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  • Forcepoint to Hold Cybersecurity Leadership Forum in April - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Forcepoint to Hold Cybersecurity Leadership Forum in April

    Forcepoint is set to conduct the Cybersecurity Leadership Forum on April 11 at the Hyatt Regency in Reston, Virginia, to facilitate discussions on cyber threats and strategies with security professionals and leaders from industry, federal and state government agencies, defense and intelligence communities. Michael Hayden, a retired U.S. Air Force general; Theresa Payton, former chief information […] More

  • BayFirst Solutions LLC Launches New Recruitment Effort: The BayFirst Difference - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BayFirst Solutions LLC Launches New Recruitment Effort: The BayFirst Difference

    BayFirst Solutions LLC announced the commencement of its new recruitment effort, the BayFirst Difference, in early March. The BayFirst Difference is the climax of a five-year-long strategic planning initiative to affect record growth in the company. Despite being announced in early March, BayFirst had laid the groundwork for the BayFirst Difference over the past twelve […] More

  • GovCon Vets Named to Virginia Business’ 2017 Most Influential List - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GovCon Vets Named to Virginia Business’ 2017 Most Influential List

    The Virginia Business magazine has unveiled its list of 50 Most Influential Virginians for 2017 that includes some prominent individuals in the government contracting sector. Some of the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s board members who made it to the publication’s list include Tony Moraco, president and CEO of Science Applications International Corp., NVTC said Monday. The magazine […] More

  • Lockheed to Engineer Fire Control Systems Under $68M Navy Basic Ordering Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Engineer Fire Control Systems Under $68M Navy Basic Ordering Agreement

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a five-year, $68 million basic ordering agreement to engineer and provide logistics support for Mk 92 fire control systems. The Defense Department said Tuesday the agreement covers equipment changes, repairs, and overhauls; engineering and field service; computer programming; documentation development and engineering services. Support services under the BOA will aid the […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Facilitate Cross-Platform Data Link Comms Under DIUx Deal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Facilitate Cross-Platform Data Link Comms Under DIUx Deal

    Rockwell Collins has landed a Digitally Aided Close Air Support contract from the Defense Department‘s Defense Innovation Unit Experimental to facilitate cross-platform data link functions for mobile devices. Rockwell Collins said Tuesday it will offer an open source aggregation framework designed to support cross-platform data link communications on Android and Windows mobile devices in efforts to boost the […] More

  • State Dept Approves $66M Mortar Round Sale to Singapore - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Dept Approves $66M Mortar Round Sale to Singapore

    The State Department has cleared a potential $66 million foreign military sale of mortar rounds, associated equipment and support services to Singapore. Orbital ATK will be the prime contractor for the deal that covers 2,000 XM395 Accelerated Precision Mortar Initiative rounds as well as U.S. government and contractor services, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday. DSCA added the proposed […] More

  • Parsons Gets DoD Accreditation for Munition Geophysical Classification; Carey Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Gets DoD Accreditation for Munition Geophysical Classification; Carey Smith Comments

    Parsons has received accreditation under the Defense Department’s Advanced Geophysical Classification Accreditation Program. The company said Tuesday it secured the DAGCAP certification after the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation assessed Parsons’ geophysical classification and technical management platforms. Carey Smith, Parsons federal group president and an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 for 2017, said the company […] More

  • General Dynamics Orders Rocket Illuminating Flares From Orbital ATK - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Orders Rocket Illuminating Flares From Orbital ATK

    Orbital ATK has secured a contract modification from General Dynamics‘ ordnance and tactical systems business to supply visible and infrared illuminating flares for Hydra-70 rockets. The follow-on order is meant to address the U.S. government’s requirement for M257 and M278 rocket warheads that work to provide tactical illumination in visible and infrared spectra, Orbital ATK said Tuesday. General Dynamics awarded Orbital […] More

  • Unisys Seeks to Advance Data Analytics With New Virtual AI Center, Machine Learning Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys Seeks to Advance Data Analytics With New Virtual AI Center, Machine Learning Service

    Unisys has unveiled a virtual center for artificial intelligence and a machine learning-based service offering designed to help organizations create data analytics tools and forecast changes in business situations. The company said Wednesday its Artificial Intelligence Center of Excellence will go live in May and offer access to best practices and online tools in the areas of internet of things […] More

  • Navy Selects Raytheon to Develop Networking Tech for Sensor Interconnectivity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Selects Raytheon to Develop Networking Tech for Sensor Interconnectivity

    Raytheon has received an $11.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy‘s Office of Naval Research to develop networking technologies that will work to boost sensor interconnectivity and integrated fires capacity for naval operations. The company said Tuesday it will build the Communications and Interoperability for Integrated Fires system in an effort to increase situational awareness for force-wide integrated air and […] More

  • BAE Systems to Develop Tech to Address Electric Grid Failure After Cyber Attack - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Systems to Develop Tech to Address Electric Grid Failure After Cyber Attack

    BAE Systems has received an $8.6 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to create new technology that will work to restore electric grid operations in the event of a power loss due to a cyber attack. The company said Tuesday the technology will support DARPA’s Rapid Attack Detection, Isolation and Characterization Systems […] More