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  • BAE Unit to Plan, Execute USS Comstock Phased Maintenance Under $50M Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Unit to Plan, Execute USS Comstock Phased Maintenance Under $50M Award

    A business unit of BAE Systems has secured a potential $50 million contract modification for phased maintenance availability of the U.S. Navy‘s dock landing ship USS Comstock. BAE’s San Diego Ship Repair business will plan and execute depot-level maintenance, alteration and modification on LSD 45 to help update the ship’s military and technical systems, the Defense Department said Friday. USS […] More

  • Navy, SkySafe to Test Mobile Anti-Drone Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy, SkySafe to Test Mobile Anti-Drone Platform

    The U.S. Navy‘s Special Warfare Command has awarded SkySafe a $1.5 million contract to test the company’s counter-unmanned aerial systems platform, FCW reported Thursday. SkySafe CEO Grant Jordan told FCW that the company’s anti-UAS system is designed to support installation on vehicles and use early detection and radio signal jamming to protect against enemy drones. Jordan added […] More

  • DLA Orders F-16 Cockpit TV Cameras From Elbit Systems Subsidiary - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLA Orders F-16 Cockpit TV Cameras From Elbit Systems Subsidiary

    Elbit Systems‘ EFW subsidiary has secured a five-year, $21 million contract to supply cockpit television video cameras for the U.S. Air Force‘s F-16 aircraft fleet. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract was awarded by the Defense Logistics Agency and runs through July 19, 2022, the Defense Department said Friday. EFW will perform work in Texas and Israel. The […] More

  • Booz Allen Awarded Navy Enterprise Mgmt Support Extension - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen Awarded Navy Enterprise Mgmt Support Extension

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Booz Allen Hamilton a potential five-year, $13.2 million contract modification to extend its enterprise management and technical support to the Navy Information Force’s Shore Modernization and Integration Directorate. Booz Allen will continue to support the directorate in the areas of enterprise architecture and operational transition planning; shore network and communications modernization; […] More

  • SAP NS2 Gets FedRAMP Certification for Cloud-Based Human Capital Mgmt Suite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP NS2 Gets FedRAMP Certification for Cloud-Based Human Capital Mgmt Suite

    SAP National Security Services has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification to offer a set of cloud-based human capital management platforms to federal agencies. The SAP NS2 Secure Node with SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite – DoD is a set of software-as-a-service-based talent management, learning management, workforce analytics and talent acquisition tools, the company said […] More

  • BAE to Continue Integration Support for Air Force's Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Continue Integration Support for Air Force’s Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent Tech

    BAE Systems has landed a one-year, $45.2 million contract modification to continue integration work on a ground-based strategic deterrent system for the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Thursday work covers acquisition program documentation, business and financial management, data rights and management, logistics, quality assurance, risk management, strategic planning, schedule management and trade and technical studies. The modification […] More

  • Navy Seeks Info on Potential IT Support Sources for Environmental Program Web App - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Seeks Info on Potential IT Support Sources for Environmental Program Web App

    The U.S. Navy has asked information on potential industry sources that can help provide programming, development, administration, maintenance and other information technology services for a web application that works to support the service branch’s environmental program. The Environmental Program Requirements Web is a Microsoft stack-based online application used by the Navy to perform budget development and […] More

  • Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Wideband Satcom AoA Needs ‘Commercial First’ Mindset - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Wideband Satcom AoA Needs ‘Commercial First’ Mindset

    Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, has said the Defense Department should collaborate with the commercial industry to accelerate the “analysis of alternatives” for the wideband satellite communications program. Cowen-Hirsch wrote in an article published Thursday on the National Defense magazine website that a cultural shift is needed to expedite AoA and […] More

  • Planet to Provide Imagery Access to DoD, Intelligence Community Under NGA Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Planet to Provide Imagery Access to DoD, Intelligence Community Under NGA Contract

    Planet has entered a $14 million agreement with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to provide the Defense Department and the Intelligence Community with access to the company’s imagery of more than 25 regions of interest. NGA said Wednesday that the one-year subscription agreement, which was made through the company’s General Services Administration Information Technology Schedule contract, will support ongoing foundation […] More

  • DARPA to Host Proposers Day on Autonomous Tech Safety Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA to Host Proposers Day on Autonomous Tech Safety Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host a Proposers Day on Aug. 15 in Arlington, Virginia, to discuss a program that seeks to boost the safety of autonomous systems. DARPA said Monday it aims to develop design and analysis tools that can help guarantee the safety of autonomous platforms and support the use of such systems in “safety-critical” […] More

  • Battelle to Help National Guard Train WMD, CBRNE Response Teams - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle to Help National Guard Train WMD, CBRNE Response Teams

    Battelle has received a three-year, $13.8 million task order to provide training support to the National Guard Bureau‘s Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction Division. The nonproft organization said Wednesday it will help train WMD and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives response teams under the task order. The order falls under the Defense Technical Information Center’s Homeland Defense & […] More

  • BAE to Design Submerged Vessel Detection Tech Under DARPA Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Design Submerged Vessel Detection Tech Under DARPA Program

    BAE Systems has received a $4.6 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to design a technology for submarines to detect other submerged vessels from a long distance. The company said Tuesday it aims to create sonar technologies designed to maximize the detection range, identification and tracking capacities of submarines under the first phase […] More