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  • CyrusOne to Provide Data Center Support for CSRA's Govt Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CyrusOne to Provide Data Center Support for CSRA’s Govt Customers

    CyrusOne will deliver data center space and power to CSRA‘s government clients under a newly-forged partnership. Dallas, Texas-based CyrusOne said Wednesday it will serve as one of CSRA’s go-to-market data center providers under the agreement. Yogesh Khanna, CSRA chief technology officer, said the alliance lets CSRA rely on CyrusOne to run physical data centers that support the former’s […] More

  • BAE Extends Agreement to Provide International Business Opportunities for Australian Companies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Extends Agreement to Provide International Business Opportunities for Australian Companies

    Australia’s defense ministry has renewed a supply chain agreement with BAE Systems to continue to give Australian companies access to commercial and defense opportunities within BAE’s international business. The British defense contractor said Monday its Global Access Program has helped Australian firms secure export deals for products such as military vehicle restraint systems, ship evacuation equipment, precision components […] More

  • Boeing, Triumph Extend V-22 Tiltrotor Aircraft Support Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, Triumph Extend V-22 Tiltrotor Aircraft Support Agreement

    Boeing and Triumph Group have entered an agreement to extend the latter’s support for the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft under a contract the joint venture of Bell Helicopter and Boeing is slated to negotiate with the U.S. Navy. Bell Boeing and the Navy will work out the third multi-year order for the V-22 program before the end of 2017, […] More

  • GEO Group to Extend Housing Facility Support for Federal Bureau of Prisons - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GEO Group to Extend Housing Facility Support for Federal Bureau of Prisons

    The GEO Group has secured two potential 10-year contracts from the Federal Bureau of Prisons to continue to house criminal aliens at company-owned facilities. GEO said Friday the contracts were awarded through the Criminal Alien Requirement 16 procurement vehicle and are expected to generate $664 million in combined revenues throughout the full 10-year periods. The company will provide […] More

  • General Atomics RPA Hits 48-Hour Continuous Flight Milestone - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics RPA Hits 48-Hour Continuous Flight Milestone

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business unit has flown a “certifiable” variant of the company-built Predator B remotely piloted aircraft for 48.2 hours non-stop, breaking a company record for the longest endurance flight of any Predator-series platform. The MQ-9B SkyGuardian set off on May 16 from Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona with 6,065 pounds of internal fuel then flew between 25,000 and 35,000 feet […] More

  • DHS Seeks Info on Data Analysis, Visualization Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Seeks Info on Data Analysis, Visualization Sources

    The Department of Homeland Security wants information on potential sources of data analytics and visualization offerings that could support DHS’ office of cyber and infrastructure analysis. OCIA needs a capability that can help evolve its analytic tools; develop data visualizations, mapping tools and related software applications; and build a research and development framework to launch new platforms, DHS said […] More

  • OGSystems Updates Aerial Imaging & Image Processing Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OGSystems Updates Aerial Imaging & Image Processing Platforms

    OGSystems has rolled out its updated three-dimensional aerial imaging system and sensor-based processing system for 2D and 3D images. The PeARL aerial imaging platform is equipped with a modern sensor that works to provide approximately 1.6 inches of ground sample distance at a 10,000 feet above ground level with about 2,000-yard configurable swath width, OGSystems said Thursday. The company updated the imaging […] More

  • Lockheed to Continue Trident II D5 Missile Production for Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Continue Trident II D5 Missile Production for Navy

    Lockheed Martin‘s space systems business has secured a $43.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to produce Trident II D5 submarine-launched fleet ballistic missiles and carry out support for deployed D5 systems. The Defense Department said Friday work will occur in California, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Washington, Utah and Virginia through Sept. 30, 2017. The Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs will obligate […] More

  • Lockheed Gets Air Force Funds to Integrate Subsystem for Next 2 SBIRS Missile Warning Satellites - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets Air Force Funds to Integrate Subsystem for Next 2 SBIRS Missile Warning Satellites

    Lockheed Martin has secured a nearly $46 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to integrate an additional subsystem for the fifth and sixth Space Based Infrared System geosynchronous missile warning satellites. The Defense Department said Thursday Lockheed will also modify SBIRS GEO-5 and GEO-6 propulsion systems under the modification. Lockheed’s space systems business will perform work at a company facility in Sunnyvale, […] More

  • ITAMCO to Create Messaging & Transaction App for US Military Under DARPA Grant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ITAMCO to Create Messaging & Transaction App for US Military Under DARPA Grant

    ITAMCO has received a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency grant to build a secure messaging and transaction application for Defense Department users. The company will base the messaging tool on its Crypto-Chat privacy app and blockchain technology as part of the project’s first phase, ITAMCO said Thursday. The messaging app is intended to support communications between deployed troops and headquarters as well as between intelligence officers […] More

  • Speedcast, COMSAT Team to Offer Ku-Band Network Services in Govt, Maritime Markets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Speedcast, COMSAT Team to Offer Ku-Band Network Services in Govt, Maritime Markets

    COMSAT and Speedcast International have entered into a partnership agreement to offer global network services to government and maritime customers. The joint offering will combine Speedcast’s 8+ gigahertz of global satellite capacity with COMSAT’s U.S.-based teleports to provide Ku-band very small aperture terminal services for customers that need resilient connectivity, Speedcast said Thursday. COMSAT will also deliver hosting services as well […] More

  • Cloudera Unveils Managed Data Engineering Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cloudera Unveils Managed Data Engineering Service

    Cloudera has introduced a platform-as-a-service offering designed to help data engineers run large-scale data processing applications in a public cloud environment. Altus works to help enterprise users accelerate the development and operation of elastic data pipelines that power data-driven applications through on-demand infrastructure, Cloudera said Wednesday. The service is now available in most Amazon Web Services cloud regions and the […] More