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  • CAE USA to Build Seahawk Helicopter Training System for Brazilian Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE USA to Build Seahawk Helicopter Training System for Brazilian Navy

    CAE‘s U.S. subsidiary has received a foreign military sales contract from the U.S. Navy to build a training system for the Brazilian navy’s S-70B Seahawk helicopter crew. The company said Wednesday it intends to produce a fixed-base operational flight trainer and weapons tactics trainer that can function independently or operate together as a tactical operational flight training platform. S-70B OFT […] More

  • CIS Offers Securely-Configured Virtual Images via AWS' U.S. Govt. Cloud Marketplace - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CIS Offers Securely-Configured Virtual Images via AWS’ U.S. Govt. Cloud Marketplace

    The Center for Internet Security has added its “hardened” virtual images to Amazon Web Services‘ cloud marketplace for U.S. government customers. CIS said Wednesday its CIS Hardened Images are now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) marketplace and have been accessible to other customers through the AWS Marketplace since 2015. CIS Hardened Images are types of Amazon Machine Images […] More

  • DXC Unveils Applications Security on Demand Testing Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DXC Unveils Applications Security on Demand Testing Service

    DXC Technology has launched its consumption-based applications security testing service that can identify and address vulnerabilities during the app development lifecycle. The DXC Applications Security on Demand is based on Micro Focus‘ software and makes DXC the first global provider of the former’s Fortify on Demand app security managed service, DXC said Wednesday. Applications Security on Demand […] More

  • Marillyn Hewson: InSight, Orion Spacecraft Back Lockheed’s Part in Future Mars Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marillyn Hewson: InSight, Orion Spacecraft Back Lockheed’s Part in Future Mars Missions

    Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson told CNBC in an interview posted Wednesday that she believes the company will continue to be a part of every mission to Mars. Hewson mentioned the InSight lander and the Orion deep space exploration spacecraft as two of Lockheed’s projects with NASA that seek to support the company’s involvement in future missions to the […] More

  • DynCorp Secures Army Base Operations Support Extension - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp Secures Army Base Operations Support Extension

    DynCorp International has received a $43.1 million task order modification to continue support services for a U.S. Army garrison in the Marshall Islands. The company said Wednesday it will help the service branch operate and maintain the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site within Army Garrison-Kwajalein Atoll. Work will include logistics, public works and engineering, logistics, aviation, administrative, public affairs,  […] More

  • ManTech’s Kevin Phillips Voices Concerns About US Security Clearance Process - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech’s Kevin Phillips Voices Concerns About US Security Clearance Process

    Kevin Phillips, president and CEO of ManTech International, has discussed the wait times associated with the federal government’s security clearance process at a Senate panel hearing, Government Executive reported Wednesday. “The time to get a top secret clearance is over a year, and for a secret clearance, the wait is eight months,” Phillips told Senate Intelligence Committee members […] More

  • DoD Issues Draft Solicitation for Cloud Procurement Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Issues Draft Solicitation for Cloud Procurement Contract

    The Defense Department has issued a draft request for proposals for a single-award contract to procure commercial enterprise-level cloud services in support of agencies within DoD and service branches. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday says the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud program is a potential 10-year, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract that has a base term of two […] More

  • Saab to Update Australian Navy's Submarine Control Mgmt & Monitoring System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab to Update Australian Navy’s Submarine Control Mgmt & Monitoring System

    Saab has received an $18.8 million contract to update a system that works to help the Australian navy manage and monitor systems of Collins-class submarines. The company said Wednesday it will provide an updated Integrated Ship Control Management and Monitoring System along with spares for four submarines under the from ASC, the prime contractor on Australia’s Collins-class platform. ISCMMS is […] More

  • Lockheed, New Zealand Sign Contract for Anzac-Class Frigate Tech Installation, Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, New Zealand Sign Contract for Anzac-Class Frigate Tech Installation, Test

    Lockheed Martin‘s Canadian arm and the New Zealand government have formalized an agreement for the installation and testing of Anzac-class frigate systems as part of ship modernization efforts. The company said Wednesday it designed a combat system for two New Zealand frigates and subcontracted Seaspan Victoria Shipyards to install the technology on both ships at a Canada-based […] More

  • AT&T to Deploy Band 14 Spectrum Under FirstNet Public Safety Broadband Network Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T to Deploy Band 14 Spectrum Under FirstNet Public Safety Broadband Network Project

    AT&T has received a task order from the First Responder Network Authority to field the Band 14 spectrum for first responders in various states and territories as part of expansion efforts for a national public safety broadband network. “We are implementing the state plans and delivering on our commitment to first responders in each state and […] More

  • Lockheed Starts to Build 8th Comms Satellite for SKY Perfect JSAT - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Starts to Build 8th Comms Satellite for SKY Perfect JSAT

    Lockheed Martin has begun to assemble an eighth communications satellite for Japan-based operator SKY Perfect JSAT Corp. inside a clean room near Denver, Colorado. JCSAT-17 is based on Lockheed’s LM2100 bus and the satellite’s payload is designed to incorporate S-band transponders, a processor and an 18-meter mesh reflector, the company said Wednesday. The satellite will offer high-bandwidth communications during high-volume events, such […] More

  • Rolls-Royce Intros Maritime Situational Awareness System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rolls-Royce Intros Maritime Situational Awareness System

    Rolls-Royce has unveiled a situational awareness system meant to aid ship navigators who operate vessels at night and in adverse weather or congested waterways. The company said Tuesday its Intelligent Awareness system works to collect data from multiple sensors to offer users a comprehensive view of a ship’s external surroundings through four user interface modes, augmented and virtual reality and […] More