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  • Air Force Seeks New Tools, Methods to Accelerate Data, SIGINT Processing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Seeks New Tools, Methods to Accelerate Data, SIGINT Processing

    The U.S. Air Force aims to acquire new technologies or methods for real-time processing of data and collection of cyber and signals intelligence communications. The service requires new processing techniques and tools that will support its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance mission to protect “blue” coalition forces, according to a broad agency announcement that FedBizOpps posted […] More

  • Perspecta to Continue Army HR System Integration Support; Mac Curtis Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Perspecta to Continue Army HR System Integration Support; Mac Curtis Quoted

    Perspecta will continue to help the U.S. Army develop and integrate tools for the U.S. Army‘s human resource system under a potential $23.5M contract. The follow-on contract has a base period of 10.5 months and includes security and exercise operations, risk management, network engineering, application portfolio and asset management and service desk support. Mac Curtis, president […] More

  • Lockheed-GeoNorth-University of Alaska Team Gets NGA Arctic Surveillance Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-GeoNorth-University of Alaska Team Gets NGA Arctic Surveillance Support Contract

    A team composed of Lockheed Martin, GeoNorth Information Systems and the University of Alaska Fairbanks will support the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency‘s surveillance project in the Arctic region under a potential $15 contract. The Arctic GeoData Cooperative aims to create, monitor, update and maintain Arctic terrain elevation models for the NGA with the use of a geospatial processing technology,  Lockheed […] More

  • ULA Delta IV Heavy Rocket to Launch NRO National Defense Mission Friday - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA Delta IV Heavy Rocket to Launch NRO National Defense Mission Friday

    United Launch Alliance is scheduled to launch a new National Reconnaissance Office payload Friday at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a Delta IV Heavy rocket. The NROL-71 mission will take off at 11:19 p.m. Eastern time as part of the agency’s national defense efforts, ULA said Wednesday. Delta IV Heavy is designed to carry more than 14,000 pounds of […] More

  • Srini Mirmira Promoted to Blue Ridge Networks President - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Srini Mirmira Promoted to Blue Ridge Networks President

    Srini Mirmira, formerly senior vice president of cybersecurity solutions at Blue Ridge Networks, has been promoted to president of the Chantilly, Va.-based company. He will efforts to implement a corporate strategy, establish strategic partnerships across vertical markets and expand cybersecurity services in his new position, Blue Ridge said Wednesday. John Higginbotham, CEO of Blue Ridge, said he […] More

  • Glenn Davidson Named Human Capital Transformation Exec at Deloitte Public Sector Arm - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Glenn Davidson Named Human Capital Transformation Exec at Deloitte Public Sector Arm

    Glenn Davidson, former executive director of enterprise services at the Commerce Department, has joined the government and public services practice of Deloitte’s consulting business as human capital transformation executive. He will work with federal and state government clients to help them transform their agencies’ workforce strategy, human resource operations and employee experience, Deloitte said Monday. Sean Morris, […] More

  • Boeing Completes KC-46 Certification Test's Second Phase - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Completes KC-46 Certification Test’s Second Phase

    Boeing has completed the second phase of a certification test for the KC-46 Pegasus aerial tanker at Edwards Air Force Base in California. A team of Boeing and U.S. Air Force crews tested the tanker over three weeks with the military service’s F-15E as receiver aircraft and conducted flights at different altitudes, configurations and airspeeds, Boeing said Monday. The Air Force and the Aerial Refueling Certification Agency […] More

  • SSL-Built Robotic Arm Begins to Operate on InSight Mars Lander; Richard White Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SSL-Built Robotic Arm Begins to Operate on InSight Mars Lander; Richard White Quoted

    Maxar Technologies‘ SSL business has built the robotic arm that currently aids NASA’s InSight probe in a mission to study Mars’ deep interior. The Instrument Deployment Arm is designed to place lander instruments, including a seismometer, onto the Martian surface, SSL said Monday. Richard White, president of SSL’s government systems business, said the company is committed to building space systems […] More

  • Marines Seek Potential Drone Kinetic Defeat Tech Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marines Seek Potential Drone Kinetic Defeat Tech Sources

    The U.S. Marine Corps is seeking a drone kinetic defeat technology the service can integrate with a ground-based vehicle platform under the Future Weapons Systems Increment 1 Marine Air Defense Integrated System program. USMC said Monday in a FedBizOpps notice it wants a drone system that could expand the Ground Based Air Defense community’s ability […] More

  • Pegasystems to Help FBI Implement Business Process Mgmt Software; Doug Averill Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pegasystems to Help FBI Implement Business Process Mgmt Software; Doug Averill Comments

    Pegasystems has received a subscription contract from the FBI to provide software applications for bureau personnel to automate processes and manage workflows. The company said Tuesday it will help FBI’s business process management unit deploy financial, human resources and security tools as part of a digital transformation effort. The bureau chose Pegasystems’ Government Platform and Robotic Process Automation to replace legacy systems […] More

  • DHS to Host Industry Day on Blockchain, Distributed Ledger Tech for Data Verification Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS to Host Industry Day on Blockchain, Distributed Ledger Tech for Data Verification Efforts

    The Department of Homeland Security‘s Science and Technology Directorate will host an industry day on Dec. 11 to discuss partnership opportunities with technology startups to counter fake documentation. DHS said Friday the event will take place in Menlo Park, Calif., and tackle an “other transaction” solicitation on the use of blockchain and distributed ledger technology […] More