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  • 2 Texas Research Organizations to Work on Ebola Countermeasure for DTRA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    2 Texas Research Organizations to Work on Ebola Countermeasure for DTRA

    The Defense Threat Reduction Agency has awarded Southwest Research Institute a potential three-year contract worth $3.4 million to develop and test a countermeasure drug therapy for the Ebola virus. SwRI will work with Texas Biomedical Research Institute to combine two existing drugs designed to combat biothreats, Texas Biomed said Wednesday. Robert Davey, Texas Biomed virology and immunology department chair and […] More

  • DOE Org Taps PARC to Develop Thermal Insulation Coating; Quentin Van Overmeere Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE Org Taps PARC to Develop Thermal Insulation Coating; Quentin Van Overmeere Comments

    PARC has been awarded a $3 million contract to develop a thermal-insulating window coating technology for an Energy Department program that aims to reduce the amount of heat loss in single-pane windows during cold weather. The Xerox company will assimilate a transparent aerogel polymer material to the window coating for thermal loss prevention as part […] More

  • A1 Signal Research to Support US Army’s Redstone Test Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    A1 Signal Research to Support US Army’s Redstone Test Center

    A1 Signal Research has been awarded a 10-month, $29.9 million contract to help test  aviation, missile and sensor systems at the U.S. Army’s Redstone Test Center. ASRI will perform the testing and evaluation support for the Army’s environmental and component test directorate at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama through April 3, 2017, the Defense Department said […] More

  • Liteye Systems to Provide Technology for FAA's Airport Drone Detection Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Liteye Systems to Provide Technology for FAA’s Airport Drone Detection Tests

    The Federal Aviation Administration has chosen Liteye Systems to provide a counter unmanned aerial vehicle technology for evaluation at domestic airports as part of the agency’s Pathfinder Program. FAA and Liteye signed a cooperative agreement to test the Anti-UAV Defense System developed by British companies Blighter Surveillance Systems, Chess Dynamics and Enterprise Control Systems, Blighter said Tuesday. Liteye acts as the North American manufacturing […] More

  • Bowhead Business Lands IT Lab Support Contract With US Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bowhead Business Lands IT Lab Support Contract With US Army

    Bowhead Business and Technology Solutions has received a potential five-year, $48 million contract to provide support services to the U.S. Army’s information technology laboratory. The Defense Department said Wednesday that the Army Corps of Engineers awarded the order-dependent contract via an online solicitation and DoD expects Bowhead to finish work by May 31, 2021. ITL provides IT platforms […] More

  • Parsons Names Jon Moretta Regional Business Development SVP for Industrial Unit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Names Jon Moretta Regional Business Development SVP for Industrial Unit

    Parsons has named Jon Moretta as the industrial business unit’s North America West division senior vice president of business development. The company said Wednesday Moretta will work to drive support to refining and chemical industry clients through the advancement of Parsons’ industrial growth strategies. “Jon has considerable experience in strategic development in upstream, midstream and downstream petroleum, chemicals and […] More

  • CenturyLink Signs Up for DOE's Better Buildings Initiative; David Meredith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink Signs Up for DOE’s Better Buildings Initiative; David Meredith Comments

    CenturyLink has joined an Energy Department-run program meant to encourage organizations to reduce energy consumption through technology investments and sharing of best practices. The company said Wednesday it aims to cut non-information technology energy use at the company’s U.S.-based data centers by up to 25 percent through 2023 as a program partner under the DOE’s Better Buildings Challenge. “This initiative aligns with CenturyLink’s ongoing efforts to continually improve […] More

  • Swedish Defense Material Administration Picks Saab for Anti-Submarine Warfare Training - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Swedish Defense Material Administration Picks Saab for Anti-Submarine Warfare Training

    Sweden’s defense material administration has placed an order to Saab for anti-submarine warfare training and the AUV62-AT autonomous underwater vehicle to support the Swedish armed forces’ underwater operations. Saab will provide the AUV62-AT with ASW training configuration and additional support and maintenance to the client from 2016 to 2019, the company said Wednesday. Anne-Marie Vosu, Saab’s underwater systems […] More

  • Level 3 Receives 3-Year Extension to GSA Networx Enterprise Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Level 3 Receives 3-Year Extension to GSA Networx Enterprise Contract

    Level 3 Communications will continue to provide internet, virtual private network and cloud services to federal agencies as part of a three-year extension to its Networx Enterprise contract with the General Services Administration. GSA extended the company’s Networx Enterprise contract, which is scheduled to expire in May 2017, through May 2020 in order to provide […] More

  • ASRC Federal Subsidiary Lands NASA Workforce Training Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ASRC Federal Subsidiary Lands NASA Workforce Training Support Contract

    NASA has awarded a five-year, $21 million contract to an ASRC Federal subsidiary for support services to the space agency’s leadership training initiatives. ASRC Federal Data Solutions will work to help NASA develop curriculum and knowledge sharing services for the agency’s efforts to develop and train its technical workforce, ASRC Federal said Tuesday. The Academy of Program/Project and Engineering […] More

  • Lockheed Extends Avcorp's Composite F-35 Panels Fabrication Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Extends Avcorp’s Composite F-35 Panels Fabrication Contract

    Avcorp Industries has received a contract from Lockheed Martin to continue to manufacture composite wing skin, nacelle and body access panels for the F-35 program. The contract will extend Avcorp’s work on composite F-35 panels at a company facility in Gardenia, California, through 2020, Avcorp said Tuesday. Lockheed awarded Avcorp a firm order in mid-April to provide paint preparation and installation services […] More

  • DLA Picks CACI for Defense Agencies Initiative Configuration, Compliance Mgmt Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLA Picks CACI for Defense Agencies Initiative Configuration, Compliance Mgmt Support Contract

    The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded CACI International a potential 39-month, $36 million contract to provide compliance and configuration management support to federal civilian agencies in support of the Defense Agencies Initiative. The contract has an initial base period worth $11 million and includes two one-year options with an additional three-month transition-out option period, the Defense Department said Tuesday. […] More