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  • DLT, Veracode Partner to Market App Security Tool to Govt Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLT, Veracode Partner to Market App Security Tool to Govt Customers

    DLT Solutions and Veracode have signed a partnership agreement to offer public sector customers a technology platform designed to secure applications. The Veracode Application Security Platform works to help users scan an application’s components and provides a central repository of results on the risk posture of each application, DLT said Thursday. Jeremy Young, vice president of DLT’s cybersecurity business, said partnership aims to help […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Starts 'Lenah Higbee' Destroyer Ship Fabrication - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Starts ‘Lenah Higbee’ Destroyer Ship Fabrication

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has started to fabricate an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer for the U.S. Navy at the company’s shipyard in Mississippi. The Lenah H. Sutclifee Higbee destroyer represents the fourth of five vessels Huntington Ingalls will build for the military branch’s DDG 51 program as part a contract awarded in 2013, the company said Thursday. Brian Cuccias, Ingalls Shipbuilding president, said that […] More

  • Reportlinker: North America to Help Drive Undersea Warfare System Demand Through 2026 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reportlinker: North America to Help Drive Undersea Warfare System Demand Through 2026

    Reportlinker has released a report that predicts a 5.36 percent compound annual growth rate for the global undersea warfare systems market from 2016 to 2026. The “Global Undersea Warfare Systems Market 2016–2026” report predicts North America will dominate the market over the forecast period with a potential 33.5 percent share, Reportlinker said Wednesday. The combat systems sector is […] More

  • Northrop Receives Navy Contract Modification on Development of Common Missile Compartment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Receives Navy Contract Modification on Development of Common Missile Compartment

    Northrop Grumman has received a $22.7 million contract modification to a previously awarded contract to support the development and production of the U.S. Navy‘s Common Missile Compartment. The modification covers support for tactical underwater launcher hardware production as well as technical, design, development, component, full-scale test and evaluation engineering, the Defense Department said Thursday. The […] More

  • Visiongain Report: Global Military Drone Market’s 2016 Revenue Hit $7.4B - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Visiongain Report: Global Military Drone Market’s 2016 Revenue Hit $7.4B

    A Visiongain report has estimated worldwide revenue for military unmanned aerial vehicles reached $7.4 billion last year. The company’s Military UAV Market Report 2016-2026 report  also covers analyses and forecasts on high-altitude long endurance UAVs, medium-altitude long-endurance drones and three other military UAV submarkets over the next 10 years in eight countries that include the U.S., Australia and Japan, ReportBuyer […] More

  • IBM Vet John Lainhart Named Senior Strategist at Grant Thornton's Cyber Risk Advisory Practice - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Vet John Lainhart Named Senior Strategist at Grant Thornton’s Cyber Risk Advisory Practice

    John Lainhart, a former leader of the U.S. public sector cybersecurity and privacy group at IBM, has been appointed as senior strategist at Grant Thornton‘s cyber risk advisory practice. He will oversee the development of cybersecurity offerings for the public sector in his new position, Grant Thornton said Thursday. “It’s essential for agencies to invest in cyber defense and preparedness, […] More

  • Mukesh Dalal Named a Principal Scientist at Charles River Analytics - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mukesh Dalal Named a Principal Scientist at Charles River Analytics

    Mukesh Dalal, former chief scientist at BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary, has joined Charles River Analytics as principal scientist of the decision management division at the Massachusetts-based defense and intelligence systems developer. Dalal’s research efforts focused on artificial intelligence, machine learning and reasoning, probabilistic modeling and optimization, decisionmaking and big data analytics, Charles River said Monday. He has obtained more than 10 patents and authored at […] More

  • CH2M Re-Selected as Program Mgmt Consultant for DC Anacostia Waterfront Devt Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CH2M Re-Selected as Program Mgmt Consultant for DC Anacostia Waterfront Devt Program

    Washington, D.C.’s Department of Transportation has re-selected CH2M to serve as management consultant for the next five years in a program designed to revitalize the Anacostia Waterfront area in efforts to create a new hub for economic development. CH2M said Wednesday tasks on the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative will tackle new and continuing projects including work on the South Capitol Street Corridor, Malcolm X Interchange, Barney Circle, Kenilworth Avenue […] More

  • Rolls-Royce to Build Ship Engines and Waterjets for Italian Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rolls-Royce to Build Ship Engines and Waterjets for Italian Navy

    Rolls Royce has been awarded a contract to produce engines and waterjets for two vessels Intermarine is constructing for the special forces of Italy’s navy. The Italian navy’s operational incursion group will use the high-speed, multipurpose vessels to conduct maritime traffic control, anti-piracy, personnel evacuation and anti-human trafficking missions, Rolls Royce said Wednesday. Don Roussinos, president of Rolls-Royce’s naval business, said the company […] More

  • NASA, Industry Partners Resume Vibration Tests on James Webb Space Telescope - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Industry Partners Resume Vibration Tests on James Webb Space Telescope

    NASA has restarted vibration tests on the James Webb Space Telescope after demonstrations shut down early on Dec. 3, 2016, due to sensor readings that went beyond predicted levels. The space agency said Wednesday an investigation revealed that the incident was caused by small motions of launch restraint mechanisms that keep one of JWST’s mirror wings folded-up. “Now […] More

  • ACT I Lands OASIS SB Task Order on Air Force Ground Satcom Terminal Logistics Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ACT I Lands OASIS SB Task Order on Air Force Ground Satcom Terminal Logistics Support

    Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has secured a five-year, $16 million task order to provide logistics services for the AN/TSC-168 TDC Quad-Band  satellite communications terminal of the U.S. Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center. ACT I said it will also provide technical and operational assistance as well as warehouse operations support to SMC personnel under the task order. Jeffery Earley, executive […] More

  • Proofpoint's Cloud-Based Data Archiving Platform Gains FedRAMP Certification; Darren Lee Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Proofpoint’s Cloud-Based Data Archiving Platform Gains FedRAMP Certification; Darren Lee Comments

    Proofpoint has obtained Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification for a cloud-based technology platform the company developed to help organizations archive and retain information. Enterprise Archive is designed to also help agencies comply with government regulations such as the National Archives and Records Administration’s Capstone email management framework and boost capacities to perform data capture, retention and disposition tasks, the company said Friday. “Proofpoint […] More