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  • Raytheon to Update Navy Missile Defense Radar, Jammer Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Update Navy Missile Defense Radar, Jammer Systems

    Raytheon‘s integrated defense systems business has won a potential $19.9 million contract to update the service branch’s Air and Missile Defense Radar and the Next Generation Jammer systems. The cost-plus-fixed-fee contract also covers the development of an X-band radar technology, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The Navy will obligate $1.1 million in fiscal 2018 research, development, test and evaluation […] More

  • Report: Google, DoD Partner to Develop AI Tech for UAS Footage Analysis - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Google, DoD Partner to Develop AI Tech for UAS Footage Analysis

    Google and the Defense Department have teamed up to develop an artificial intelligence technology that would aid analysis of footage collected through unmanned aircraft systems, Gizmodo reported Tuesday. An anonymous Google spokesperson told Gizmodo that the company will provide TensorFlow application programming interfaces to help DoD analysts identify objects in UAS footage as part of the department’s Project Maven. […] More

  • CSRA Gets DoD Provisional Authorization for milCloud 2.0 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Gets DoD Provisional Authorization for milCloud 2.0

    CSRA has received a provisional authorization from the Defense Department to deploy and operate a cloud platform. The provisional Impact Level 5 Systems certification from DoD allows CSRA’s milCloud 2.0 to host military applications and national security platforms that store mission critical data and controlled unclassified information, the company said Tuesday. Larry Prior, CSRA president […] More

  • 3 Firms Win Navy Signature Technology Office Support IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    3 Firms Win Navy Signature Technology Office Support IDIQ

    Devine Consulting, EOIR Technologies and ThermoAnalytics have won spots on a potential $48.5 million contract to support the U.S. Navy‘s Signature Technology Office. All three companies are eligible to vie for scientific, engineering, programmatic, research and development support task orders under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The Navy intends to obligate $2,500 in fiscal year 2018 working […] More

  • Lockheed Adopts Remediant Privileged Access Mgmt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Adopts Remediant Privileged Access Mgmt Platform

    Lockheed Martin has implemented a Remediant-built privileged access management system as part of efforts to comply with controlled unclassified information management and security policies for Defense Department contractors. Remediant said Monday it provided the SecureONE platform to help address Lockheed’s requirement for a PAM system that integrates multifactor authentication and access privileges. SecureONE is designed to limit privileged […] More

  • Microsoft Launches 365 Package for US Govt Cloud Environments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Launches 365 Package for US Govt Cloud Environments

    Microsoft has made its Microsoft 365 package available for U.S. government cloud environments. Josh Rice, general manager of Microsoft’s worldwide modern workplace, wrote in a news release published Monday the Microsoft 356 package includes Windows 10, Enterprise Mobility + Security and Office 365 offerings designed to help government agencies meet U.S. security and compliance requirements. Microsoft […] More

  • Former Comtech SVP Jay Icard Named XTAR President, CEO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Comtech SVP Jay Icard Named XTAR President, CEO

    Jay Icard, former senior vice president of strategic sales at Comtech Telecommunications‘ command and control technologies business, has joined XTAR as president and CEO of the Ashburn, Virginia-based commercial satellite operator. The 13-year industry veteran succeeds outgoing President Philip Harlow, who has led XTAR over the past eight years and will help ensure a smooth transition, the company said Monday. […] More

  • Lockheed Martin and Letterkenny Munitions Center Partner to Modernize Army Tactical Missile Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin and Letterkenny Munitions Center Partner to Modernize Army Tactical Missile Systems

    Lockheed Martin has partnered with the Letterkenny Munitions Center in an effort to modernize the U.S. Army‘s tactical missile systems or ATACMS. The Army said Thursday its Precision Fire Rocket and Missile Systems Project Office initiated the ATACMS Modernization (AMOD program) to replace older variant warhead with a more modern warhead, through updating the electronics and installing a new warhead. […] More

  • DoD to Outline Cloud Acquisition Plan With Interested Providers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD to Outline Cloud Acquisition Plan With Interested Providers

    The Defense Department is scheduled to host an event on March 7 to discuss a cloud procurement effort with interested parties in the private sector, DoD News reported Thursday. DoD’s Cloud Executive Steering Group will facilitate the industry day for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud program at the Sheraton Pentagon City in Arlington, Virginia. U.S. Army Lt. Gen. […] More

  • DoD Committee Updates Tactical Radio Software Standard - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Committee Updates Tactical Radio Software Standard

    A Defense Department committee has included the latest tactical radio architecture in DoD’s registry for approved information technology and national security systems standards, SIGNAL reported Thursday. The report said DoD’s Joint Enterprise Standards Committee replaced version 2.2.2. of the Software Communications Architecture with SCA version 4.1 in the Information Technology Standards Registry. SAC’s new version is designed to increase performance, cybersecurity and portability […] More

  • Rhoads Industries Gets Navy Nuclear Propulsion Program Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rhoads Industries Gets Navy Nuclear Propulsion Program Support Contract

    Rhoads Industries has received a potential $31.2 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to support the service branch’s Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. The Naval Surface Warfare Center received one proposal during the solicitation process on FedBizOpps and will obligate $100,000 in fiscal 2018 shipbuilding and conversion funds at the time of award, the Defense Department said […] More

  • Gen. John Hyten: Stratcom Eyes Low-Yield, Nuclear Cruise Missile Tech for Zumwalt-Class Destroyers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gen. John Hyten: Stratcom Eyes Low-Yield, Nuclear Cruise Missile Tech for Zumwalt-Class Destroyers

    Air Force Gen. John Hyten, head of the U.S. Strategic Command, has said Stratcom considers equipping the U.S. Navy’s Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyers (DDG-1000) with low-yield, sea-launched cruise missiles, Military.com reported Monday. Hyten’s statement came after the Defense Department issued the Nuclear Posture Review that aims to advance the use of low-yield nuclear weapons such as SLCMs […] More