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  • Army Picks Direct Steel for Lockmaster, Maintenance Facility Construction Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Picks Direct Steel for Lockmaster, Maintenance Facility Construction Project

    Direct Steel has won a potential 14-month, $10.3 million contract from the U.S. Army to construct a maintenance building, fire pump house and a lockmaster facility at Olmsted Lock and Dam in Illinois. The Army Corps of Engineers received five proposals for the firm-fixed-price contract and will obligate the full contract amount from the service branch’s fiscal […] More

  • Viavi Solutions to Supply Navy With Telecom Test Set - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Viavi Solutions to Supply Navy With Telecom Test Set

    Viavi Solutions has received a potential five-year, $26.4 million firm-fixed-price contract to provide a telecommunication test set to the U.S. Navy. The Defense Department said Thursday that Viavi will perform work in California and Mexico under the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the Defense Logistics Agency. The contract has a three-year base period will run through Feb. 1, 2020, and two one-year options. DLA’s land and […] More

  • Intelligent Software Solutions Offers Cybersecurity & Accreditation Services to Gov't Contractors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intelligent Software Solutions Offers Cybersecurity & Accreditation Services to Gov’t Contractors

    Intelligent Software Solutions has begun to offer cybersecurity and accreditation services to companies that look to secure work under U.S. government contracts. ISS said Wednesday its services include full assessment, road map and implementation support using a Risk Management Framework process. David Coker, vice president for business informatics at ISS, said the company’s accreditation and authorization services for […] More

  • Vocera Communication Platform Added to DoD Unified Capabilities Approved Products List - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vocera Communication Platform Added to DoD Unified Capabilities Approved Products List

    The Defense Department has certified and added Vocera Communications‘ integrated clinical communication system comprised of software and wearable badge to DoD’s Unified Capabilities Approved Products List. Vocera said Thursday its UC APL certification offers DoD facilities an option to acquire and implement the Vocera Communication System on department networks. The company also updated the speech engine and functionality in its software platform to comply with the Joint Interoperability Test Command’s […] More

  • DoD Adds Pulse Secure's UC Tech to DISA-Approved Products List - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Adds Pulse Secure’s UC Tech to DISA-Approved Products List

    Pulse Secure has obtained certification from the Defense Department to offer network access control and mobile virtual private network platforms to DoD customers. The company said Tuesday DoD added the Pulse Connect Secure 8.2 mobile VPN and Pulse Policy Secure 5.3 NAC tool to the DoD Unified Capabilities Approved Products List following a certification process run by the Defense Information Systems Agency. […] More

  • DoD Puts Fortinet Firewall on Commercial Solutions for Classified Programs Components List - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Puts Fortinet Firewall on Commercial Solutions for Classified Programs Components List

    The Defense Department has added Fortinet’s firewall to the Commercial Solutions for Classified Programs Components List that authorizes the implementation of the platform in government networks that store highly sensitive data. Fortinet said Wednesday its FortiGate Enterprise Firewall secured the CSfC Components List status after DoD validated the platform against three Common Criteria Protection Profiles that seek […] More

  • Reuters: Japan Negotiates Cost Reduction for F-35 Support Equipment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reuters: Japan Negotiates Cost Reduction for F-35 Support Equipment

    Japan estimates cost savings of as much as $100 million on support equipment for six Lockheed Martin-built F-35 fighter aircraft the country ordered from the U.S. government, Reuters reported Wednesday. Sources told the publication that Japan negotiated with the U.S. to drive down the price of the next batch of F-35s, mainly on ground support items such as parts, logistics and technical services, Tim […] More

  • Navy Partners With Microsoft, Johns Hopkins APL to Identify Naval Uses for Augmented Reality Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Partners With Microsoft, Johns Hopkins APL to Identify Naval Uses for Augmented Reality Tools

    Representatives from Microsoft and Johns Hopkins University met with members of the disruptive technology laboratory at Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Carderock division in Maryland to tackle augmented reality technology platforms and its potential naval applications, the Navy reported Tuesday. DTL Director Garry Shields said the lab seeks to partner with the Defense Advanced Research Projects […] More

  • DISA to Implement RedSeal Network Modeling, Risk Scoring Platform; Ray Rothrock, Kimberly Baker Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DISA to Implement RedSeal Network Modeling, Risk Scoring Platform; Ray Rothrock, Kimberly Baker Comment

    RedSeal has secured a multi-year, $33.8 million contract to help the Defense Information Systems Agency implement a network modeling and risk scoring platform. DISA will use RedSeal’s technology to model and monitor the Defense Department‘s Joint Regional Security Stacks, gain visibility into network segmentation and measure the resiliency of the JRSS infrastructure, the company said Tuesday. Kimberly Baker, vice president and general manager […] More

  • Air Force Taps PTC for Supply Chain Mgmt Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps PTC for Supply Chain Mgmt Support

    PTC will provide a service parts management platform to the U.S. Air Force in an effort to help the military branch manage supply chain planning and weapon systems support activities at Air Force Sustainment Centers worldwide. The company said Tuesday its PTC Service Parts Management Software-as-a-Service  platform will work to optimize demand forecast accuracy, logistics cost estimation and aircraft availability as well as […] More

  • Syracuse Research to Build, Sustain Counter-UAS Tech for Army Under $65M Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Syracuse Research to Build, Sustain Counter-UAS Tech for Army Under $65M Contract

    Syracuse Research has secured a one-year, $65 million contract to develop, produce, integrate and sustain a counter-unmanned aerial system platform for the U.S. Army under the acceleration phase of a joint-urgent operation need. The company will deliver up to 15 sets of low-slow small UAS integrated defeat system to the military branch under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, the Defense Department said Tuesday. […] More

  • Avascent White Paper Recommends Int’l Sales Strategies for US Defense Firms Under Trump Administration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Avascent White Paper Recommends Int’l Sales Strategies for US Defense Firms Under Trump Administration

    A white paper released by Avascent says U.S. defense companies should assess their business portfolios worldwide and encourage President Donald Trump and Defense Department leaders to build up their advocacy for the defense sector amid shifts in the administration’s security cooperation partnerships. Defense firms should work to incite the executive branch to support the defense […] More