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  • IAP Worldwide Services to Help Implement Army's Distributed Common Ground System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IAP Worldwide Services to Help Implement Army’s Distributed Common Ground System

    IAP Worldwide Services has landed a potential $53 million contract to help the U.S. Army implement a ground intelligence system at Fort Hood in Texas and other military facilities worldwide. IAP said Monday it will provide integrated logistics, fielding and training services for the  Distributed Common Ground System-Army under the contract awarded through the military branch’s Rapid Response Third Generation vehicle. Work also covers hardware […] More

  • BAE Systems, Terma to Continue Pilot Helmet Audio Devt Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Systems, Terma to Continue Pilot Helmet Audio Devt Efforts

    BAE Systems and Terma will continue their collaboration on helmet audio development efforts after the conclusion of a design review on a joint development agreement product that integrates systems from both companies. Terma said Thursday a joint development agreement covers the integration of Terma’s 3D-Audio/Active Noise Reduction technology with BAE Systems’ Striker II helmet mounted display and aircraft integration and certification tasks prior to […] More

  • BAE's US Arm to Support Navy Air Traffic Control & Landing System Under $52M Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE’s US Arm to Support Navy Air Traffic Control & Landing System Under $52M Contract

    The U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems has secured a five-year, $52 million contract to test and sustain multiple air traffic control and landing systems for the U.S. Navy. BAE Systems Inc. will evaluate aircraft landing systems and subsystems designed to help Navy pilots to land aircraft safely on ground and at sea, the company said Monday. The company will also […] More

  • DoD’s Innovation Org Awards $36M in FY 2016 Contracts Via New Acquisition Process; Raj Shah Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD’s Innovation Org Awards $36M in FY 2016 Contracts Via New Acquisition Process; Raj Shah Comments

    A Defense Department organization has awarded 12 contracts worth approximately $36.3 million combined in fiscal year 2016, Defense News reported Friday. Aaron Mehta writes the Defense Innovation Unit-Experimental group made the contract awards within an average period of 60 days and provided $8.3 million in funds to support the contracts. Tanium secured $12.7 million in DIUx contracts to develop […] More

  • Fortinet Opens FortiCloud European Data Center in Germany - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fortinet Opens FortiCloud European Data Center in Germany

    Fortinet has launched a new cloud data center in Germany that will work to provide local cloud-based data hosting and cybersecurity services to European customers. The company said Monday the FortiCloud European data center aims to address customer privacy concerns through the Fortinet Security Fabric, as well as support compliance for hosting data within the European […] More

  • MIL to Update, Manage International Trade Administration's IT Infrastructure - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MIL to Update, Manage International Trade Administration’s IT Infrastructure

    MIL will continue to update and manage the information technology infrastructure of the Commerce Department‘s International Trade Administration under a contract from ITA’s office of the chief information officer. The company said Monday it will help ITA OCIO oversee the agency’s network and infrastructure across 150 locations inside and outside the continental U.S. MIL will also modernize ITA’s core infrastructure on […] More

  • NASA Launches Orbital ATK’s Cygnus Spacecraft for 6th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Launches Orbital ATK’s Cygnus Spacecraft for 6th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission

    An Orbital ATK-built spacecraft lifted off Monday onboard the company’s updated Antares 230 rocket to deliver more than 5,100 pounds of scientific instruments and crew supplies to the International Space Station. NASA said Monday the Cygnus spacecraft’s launch from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia marks Orbital ATK’s sixth cargo delivery mission to the ISS under the Commercial Resupply Services contract and […] More

  • Optim to Supply LED Videoscope Tech to Navy's Fleet Logistics Center in San Diego - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Optim to Supply LED Videoscope Tech to Navy’s Fleet Logistics Center in San Diego

    Optim has landed an $860,000 contract to provide a light-emitting diode videoscope system to the U.S. Navy‘s fleet logistics center in San Diego. The service branch will install Optim’s FreedomView LED videoscope in vessels operated by the Commander Naval Surface Force Atlantic, the company said Monday. FreedomView is designed to help gas turbine system technicians perform preventative or corrective maintenance on gas […] More

  • Raytheon Receives 2016 Industrial Award for Air Traffic System Modernization Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Receives 2016 Industrial Award for Air Traffic System Modernization Efforts

    The Air Traffic Control Association has presented Raytheon the 2016 Industrial Award for the company’s work to help modernize ATC systems that manage the majority of the country’s civilian airspace. The company said Monday it received the award during ATCA’s 61st Annual Conference and Exposition in National Harbor, Maryland. Raytheon worked with the Federal Aviation Administration on an 18-month […] More

  • MEF16 UNITE Partner Summit to Gather Open Source, Standards Leaders in Support of Orchestrated Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MEF16 UNITE Partner Summit to Gather Open Source, Standards Leaders in Support of Orchestrated Services

    Open source and standards organization leaders are set to participate at the MEF16 UNITE Partner Summit in an effort to advance the use of standardized open application programming interfaces to drive the development of orchestrated services. MEF said Monday the summit will be part of the MEF16 conference that aims to further standardization to support orchestrated on-demand connectivity and […] More

  • SpaceX Seeks Dragon Spacecraft Reuse for 2017 ISS Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX Seeks Dragon Spacecraft Reuse for 2017 ISS Resupply Mission

    SpaceX plans to launch used Dragon spacecraft for cargo delivery missions to the International Space Station by 2017 as part of the Elon Musk-owned company’s Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA, SpaceNews reported Friday. Jeff Foust writes that Benjamin Reed, SpaceX director of commercial crew mission management, told the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight that SpaceX looks to reuse Dragon spacecraft to […] More

  • DoD’s Innovation Org Taps Kratos to Integrate Sensors With UAS; Jerry Beaman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD’s Innovation Org Taps Kratos to Integrate Sensors With UAS; Jerry Beaman Comments

    A Defense Department organization has awarded Kratos Defense and Security Solutions a potential $12.6 million contract to integrate sensors with an unmanned combat aircraft system. The contract with Defense Innovation Unit Experimental would also require Kratos to demonstrate how the company’s UTAP-22 drone can perform autonomous and semi-autonomous tasks in support of fourth- and fifth-generation fighter jets, the company said […] More