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  • Ionic Security Joins DHS Internet of Things System Security Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ionic Security Joins DHS Internet of Things System Security Initiative

    Ionic Security has received $119,000 in funds from the Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate to help develop new approaches for DHS to secure and monitor Internet of Things systems and carry out detection functions. DHS said Tuesday that the company’s team plans to apply a new distributed data protection model to address challenges the department faces […] More

  • DARPA Taps CPI to Develop New Vacuum Electron Device - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps CPI to Develop New Vacuum Electron Device

    Communications & Power Industries has landed a potential $13 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for the first phase of a program to invest in the development of new approaches to make vacuum electronics. CPI said Tuesday its Microwave Power Products division has secured an initial $5.8 million investment to support the DARPA Microsystems Technology Office’s High Power […] More

  • NIST Awards Tech R&D Grants to 19 Small Businesses - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST Awards Tech R&D Grants to 19 Small Businesses

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has chosen 19 small businesses to receive grants worth a combined $3.3 million to research and develop a wide range of technology platforms. NIST chose the companies based on their submitted R&D proposals that seek to address advanced manufacturing, cybersecurity, biomanufacturing, cyber-physical, technology transfer and advanced sensing for manufacturing challenges, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. DOC noted grantees […] More

  • Louis Berger Forms US Operations Through Ammann & Whitney, Louis Berger Group Combination - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Louis Berger Forms US Operations Through Ammann & Whitney, Louis Berger Group Combination

    Louis Berger has merged its Ammann & Whitney and Louis Berger Group operating companies to establish a new business entity that will serve U.S. clients worldwide. Louis Berger U.S. will maintain the Ammann & Whitney name for a division specialized in long-span bridge engineering, Louis Berger said Tuesday. “The integration follows many years of working together and an intensive period of […] More

  • Lockheed to Extend Support for Canada's Victoria-Class Submarine Fire Control Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Extend Support for Canada’s Victoria-Class Submarine Fire Control Tech

    Lockheed Martin has received a $14.5 million contract to perform support work on the fire control system of four Victoria-class submarines and ground-based team trainers for the Canadian navy. The company said Tuesday it will provide in-service and field service, obsolescence management and technical investigations support under the contract. Lockheed will also help the Canadian navy to integrate layer-based displays, sonar processing upgrades, search-and-attack […] More

  • FireEye, Exabeam Form IT Security Threat Mgmt Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FireEye, Exabeam Form IT Security Threat Mgmt Partnership

    Exabeam has joined the FireEye Cyber Security Coalition, a partnership that seeks to utilize threat intelligence through the FireEye Global Threat Management Platform to support customer security environments. Exabeam said Thursday the collaboration will work to drive cyber threat detection, investigation and response for joint customers. “Attacks today span networks, endpoints, email and other systems,” said Nir Polak, Exabeam CEO. He added […] More

  • State Dept Clears $65M SM-2 Block IIIB Missile Sale to South Korea - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Dept Clears $65M SM-2 Block IIIB Missile Sale to South Korea

    The State Department has given South Korea the go-ahead to procure SM-2 Block IIIB Standard missiles and related support from the U.S. government under a potential $65 million foreign military sales agreement. Raytheon will serve as principal contractor for the sale that covers 17 SM-2 Block IIIB missiles and 17 missile containers, the Defense Security Cooperation […] More

  • NEOS Partners With Lockheed to Develop Sensor for Aerial Natural Resource Detection - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NEOS Partners With Lockheed to Develop Sensor for Aerial Natural Resource Detection

    Lockheed Martin and NEOS have teamed up to develop a sensor designed to detect oil, minerals, gas and other natural resources underneath the earth’s surface. Lockheed has started to build a prototype of the Full Tensor Gradiometry Plus remote sensing platform that works to track natural resources from the air through the use of NEOS’ aircraft […] More

  • Boeing to Help Air Force Build KC-46 Aircraft Maintenance Training System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Help Air Force Build KC-46 Aircraft Maintenance Training System

    Boeing has won a potential $45.3 million contract to develop, produce and sustain an integrated maintenance training system for the U.S. Air Force‘s fleet of KC-46 Pegasus  tanker aircraft. The company will help the military service build an MTS equipped with virtual maintenance training systems, landing gear and boom operator trainers, the Defense Department said Tuesday. DoD added Boeing will […] More

  • Bill Van Dyke: Black & Veatch, Schneider Electric Partner for Microgrid Tech Project at USMC's San Diego Base - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bill Van Dyke: Black & Veatch, Schneider Electric Partner for Microgrid Tech Project at USMC’s San Diego Base

    Schneider Electric USA and Black & Veatch have formed a joint venture that will design and construct an energy security microgrid system at a U.S. Marine Corps air base in San Diego. Black & Veatch said Tuesday the system will be built to support facility operations across Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in the event of a utility power grid outage. […] More

  • Austal USA to Support Jackson LCS Shock Trials Under Navy Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Austal USA to Support Jackson LCS Shock Trials Under Navy Contract Modification

    The U.S. subsidiary of Austal has received an $11.2 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to plan and conduct repairs to any damage the company-built USS Jackson littoral combat ship will sustain during full ship shock trials. Austal USA will also help remove FSST test equipment and instrumentation after the tests under the modification, the company said Monday. The Navy performed the […] More

  • Harris Delivers Comms, Connectivity Services to Support NASA Juno Mission on Jupiter - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Delivers Comms, Connectivity Services to Support NASA Juno Mission on Jupiter

    Harris has provided communications and monitoring connectivity to support the NASA mission to insert the Lockheed Martin-built Juno spacecraft into an elliptical polar orbit around Jupiter. Harris said Tuesday a team of more than 100 employees supported operations, maintenance and engineering work for the space agency and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Deep Space Network. “Harris and the DSN have been […] More