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  • Raytheon's Patriot Upgrade Completes Initial Army Flight Tests; Ralph Acaba Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon’s Patriot Upgrade Completes Initial Army Flight Tests; Ralph Acaba Comments

    Raytheon‘s updated Patriot Integrated Air and Missile Defense system has undergone initial flight tests by the U.S. Army to check the added functions and modifications of the system. The company said Thursday the system’s Post-Deployment Build 8 configuration worked to detect, track and engage a ballistic missile target with PAC-3 and GEM-T missiles during each of the tests. “PDB-8 can be retrofitted […] More

  • Hera Systems to Launch 1st Satellites in Oct 2016; Bobby Machinski Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hera Systems to Launch 1st Satellites in Oct 2016; Bobby Machinski Comments

    Hera Systems plans to launch its first imaging satellites in October 2016 after it completed preliminary design review of the spacecraft and secured an initial round of funds from investors led by Firsthand Capital. The company said Thursday the nine-satellite constellation will work to produce images and video that its analytics platform will utilize to generate insights offered as […] More

  • State Dept Clears Argentina's $80M Bell Helicopter Purchase Request - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Dept Clears Argentina’s $80M Bell Helicopter Purchase Request

    Argentina’s request to buy $80 million in Bell 412EP helicopters built by the Textron subsidiary Bell has received clearance from the State Department. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Wednesday the proposed foreign military sale includes four Bell 412EPs, helicopter major components and spare parts, pilot and maintenance training and logistics support. DSCA said Argentina seeks to bolster its air mobility efforts […] More

  • Singapore Adopts Gemalto Authentication Tech for E-Gov Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Singapore Adopts Gemalto Authentication Tech for E-Gov Services

    Digital security company Gemalto has provided its two-factor authentication and password encryption technologies to support Singapore’s government e-services system. The company said Thursday its Coesys eGov Authentication Server will work to facilitate secure access to e-services for users of the Singapore Personal Access system. Gemalto added the server uses a two-step login process that includes both a one-time password and the […] More

  • Galois Subsidiary, Partners Work on IoT-Enabled Smart Home, Transit Systems Under NIST Grant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Galois Subsidiary, Partners Work on IoT-Enabled Smart Home, Transit Systems Under NIST Grant

    Galois has received a $1.86 million grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace to provide a data storage system with privacy and Internet of Things functions. Tozny, the authentication and mobile security subsidiary of Galois, said it will be the technical lead on the pilot program and will […] More

  • MIL to Offer Agencies Financial Services Under GSA MOBIS-PSS Catalog Conversion - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MIL to Offer Agencies Financial Services Under GSA MOBIS-PSS Catalog Conversion

    MIL Corp. will offer additional services to government agencies following the catalog conversion of the General Services Administration‘s Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services contract to the Professional Services Schedule. The company said Monday the conversion adds financial management, auditing and financial training work to its current portfolio of consulting, facilitation, program integration and management services. “This GSA schedule […] More

  • ServiceNow Cloud Platform to Host NASA Shared Services Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ServiceNow Cloud Platform to Host NASA Shared Services Center

    ServiceNow will provide cloud services to NASA in support of the NASA Shared Services Center, which seeks to facilitate the delivery of IT, human resources and grant services to employees, contractors and researchers. The enterprise software firm said Nov. 3 its cloud-based service management platform works to support the consolidation of NSSC’s systems and automation of 50 […] More

  • DRS, BAE to Collaborate on Army Night-Vision Targeting System's Interoperability - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DRS, BAE to Collaborate on Army Night-Vision Targeting System’s Interoperability

    DRS Technologies and BAE Systems are working to develop a wireless night-vision targeting technology for the U.S. Army as part of the service branch’s rapid target acquisition project, National Defense Magazine reported Wednesday. Sandra Erwin writes that the companies separately work to build the Enhanced Night Vision Goggle and Family of Weapon Sights Individual components but will […] More

  • Carahsoft to Distribute Virtru's Google Apps Encryption Tool to Law Enforcement Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Distribute Virtru’s Google Apps Encryption Tool to Law Enforcement Agencies

    Virtru will offer its Google Apps-integrated encryption tool to government agencies covered under FBI‘s Criminal Justice Information Services via Carahsoft Technology‘s portfolio for the public sector. Carahsoft said Tuesday the cloud-based encryption tool is already integrated into Gmail and will soon be available on Google Drive. “We are excited to offer this joint solution as it is ideal for law […] More

  • Intelsat to Launch 1st Boeing-Built EpicNG Satellite in January; Stephen Spengler Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intelsat to Launch 1st Boeing-Built EpicNG Satellite in January; Stephen Spengler Comments

    Intelsat has scheduled a launch of the first Boeing-built Intelsat EpicNG satellite aboard Arianespace‘s Ariane 5 ECA rocket for Jan. 27, 2016 to provide mobility and broadband services across the Americas and North Atlantic region. Intelsat 29e will work to deliver a digital payload that supports high-throughput connectivity for commercial and government users, Intelsat said Tuesday. “With 2016 fast approaching, […] More

  • SRI Int'l Unveils Subsidiary for Training, T&E Services; John Prausa Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SRI Int’l Unveils Subsidiary for Training, T&E Services; John Prausa Comments

    SRI International has created a new subsidiary that seeks to deliver training, performance assessment, test and evaluation as well as policy analysis services to commercial, government and military organizations. The company said Monday Ravenswood Solutions is a spinoff of its instrumentation and simulation business. Dan Donoghue currently leads the new company as president and CEO. SRI Chief Operating […] More

  • Stratasys, Aurora Flight Sciences Produce 3-D Printed Lightweight UAV - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Stratasys, Aurora Flight Sciences Produce 3-D Printed Lightweight UAV

    Aerospace company Aurora Flight Sciences and additive manufacturing firm Stratasys have designed and built a high-speed unmanned aerial vehicle using 3-D printing technology. Stratasys said Monday the UAV can fly faster than 150 miles per hour and is made of lightweight materials. Scott Sevcik, aerospace and defense senior business development manager for vertical solutions at Stratasys, noted […] More