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  • Collins Aerospace Wins $97M NASA Task Order to Develop ISS Spacesuits - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Collins Aerospace Wins $97M NASA Task Order to Develop ISS Spacesuits

    Collins Aerospace, a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, has secured a task order worth at least $97.2 million to provide NASA with a next-generation astronaut spacesuit for use outside the International Space Station. The task order covers the spacewalking system’s development, critical design review and demonstration on Earth in a simulated space environment, NASA said Friday. […] More

  • Xage Joins 1st Cohort of NREL's Clean Energy Cybersecurity Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Xage Joins 1st Cohort of NREL’s Clean Energy Cybersecurity Program

    Xage Security will participate in the first cohort of a National Renewable Energy Laboratory initiative that supports the development and testing of secure clean energy technologies.  NREL’s Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator offers the company an opportunity to test renewable energy systems using zero trust identity-based access management and remote access capabilities and autonomous local identity […] More

  • Rick Wagner: Microsoft Builds Up Cloud Capabilities to Support DOD JWCC - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rick Wagner: Microsoft Builds Up Cloud Capabilities to Support DOD JWCC

    Rick Wagner, president of Microsoft‘s federal arm and five-time Wash100 winner, said the company will continue to develop cloud capabilities and strategic partnerships to meet the Department of Defense’s joint warfighting needs and allow the military to establish an enterprise-level tactical cloud environment.  He wrote in a blog post published Thursday that Microsoft’s work on […] More

  • Raytheon Unit Books Cybersecurity Support Contract With Georgia's IT Agency; Jon Check Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Unit Books Cybersecurity Support Contract With Georgia’s IT Agency; Jon Check Quoted

    A Raytheon Technologies business unit will help the Georgia Technology Authority and other agencies in the state to manage cybersecurity operations under a $34.1 million contract. The award to Raytheon Intelligence & Space covers the provision of a secure operations center, security awareness training, risk and compliance support, enterprise governance, vulnerability management and cyber incident […] More

  • Michael Rogers Appointed to Quantum Xchange Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michael Rogers Appointed to Quantum Xchange Board

    Michael Rogers, a 37-year U.S. Navy veteran who formerly led the U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, has been appointed a member of the board of directors at cybersecurity company Quantum Xchange. As a board member, the retired Navy admiral will offer his advice to the Quantum Xchange management team on innovation and […] More

  • NOAA Awards 7 Space Situational Awareness Data Analysis Contracts; Rick Spinrad Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NOAA Awards 7 Space Situational Awareness Data Analysis Contracts; Rick Spinrad Quoted

    Six companies and one nonprofit association have received contracts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out data analysis work over two months as part of a space traffic coordination pilot project. Awardees will track satellites in medium and geostationary Earth orbits, detect anomalies and analyze spaceflight safety measures, NOAA said Tuesday. The […] More

  • Booz Allen Utilizes AWS Tools to Support Government Customer Cloud Migration Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen Utilizes AWS Tools to Support Government Customer Cloud Migration Effort

    Booz Allen Hamilton has employed Amazon Web Services‘ cloud migration program to help an undisclosed U.S. government customer move its security and information event management system from an on-premise environment to the AWS cloud. In a blog post published Monday, the AWS team said Booz Allen used 32 AWS Snowball edge storage optimized devices, each […] More

  • 1st Prototype of Lockheed Mid-Range Capability Battery Handed Over to Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    1st Prototype of Lockheed Mid-Range Capability Battery Handed Over to Army

    Lockheed Martin has delivered the first prototype Mid-Range Capability battery to the U.S. Army in line with the latter’s top modernization priority, which is to develop new long-range precision fire capabilities. The Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technology Office received Typhoon, a land-based, ground-launched system that is designed to cover the range between the Army’s […] More

  • MDP Collaborating With Former Dovel Execs to Pursue Government Tech Investments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MDP Collaborating With Former Dovel Execs to Pursue Government Tech Investments

    Damon Griggs and Jon Brooks, former Dovel Technologies executives, have entered into a partnership with Madison Dearborn Partners to help the private equity firm identify and pursue investment opportunities in the federal government technology sector. Griggs and Brooks both bring decades of industry experience in areas such as business development, technology delivery, mergers and acquisitions, […] More

  • 5 Small Businesses Win Army SBIR Contracts for Sensing, Materials Readiness Capabilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    5 Small Businesses Win Army SBIR Contracts for Sensing, Materials Readiness Capabilities

    Five small businesses have secured contracts under the U.S. Army Small Business Innovation Research program to develop next-generation technologies in support of live military training and aircraft floor modernization. CPS Technologies, Dynovas and Macro Industries will receive Phase II contracts to develop a structural armor floor system that will replace the legacy equipment used by […] More

  • Ensco-Led Industry Team to Build, Test DOE Fortis Railcar; Jeff Stevens Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ensco-Led Industry Team to Build, Test DOE Fortis Railcar; Jeff Stevens Quoted

    The Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy has selected an Ensco-led team to fabricate and test a prototype railcar envisioned to transport high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. Ensco said Thursday it will partner with Kasgro Rail, Oak Ridge Technologies and RailcarCo to support the testing of the eight-axle, flat-deck railcar, dubbed Fortis, […] More

  • USAF Vet Aaron Prupas Named Strategic Adviser at Cognitive Space - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USAF Vet Aaron Prupas Named Strategic Adviser at Cognitive Space

    Aaron Prupas, a retired U.S. Air Force major general, has joined Cognitive Space to serve as a strategic adviser at the Houston, Texas-headquartered satellite software developer. In this role, Prupas will help guide Cognitive Space in building partnerships and expanding its presence in the defense and intelligence sectors, the company said Thursday.  Prupas previously functioned […] More