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  • Navy Eyes Textron for Man-Portable Aircraft Survivability Trainer Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Eyes Textron for Man-Portable Aircraft Survivability Trainer Contract

    The U.S. Navy plans to award Textron Systems a sole-source contract to supply an optical simulator technology designed to visually replicate actual threats. The service branch said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Corona Division requires a Man-portable Aircraft Survivability Trainer and believes Textron Systems has the potential to meet MAST specifications. NSWCCO wants […] More

  • CenturyLink, Cienna Help Texas Council Deploy Private Broadband Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink, Cienna Help Texas Council Deploy Private Broadband Network

    The Brazos Valley Council of Governments in Texas has partnered with CenturyLink and Ciena to deploy a private broadband network designed to connect healthcare services providers at hospitals, schools and rural clinics in the region. Ciena said Oct. 11 the network is scheduled for completion by the summer of 2019 and will also support 9-1-1 emergency response, public safety […] More

  • Former Commerce Sec Penny Pritzker Nominated to Microsoft Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Commerce Sec Penny Pritzker Nominated to Microsoft Board of Directors

    Penny Pritzker, former secretary of the Commerce Department, has been nominated to serve on Microsoft‘s board of directors. The company said Monday Pritzker will be presented for election at its annual meeting for shareholders on Nov. 29 alongside Arne Sorenson, president and CEO of Marriott International. “Penny and Arne are both strong leaders with impressive accomplishments and contributions […] More

  • Jonathan Goldberger Joins Unisys as Global Security VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jonathan Goldberger Joins Unisys as Global Security VP

    Jonathan Goldberger, formerly director of Cisco Systems‘s advanced security services group, has been named vice president of the global security business at Unisys. Unisys said Tuesday Goldberger will oversee the company’s integrated sales and services efforts for managed security and security consulting service offerings in his new position. He will report to Harvey King, VP of services, and help drive […] More

  • Mercedes LeGrand Receives ExecutiveBiz’s 2017 Top 10 GovCon Executive Recruiter Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mercedes LeGrand Receives ExecutiveBiz’s 2017 Top 10 GovCon Executive Recruiter Award

    ExecutiveBiz is pleased to name Mercedes LeGrand, Executive Director at Russell Reynolds Associates, as a recipient of its 2017 Top 10 GovCon Executive Recruiters Award. Mercedes LeGrand is a member of the Russell Reynolds Associates’ Technology and Industrial Goods Sectors. She focuses primarily on defense-related technology companies and associated market and leadership trends. She is […] More

  • Tri-Cor Industries to Support DLA Enterprise System Tests Under JETS Task Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tri-Cor Industries to Support DLA Enterprise System Tests Under JETS Task Order

    Tri-Cor Industries has won a task order to assist the Defense Logistics Agency‘s J62LB enterprise test directorate in efforts to secure the integrity of DLA information technology assets as well as evaluate software and systems for agency customers. The order was issued under the unrestricted portion of the J6 Enterprise Technology Services indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract worth $6 billion over eight years, […] More

  • Engility Secures $63M in USAF Medical Coding Support Task Orders; Lynn Dugle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility Secures $63M in USAF Medical Coding Support Task Orders; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Engility has received six task orders worth up to $63 million combined to provide a range of support services to the U.S. Air Force‘s Medical Coding Program Office. The company said Monday it will support medical coding, training, compliance and healthcare informatics programs at 14 USAF bases across the country. “We look forward to bringing to bear the […] More

  • Cubic Gets New Zealand Satcom Tech FMS Contract; Mike Twyman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Gets New Zealand Satcom Tech FMS Contract; Mike Twyman Comments

    A Cubic subsidiary has received a foreign military sales contract worth more than $5 million to deliver satellite communication platforms in support of New Zealand’s military. GATR Technologies will supply 7.9-feet inflatable satellite antennas, associated hardware, spares and training to aid New Zealand’s Network Enabled Army program, Cubic said Monday. The company will also deploy a time division […] More

  • Cisco’s Larry Payne: FedRAMP ‘Tailored’ Reduces Security Control Requirements for Low-Impact Cloud Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco’s Larry Payne: FedRAMP ‘Tailored’ Reduces Security Control Requirements for Low-Impact Cloud Services

    The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program‘s new “tailored” baseline process is designed to accelerate security assessments and certification of cloud service providers with software-as-a-service platforms, Cisco‘s Larry Payne wrote in a blog entry posted Thursday. Payne, vice president of public sector sales at Cisco, said the FedRAMP Tailored program seeks to reduce from 125 to 36 the number of security controls […] More

  • ULA's Atlas V Carries NRO Natl Security Payload to Orbit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA’s Atlas V Carries NRO Natl Security Payload to Orbit

    United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin, has deployed a National Reconnaissance Office payload into space aboard its Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The NROL-52 payload lifted off Sunday at 3:28 a.m. Eastern time to support NRO’s national security mission, ULA said Sunday. The company launched NROL-52 using an Atlas […] More

  • AWS, Microsoft Launch Deep Learning Library for Developers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS, Microsoft Launch Deep Learning Library for Developers

    Amazon Web Services and Microsoft have introduced a deep learning library to help developers prototype, create, train and deploy machine learning models for cloud computing tools, edge devices and mobile applications. The Gluon library currently serves as an interface for the Apache MXNet deep learning framework and will be updated to support Microsoft’s open-source, deep-learning toolkit called Microsoft Cognitive […] More

  • Northrop Receives Additional Navy Funds for EA-18G Tactical Jamming Receiver Upgrades - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Receives Additional Navy Funds for EA-18G Tactical Jamming Receiver Upgrades

    Northrop Grumman‘s systems business has secured an additional $20 million in contract funds from the U.S. Navy to update tactical jamming receivers designed to support airborne signals intelligence collection. The Defense Department said Friday the modification falls under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and covers upgrades to AN/ALQ-218(V) 2 radar warning receivers for the EA-18G electronic attack aircraft. AN/ALQ-218 SIGINT […] More