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  • Hughes Unveils Wide Area Network Optimization Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hughes Unveils Wide Area Network Optimization Tech

    Hughes Network Systems has unveiled a Wide Area Network optimization technology that works to automatically analyze traffic flows in real time and help prioritize “business critical” applications. Hughes ActiveClassifier is the newest addition to the HughesON ActiveTechnologies suite of broadband connectivity offerings and is designed to help multi-branch organizations deliver network support to branch locations, Hughes said Dec. 15. […] More

  • RegistrarDaily: New Report Names Top Firms in Airborne Systems Surveillance Radar Industry - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    RegistrarDaily: New Report Names Top Firms in Airborne Systems Surveillance Radar Industry

    A new report has named the top manufacturers in the airborne systems surveillance radar industry based on their present and potential sales and revenue, RegistrarDaily reported Monday. The Airborne Systems Surveillance Radar market research provided information on the business, revenue segmentation and products of the companies, as well as their market growth forcast, Nehru Baral writes. Among the […] More

  • General Dynamics Subcontracts BWX Technologies for Virginia Payload Module Launch Tubes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Subcontracts BWX Technologies for Virginia Payload Module Launch Tubes

    General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat business unit has awarded a BWX Technologies subsidiary a $35 million contract to develop and build Virginia Payload Module launch tubes for Virginia-class submarines. BWXT Nuclear Operations Group will start the fabrication of the payload tubes in 2017 at its manufacturing facility in Mount Vernon, Indiana with the first delivery set for 2019, BWXT […] More

  • Haiyan Song: Organizations will Integrate Machine Learning Tech to Automate Data Breach Response - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Haiyan Song: Organizations will Integrate Machine Learning Tech to Automate Data Breach Response

    Haiyan Song, Splunk vice president of security markets, said more organizations will adopt adaptive response, behavioral analytics and machine learning strategies to automate response, retrieval and sharing in multivendor environments. Song wrote in an opinion piece published Tuesday machine learning-based systems will increase in 2017 as government and industry organizations look to respond threats such as […] More

  • Report: India to Receive BAE-Built Artillery Guns for Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: India to Receive BAE-Built Artillery Guns for Tests

    India will receive two BAE Systems-made artillery guns within six months to perform tests and start the integration of the weapons into the country’s arsenal, The Hindu reported Monday. Dinakar Peri writes India signed a $737 million contract in November to acquire 145 M777A2 LW155 ultralight howitzers through the U.S. government’s foreign military sales program. A source said the […] More

  • Avaya Completes Contact Center Project for Indian Police Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Avaya Completes Contact Center Project for Indian Police Force

    Avaya has completed a project that is designed to help manage emergency calls, connectivity technologies and responses for the police force of Uttar Pradesh, India. The company said Thursday its team launched a centralized contact center in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh that works to support approximately 600 calls at a time as part of the UP 100 project. Avaya added the contact center is designed to […] More

  • Lockheed Martin, Saab Chase Indian Fighter Jet Supply Biz Opps - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin, Saab Chase Indian Fighter Jet Supply Biz Opps

    Both Lockheed Martin and Saab have offered to build the next generation of fighter jets for India’s military forces as the nation seeks to retire its legacy combat fleet, International Business Times reported Monday. Aditya Bhat writes Lockheed Martin’s F-16 Falcon Block 70 and Saab’s Gripen E fighter aircraft are now among the potential candidates […] More

  • Lockheed Martin to Maintain F-22 Training System for US Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin to Maintain F-22 Training System for US Air Force

    Lockheed Martin’s aeronautics business has received a $14.9 million contract modification to maintain the training system for the U.S. Air Force’s for F-22 aircraft. The Defense Department said Friday that Lockheed will modify system hardware and manage distributed mission operations as part of the F-22 sustainment trainer requirements. Lockheed will perform work at Langley Air […] More

  • State Dept OKs Boeing-Built Munitions Tail Kit Sale to Kuwait - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Dept OKs Boeing-Built Munitions Tail Kit Sale to Kuwait

    The State Department has given Kuwait the go-ahead to purchase 750 Joint Direct Attack Munitions tail kits and related components from the U.S. government under a potential $37 million foreign military sales agreement. Boeing will serve as the sole-source contractor for the FMS transaction that also covers spares of JDAM load build trainers, support tools, repair and return […] More

  • GSA Taps Hensel Phelps Construction to Build New Port Facility in New Mexico - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Taps Hensel Phelps Construction to Build New Port Facility in New Mexico

    Hensel Phelps Construction has received a contract from the General Services Administration to establish a new port facility in Columbus, New Mexico for the Department of Homeland Security. The new land port of entry in New Mexico will work to support DHS’ Customs and Border Protection’s efforts to ensure the security of U.S. borders, GSA said Friday. […] More

  • China Conducts FC-31 Fighter Jet Flight Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    China Conducts FC-31 Fighter Jet Flight Test

    China has performed a flight test of the Shenyang Aircraft-built FC-31 Gyrfalcon fighter jet, Business Standard reported Monday. The fifth-generation fighter jet, which costs approximately $70 million per aircraft, is a cheaper version of the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 Lightning II aircraft and is designed to carry weapons that weigh up to 8 tons. FC-31 is the updated […] More