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  • Northrop, RFID Global to Present Counterfeit Electronic Part Detection Tools at DARPA Demo Day - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop, RFID Global to Present Counterfeit Electronic Part Detection Tools at DARPA Demo Day

    Northrop Grumman and its partner RFID Global Solution will showcase at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-hosted Demo Day a miniaturized chip and software designed to detect counterfeit electronic components. RFID Global said Tuesday it developed the Visi-Trac software application in support of a $12.3 million contract that Northrop received from DARPA in 2015 for the agency’s […] More

  • DHS OKs Iron Mountain-Summit Technical Solutions Mentorship Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS OKs Iron Mountain-Summit Technical Solutions Mentorship Agreement

    The Department of Homeland Security‘s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization has approved a new mentor-protege arrangement between Iron Mountain and Summit Technical Solutions. STS said Wednesday it is the first small business to engage in Iron Mountain’s mentor-protege program under DHS in efforts to enhance STS’ technical and management practices. Kelly Terrien, STS president and CEO, said the small business looks forward to learning […] More

  • Linden Blue: General Atomics Tests Fuselage Structure of Predator B Variant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Linden Blue: General Atomics Tests Fuselage Structure of Predator B Variant

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has finished rigorous tests on the fuselage structure of  a new variant of its Predator B remotely piloted aircraft. “Completion of this testing signifies that the design of the new fuselage will be able to meet the strict requirements for type-certification and routine operations in national airspace,” Linden Blue, CEO of General Atomics […] More

  • Lockheed-Run Sandia Lab Gets DOE Contract Renewal to Manage Regional Test Centers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Run Sandia Lab Gets DOE Contract Renewal to Manage Regional Test Centers

    Sandia National Laboratories has received a three-year contract renewal from the Energy Department to manage regional test centers that assess the performance, reliability and economic viability of solar photovoltaic technologies. DOE’s SunShot Initiative funds the RTC program launched in 2012 that works to make solar energy have similar costs in comparison with other electricity forms by 2020, Sandia said Tuesday. […] More

  • Boeing's Insitu Subsidiary, PrecisionHawk Form Alliance to Aid Commercial Drone Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing’s Insitu Subsidiary, PrecisionHawk Form Alliance to Aid Commercial Drone Customers

    Insitu has formed a strategic alliance with PrecisionHawk in an effort to develop unmanned aircraft system services that work to help commercial enterprises meet safety requirements for unmanned flights. Boeing subsidiary Insitu said Wednesday the alliance will utilize the UAS research and testing capacity of the companies, which are both Federal Aviation Administration Pathfinder program participants. Ryan Hartman, Insitu president and CEO, said the alliance […] More

  • General Dynamics Secures Air Force Contract Modification for IFF Production - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Secures Air Force Contract Modification for IFF Production

    General Dynamics has landed a $20.9 million modification from the U.S. Air Force for a previously awarded KIV-78 Identification Friend or Foe system production contract. The company’s C4 systems business will deliver contract line items for the new IFF configuration and associated spares as well as an estimated 700 additional units annually for foreign military sales, […] More

  • Navy Eyes Liquid Robotics for Unmanned Surface Vehicle Engineering Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Eyes Liquid Robotics for Unmanned Surface Vehicle Engineering Contract

    The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific plans to award Liquid Robotics a potential five-year, $10 million contract to engineer an autonomous unmanned surface vehicle for the U.S. Navy. The Navy said April 28 in a FedBizOpps notice the contract will cover an estimated 18,668 hours of Wave Glider USV hardware design, production, assembly, integration, testing, repair, system upgrade […] More

  • CACI's US Operations Arm Receives ISO Certification for Quality Mgmt; Ken Asbury Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI’s US Operations Arm Receives ISO Certification for Quality Mgmt; Ken Asbury Comments

    CACI International‘s U.S. operations business has received the International Organization for Standardization ISO 9001:2015 credential for quality management. The enterprise-wide ISO certification was awarded as a result of an external audit that examined every aspect of the company’s quality management system that includes internal processes established to meet quality service, customer satisfaction, product and process conformance […] More

  • CSRA Subsidiary Lands Alabama Supercomputer Network Services Recompete - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Subsidiary Lands Alabama Supercomputer Network Services Recompete

    The CSRA subsidiary CSC State and Local Solutions has received a five-year, $96 million contract from Alabama’s state supercomputing agency to provide network and internet connections to 550 institutions within the state’s academic community. CSRA said Wednesday the recompeted contract covers services to support schools, school districts, community colleges, universities and libraries across Alabama. Paul Nedzbala, executive vice president for CSRA’s health and civil […] More

  • NASA, FAA Test Hitachi Wireless Comms System for Ground-to-Plane Info Exchange - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, FAA Test Hitachi Wireless Comms System for Ground-to-Plane Info Exchange

    NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration have partnered to carry out a mission that saw engineers at the space agency’s Glenn Research Center sent aviation data from the ground to an airplane over a wireless communication system for aircraft. Engineers used an Aircraft Access to System Wide Information Management prototype to convey the aviation information to an FAA […] More

  • Marine Corps Orders 10K ArmorSource-Built Helmets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marine Corps Orders 10K ArmorSource-Built Helmets

    ArmorSource has been awarded a contract to produce 10,000 lightweight helmets for the U.S. Marine Corps and is scheduled to deliver the helmets in the first three quarters of 2017. It represents the third order the company has received from U.S. government clients since January 2016, Yoav Kapah, president and CEO of ArmorSource, said in a statement issued Tuesday. […] More

  • Cisco to Sponsor IACA Conference in Netherlands - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco to Sponsor IACA Conference in Netherlands

    Cisco will serve as a sponsor for the 2016 International Association of Court Administration regional conference to be held in The Hague, Netherlands, from May 18 to 20. AJ Ramsey, a Cisco marketing manager, wrote in a blog entry posted Tuesday the event will offer participants an opportunity to learn more about various European legal systems and court […] More