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  • Red Hat Open Tech to Run UKCloud’s Enterprise Platform; Radhesh Balakrishnan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Red Hat Open Tech to Run UKCloud’s Enterprise Platform; Radhesh Balakrishnan Comments

    Red Hat and public cloud provider UKCloud have forged a partnership to develop an infrastructure-as-a-service cloud platform for the U.K. government’s work to deliver digital services to the public. UKCloud has standardized on Red Hat OpenStack Platform with Red Hat Ceph Storage to handle citizen web applications and government systems in behalf of public sector organizations across […] More

  • Airbus Taps Intelsat for Commercial Satellite Communication Services; Skot Butler Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Taps Intelsat for Commercial Satellite Communication Services; Skot Butler Comments

    An Intelsat subsidiary has received a contract to provide commercial satellite communication services for an Airbus-provided European defense network. This long-term contract renewal will cover selected C- and Ku-band transponders across various Intelsat General satellites that support national and international voice and data applications for end-users. Skot Butler, Intelsat General president, said the company’s satellite systems […] More

  • Hydronalix Lands Navy SBIR Phase III Contract for Micro Underwater Drone - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hydronalix Lands Navy SBIR Phase III Contract for Micro Underwater Drone

    The Department of the Navy has awarded Hydronalix a Small Business Innovation Research contract to update a micro unmanned surface vehicle designed to perform situational awareness, communications and mine hunting functions. A notice posted Wednesday on FedBizOpps says the SBIR program’s phase III contract calls for Hydronalix to integrate an acoustic communications platform with the […] More

  • Rob Weiss: Lockheed Eyes Early Delivery for Air Force T-X Trainer Jet Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rob Weiss: Lockheed Eyes Early Delivery for Air Force T-X Trainer Jet Program

    Rob Weiss, a Lockheed Martin executive, has said the company could deliver training aircraft three years earlier than 2024 that would help the U.S. Air Force save $1 billion in training and maintenance costs over a six-year period, Defense One reported Thursday. Marcus Weisgerber writes Weiss, executive vice president and general manager of advanced development programs […] More

  • Navy Commissions 7th LCS Ship, 4th Lockheed Team-Built Freedom Variant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Commissions 7th LCS Ship, 4th Lockheed Team-Built Freedom Variant

    The U.S. Navy has commissioned and assigned to active service its seventh littoral combat ship overall and fourth LCS vessel constructed by a Lockheed Martin-led industry team. Lockheed said Saturday the USS Detroit Freedom-class LCS will join the fleet with similar variants USS Fort Worth, USS Milwaukee and USS Freedom. USS Detroit completed its acceptance trials in July and is the […] More

  • Woolpert to Develop Master Plan for Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Woolpert to Develop Master Plan for Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport

    Woolpert has received a a contract from the city of Springfield, Ohio to develop a Federal Aviation Administration master plan and layout for the Springfield-Beckley municipal airport to detail the site’s existing configuration. The FAA will primarily fund the project while the city of Springfield and the Ohio Department of Transportation will provide additional financial support, Woolpert said Friday. Woolpert […] More

  • MIL Lands Cyber Operations Contract With NAVAIR; Marisa Daley Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MIL Lands Cyber Operations Contract With NAVAIR; Marisa Daley Comments

    MIL Corp. will provide operations support to the Naval Air System Command’s cyber warfare division under a two-year basic ordering agreement. The contract covers implementation and security of platforms, weapons, sensors, networks, computers, mission systems, support equipment, logistics and maintenance systems and ashore and afloat enterprise systems, MIL said Thursday. Marisa Daley, MIL chief operating officer, said […] More

  • IMIA Wins Contract to Repair, Sustain USS Maine Submarine - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IMIA Wins Contract to Repair, Sustain USS Maine Submarine

    The U.S. Navy has awarded International Marine and Industrial Applicators a one-year, $21.5 million firm-fixed-price contract to support the preservation and non-submarine safety structural repairs and sustainment efforts for the USS Maine ballistic missile submarine. IMIA will provide preservation, hull and structural repair, anode removal, repair and replacement, lead bin repair and fabrication, de-ballasting and re-ballasting and safety track […] More

  • Microsoft Unveils Cyber Engagement Center in India - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Unveils Cyber Engagement Center in India

    Microsoft has opened a Cybersecurity Engagement Center in India to help identify and address cyber threats in the country, Gadget 360 reported Sunday. Bhaskar Pramanik, chairman of Microsoft’s India-based operations, said the CSEC will support the company’s efforts to secure corporate customers’ information as well as the private data and transactions of citizens, the report stated. The center […] More

  • Root9B CEO Eric Hipkins Named to Cybersecurity Ventures' Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Root9B CEO Eric Hipkins Named to Cybersecurity Ventures’ Advisory Board

    Root9B CEO Eric Hipkins has joined the board of advisers at Cybersecurity Ventures and will provide advice to the latter company’s leadership team that includes founder and CEO Steve Morgan. Hipkins said Thursday that he aims to share root9B’s experience and assist Cybersecurity Ventures’ advisory board to help drive the future of cyber defense. “We are now placing a […] More

  • MEF Unveils List of Keynote, Featured Speakers at 2016 Global Networking Conference; Kevin Vachon Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MEF Unveils List of Keynote, Featured Speakers at 2016 Global Networking Conference; Kevin Vachon Comments

    Over 110 executives from cloud service providers, communications, technology platforms vendors and defense companies will take part as keynote speakers at MEF’s four-day global networking conference that is set to kick off Nov. 7 at the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor Hotel in Maryland. “MEF16 will provide attendees an unparalleled forum to engage with the world’s […] More

  • Serco Inc. CIO Chris Sullivan to Address Shenandoah Valley Cyber Workshop - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Serco Inc. CIO Chris Sullivan to Address Shenandoah Valley Cyber Workshop

    Chris Sullivan, senior vice president and chief information officer for Serco Inc., will share his perspective on cybersecurity at a workshop to be held on Thursday at Shenandoah Valley, West Virginia, Augusta Free Press reported Saturday. The Shenandoah Valley Small Business Development Center and Shenandoah Valley Technology Council will host the workshop with the goal to […] More