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  • Inmarsat Demos Global Xpress Satcom Service Aboard Gulfstream IV Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat Demos Global Xpress Satcom Service Aboard Gulfstream IV Aircraft

    Inmarsat has completed a flight test to demonstrate the capability of its Global Xpress satellite network to deliver high-speed communications coverage to users aboard a Gulfstream IV aircraft. Global Xpress worked to deliver data, voice, internet access, video teleconferencing, application streaming and file transfer support services to the aircraft through the Honeywell-built tail mount antenna […] More

  • LGS Innovations to Develop Computing Resource Allocation Algorithms Under DARPA Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LGS Innovations to Develop Computing Resource Allocation Algorithms Under DARPA Program

    LGS Innovations has received a four-year, $7.5 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to create decision-making algorithms for computing resource allocation. The company said Wednesday it aims to develop algorithms and protocols that will work to simultaneously connect, identify and allocate dispersed computing assets under the first phase of DARPA’s Dispersed Computing program. Kevin Kelly, […] More

  • Northrop to Support Air Force ICBM Cryptography Upgrade Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Support Air Force ICBM Cryptography Upgrade Program

    Northrop Grumman has received a $16.8 million contract modification to perform cryptography upgrades on the U.S. Air Force’s intercontinental ballistic missile system. The Defense Department said Wednesday the modification falls under a previously awarded contract for ICBM prime integration services and seeks to address a request for equitable adjustment related to program changes. The company will perform […] More

  • AT&T's Kay Kapoor Encourages Women to Persist in STEM-Related Careers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T’s Kay Kapoor Encourages Women to Persist in STEM-Related Careers

    Kay Kapoor, president of AT&T’s global public sector business, told Capitol File Magazine in an interview published Tuesday she believes science, technology, engineering and math careers offer women an opportunity to help shape the future of innovation. Kapoor mentors female professionals in STEM fields and encourages students to find a mentor when they participate in internship […] More

  • CSRA’s Larry Prior Joins Wall Street Journal CEO Council - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA’s Larry Prior Joins Wall Street Journal CEO Council

    CSRA President and CEO Larry Prior has joined the Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council. He will be part of a team of 150 CEOs from the world’s top companies, from corporate to collaborators. “I am excited to join the world’s leading business executives to represent CSRA on the Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council,” said Prior. […] More

  • Lockheed Begins Colorado Satellite Manufacturing Hub Construction; Rick Ambrose Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Begins Colorado Satellite Manufacturing Hub Construction; Rick Ambrose Comments

    Lockheed Martin has kicked off a $350 million project to build a satellite production facility at the company’s Waterton Canyon campus in Colorado. The Gateway Center is scheduled for completion in 2020 and will accommodate Lockheed’s growing workforce and future projects in Colorado, the company said Wednesday. Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed’s space systems business, […] More

  • AECOM Subsidiary Lands $69M NASA Lab Operations Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AECOM Subsidiary Lands $69M NASA Lab Operations Support Contract

    AECOM‘s URS Federal Services subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $69.4 million contract to provide laboratory support services and help manage operations at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Work covers lab maintenance, support and operational services as well as professional and technical support for the center’s scientific research and engineering analysis, test and evaluation activities, NASA said […] More

  • CenturyLink Secures Spot on GSA's Potential $50B EIS Vehicle; Erich Sanchack Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink Secures Spot on GSA’s Potential $50B EIS Vehicle; Erich Sanchack Comments

    CenturyLink will be able to offer information technology and telecommunications infrastructure services to government customers through its position on the General Services Administration‘s potential 15-year, $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multi-award vehicle serves to facilitate the delivery of CenturyLink services that include cybersecurity, cloud and managed hosting, the company said Wednesday. Erich Sanchack, senior […] More

  • Sylint Receives NSA Cyber Incident Response Assistance Accreditation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sylint Receives NSA Cyber Incident Response Assistance Accreditation

    Sylint Group has received National Security Agency accreditation after the company demonstrated its capacity to deliver cyber incident response services to government agencies, nonprofit organizations and public companies. Sylint said Tuesday it is one of 16 U.S. companies that have obtained NSA’s Cyber Incident Response Assistance accreditation status. Charles Shugg, a Sylint senior partner and retired U.S. […] More

  • AVST, collab9 Partner to Offer Cloud-Based Unified Comms Platform to Govt Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AVST, collab9 Partner to Offer Cloud-Based Unified Comms Platform to Govt Agencies

    Applied Voice & Speech Technologies has partnered with collab9 to offer a cloud-based unified communications platform that will support public sector customers’ compliance with federal, state and local government requirements. The joint offering integrates AVST’s CX-E unified communications platform with collab9’s hosted unified communications technologies and is designed to aid government agencies’ cloud migration efforts, AVST said Tuesday. […] More

  • Sabre Helps Navy Conduct Arrested Aircraft Landing, Electromagnetic Launch Aboard USS Gerald Ford - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sabre Helps Navy Conduct Arrested Aircraft Landing, Electromagnetic Launch Aboard USS Gerald Ford

    Sabre Systems has helped the U.S. Navy perform the first arrested aircraft landing and electromagnetic launch aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier. The company said an F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft landed on USS Gerald Ford using the Advanced Arresting Gear system and subsequently launched from the flight deck through the ship’s Electromagnetic Launch System. […] More

  • BAE Unit to Repair USS Lassen Guided Missile Destroyer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Unit to Repair USS Lassen Guided Missile Destroyer

    A business unit of BAE Systems has received a potential $34.7 million contract for dry-dock selected restricted availability repair work on the 32nd guided missile destroyer of the U.S. Navy‘s Arleigh Burke class. BAE’s Southeast Shipyards Mayport business in Jacksonville, Florida, will repair USS Lassen (DDG 82) propulsion, structural, tank, ventilation and auxiliary systems, the Defense Department said Tuesday. […] More