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  • Raytheon, Navy Complete AMDR Critical Design Review; Kevin Peppe Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Navy Complete AMDR Critical Design Review; Kevin Peppe Comments

    Raytheon has completed the critical design review of the technical aspects of the U.S. Navy‘s AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar, including risk mitigation, producibility analysis and  cost assessments. The company said Tuesday the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the AMDR program is now 40 percent complete. Kevin Peppe, vice president of seapower capability systems at Raytheon’s integrated defense […] More

  • NGA, Engility Unveil NGA App Provider Program; Tony Smeraglinolo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NGA, Engility Unveil NGA App Provider Program; Tony Smeraglinolo Comments

    The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has launched a new program for commercial application developers to use unclassified geospatial data in efforts to create new mapping applications. NGA said Monday applications developed under the Innovative GEOINT Application Provider Program will be available for download via the agency’s GEOINT App Store. TASC, a subsidiary of Engility, will manage and operate the program for NGA under […] More

  • General Dynamics, BigLever Software Continue Work on Army's Product-Line Mgmt Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics, BigLever Software Continue Work on Army’s Product-Line Mgmt Program

    BigLever Software will continue its work with General Dynamics‘ C4 systems business on the U.S. Army‘s Consolidated Product-line Management program under a five-year, $415 million contract for the Live Training Transformation product line. BigLever said Monday the CPM Next contract calls on the General Dynamics-led team to provide product-line engineering and management services for LT2 in support of the Army’s combat training. […] More

  • ICF Infographic Assesses US' Cyber Posture; Samuel Visner Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF Infographic Assesses US’ Cyber Posture; Samuel Visner Comments

    ICF International has addressed what it sees common myths and misconceptions about the threat environment and examines the current state of U.S. cybersecurity and preparedness for possible attacks in an infographic published Monday. “Myths and misconceptions abound about the reality of these threats, the organizations that are affected, and the level of preparedness appropriate to these […] More

  • Lockheed Completes SBIRS Increment 2 Ground Station Integration; Vinny Sica Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Completes SBIRS Increment 2 Ground Station Integration; Vinny Sica Comments

    Lockheed Martin has completed development and integration work on the Space-Based Infrared System‘s Increment 2 ground station and will move forward to certification tests for the U.S. Air Force space program. The company said Monday Increment 2 will command the combined infrared surveillance operations of the Defense Support Program, SBIRS geosynchronous orbit satellites and highly elliptical orbit payloads. “The transition […] More

  • Northrop to Test USAF Hardware, Software for Nuclear Safety Compliance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Test USAF Hardware, Software for Nuclear Safety Compliance

    Northrop Grumman will perform independent testing and evaluation of software and hardware for Minuteman III nuclear safety under a $99.1 million contract from the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract covers nuclear safety cross-check analysis, performance analysis, technical evaluation and independent validation and verification. The tests will aim to ensure that the software […] More

  • NASA OKs 15 Space Tech Proposals for Initial Studies Under NIAC Phase 1; Steve Jurczyk Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA OKs 15 Space Tech Proposals for Initial Studies Under NIAC Phase 1; Steve Jurczyk Comments

    NASA has chosen 15 proposals that will continue to the initial definition and analysis study of advanced space technology concepts over nine months under the $100,000 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts phase-one awards. The agency said Friday the proposals cover the use of technologies such as robotics and unmanned aerial vehicles to support space exploration beyond low-Earth orbit. “We […] More

  • PwC's Stewart Room: Product Privacy, Security Key for 'Internet of Things' Companies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PwC’s Stewart Room: Product Privacy, Security Key for ‘Internet of Things’ Companies

    Stewart Room, head of cybersecurity and data protection for PwC‘s legal practice, has urged businesses in the Internet of Things market to build up their privacy and security measures, Computing reported Friday. “If any business gets this wrong, what they are running towards is a serious trust, confidence and legal crisis,” Room said at an event PwC co-hosted […] More

  • GSA to Hold Webinar on Federated Digital ID Ecosystem Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA to Hold Webinar on Federated Digital ID Ecosystem Program

    The General Services Administration will have an industry day webinar to discuss the request for information it released in April for Connect.gov’s federated digital identity ecosystem. GSA said in the notice posted Friday on FedBizOpps that the webinar is scheduled on June 2 from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The agency will provide information on the operational models […] More

  • AECOM to Support Navy Facility Design Projects in Europe, Africa, SW Asia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AECOM to Support Navy Facility Design Projects in Europe, Africa, SW Asia

    AECOM will prepare documentation on U.S. Navy and Marine Corps facilities planning and environmental activities in Europe, Africa and Southwest Asia under a $45 million architect-engineering contract. The Defense Department said Friday AECOM’s technical services arm will support the Naval Facilities Engineering Command‘s design projects in the EURAFSWA area of responsibility through May 2020. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract […] More

  • Cubic to Serve as Systems Integrator for UK Transportation Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic to Serve as Systems Integrator for UK Transportation Program

    A business unit of Cubic Corp. will implement the Optimized Public Transport Integration System in support of Transport for Greater Manchester’s “Smarter Travel” efforts in the U.K. The company said Thursday its transportation systems business will act as systems integrator to bring together software and services from local industry partners. Cubic will work to deliver OPTIS and support projects for travel […] More

  • NASA to Fly Materials Science Experiment on Boeing-Built X-37B - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA to Fly Materials Science Experiment on Boeing-Built X-37B

    NASA will seek to build on its materials science research efforts with a flight of the Materials Exposure and Technology Innovation in Space experiment on a Boeing-built X-37B spacecraft owned by the U.S. Air Force. The space agency said Wednesday the experiment will expose 100 quarter-size materials samples, including polymers and composites, to the space environment at the International Space Station for […] More