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  • Coast Guard Taps CopaSAT for Managed Satcom Services to Icebreaker Ships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Coast Guard Taps CopaSAT for Managed Satcom Services to Icebreaker Ships

    The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded CopaSAT a potential five-year contract to provide managed satellite communications services to two of the service branch’s Antarctica-based icebreaker ships. CopaSAT started to provide satcom services to the military branch’s Healy and Polar Star icebreakers on Oct. 1 under the contract, the company said Tuesday. “We are excited to provide the […] More

  • CyrusOne Continues Phoenix Data Center Campus Expansion Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CyrusOne Continues Phoenix Data Center Campus Expansion Efforts

    CyrusOne has acquired an additional 29 acres of land at the Continuum Business Park in Chandler, Arizona, in support of the company’s expansion efforts in the West Coast. The land purchase extends the company’s Phoenix data center campus to above 85 acres and approximately 2 million square feet of data center space to deliver cloud, internet and data center infrastructure services, the company said […] More

  • Boeing Chosen to Find F-15 Sensor Tech Provider - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Chosen to Find F-15 Sensor Tech Provider

    Boeing will work to identify a vendor that can supply 132 infrared search-and-track sensors in support of a $198 million program to modernize the U.S. Air Force’s F-15C/D twin-engined fighter, Flight Global reported Monday. Stephen Trimble writes the Air Force has also tasked Boeing to find a provider of sensors for active duty squadrons, Air National Guard and test […] More

  • Report: Trade Group Pegs World Naval Market at $40B Annual Sales - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Trade Group Pegs World Naval Market at $40B Annual Sales

    Patrick Boissier, chairman of the France-based Gican trade association, has estimated that naval sales in the global market total approximately $40 billion per year, Defense News reported Monday. Pierre Tran writes Boissier told reporters that the U.S. has some $12 billion in annual sales while Southeast Asia, India and Australia have sales worth up to $12 billion combined which excludes future […] More

  • Reports: Poland Eyes S-70i, AW149 Military Transport Helicopters - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reports: Poland Eyes S-70i, AW149 Military Transport Helicopters

    Poland is considering whether to buy Sikorsky-built S-70i Black Hawk helicopters through the aircraft manufacturer’s locally-based subsidiary PZL Mielec, Flightglobal reported Monday. Bartosz Glowacki writes Antoni Macierewicz, Poland’s defense minister, said that he met with Mielec’s chief executive and the government looks to finalize a procurement deal by the end of the year. Macierewicz added the acquisition will be open to all interested manufacturers […] More

  • Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Army Partner for Omadacycline Biodefense Studies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Army Partner for Omadacycline Biodefense Studies

    Paratek Pharmaceuticals has partnered with the U.S. Army to conduct research on the efficiency of omadacycline treatments against pathogenic agents under a cooperative research-and-development agreement. The studies will work to determine if omadacycline can help treat biodefense pathogens such as Yersinia Pestis and Bacillus Anthracis, Paratek said Tuesday. The company will provide omadacycline and technical expertise in support of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of […] More

  • Airbus Partners With TFT, SarVision to Develop Forest Cover Change Monitoring Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Partners With TFT, SarVision to Develop Forest Cover Change Monitoring Service

    Airbus has teamed up with SarVision and The Forest Trust to develop a service that seeks to help companies monitor their implementation of zero deforestation efforts in compliance with forest conservation policies. The Starling service works to track changes in forest cover through the use of radar and optical satellite imagery, Airbus said Monday. Nestle […] More

  • Siemens, IBM Launch Alliance to Help Promote Application of Population Health Management - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens, IBM Launch Alliance to Help Promote Application of Population Health Management

    IBM and Siemens have launched a global alliance to support efforts by health providers to treat patients with complex and chronic illnesses such as heart diseases and cancer. The alliance seeks to assist hospitals, health systems, integrated delivery networks and other providers in value-based patient care through the Population Health Management platforms, IBM said Tuesday. Siemen’s Healthineers subsidiary will offer PHM services […] More

  • Eutelsat Taps Orbital ATK, Airbus to Develop New Satellite for Europe & North Africa Video Markets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Eutelsat Taps Orbital ATK, Airbus to Develop New Satellite for Europe & North Africa Video Markets

    Eutelsat Communications has selected Orbital ATK and Airbus to develop a new satellite on the 5° West orbital position that will cater to video markets in Europe and North Africa. Eutelsat said Tuesday Airbus will construct the satellite’s payload and Orbital ATK will manufacture the platform of the EUTELSAT 5 West B which will be launched in 2018 […] More

  • Report: Labor Union OKs Sikorsky Helicopter Production Plan in Connecticut - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Labor Union OKs Sikorsky Helicopter Production Plan in Connecticut

    A proposal by Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary to manufacture CH-53K King Stallion helicopters at a company facility in Stratford, Connecticut for the U.S. Navy was approved by local union members through a 2,104-140 vote, CTPost reported Monday. Amanda Cuda writes Teamsters Local 1150 stated that the Navy contract will become null and void if another production facility was selected since the contract […] More

  • BAE Extends Combat Systems Integration Services for UK Navy; Richard Williams Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Extends Combat Systems Integration Services for UK Navy; Richard Williams Comments

    BAE Systems has signed a contract to extend the company’s combat systems integration services for the U.K. Royal Navy’s in-service and future platforms for an additional 10.5 years. BAE said Monday its engineering team will work to integrate the Royal Naval ships such as Type 45 destroyers, Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers and Type 26 global combat ships. The contract extension follows the […] More

  • Cubic to Provide Operational Support to USPACOM's Disaster Management Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic to Provide Operational Support to USPACOM’s Disaster Management Center

    The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center for Pacific has awarded a Cubic Corp.  business unit a five-year, $20 million task order to provide operational support services at a U.S. Pacific Command facility. Cubic Global Defense will offer engagement, training and educational recommendations to USPACOM leaders in an effort to address the operational requirements of the command’s Center for Excellence in Disaster […] More