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  • Black Box Lands $103M Managed Services Deal With Miami-Dade Aviation Dept - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Black Box Lands $103M Managed Services Deal With Miami-Dade Aviation Dept

    Black Box Corp. has received an eight-year, $103 million contract with the Miami-Dade Aviation Department for data network, telecommunications and shared airport tenant services at Miami International Airport and general aviation airports in the county. The company said Monday the contract provides managed services for airport tenants and passengers. Jeff Barton, vice president of sales for Black Box’s […] More

  • GSA's Mary Davie: Regional Telecom Contract Extension to Coincide with Networx - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA’s Mary Davie: Regional Telecom Contract Extension to Coincide with Networx

    The General Services Administration intends to extend Regional Local Service Agreements with multiple government telecommunication service providers to coincide with a planned 2020 extension of Networx contracts. Mary Davie, assistant commissioner of GSA’s office of integrated technology services, wrote in a blog post published Tuesday the agency also plans to add current regional telecommunication offerings […] More

  • GSA Cancels Regional Contracts to Speed Transition Under NS2020 Strategy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Cancels Regional Contracts to Speed Transition Under NS2020 Strategy

    The General Services Administration has cancelled three Regional Infrastructure Solutions contracts in favor of the upcoming 15-year, $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract for the agency’s Network Services 2020 efforts, FCW reported Friday. Mark Rockwell writes that Amando Gavino Jr., director of the Office of Network Services Programs at GSA, said at a recent open meeting with […] More

  • Lockheed to Build Comms Satellites for Arabsat; Mike Hamel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Build Comms Satellites for Arabsat; Mike Hamel Comments

    Lockheed Martin will produce communication satellites for Arabsat and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology in a move aimed to help connect the citizens of Saudi Arabia. Arabsat ordered two A2100 satellites to expand its fleet of television, internet, telephone and secure communications satellites that already operate in orbit for the customers in Middle East, […] More

  • General Dynamics Completes Development, Tests on NASA Ground Segment; Chris Marzilli Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Completes Development, Tests on NASA Ground Segment; Chris Marzilli Comments

    General Dynamics has completed development, initial integration work and tests of the bearer network and basic ground terminal hardware and software for Increment A3 of NASA‘s Space Network Ground Segment Sustainment program. The company said Monday it performed work at its SGSS development and test laboratory in Arizona, which provides simulations of daily operations at a live NASA Space Network ground […] More

  • GSA Seeks Proposals on NS2020 Telecom Acquisition Strategy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Seeks Proposals on NS2020 Telecom Acquisition Strategy

    The General Services Administration has released a draft request for proposals on the Network Services 2020 strategy that covers voice, data, cloud, wireless, contact center, colocated data center, commercial satellite communications and managed services, FCW reported Sunday. NS2020 would replace the Networx contract and would serve as a strategic sourcing vehicle for telecommunications and information technology services, the report said. The Enterprise Infrastructure […] More

  • GSA to Release Draft RFP for New Telecom Services Contract; Fred Haines Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA to Release Draft RFP for New Telecom Services Contract; Fred Haines Comments

    The General Services Administration is set to publish on Saturday a draft request for proposals as part of the agency’s initiative to form a new federal telecommunications contract, Federal Times reported Wednesday. Fred Haines, program manager of the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract, said the EIS contract is meant to provide agencies with an “agile, flexible, […] More

  • SES Taps Airbus, Boeing, Orbital ATK to Build New Satellites for Commercial, Military Markets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SES Taps Airbus, Boeing, Orbital ATK to Build New Satellites for Commercial, Military Markets

    SES has selected Airbus, Boeing and Orbital ATK to build satellites that will provide telecommunications services to the Americas, the north Atlantic Ocean region and Europe, Space News reported Monday. Peter de Selding writes that Boeing’s space and intelligence systems business and Airbus’ defense and space segment will provide all-electric-propulsion satellites for commercial fixed, mobile and aeronautical services. The […] More

  • Wray Varley, Pete Dale Take Sales Leadership Roles at Infinera - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Wray Varley, Pete Dale Take Sales Leadership Roles at Infinera

    Wray Varley and Pete Dale have joined Infinera as vice presidents of sales for the optical networking company’s government and cloud businesses, respectively. Varley, a more than 25-year telecommunications veteran, aims to drive sales programs across the public sector in his new position, Infinera said Tuesday. He most recently served as an area sales executive […] More

  • Apple, IBM Unveil Initial 'MobileFirst for iOS' App Set; Bridget van Kralingen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Apple, IBM Unveil Initial ‘MobileFirst for iOS’ App Set; Bridget van Kralingen Comments

    Apple and IBM have partnered to offer the first batch of IBM MobileFirst for iOS applications that deliver big data and analytics functions to enterprise customers in sectors such as government whose workers use iPhone and iPad devices. Bridget van Kralingen, senior vice president at IBM Global Business Services, said Wednesday that the collaboration works to help businesses adopt enterprise mobility technologies for individual engagement […] More

  • CenturyLink to Offer Cloud IaaS Through GSA Networx Contract Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink to Offer Cloud IaaS Through GSA Networx Contract Vehicle

    A CenturyLink infrastructure-as-a-service offering has been included on a General Services Administration contract vehicle that federal agencies use to acquire telecommunications services. CenturyLink said Thursday its cloud IaaS is now available for purchase through the Networx Universal program as well as the agency’s IT Schedule 70. The data center service offering is designed to help […] More

  • WidePoint Lands Multiple Federal Govt Telecom Contracts; Steve Komar Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    WidePoint Lands Multiple Federal Govt Telecom Contracts; Steve Komar Comments

    WidePoint Corp. has been awarded three task orders and one contract extension for telecommunications system management services to multiple U.S. federal government agencies. The company received an order and a modification through an existing blanket purchase agreement and won another two contracts from a cabinet-level department, WidePoint said Monday. “We are excited to see these […] More