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  • Huntington Ingalls Commences Fabrication of Navy's Future George M. Neal Destroyer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Commences Fabrication of Navy’s Future George M. Neal Destroyer

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has begun fabrication activities for George M. Neal, a new Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer it will deliver to the U.S. Navy. The ship follows 33 existing Arleigh Burke-class destroyers the shipbuilder already hander over to the service branch, HII said Monday. George M. Neal’s name honors a veteran […] More

  • SES Subsidiary Unveils Web-Based Platform for Network Oversight; Pete Hoene Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SES Subsidiary Unveils Web-Based Platform for Network Oversight; Pete Hoene Quoted

    The government-focused subsidiary of SES offers a new web-based platform designed to help agencies and military organizations monitor operational networks. The company said Monday the Hydra common operational picture platform of SES Government Solutions provides situational awareness by gathering and organizing data from multiple sources then delivering the resulting information to an integrated dashboard. The […] More

  • MDA OKs Northrop-Raytheon Software Factory for Ballistic Missile Interceptor Modernization Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MDA OKs Northrop-Raytheon Software Factory for Ballistic Missile Interceptor Modernization Program

    A team of Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Technologies has received approval from the Missile Defense Agency for a software factory the companies jointly created as part of MDA’s Next-Generation Interceptor development competition. MDA approved the factory along with related digital infrastructure after the industry team completed a testing process, Northrop said Monday. The two companies’ […] More

  • FBI Seeks Market Info on Cyber Intrusion Analysis - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FBI Seeks Market Info on Cyber Intrusion Analysis

    The FBI’s National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force wants to identify sources of forensic and analysis services needed to help the agency investigate intrusions traceable via internet communications. The agency said Friday in a SAM.gov sources sought notice it needs trained analysts to review cyber intrusion information gathered from multiple sources such as FBI field […] More

  • Health IT Vet Aaron Seib Returns to NewWave as SVP of Strategy, Innovation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Health IT Vet Aaron Seib Returns to NewWave as SVP of Strategy, Innovation

    Aaron Seib has rejoined NewWave as senior vice president of strategy and innovation following his stint as VP of innovation at OnyxHealth, a sister company of the Elkridge, Maryland-based services provider. The industry veteran with three decades of health information technology experience will oversee NewWave’s efforts to develop products and services based on fast health […] More

  • Lockheed to Continue Work on Japan's Aegis System Under $91M MDA Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Continue Work on Japan’s Aegis System Under $91M MDA Award

    The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Lockheed Martin‘s rotary and mission systems business a $90.8 million contract modification for continued development and support work on Japan’s Aegis combat systems. The hybrid modification raises its corresponding foreign military sales contract’s value from $151.1 million to $242 million, the Department of Defense said Friday. Work under the […] More

  • FEMA Seeks Market Info on Supply Chain Management System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FEMA Seeks Market Info on Supply Chain Management System

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency wants to identify market sources of a cloud-based supply chain management system in compliance with a 2006 legislation. According to a request for information posted Thursday on SAM.gov, FEMA has a need for a logistics system that can track disaster response items in real time, as mandated by the Post […] More

  • Navy Receives Huntington Ingalls-Made Frank E. Petersen Destroyer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Receives Huntington Ingalls-Made Frank E. Petersen Destroyer

    The U.S. Navy has accepted delivery of a new Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer made by Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division. The Frank E. Petersen destroyer, also known as DDG 121, underwent a signing ceremony on Tuesday to become formally owned by the Navy, HII said Thursday. Arleigh Burke-class ships are designed to support […] More

  • Honeywell Engine Testing Begins for Army's Chinook Helicopter - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Honeywell Engine Testing Begins for Army’s Chinook Helicopter

    The U.S. Army has begun testing a Honeywell-made engine for use with Chinook helicopters under a cooperative research and development agreement. Honeywell said Wednesday its T55-714C engine will undergo testing for two years as the Army evaluates the technology’s performance and ease of integration, making the system the first engine to test for the program. […] More

  • Lockheed Develops Smaller F-35 Training System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Develops Smaller F-35 Training System

    Lockheed Martin has introduced a scaled-down F-35 training platform that uses the same software as the company’s full mission simulator offering for U.S. and international fighter aircraft pilots, Defense News reported Wednesday. The F-35 Mission Rehearsal Trainer Lightning Integrated Training Environment uses 90 percent less hardware than the current simulator with a 360-degree dome display, […] More

  • Booz Allen Hamilton Stands up 5G Testing Lab in Maryland; Chris Christou Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen Hamilton Stands up 5G Testing Lab in Maryland; Chris Christou Quoted

    Booz Allen Hamilton has opened a new Maryland-based facility that will serve as a testing environment for 5G technologies. The new 5G laboratory in Annapolis Junction will house 5G testing activities related to artificial intelligence, internet-of-things, cybersecurity, immersive and emerging applications, the company said Wednesday. The facility employs Booz Allen’s network, cloud and security expertise, […] More

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    1st Edge to Develop AI Tech for Missile Defense Under Army SBIR Contract

    1st Edge was tapped by the U.S. Army to continue developing artificial intelligence-powered software under a $9.7 million small business contract that seeks to support the technology’s potential application to missile defense. The company said Monday it will further work on the Pragmatic AI and New Technology program, which automates and accelerates data processing to […] More