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  • August Schell to Help Create Sourcing Vehicle for DON Software Licensing Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    August Schell to Help Create Sourcing Vehicle for DON Software Licensing Program

    The Marine Corps Systems Command has awarded August Schell a potential six-year, $41.2 million contract to help establish a strategic sourcing method for the Department of the Navy to procure Axway software licenses and related maintenance services. The Defense Department said Friday the company will support DON’s Enterprise Software Licensing program aimed at simplifying the acquisition and management of ESL agreements […] More

  • Applied Technology Added to Navy Signature Tech Office Support IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Applied Technology Added to Navy Signature Tech Office Support IDIQ

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Applied Technology a spot on a potential five-year, $48.5 million contract for scientific, engineering and programmatic research and development services to the military branch’s Signature Technology Office. Work will take place at the company’s facility in King George, Virginia, and at the Naval Research Laboratory through March 4, 2023, the Defense Department said Friday. […] More

  • Mike Twyman: Cubic to Showcase Networked C4ISR Platforms at SATELLITE Event - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Twyman: Cubic to Showcase Networked C4ISR Platforms at SATELLITE Event

    Cubic has announced that its mission solutions business will showcase command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology offerings during SATELLITE 2018. The event will take place in Washington, D.C., from March 12 to 15 and will feature discussions between specialists, executives and users in the aerospace and satellite communications field, Cubic said Friday. Mike Twyman, president […] More

  • Engility Holds 11th Annual Employee Trade Show; Gay Porter Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility Holds 11th Annual Employee Trade Show; Gay Porter Comments

    Engility brought together more than 500 professionals to share, discuss, experience and test multiple technology platforms at the company’s employee trade show held Thursday. The company said Thursday its systems engineers along with aerospace, counterterrorism and defense specialists were present during the annual summit that featured Engility’s artificial intelligence technology Synthetic Analyst and data analytics platforms MetaSift and […] More

  • AFRL Tests New Explosive Co-Developed With Aerojet Rocketdyne - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AFRL Tests New Explosive Co-Developed With Aerojet Rocketdyne

    The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has conducted a test to validate the sympathetic reaction of a new safety-oriented explosive co-developed with Aerojet Rocketdyne. The MNX-770 Mod 1 explosive is being developed for use in 500-pound BLU-111 and 1000-pound BLU-110 general purpose bombs, which are also referred to as the Mk-82 and the Mk-83, respectively, the company said Thursday. Aerojet […] More

  • General Atomics Demos Acoustic Surveillance Tech for Counter-UAS Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Demos Acoustic Surveillance Tech for Counter-UAS Missions

    General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business demonstrated an acoustic detection system during an event held at the U.S. Army‘s Fires Center of Excellence in Lawton, Oklahoma. The company said Thursday it was invited to showcase the Fencepost platform at the  annual Maneuver Fires Integrated Experiment in support of counter-unmanned aerial system missions. Hank Rinehart, business lead for surveillance and sensor […] More

  • Air Force Taps Xerox to Provide Document Tools & Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps Xerox to Provide Document Tools & Support Services

    The U.S. Air Force has tasked Xerox to aid the service branch’s document management activities and replace USAF document equipment with new multifunction tools throughout 2019. The company said Thursday it will provide support to address the Air Force’s print, scan and fax needs, as well as help desk and server management services. Xerox expects the equipment replacements […] More

  • Druva Data Protection System Gets DHS Product Approval - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Druva Data Protection System Gets DHS Product Approval

    A Druva data protection system has received approval under the Department of Homeland Security’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation product list. The Druva Insync is an integrated data protection platform designed to protect end-user data within specified endpoints and cloud storage, Carahsoft said Monday. The system also includes features for management, compliance monitoring, auditing, remediation and self-restoration. The CDM program was […] More

  • Marillyn Hewson: Lockheed, DoD in Talks Over F-35 Lot 11 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marillyn Hewson: Lockheed, DoD in Talks Over F-35 Lot 11

    Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson has said the company and the Defense Department are engaged in a “complex negotiation” over the next contract to build the 11th batch of 130 F-35 fighter jets. “Our government customer needs to understand the cost,” Hewson told CNBC in an interview posted Thursday. “We need to make sure that we […] More

  • Juniper’s David Mihelcic: Federal IT Leaders Should Use Network Elements in Cyber Threat Detection - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Juniper’s David Mihelcic: Federal IT Leaders Should Use Network Elements in Cyber Threat Detection

    David Mihelcic, federal chief technology and strategy officer at Juniper Networks, has said federal information technology administrators should leverage firewalls, switches, routers and other network components to protect agency networks from cyber threats amid the prevalence of internet-connected devices. Mihelcic wrote in a FedTech guest post published Wednesday that agency IT leaders should combine those […] More

  • StandardAero Subsidiary to Help Maintain UK Gazelle Helicopter Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    StandardAero Subsidiary to Help Maintain UK Gazelle Helicopter Fleet

    A StandardAero subsidiary has received a potential four-year contract to help maintain the U.K. Army Air Corps’ Gazelle AH Mk1 helicopters that have been in service for nearly five decades. Vector Aerospace will commence maintenance work on 26 Gazelle units at the Fleetlands facility in Gosports, England, where the platform currently undergoes safety modification upgrades, StandardAero said […] More

  • GetSAT to Provide Satellite Terminals for US Government's Communications-On-The-Move Requirement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GetSAT to Provide Satellite Terminals for US Government’s Communications-On-The-Move Requirement

    GetSAT has received a multimillion dollar contract to supply land and maritime variants of the company’s micronized communications terminal to the U.S. government. The government has selected GetSAT’s MicroSAT and MiliSAT L/M platforms that are designed to support Ka- and Ku-band communications on-the-move, the company said Friday. The rugged terminals are based on InterFLAT technology that can transmit […] More