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  • Laurel Strategies Names Former State Dept Official Tony Blinken to Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Laurel Strategies Names Former State Dept Official Tony Blinken to Advisory Board

    Tony Blinken, a former deputy secretary of state and deputy national security adviser, has joined the board of advisers of Washington, D.C.-based business advisory and strategic communications firm Laurel Strategies. Laurel CEO Alan Fleischmann said in a statement released Wednesday that Blinken brings experience and insights into geopolitical challenges to the company’s advisory board. Blinken has […] More

  • LexisNexis’ Suzanne Charleston Named to FedHealthIT’s Top 100 Influencers List - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LexisNexis’ Suzanne Charleston Named to FedHealthIT’s Top 100 Influencers List

    Suzanne Charleston, a senior business development executive at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, is included on FedHealthIT magazine’s list of 100 top influencers in the federal health information technology sector. Haywood Talcove, CEO of government business at LexisNexis, said in a statement released Tuesday the 2017 FedHealthIT 100 award reaffirms Charleston’s knowledge about strategic programs, policies and regulations that have […] More

  • Alion Science-Reamda JV to Offer EOD, Surveillance Robot Platforms; Doug King Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Alion Science-Reamda JV to Offer EOD, Surveillance Robot Platforms; Doug King Comments

    Alion Science and Technology and Ireland-based unmanned ground robotic systems developer Reamda have launched a joint venture to offer robotic platforms intended for explosive ordnance disposal and surveillance operations. Realion Robotics said Tuesday it aims to help military, law enforcement and government agencies gain access to unmanned ground robots that can function in harsh environments. Doug King, program manager of Realion […] More

  • NASA Adds SwRI-Led Consortium to Solar System Exploration Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Adds SwRI-Led Consortium to Solar System Exploration Initiative

    A team led by the Southwest Research Institute has received a $5 million contract to develop tools and methods for NASA to explore the solar system through the space agency’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute. The Project for Exploration Science Pathfinder Research for Enhancing Solar System Observations consortium will focus on pathfinding research, techniques and technologies to support missions on airless bodies […] More

  • Army Issues RFI on Cyber Electronic Warfare Tech Platfoms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Issues RFI on Cyber Electronic Warfare Tech Platfoms

    The U.S. Army has published a request for information on potential sources of cyber electronic warfare technology. The service branch said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice it wants input from the private sector on cyber techniques against traditional and non-traditional electromagnetic communications and computer networks. The Army is interested in methods to conduct reverse engineering and vulnerability analysis against systems; destroy or neutralize threat […] More

  • MTSI to Assist Navy, MDA in Kinetic Energy Weapon Evaluation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MTSI to Assist Navy, MDA in Kinetic Energy Weapon Evaluation

    Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has secured a five-year, $8 million task order to support the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division and the Missile Defense Agency in efforts to assess kinetic energy weapons designed to counter ballistic missile threats. MTSI said Tuesday the task order was awarded through the U.S. Navy‘s SeaPort-e contract vehicle and calls for the […] More

  • HighPoint Global’s John Loughlin: Agencies Need ‘Balanced Scorecard’ to Measure Citizen Experience Performance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HighPoint Global’s John Loughlin: Agencies Need ‘Balanced Scorecard’ to Measure Citizen Experience Performance

    John Loughlin, director of business insights at HighPoint Global, has said government agencies should implement a “balanced scorecard” to measure performance in their efforts to build up citizen experience and satisfaction with government services. Loughlin wrote in a Federal News Radio commentary piece published Monday that such a scorecard works to divide “critical performance measures” […] More

  • Andy Wright: BAE Adopts Collaborative Strategy to Support Defense Tech Devt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Andy Wright: BAE Adopts Collaborative Strategy to Support Defense Tech Devt

    BAE Systems has worked with small and medium enterprises, academia and government entities to support the development of emerging and disruptive technologies. Andy Wright, strategic technical director at BAE, wrote in a blog post published Monday that organizations and academic institutions should combine skill-sets and expertise to help create new technologies for military customers and governments. “Bringing […] More

  • Northrop to Overhaul Air Force KC-10 Extender Engines - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Overhaul Air Force KC-10 Extender Engines

    Northrop Grumman‘s technical services business has won a $16.9 million delivery  order from the U.S. Air Force to overhaul engines of the service branch’s KC-10 Extender  tanker and cargo aircraft. The Air Force received two offers for the delivery order through an “adequate price” competition and will use fiscal 2017 operations and maintenance funds to cover the full […] More

  • COMSAT Lands Contract to Deliver Inmarsat Global Xpress Satcom Service to DoD Users in Africa - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    COMSAT Lands Contract to Deliver Inmarsat Global Xpress Satcom Service to DoD Users in Africa

    COMSAT has received a contract to provide Inmarsat’s Global Xpress satellite communication services to Defense Department personnel in Africa. COMSAT runs a Multiprotocol Label Switching network that uses Global Xpress to support Non-classified Internet Protocol Router/Secret Internet Protocol Router services, Inmarsat said Monday. Inmarsat partners with COMSAT and other value-added resellers to deliver Global Xpress as a […] More

  • NIST Seeks Info on Virtual Electrode Sources for Human Body Comms-Based Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST Seeks Info on Virtual Electrode Sources for Human Body Comms-Based Systems

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has begun its search for potential industry sources of virtual electrodes that will work to facilitate the development of technology platforms designed to use the human body as a means to establish communications among wireless devices. NIST said in a FedBizOpps notice published Tuesday the electrodes will work […] More