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  • Leonardo DRS Awarded 5-Year Army Satcom Tech Sustainment Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo DRS Awarded 5-Year Army Satcom Tech Sustainment Contract

    Leonardo DRS has received a potential five-year, $15.7 million contract to sustain a two-way satellite communications system the U.S. Army uses to receive and transmit sensitive data. The company will implement engineering change proposals to address obsolescence and provide engineering logistics services for the service branch’s AN/URC-145A(V) Joint Tactical Terminal-Integrated Broadcast Service, the Defense Department said […] More

  • Applied Research Associates Lands Army R&D Task Orders - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Applied Research Associates Lands Army R&D Task Orders

    Applied Research Associates has received research and development task orders worth up to $49.5 million combined to provide hardware, software, prototyping sensors, modeling, testing and simulation training services to the U.S. Army. Albuquerque, New Mexico-based ARA is scheduled to finish work July 2, 2022, the Defense Department said Monday. The Army Contracting Command will determine funds and […] More

  • Gibbs & Cox Adds Navy Vet William Landay to Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gibbs & Cox Adds Navy Vet William Landay to Board of Directors

    William Landay III, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral and president of WE LANDAY Consulting, has joined the board of directors at Arlington, Virginia-based maritime engineering and design company Gibbs & Cox. Gibbs & Cox said Friday the more than 35-year Navy veteran also currently holds a senior adviser role at Avascent International and the Potomac Institute of […] More

  • VA to Adopt COTS Platform for EHR System Modernization; Leidos’ Jerry Hogge Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA to Adopt COTS Platform for EHR System Modernization; Leidos’ Jerry Hogge Comments

    The Department of Veterans Affairs opted to adopt a commercial off-the-shelf platform to manage its electronic health records by awarding a sole-source contract to Cerner in June, E-Commerce Times reported Friday. The commercial EHR system from Cerner will replace VA’s current VistA platform and is designed to be interoperable with the Defense Dapartment’s EHR tool. DoD selected […] More

  • L3 Secures 2 Army Contracts for Video Receiver Tech Production, Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Secures 2 Army Contracts for Video Receiver Tech Production, Support Services

    The U.S. Army has awarded L3 Technologies a pair of contracts worth up to $63.5 million combined to produce hardware and provide engineering technical services for remote operated video enhanced receiver technology. L3 will perform work at a company facility in Salt Lake City, Utah through June 29, 2021, the Defense Department said Friday. A ROVER device […] More

  • Boeing Supports 6 Nonprofit Veteran Services Providers With $1M Donation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Supports 6 Nonprofit Veteran Services Providers With $1M Donation

    Boeing has pledged to donate $1 million to six nonprofit organizations that offer rehabilitation and well-being services for military veteran and civilian members around the globe. The company said Saturday it will distribute $600,000 to three U.S.-based veterans nonprofits that include Disabled Sports USA; Team Red, White and Blue; and the Yellow Ribbon Fund. Limbs […] More

  • DoD to Adopt Plurilock Cybersecurity Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD to Adopt Plurilock Cybersecurity Platform

    The Defense Department has selected a Plurilock-built technology platform to help secure DoD’s workplace computers from cybersecurity threats. Plurilock said Thursday that DoD will implement the BioTracker workplace continuous authentication technology the company designed for combat support missions. The Defense Innovation Unit Experimental organization will team up with Plurilock to help the department strengthen its information security through the […] More

  • Lockheed Invests in Nanosatellite Company Terran Orbital - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Invests in Nanosatellite Company Terran Orbital

    Lockheed Martin‘s venture capital arm has made a strategic investment in Terran Orbital as both companies aim to advance development of nanosatellite technology. Lockheed said Thursday it will obtain an equity stake in Irvine, California-based Terran as part of the cash and in-kind investment deal. The two companies previously worked to support multiple Defense Department and NASA missions. […] More

  • Navy Taps BAE Unit for Marine Wargame Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps BAE Unit for Marine Wargame Support Services

    BAE Systems‘ technology solutions and services business has won a potential $36.2 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to provide wargame support services to the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory. The Defense Department said Thursday the contractor will provide assessment, execution, planning and research services intended to help MCWL implement the Expeditionary Warrior series and other wargames. […] More

  • Mitre Elects Former DoD Official Paul Kaminski to Board of Trustees - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mitre Elects Former DoD Official Paul Kaminski to Board of Trustees

    Paul Kaminski, a former Defense Department undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, has joined Mitre‘s board of trustees. The nonprofit said Thursday he currently serves as president and CEO of Technovation, a consulting company that helps clients develop business and investment strategies related to aerospace and defense technology. Jason Providakes, Mitre president and CEO, said Kaminski will contribute […] More

  • Cisco’s Carl De Groote: Highly Skilled Workforce, Automation Key to DoD’s Cybersecurity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco’s Carl De Groote: Highly Skilled Workforce, Automation Key to DoD’s Cybersecurity

    Carl De Groote, senior director for Defense Department programs at Cisco Systems, has said DoD should combine highly skilled cyber professionals with automated technology in efforts to protect its networks and data from cyber attacks and facilitate response to such threats. De Groote wrote in a guest piece for Signal Magazine he believes that automated machines can help combatant commands evaluate […] More

  • Boeing Gets F/A-18E/F, EA-18G Engineering Change Proposal Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Gets F/A-18E/F, EA-18G Engineering Change Proposal Order

    Boeing has received a $49.5 million order to develop, qualify and support form-fit-function flight tests of Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar Interface 2 for F/A-18E/F and EA-18G aircraft of the U.S. Navy and Australia. The Defense Department said Wednesday the engineering change proposal will also cover pre-processor module and weapons replaceable assemblies for both the multirole fighter and electronic warfare aircraft […] More