a potential three-year, $60 million contract to continue the provision of advertising and marketing support to the U.S. Army National Guard‘s State Media Services Program. The company said Monday it will help SMSP deliver advertising and creative resources to ARNG Retention and Recruitment Commands across U.S. states and territories. CACI will bring […] More

  • DARPA to Hold Proposers Day on Nonsurgical Human-Machine Comms Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA to Hold Proposers Day on Nonsurgical Human-Machine Comms Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host a Proposers Day on April 3 in Arlington, Virginia to discuss a program that seeks to develop human-machine communications technologies that will not require surgery. DARPA said Friday the Next-Generation Nonsurgical Neurotechnology program, or N3, will explore noninvasive ways to connect able-bodied service members’ neurons with devices. Existing brain-machine […] More

  • Report: Marine Corps Partners With Industry to Demo Drone Supply Delivery - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Marine Corps Partners With Industry to Demo Drone Supply Delivery

    The U.S. Marine Corps has collaborated with companies to develop a supply delivery system that uses unmanned aerial vehicles, GCN reported Thursday. The Hive Final Mile project, a joint program of the Marine Corps’ Next Generation Logistics arm and the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Rapid Reaction Technology Office, seeks to automate the delivery of […] More

  • Report: Raytheon, Rheinmetall Seek to Offer Germany Integrated Air Defense System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Raytheon, Rheinmetall Seek to Offer Germany Integrated Air Defense System

    Raytheon and Rheinmetall have partnered to offer a suite of integrated air defense systems to Germany that could potentially rival Lockheed Martin‘s antimissile system offering for the German military, Defense News reported Friday. The partnership seeks to propose the Raytheon-built Patriot system in case Germany decides to explore other options for its Taktisches Luftverteidigungssystem program, or TLVS. Rheinmetall […] More

  • Small Businesses Secured 47% of Strategically-Sourced DHS Contracts in FY 2017 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Small Businesses Secured 47% of Strategically-Sourced DHS Contracts in FY 2017

    Small businesses served as prime contractors for 47 percent of all contracts that the Department of Homeland Security awarded through strategic sourcing procurement vehicles in fiscal year 2017, Signal Magazine reported Wednesday. DHS Industry Liaison Carla Thomas said that DHS issued a total of 21,250 contracts in 2017 and 8,500 of those agreements went to small businesses. She […] More

  • Cherokee Nation Technologies to Back DoD Health Surveillance Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cherokee Nation Technologies to Back DoD Health Surveillance Efforts

    Cherokee Nation Technologies has won a potential five-year, $55 million order from the Defense Health Agency to provide health surveillance support for the Defense Department. DoD said Thursday the company will help maintain existing infrastructure; respond to inquiries from medical and health authorities; and analyze, interpret and disseminate information on the status, trends and determinants of the […] More

  • Defense HR Activity Selects Booz Allen to Support National Language Service Corps - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Defense HR Activity Selects Booz Allen to Support National Language Service Corps

    Booz Allen Hamilton has won a five-year,  $37.4 million contract from the Defense Human Resources Activity to help administer key functions of the National Language Service Corps. The Defense Department said Wednesday Booz Allen will help NLSC recruit potential members; gather and retain member data; provide information to government organizations that are part of NLSC or […] More

  • General Atomics' Electromagnetic Systems Business to Expand in Mississippi - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics’ Electromagnetic Systems Business to Expand in Mississippi

    General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business unit will expand its existing facilities in Shannon, Mississippi under a $20 million project. The Mississippi Development Authority said Wednesday the expansion will create 48 jobs; address demands for airborne, maritime and ground-based military lasers; and meet increased fabrication needs. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems will add 128,000 square feet of space to an […] More