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  • Harris to Help Sustain Space Systems Under Air Force Contract Modifications - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Help Sustain Space Systems Under Air Force Contract Modifications

    Harris has received two contract modifications valued at $44 million in total from the U.S. Air Force to provide sustainment services for space systems. The Defense Department said Tuesday Harris will carry out space control depot support and increase sustainment services for Space Superiority Systems under a $35.5 million modification. Work will occur in Palm Bay, Florida through Jan. 31, 2018. […] More

  • Former Acting OPM Chief Beth Cobert Appointed CEO of Markle Foundation’s Skillful Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Acting OPM Chief Beth Cobert Appointed CEO of Markle Foundation’s Skillful Initiative

    Beth Cobert, former acting director of the Office of Personnel Management, has been named CEO of the Markle Foundation’s Skillful program. Cobert will work with Andi Rugg, Skillful’s Colorado executive director, and Denis McDonough, former chief of staff at the White House who moved to Markle in February, to oversee Skillful’s efforts to provide employment […] More

  • CGI Nabs Potential $66M Contract From Colorado State to Update Payroll Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI Nabs Potential $66M Contract From Colorado State to Update Payroll Systems

    CGI has secured a potential 20-year, $66.2 million contract from the Colorado government to update payroll systems across 21 state agencies and departments in support of efforts to overhaul the existing enterprise resource planning system. The company said Wednesday it will offer information technology services to transform manual payroll processes into a unified human resource […] More

  • Lockheed to Move Fleet Ballistic Missile Program to Florida, Colorado Facilities; Rick Ambrose Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Move Fleet Ballistic Missile Program to Florida, Colorado Facilities; Rick Ambrose Comments

    Lockheed Martin plans to transfer the Fleet Ballistic Missile program from its space systems business’ facility in California to its other offices in Colorado and Florida in the next eight years. The company plans to relocate approximately 650 FBM positions by 2024 in order to leverage employee skillsets, infrastructure and other resources in Lockheed’s Florida […] More

  • NASA Event to Highlight Snow-Bound Water Resource Measurement Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Event to Highlight Snow-Bound Water Resource Measurement Project

    NASA plans to hold a media day on Feb. 13 at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado to discuss an agency project that aims to measure the amount of water in snow with remote sensing methods. More than 100 scientists from U.S., Europe and Canada will test various sensors and techniques to optimize snow measurements over different terrains as […] More

  • Lockheed Unveils New Colorado Site for Autonomous Systems Business - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Unveils New Colorado Site for Autonomous Systems Business

    Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new location for its autonomous systems business unit to support the development of autonomous technologies for military customers, Denver Business Journal reported Wednesday. Greg Avery writes the new industrial space in Littleton, Colorado, can accommodate more than 100 employees and will support projects related to self-driving ground vehicles, drones as well as […] More

  • Raytheon Tests James Webb Telescope's Flight Operations System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Tests James Webb Telescope’s Flight Operations System

    Raytheon has conducted factory acceptance tests on a flight operations system for NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope. The tests occurred at Raytheon’s Aurora, Colorado-based facility and aimed to verify 800 requirements on JWST’s ground control system, the company said Wednesday. Raytheon built the space observatory’s ground control system on the campus of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, under a contract […] More

  • Avaya to Provide Contact Center Tech for NORAD Santa Hotline - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Avaya to Provide Contact Center Tech for NORAD Santa Hotline

    Avaya will provide its contact center technology for the North American Aerospace Defense Command‘s Santa hotline. The communications services company said Thursday volunteers will use the Avaya Customer Engagement platform to answer children’s calls to the NORAD Tracks Santa hotline. “Avaya Government Solutions is pleased to help the North American Aerospace Defense Command keep the NORAD Tracks […] More

  • NIST Taps Gemalto for Digital Driver's License Pilot Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST Taps Gemalto for Digital Driver’s License Pilot Program

    Gemalto has received a two-year government grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to team up with Colorado, Idaho, Maryland and Washington D.C. on a pilot program for the development of digital driver’s licenses. Gemalto said Monday the grant requires the company to support the jurisdictions on the creation of a smartphone-based credential and the […] More

  • Kratos' RT Logic Subsidiary Hosts Cyber Event for Military, Industry, Academia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos’ RT Logic Subsidiary Hosts Cyber Event for Military, Industry, Academia

    A Kratos Defense & Security Solutions subsidiary has started to host an event that aims to create a cyberspace training model that will help meet changes in cyberspace operations, threats and weapons development. RT Logic will host the “21st Century Cyber Training” event at its Colorado Springs-based headquarters through Nov. 4 to gather best practices among the military, private […] More

  • WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff Opens New Boulder, Colorado Office - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff Opens New Boulder, Colorado Office

    WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff has opened a new office in Boulder, Colorado as the company works to expand its engineering and professional services into multiple market segments. The company’s facility at 4840 Pearl East Circle will support projects of clients across the buildings and transportation sectors in Colorado, WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff said Monday. “The new office will expand our local base for the delivery of our […] More

  • Harris Lands DARPA R&D Program Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Lands DARPA R&D Program Support Contract

    Harris has been awarded a potential $27 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to perform the first phase of a research and development program. The Defense Department said Tuesday DARPA will obligate $22.3 million in fiscal  year 2015 and fiscal 2016 R&D funds at the time of award. Ninety percent of contract-related work will occur in Palm Bay, Florida and the […] More