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  • 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

  • HII Division Authenticates Keel of 12th Navy Amphibious Transport Ship - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HII Division Authenticates Keel of 12th Navy Amphibious Transport Ship

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has laid the keel for the 12th amphibious transport dock ship of the U.S. Navy‘s San Antonio class. Meredith Berger, a former Navy deputy chief of staff, served as the sponsor of the future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) and her initials were engraved on a steel plate during the ceremony, HII said Friday. One […] More

  • AWS Forms Cybersecurity Partnership With Organization of American States - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS Forms Cybersecurity Partnership With Organization of American States

    Amazon Web Services has partnered with the Organization of American States to facilitate a program meant to engage and educate OSA member states on cybersecurity. AWS and OAS will collaborate to develop white papers on cybersecurity strategies, policies, implement legislative initiatives and participate in cyber-related events in independent states that support the organization across the Americas, the […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Gets $65M Contract Modification for USS Helena Dry Docking Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Gets $65M Contract Modification for USS Helena Dry Docking Services

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has received a $65.1 million contract modification to provide dry docking services for the U.S. Navy‘s Los Angeles-class submarine USS Helena. The Defense Department said Friday HII will modernize, repair and maintain SSN 725 systems at a company shipyard in Newport News, Virginia, through April 2018. The Navy obligated $62.7 million at the time of award […] More

  • L3 Subsidiary to Design, Develop Gamma Simulator for Army Nuclear Effects Lab - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Subsidiary to Design, Develop Gamma Simulator for Army Nuclear Effects Lab

    An L3 Technologies subsidiary has won a potential three-year, $18.5 million contract to design and develop a simulation technology for the U.S. Army‘s nuclear effects laboratory located at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. L3 Applied Technologies will also help the service branch integrate, test, manage and document the Prompt Gamma Simulator under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, the  Defense Department […] More

  • General Dynamics to Continue Yard Services for Navy Nuclear Submarines, Moored Training Ships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Continue Yard Services for Navy Nuclear Submarines, Moored Training Ships

    General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary has received a one-year, $28.6 million contract option to continue to provide various yard services for the U.S. Navy‘s nuclear-powered submarines and moored training ships. The Defense Department said Friday Electric Boat will furnish, fabricate or acquire materials, supplies and support services necessary to manage reactor plant planning and support yard functions. The […] More

  • Leidos’ Roger Krone Wins CR Magazine's 'Responsible CEO of the Year' Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos’ Roger Krone Wins CR Magazine’s ‘Responsible CEO of the Year’ Award

    Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos, has received the “2017 Responsible CEO of the Year” award from the CR Magazine in recognition of leadership and commitment to employee outreach, charitable efforts and other corporate responsibility programs. The magazine presented the award to Krone at its annual COMMIT!Forum held Thursday at MGM National Harbor in […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls' Mike Petters Joins Board at National Association of Manufacturers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls’ Mike Petters Joins Board at National Association of Manufacturers

    Huntington Ingalls Industries President and CEO Mike Petters has been appointed to the board of directors at the National Association of Manufacturers, which represents more more than 14,000 manufacturing companies in the U.S. NAM said Friday Petters will help advance the trade group’s manufacturing policy agenda as a board member. “I look forward to sharing my […] More

  • Sehlke Consulting Included in 2017 Inc. 5000 List of 'Fastest-Growing' Companies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sehlke Consulting Included in 2017 Inc. 5000 List of ‘Fastest-Growing’ Companies

    Professional services firm Sehlke Consulting has been named in Inc. magazine’s list of the 5,000 “fastest-growing” U.S. companies for 2017, with a recorded 2016 revenue of $6.9 million and three-year growth rate of 1,371 percent. The service-disabled, veteran-owned small business based in Arlington, Virginia, is placed at No. 319 in the 2017 Inc. 5000 ranking, No. 25 […] More

  • General Dynamics, Navy to Christen 17th Virginia-Class Nuclear Submarine - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics, Navy to Christen 17th Virginia-Class Nuclear Submarine

    General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary will host a christening event for the U.S. Navy’s future nuclear-powered attack submarine USS South Dakota on Saturday at a company shipyard in Groton, Connecticut. South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard will be a principal speaker at the ceremony and Deanie Dempsey, wife of former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey, will […] More