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  • Endeavor Robotics to Add New Autonomous Tech Development Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Endeavor Robotics to Add New Autonomous Tech Development Facility

    Endeavor Robotics has reached an agreement to lease 35,000 feet of industrial space in Chelmsford, Mass. from real estate investment firm Calare Properties five months after the autonomous technology maker’s rebrand. Calare said Monday the space at 19 Alpha Road is being retrofitted to serve as a robot design, development and integration facility. Endeavor Robotics CEO Sean Bielat said the facility […] More

  • Safran to Open Identity & Security Tech Hub in Silicon Valley; Anne Bouverot Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Safran to Open Identity & Security Tech Hub in Silicon Valley; Anne Bouverot Comments

    Safran‘s identity and security business will open a new facility in Silicon Valley at the end of 2016 in a move to familiarize the development community interact with the company’s products. The facility is located in Redwood City, California, and will feature an innovation center focused on digital payment, digital identity and internet of things, Safran said […] More

  • Army Engineers' Water Resources Institute Seeks Analytics, Navigation Support Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Engineers’ Water Resources Institute Seeks Analytics, Navigation Support Sources

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers intends to award a $48 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for analytical and professional navigation support services to the USACE’s Institute for Water Resources. USACE IWR issued a sources sought notice in search of potential industry partners  currently registered on the System for Award Management database, U.S. Federal Contractor Registration said Monday. The multiple-award […] More

  • Microsoft Signs ViON as Azure Govt Cloud Managed Service Provider; Tom Frana Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Signs ViON as Azure Govt Cloud Managed Service Provider; Tom Frana Comments

    Microsoft has signed up ViON as the newest managed service provider of the former’s cloud computing system for government agencies. ViON said Tuesday it can offer hybrid cloud platforms along with services intended to help customer agencies monitor and manage information technology systems as a Microsoft Azure Government MSP. Tom Frana, ViON CEO, noted that the company seeks […] More

  • Collab9 Lands State Cooperative Purchasing Contract for Unified Comms Cloud Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Collab9 Lands State Cooperative Purchasing Contract for Unified Comms Cloud Service

    Collab9 has secured a contract from the state of Utah to offer the company’s unified communications-as-a-service platform to participating U.S. states under the NASPO ValuePoint Cooperative Purchasing Organization. The company said Monday its Cisco-powered UCaaS cloud service works to facilitate voice and video calls; provide mobility, customer care applications and E911 functionality; and support integration with Microsoft 365, Skype […] More

  • GE Secures Army Aircraft T700 Engine Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GE Secures Army Aircraft T700 Engine Support Contract

    The U.S. Army has awarded General Electric‘s aviation subsidiary a potential five-year, $45.8 million contract for support work on T700 engines that currently power various multiple aircraft platforms. GE Aviation will perform work under the indefinite delivery/indefinite-quantity contract through Sept. 24, 2021, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The Army Contracting Command received one bid for […] More

  • Carahsoft Adds Okta ID, Mobility Mgmt Tools to GSA, NASA GWAC Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Adds Okta ID, Mobility Mgmt Tools to GSA, NASA GWAC Vehicles

    Carahsoft Technology has added the identity and mobility management offerings of Okta to Carahsoft’s General Services Administration schedule to help public sector customers deploy new applications in a secure environment. As Okta’s master government aggregator, Carahsoft will also offer the former’s cloud-based products to agencies and channel partners via NASA’s SEWP V contract vehicle, Carahsoft said Tuesday. The partnership aims to […] More

  • Luke Tenery Named Ankura Cyber Practice Senior Managing Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Luke Tenery Named Ankura Cyber Practice Senior Managing Director

    Luke Tenery, former associate managing director of Kroll’s cybersecurity and investigations practice, has been appointed as senior managing director for the cybersecurity practice at Ankura Consulting Group‘s risk, resilience and geopolitical group. Ankura said Monday Tenery will be based in the company’s Chicago office and brings 15 years of cyber incident investigations and forensics, data privacy and […] More

  • Retired Gen. Jack Keane Named AM General Exec Chairman - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Retired Gen. Jack Keane Named AM General Exec Chairman

    Jack Keane, former vice chief of staff of the U.S. Army and a retired four-star general, has joined AM General as executive chairman of the military and commercial vehicles manufacturer. AM General said Tuesday he will collaborate with President and CEO Andy Hove as well as the company’s parent corporation MacAndrews & Forbes to implement strategic growth initiatives. Hove said that […] More

  • ThreatConnect, Symantec Partner to Advance Threat Intelligence & Management Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ThreatConnect, Symantec Partner to Advance Threat Intelligence & Management Platform

    ThreatConnect will install Symantec Cyber Security Services‘ reputation data feeds on the former’s intelligence-driven defense platform in an effort to advance threat intelligence and management functions for users. The ThreatConnect platform will work to provide access to Symantec’s DeepSight Intelligence data feeds, provide insight on threat intelligence data and allow users to operate on the intelligence within […] More

  • Navy Sec. Ray Mabus Meets With LCS Sailors, Shipbuilders at Marinette Shipyard - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Sec. Ray Mabus Meets With LCS Sailors, Shipbuilders at Marinette Shipyard

    U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has visited the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard in Wisconsin and met with the shipbuilders and sailors of the Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship program. Mabus saw the six LCS ships currently in construction under the Lockheed Martin-led team during his tour of the shipyard, the company said Monday. The team has delivered four Freedom-variant LCS to the Navy […] More

  • Deloitte Says Defense Acquisition Program Cost Overruns Hit $468B in 2015; Robin Lineberger Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte Says Defense Acquisition Program Cost Overruns Hit $468B in 2015; Robin Lineberger Comments

    A Deloitte report says the total cost overrun for initiatives under the major defense acquisition program portfolio rose from $295 billion in 2008 to $468 billion in 2015. The consulting firm said Monday the Defense Department’s MDAP portfolio in 2015 recorded a 48.3 percent growth in cost with nearly 30 months in average schedule delays. The report is […] More