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  • James Rousell to Lead Louis Berger's UK Operations; Tom Topolski Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    James Rousell to Lead Louis Berger’s UK Operations; Tom Topolski Comments

    James Rousell, a 15-year veteran of Jacobs Engineering, has joined Louis Berger as vice president and managing director for the U.K. operations of the professional services contractor. Louis Berger said Thursday that Rousell will prepare, implement and deliver operating plans intended to support the company’s project delivery, financial performance and growth initiatives in the U.K. He will report to Jesper […] More

  • National Kidney Foundation to Recognize 2016 Honorees at Annual Ball - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    National Kidney Foundation to Recognize 2016 Honorees at Annual Ball

    The 36th Annual Masquerade Kidney Ball, hosted by the National Kidney Foundation, is being held at the Washington Hilton on November 19th. Chaired by SAP NS2’s Mark Testoni, the evening will be full of entertainment and inspiration. The Masquerade Kidney Ball features a cocktail reception and silent auction, dinner and awards presentation, a mission appeal […] More

  • FedRAMP Board OKs 5 Microsoft Offerings to Join Azure Govt Cloud's Provisional Authorization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FedRAMP Board OKs 5 Microsoft Offerings to Join Azure Govt Cloud’s Provisional Authorization

    Microsoft has added five offerings to Azure Government Cloud‘s provisional authorization-to-operate under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board approved the company’s move to add Service Bus, Notification Hubs, Site Recovery, StorSimple and Backup to Azure Government’s P-ATO at the “High Impact Level,” Microsoft said Tuesday. There are now 18 Azure Government offerings that […] More

  • Intel’s Neil Green on High-Performance Computing’s Role in Government Initiatives - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intel’s Neil Green on High-Performance Computing’s Role in Government Initiatives

    Neil Green, president of Intel’s federal business, has said the U.S. government has launched programs that seek to leverage the use of high-performance computing platforms. Green wrote in an FCW opinion piece published Tuesday that President Barack Obama’s National Strategic Computing Initiative and the Cancer Moonshot program are some of the efforts that focus on […] More

  • Baltimore City Orders Comtech Equipment, IT Staffing Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Baltimore City Orders Comtech Equipment, IT Staffing Support

    Comtech Telecommunications‘ government solutions segment has received a $4.4 million order to provide new communications technology to the city of Baltimore, Maryland. The company said Tuesday its government solutions business segment will also provide information technology staffing and assistance for agencies such as the mayor’s office of IT and city police department under the contract. “Comtech has […] More

  • Space Systems Loral Ships Hughes Broadband Satellite to Cape Canaveral AF Station - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space Systems Loral Ships Hughes Broadband Satellite to Cape Canaveral AF Station

    A broadband satellite Space Systems Loral designed and built for Hughes Network Systems has arrived at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida ahead of a scheduled launch in December. Hughes said Monday its EchoStar XIX satellite will launch next month aboard United Launch Alliance‘s Atlas V rocket. EchoStar XIX will join Hughes’ EchoStar XVII and SPACEWAY 3 satellites currently in orbit […] More

  • SES-Luxembourg JV Secures Contract for NATO Ground Surveillance System Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SES-Luxembourg JV Secures Contract for NATO Ground Surveillance System Support

    A public-private joint venture of SES and Luxembourg has secured a contract to provide commercial satellite communications services for NATO‘s ground surveillance system. GovSat will deliver commercial Ku-band satellite capacity and capacity management services to support the command and control and sensor data communications needs of NATO’s Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles across the AGS operational area, SES said […] More

  • Lockheed Subsidiary Subcontracts Mayflower Communications for Navy Submarine Antenna Upgrade Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Subsidiary Subcontracts Mayflower Communications for Navy Submarine Antenna Upgrade Work

    Mayflower Communications has received a subcontract from a Lockheed Martin subsidiary to supply antenna systems in support of GPS anti-jam capability upgrade work on the U.S. Navy’s submarines. Mayflower said Nov. 1 it will integrate its Submarine Anti-Jam GPS Enhancement NavGuard 501 platform with the service branch’s Multifunction Mast Antenna System (OE-538B) through the contract with Lockheed Martin […] More

  • DoD Orders Cray Supercomputer, Storage Systems; Fred Kohout Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Orders Cray Supercomputer, Storage Systems; Fred Kohout Comments

    Cray has been awarded a $26 million contract to supply supercomputer and storage systems to the Defense Department as part of DoD’s High Performance Computing Modernization Program. The company said Monday it will install one XC40 supercomputer and three Sonexion storage platforms at the Vicksburg, Mississippi-based DoD Supercomputing Resource Center in mid-2017. The Army Engineer Research and Development Center will use the […] More

  • Harris Antenna Reflector Pair Deployed on Fifth Navy MUOS Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Antenna Reflector Pair Deployed on Fifth Navy MUOS Satellite

    A pair of Harris-made unfurlable mesh antenna reflectors deployed Oct. 30 on board the fifth U.S. Navy Mobile User Objective System satellite built by Lockheed Martin. Harris said Tuesday the antennas are the ninth and tenth reflectors the company developed for the military branch’s MUOS constellation to support new satellite functions and legacy operations. Last week, Lockheed announced it will begin to test MUOS-5 in […] More

  • CH2M to Help Nevada Establish New Autonomous Vehicle Policy Framework - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CH2M to Help Nevada Establish New Autonomous Vehicle Policy Framework

    CH2M has been selected to help Nevada’s Transportation Department develop a vision and policy framework for autonomous vehicle and connected vehicle programs in the state. CH2M said Tuesday the new framework will work to establish policy, standards and legislation to be integrated with the state’s political environment in a push to establish the state of Nevada’s capacity […] More

  • Brazil Eyes Microsoft Product Buy for IT Standardization Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Brazil Eyes Microsoft Product Buy for IT Standardization Efforts

    Brazil’s government plans to commence a large procurement of Microsoft products in the next few months in a push to standardize the country’s information technology applications portfolio across government, ZDnet reported Tuesday. Angelica Mari writes that products most likely to be purchased include Windows 10, Windows Server and the Office suite. The report noted that the joint Microsoft […] More