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  • BAE Lands Army Production Order for Thermal Weapon Sight Systems; Marc Casseres Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Lands Army Production Order for Thermal Weapon Sight Systems; Marc Casseres Comments

    BAE Systems has received a potential $13.5 million task order for low-rate initial production of thermal weapon sight systems for the U.S. Army. BAE said Tuesday the service branch awarded the production order under a potential five-year, $434 million contract that BAE secured in May 2015 as part of the Enhanced Night Vision Goggle III and […] More

  • BAE Introduces New Fighting Vehicle and Wearable Tech Offerings - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Introduces New Fighting Vehicle and Wearable Tech Offerings

    The U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems has debuted a new concept fighting vehicle and a wearable technology at the ongoing Association of the U.S. Army meeting in Washington. BAE Systems Inc. said Monday its Next Generation Bradley Fighting Vehicle demonstrator includes a new chassis designed for underbelly protection, fuel and ordnance compartmentation and force protection. “We’re focused on integrating current, emerging, and future technologies to […] More

  • White House Science Office Seeks Input on Increased Data Portability - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    White House Science Office Seeks Input on Increased Data Portability

    The White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy has released a request for information in search of ideas on how it can understand potential advantages and disadvantages of data portability. Alexander Macgillivray, OSTP’s deputy chief technology officer, and Council of Economic Advisers member Jay Shambaugh wrote in a blog post published Friday that the move aims to […] More

  • IBM Installs Watson in Aerialtronics Drones; Harriet Green Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Installs Watson in Aerialtronics Drones; Harriet Green Comments

    IBM has installed the company’s Watson cognitive computing system in Aerialtronics’ unmanned aircraft systems in an effort to help teams gain a complete view of their surroundings and analyze captured imagery. Aerialtronics’ Watson-equipped drones will work to capture images and send them to the IBM Watson Internet of Things Platform on IBM Cloud in near […] More

  • Leidos-Endeavor Robotics Team to Compete for Navy’s Bomb Disposal Program Increments 2 & 3 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos-Endeavor Robotics Team to Compete for Navy’s Bomb Disposal Program Increments 2 & 3

    Leidos and Endeavor Robotics have forged a partnership to bid for increments two and three of the U.S. Navy’s Advanced Explosive Ordnance Disposal Robotic System program. Tom Frost, president of Endeavor Robotics, said in a statement released Monday the company will combine its experience in ground robotics systems integration with Leidos’ resources and defense systems integration experience […] More

  • Harris Launches EOD Robot at AUSA Convention - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Launches EOD Robot at AUSA Convention

    Harris has unveiled a robotic technology offering the company designed to help operators disarm improvised explosive devices, Defense News reported Monday. Jen Judson writes the T7 EOD robot, which Harris unveiled at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual convention Monday, employs an intuitive interface and can be equipped with a water disruptor that works to disengage a trigger. The […] More

  • Capgemini Benchmark Shows Discreet Digital Transition of European Governments; Dinand Tinholt Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Capgemini Benchmark Shows Discreet Digital Transition of European Governments; Dinand Tinholt Comments

    Capgemini has released findings of a new study that indicates governments in Europe are cautiously implementing digital services over time. Capgemini and Politecnico di Milano School of Management for the Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology conducted the 13th eGovernment Benchmark Measurement for eGovernment Services to assess the priority areas of the eGovernment Action Plan 2011-2015, Capgemini […] More

  • Orbital ATK to Provide US Allies Non-Standard Munitions Worth $126M - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK to Provide US Allies Non-Standard Munitions Worth $126M

    Orbital ATK has secured nearly $126 million in delivery orders from the U.S. government to manufacture a range of ammunition systems for the Defense Department‘s foreign allies. The orders are for non-U.S. standard munitions and fall under a pair of previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity and basic ordering agreement contracts, Orbital ATK said Monday. The company currently operates a U.S. Army-owned ammunition plant in Independence, Missouri, where it also  […] More

  • General Dynamics Tests Army's WIN-T Increment 2 Components - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Tests Army’s WIN-T Increment 2 Components

    General Dynamics has begun to test two updated components of the U.S. Army‘s Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment 2 system. The company said Monday its business unit delivered four Tactical Communications Node-Lite and two Network Operations and Security Center-Lite units to the Army to start the test and evaluation process. General Dynamics also performs preliminary logistics and software evaluations on a TCN-L […] More

  • AM General Receives $151M in Domestic & International Humvee Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AM General Receives $151M in Domestic & International Humvee Contracts

    AM General has received contracts from U.S. and international military agencies worth more than $151 million in total to provide Humvees, associated parts and training. The company said Monday the contracts cover production vehicles, automotive kits, spare parts and training. The U.S. Army awarded AM General a $108.8 million contract modification to deliver 433 Humvees to Afghanistan through a foreign military sales deal, […] More

  • Berico Technologies Awarded DIA Application Support Task Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Berico Technologies Awarded DIA Application Support Task Order

    Berico Technologies has landed a potential five-year, $35 million task order from the Defense Intelligence Agency to perform development, integration and systems operations and maintenance work on DIA’s applications. Berico said Monday the order includes options and falls under the Enhanced Solutions for the Information Technology Enterprise contract vehicle. DIA selected 50 companies for the E-SITE vehicle in July […] More

  • BioBridge-Led Team Chosen to Develop Clinical-Grade Stem Cell Manufacturing Process - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BioBridge-Led Team Chosen to Develop Clinical-Grade Stem Cell Manufacturing Process

    The Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium has awarded a BioBridge Global-led group of organizations a three-year, $7.8 million contract to develop a clinical-grade process for stem cell manufacturing techniques. BBG said Monday the team will work to create large-scale stem cell manufacturing economical platforms in an effort to give researchers human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells for study, therapeutic […] More