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  • Lisa Roger Joins SC3 as Technology Services Division VP; David Page Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lisa Roger Joins SC3 as Technology Services Division VP; David Page Comments

    Lisa Roger, former vice president and operations manager for the commercial cybersecurity division of Leidos‘ health and engineering business group, has been named VP of the technology services division at Alexandria, Virginia-based federal technology services contractor SC3. SC3 said Tuesday the 24-year information technology industry veteran will oversee the division’s IT-related programs in her new position. “We are honored to bring Lisa to the SC3 leadership […] More

  • Lockheed, UAE Space Agency, Mubadala Unveil Aerospace Workforce Training Program; Nabil Azar Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, UAE Space Agency, Mubadala Unveil Aerospace Workforce Training Program; Nabil Azar Comments

    Lockheed Martin, the United Arab Emirates’ space agency and investment firm Mubadala have introduced a new development program with the goal to train future aerospace industry leaders in UAE. Generation Space: The Space Fundamentals Training Program will provide training in space foundations to early career professionals across the UAE aerospace industry over the next four months, Lockheed said Wednesday. […] More

  • Florida State University Receives Navy Grant to Lead Development of All-Electric Ship - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Florida State University Receives Navy Grant to Lead Development of All-Electric Ship

    The Office of Naval Research has awarded Florida State University’s Center for Advanced Power Systems a five-year, $35 million grant to lead a team of scientists and engineers from various universities to help the U.S. Navy build an all-electric ship. The team will work on various energy and machinery aspects such as ship architecture, energy storage and power distribution, Florida […] More

  • Navy Taps PAR Technology Subsidiary for DoD Info Grid Teleport Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps PAR Technology Subsidiary for DoD Info Grid Teleport Services

    PAR Technology subsidiary Rome Research Corp. will provide teleport commercial satellite services to the Global Information Grid facility located in Lago Patria, Italy as well as other remote sites under a five-year, $13.6 million contract with the U.S. Navy. The Department of Defense uses GIG to receive, manage, store and relay data to military commanders, policymakers and support personnel during national security and intelligence community missions, PAR […] More

  • Orbital ATK to Continue Iraq Caravan Aircraft Logistics Support Under Potential $118M Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK to Continue Iraq Caravan Aircraft Logistics Support Under Potential $118M Contract

    Orbital ATK has been awarded a potential $118 million contract to continue its logistics support for missionized Cessna 208 aircraft flown by the Iraqi air force to perform security missions. The company said Tuesday it will also provide maintenance and support training, produce spare parts, repair components, update publications for Iraq’s Armed Caravan program. The contract has an initial $11 million value […] More

  • Air Force to Seek Industry Partners for Silicon Carbide Manufacturing Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force to Seek Industry Partners for Silicon Carbide Manufacturing Support

    The U.S. Air Force plans to seek industry partners that can manufacture silicon carbide substrates and epitaxial films to help develop radio frequency and power switching semiconductor devices. A pre-solicitation notice posted Friday on FedBizOpps says the Air Force is scheduled to issue a request for proposals on September 30 and the program could be worth $13.1 million and $11.2 million in government funds and […] More

  • Southern Research to Extend NASA Airborne Imaging, Recording Tech Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Southern Research to Extend NASA Airborne Imaging, Recording Tech Support

    NASA has awarded Southern Research a five-year, $10 million contract renewal to continue to support a video imaging system used on the space agency’s WB-57 research aircraft. The Airborne Imaging and Recording System is attached to the WB-57 nose cap and designed to process full motion videos of rockets that ascend into space at a distance of more than 25 miles, Southern Research […] More

  • SayVU App Selected to Help Secure Participants at Rio Olympics; Amotz Koskas Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SayVU App Selected to Help Secure Participants at Rio Olympics; Amotz Koskas Comments

    International Security and Defense Systems has selected a mobile application developed at Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev to secure attendees of the Rio 2016 Olympics in Brazil, Jewish Business News reported Monday. The mobile app SayVU is available on Android devices and is designed to help users send a distress signal to an emergency hotline, the […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Completes 2 Flight Tests on Laser-Guided Munitions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Completes 2 Flight Tests on Laser-Guided Munitions

    Lockheed Martin has completed a demonstration of the new linear optics, guidance system and control actuation system of its Dual Mode Plus laser-guided bomb during two flight tests held at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division in California. The tests featured two Mk-82 inert warheads that were released from an F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft to engage fixed targets, the company said Monday. Lockheed […] More

  • Air Force to Complete F-35 Ejector Seat Equipment Modification Tests in September - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force to Complete F-35 Ejector Seat Equipment Modification Tests in September

    The U.S. Air Force will continue tests on two equipment modifications added to the Martin-Baker-developed ejection seat used on the service branch’s F-35 aircraft, Defense Tech reported Monday. Hope Hodge Seck writes the F-35 Joint Program Office has considered the addition of a lightweight crew sequencer switch and a head support panel between ejection seat risers to the US-16E ejection seat designs […] More

  • Fluor-Led Partnership to Continue DOE Savannah River Site Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fluor-Led Partnership to Continue DOE Savannah River Site Operations

    A partnership between Fluor, Honeywell and SN3 Stoller Newport News Nuclear has been awarded a 22-month contract extension to continue to help the Energy Department  manage the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. Savannah River Nuclear Solutions will continue its operation and maintenance  services at the nuclear reservation facility after DOE exercised an option under a contract originally awarded in January 2008, Fluor […] More

  • Cambridge Awarded Southcom Helicopter Training Center Services Task Order; Eric Garnier Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cambridge Awarded Southcom Helicopter Training Center Services Task Order; Eric Garnier Comments

    Cambridge International Systems Inc. has received a task order to provide maintenance, training and logistics services to U.S. Southern Command for the Colombian Regional Helicopter Training Center. The company will work to maintain the OH-58 and TH-67 helicopter, standardize pilot instruction, train maintenance personnel and support airframe transition, Cambridge International Systems said Friday. Cambridge is […] More