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  • Orbital ATK Provides Hardware for ULA Satellite Launch Missions With NASA, NRO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Provides Hardware for ULA Satellite Launch Missions With NASA, NRO

    Orbital ATK provided composite structures and motors for three rockets that  United Launch Alliance used to send one NASA spacecraft and two National Reconnaissance Office payloads into orbit. ULA launched the Boeing-built Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-M as well as the NROL-42 and NROL-52 national security satellites using Atlas V rockets within an eight-week period, Orbital ATK said Tuesday. Orbital ATK manufactured […] More

  • Drone Aviation to Build More Aerostat Systems for DoD Client - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Drone Aviation to Build More Aerostat Systems for DoD Client

    Drone Aviation has received a potential $800,000 order from an unspecified Defense Department client to supply additional units of an updated tactical aerostat platform designed to aid intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. The Winch Aerostat Small Platform will support the DoD customer’s use of communications, daylight and thermal payload capacities, Drone Aviation said Tuesday. WASP works […] More

  • DoD Approves CompTIA Cyber Analyst Certification Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Approves CompTIA Cyber Analyst Certification Program

    The Defense Department has approved a CompTIA program that works to certify an information technology professional’s skills to prevent, recognize and address cyber threats. CompTIA said Tuesday its Cybersecurity Analyst certification is now included in DoD’s Directive 8570.01-M that lists requirements to train, validate and manage the department cyberspace workforce. CSA+ has been approved as a baseline standard for […] More

  • Lockheed to Develop Multimodal Sensor Fusion Testbed for Army Rotocraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Develop Multimodal Sensor Fusion Testbed for Army Rotocraft

    Lockheed Martin aims to build multimodal sensor fusion testbed for rotary-wing aircraft under a potential three-year, $12 million contract from U.S. Army‘s Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate. The company said Tuesday currently develops sensor fusion and integration tools in an effort to help increase the survivability of Army helicopters and restore situational awareness for pilots who operate […] More

  • CACI to Support Army CERDEC's Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Unit; Ken Asbury Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI to Support Army CERDEC’s Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Unit; Ken Asbury Comments

    CACI International has secured a spot on a potential five-year, $480 million multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to aid the night vision and electronic sensors directorate of the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research Development and Engineering Center. The company said Tuesday that it will support NVESD’s efforts to develop and integrate various technologies to military and national responder teams around […] More

  • DARPA Picks 8 Teams for Software Defined Radio Hackfest Event in November - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Picks 8 Teams for Software Defined Radio Hackfest Event in November

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected eight team line-ups for a software defined radio hackfest in November which will be held at the NASA Ames Conference Center in Moffett Field, California. DARPA said Monday that participants of the Bay Area Software Defined Radio Hackfest include members of the academia, industry and SDR enthusiast community who […] More

  • DLT Strikes Deal to Offer Systems, Info Mgmt Software to Govt Entities; Brian Strosser Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLT Strikes Deal to Offer Systems, Info Mgmt Software to Govt Entities; Brian Strosser Comments

    DLT Solutions has secured a National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance contract to provide systems and information software products to government agencies nationwide. The company said Monday the three-year cooperative purchasing contract offers approximately  90,000 public and nonprofit organizations access to DLT’s Quest Software and similar platforms. Brian Strosser, president of DLT Solutions, said the company aims to help […] More

  • Report: Raytheon Integrates Laser Weapon, Surveillance Tech to Polaris ATV - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Raytheon Integrates Laser Weapon, Surveillance Tech to Polaris ATV

    Raytheon has combined merged a laser weapon and advanced surveillance equipment to a Polaris-built all-terrain vehicle to develop a new platform that can engage unmanned aerial vehicles using laser beams, Popular Mechanics reported Monday. The new High Energy Laser Weapon System-MRZR platform features a 30-square-foot electronics package, Polaris’ MRZR ATV and Raytheon’s Multi-spectral Targeting System […] More

  • Navy Declares Full Operational Capability for Raytheon's Joint Standoff Weapon C-1 Variant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Declares Full Operational Capability for Raytheon’s Joint Standoff Weapon C-1 Variant

    The latest variant of Raytheon‘s Joint Standoff Weapon system has received full operational capability designation from the Department of the Navy. JSOW C-1 is designed to help U.S. squadrons engage moving maritime and stationary ground targets through an air-to-ground network, the Naval Air Systems Command said Wednesday. “Formal declaration of full operational capability for JSOW C-1 is the final step in a […] More

  • Report: CBP, Elbit Systems' US Arm in Talks to Expand Border Surveillance Tech Deployment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: CBP, Elbit Systems’ US Arm in Talks to Expand Border Surveillance Tech Deployment

    Elbit Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary is in discussions with the Customs and Border Protection over further deployment of company-made surveillance technology to help secure the southern border, Defense News reported Thursday. The report said Elbit Systems of America aims to help the agency address the Trump administration’s border security requirements. CBP awarded the company a $145.3 million contract in February 2014 […] More

  • Reports: General Dynamics to Help Romania Produce Armored Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reports: General Dynamics to Help Romania Produce Armored Vehicles

    Romania’s ministry of economy has inked a memorandum of understanding and cooperation agreement with General Dynamics to produce armored vehicles in the country, Govnet reported Tuesday. The Romanian administration said in a government press release that the state-owned Mecanica Plant Bucharest will team up with General Dynamics to produce and deliver Piranha 5 vehicles for the […] More

  • Strategy and Management Services to Aid Navy EOD Expeditionary Support Unit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Strategy and Management Services to Aid Navy EOD Expeditionary Support Unit

    Strategy and Management Services has landed a potential five-year contract to offer administrative, customer service and technical support services for the U.S. Navy‘s Explosive Ordnance Disposal Expeditionary Support Unit TWO. The company said Thursday it aims to aid EODESU TWO’s command and control missions which include the delivery of logistical services to EODGRU TWO, four EOD Mobile […] More