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  • Deloitte Forecasts 3% Growth for Global A&D Sector's 2016 Revenue - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte Forecasts 3% Growth for Global A&D Sector’s 2016 Revenue

    A Deloitte report predicts global revenues of the aerospace and defense market will climb 3 percent this year after the industry experienced a 0.5 percent revenue decline during 2015. The professional services firm said Tuesday an increase in military budgets and a resurgence of security threats worldwide are among the forces that will drive A&D sales in the […] More

  • Fluor JV Wins Phoenix Loop 202 Freeway Design-Build Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fluor JV Wins Phoenix Loop 202 Freeway Design-Build Project

    A Fluor joint venture has been awarded a contract from the Arizona Department of Transportation to design and construct an approximately 22-mile highway around the Phoenix metropolitan area. Connect 202 Partners will begin construction of the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway in summer and is scheduled to complete work in late 2019 or early 2020, Fluor said Tuesday. The freeway will have one high-occupancy vehicle lane […] More

  • DOE, Battelle Partner for Deep Borehole Drilling Research Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE, Battelle Partner for Deep Borehole Drilling Research Project

    A Battelle-led consortium has been chosen by the U.S. Energy Department to help study the feasibility of creating deep-borehole repositories in crystalline rock formations. The consortium will drill a more than 16,000-foot hole through a rock formation located near Rugby, North Dakota, in an effort to examine the potential use of boreholes for high-level radioactive waste disposal or geothermal energy development, the […] More

  • USAID to Hold Outreach Session With Small Businesses - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USAID to Hold Outreach Session With Small Businesses

    The U.S. Agency for International Development will hold an outreach session with small businesses on Jan. 22 to discuss the agency’s programming priorities and potential procurement opportunities. USAID said in a notice posted Tuesday on FedBizOpps that the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization will host the vendor outreach event. OSDBU works to facilitate small […] More

  • AT&T, Partners Work on Internet of Things-Based 'Smart City' Framework - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T, Partners Work on Internet of Things-Based ‘Smart City’ Framework

    AT&T has partnered with seven other technology companies to produce a smart-city development framework intended to help local government organizations to harness  Internet of Things platforms for management of their cities. Cisco, Deloitte, General Electric, IBM, Intel, Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies have agreed to support AT&T’s strategy to help create more connected  communities, AT&T said Tuesday. […] More

  • Parsons Unveils 5-Unit Structure, Mary Ann Hopkins to Head Federal Org; Chuck Harrington Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Unveils 5-Unit Structure, Mary Ann Hopkins to Head Federal Org; Chuck Harrington Comments

    Parsons has formed five business units under a new program that seeks to create growth opportunities for the company and help with the delivery of services to clients. Chuck Harrington, Parsons’ chairman and CEO, said Monday the Forward “initiative is an important step in enhancing the effectiveness of our company, making us more agile in responding to the needs […] More

  • GSA Opens Bidding on $2.5B Satellite Comms Follow-On GWAC Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Opens Bidding on $2.5B Satellite Comms Follow-On GWAC Vehicle

    The General Services Administration is seeking vendors to provide satellite communications technologies and related services to U.S. government agencies through a potential 10-year, $2.5 billion contract vehicle. The Complex Commercial Satellite Communications Solutions program will cover fixed and mobile satcom services and ancillary equipment such as terminals, subscriber identity module cards, teleports and terrestrial tail circuits, GSA […] More

  • NSA Issues 1st Open Procurement Notice for 'Innovative Mission Capabilities' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NSA Issues 1st Open Procurement Notice for ‘Innovative Mission Capabilities’

    The National Security Agency has issued a notice on FedBizOpps for small businesses to provide “innovative mission capabilities” in what would be the agency’s first open procurement effort, Nextgov reported Thursday. Aliya Sternstein writes interested companies will need to register for access to an NSA database called the Acquisition Resource Center. “NSA’s posting on FedBizOpps […] More

  • DoD Seeks Proposals for Wearable Antenna Development Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Seeks Proposals for Wearable Antenna Development Program

    The Defense Department has asked industry to submit proposals for a three-phase contract that aims to research and develop wearable antenna systems for integration with soldiers’ multi-frequency band radios. DoD issued the solicitation for the Multi-Band Body Wearable Antenna initiative as part of the Small Business Administration’s Small Business Innovation Research program, according to a […] More

  • RnR Market Research Forecasts 6% CAGR for Defense Drone Industry Through 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    RnR Market Research Forecasts 6% CAGR for Defense Drone Industry Through 2020

    An RnR Market Research report predicts the military unmanned aerial vehicles market will achieve a 6 percent compound annual growth rate over the next five years. The company said Wednesday large defense UAVs that can perform surveillance, intelligence gathering, target designation, fire support and strike missions accounted for a total of about 76 percent market share during […] More

  • DARPA Picks 10 Participants for Nano-to-Millimeter-Scale Manufacturing Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Picks 10 Participants for Nano-to-Millimeter-Scale Manufacturing Project

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected 10 participants in its Atoms to Product program, which seeks technology that can manufacture millimeter-scale products or materials out of nanometer-scale pieces. DARPA said Tuesday researchers will work to address the gap between nano-scale and millimeter-scale components through fabrication from atoms to microns then microns to millimeters. “The […] More