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  • PeopleTec to Build Explosive Impact Testing Equipment for MDA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PeopleTec to Build Explosive Impact Testing Equipment for MDA

    PeopleTec will develop controlled high-explosive response testing equipment under a potential $10 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with the Missile Defense Agency. The Defense Department said Tuesday the contract fulfills phase three of work under a Small Business Innovation Research program and PeopleTec will work to support the repeatability of existing impact testing programs with the goal to mitigate costs. PeopleTec will […] More

  • Rich White: Capstone to Participate in $450M SOCOM Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rich White: Capstone to Participate in $450M SOCOM Contract

    Capstone CEO Rich White eyes an opportunity for the company to support the U.S. Special Operations Command as part of a team selected for the contract to provide training, education and management support services. The company said Friday the Lukos-VATC Joint Venture, of which Capstone is a member, will be able to compete for task orders under the contract. USSOCOM awarded positions on […] More

  • Xerox PARC to Build Micro-PV Cell Printer for DOE's ARPA-E - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Xerox PARC to Build Micro-PV Cell Printer for DOE’s ARPA-E

    PARC, a Xerox company, will develop a prototype micro-photovoltaic cell printer for the Energy Department as part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy‘s Micro-scale Optimized Solar-cell Arrays with Integrated Concentration program. Xerox said Wednesday the program aims to facilitate the high-volume, economical production of micro-PV cell arrays. The company added that PARC will utilize digital xerographic assembly to build a printer that […] More

  • Northrop to Present 4 New Microelectronics Tech at DARPA Forum - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Present 4 New Microelectronics Tech at DARPA Forum

    Northrop Grumman will feature new microelectronics technologies at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s “Wait, What?” forum this week in support of the agency’s efforts to facilitate future technology. The company said Wednesday it will demonstrate four technologies that work toward DARPA’s goal of using innovation to bolster the national security mission. Northrop highlighted its development of terahertz […] More

  • Booz Allen-Triumfant Partnership to Offer Combined Predictive Intell, Cyber Analytics - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen-Triumfant Partnership to Offer Combined Predictive Intell, Cyber Analytics

    Booz Allen Hamilton and Triumfant have entered into a strategic partnership to deliver an endpoint security offering that leverages predictive intelligence and reverse engineering functions to identify potential risk areas. Triumfant said Wednesday Booz Allen’s Predictive Intelligence Services will supplement AtomicEye with cyber analytics to attribute threat actors and adaptive security based on the generated insight. “Simply investing in technology […] More

  • Michael Donlan: Microsoft's Cloud to Support Texas WIC Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michael Donlan: Microsoft’s Cloud to Support Texas WIC Operations

    Microsoft will provide the Microsoft Cloud Solution for WIC to host the management information system of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children program in Texas. Michael Donlan, vice president of Microsoft’s U.S. state and local government business, wrote in a piece published Wednesday that the program’s move to cloud aims to eliminate […] More

  • General Dynamics JV to Update Coast Guard's Rescue 21 Alaska - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics JV to Update Coast Guard’s Rescue 21 Alaska

    A General Dynamics joint venture will update and evaluate Rescue 21 Alaska communications equipment and physical infrastructure under a $10 million U.S. Coast Guard contract for Phase 2 of the program, GSN reported Tuesday. The report said General Dynamics One Source will assess the existing communications facilities and develop an implementation plan for the update across 30 locations along Alaska’s coastline and the Aleutian Islands. […] More

  • Study: Aging Aircraft to Drive Military Aerospace Simulation, Training Market Activity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Study: Aging Aircraft to Drive Military Aerospace Simulation, Training Market Activity

    A Research and Markets report predicts the global market for military aerospace simulation and training technologies will have a compound annual growth rate of -1.46 percent through 2019. The company said Monday aging fleets military aircraft and demand to extend their service lives will drive growth in the market. According to its report, the efforts to drive down costs will […] More

  • Lockheed-Led Team 21 Consortium to Support Australian AF Pilot Training System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Led Team 21 Consortium to Support Australian AF Pilot Training System

    A Lockheed Martin-led team will provide support for the Australian defense forces’ Air 5428 Pilot Training System as the preferred tenderer on the project. Lockheed said Sunday the Team 21 consortium will work to help the Australian air force develop future pilots from flight screening to flight training. “We look forward to working with the [Australia’s] capability acquisition and sustainment […] More

  • General Dynamics, Thales to Provide Vehicle-Mounted Radio Systems to Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics, Thales to Provide Vehicle-Mounted Radio Systems to Army

    General Dynamics and its subcontractor Thales will provide more than 1,000 vehicle-mounted radio systems to the U.S. Army under a $20 million contract for two-channel tactical communications capability, Defense News reported Friday. Jen Judson writes that the team will deliver 1,100 of Thales’ Vehicle Integrated Power Enhanced Rifleman radio systems to brigade combat teams deployed to austere […] More

  • BAE Systems, Patria Submit AMV35 Vehicle for Australian Army Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Systems, Patria Submit AMV35 Vehicle for Australian Army Program

    Prime contractor BAE Systems and its partner Patria have offered the AMV35 Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle as part of their bid on phase 2 of the Australian army’s Land 400 Program. BAE said the vehicle integrates BAE Systems Hagglunds‘ E35 manned turret system and Patria’s Armored Modular Vehicle, which both support NATO missions. Glynn Phillips, CEO of BAE’s Australian arm, noted that AMV35 works […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL, Wilmer Eye Institute Get NIH Grant for Disease-Detection Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Johns Hopkins APL, Wilmer Eye Institute Get NIH Grant for Disease-Detection Tools

    The National Institutes of Health has awarded a grant to Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute for the development of tools that detect the onset of age-related macular degeneration. The lab said Tuesday the research team will utilize machine learning and image analysis technology to detect lesions in the retina and facilitate […] More