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  • Life Length Receives CMS Certification, EU Grant for Biomarker Study - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Life Length Receives CMS Certification, EU Grant for Biomarker Study

    Telomere diagnostics firm Life Length has received an estimated $3.5 million grant from the European Union under the Horizon 2020 program to support the company’s clinical studies on a potential biomarker for cancer treatment. The Telomere Analysis Technology cellular health biomarker works to identify the biological health of cells, measure the effects of lifestyle programs and detect the risk and early onset of […] More

  • Boeing Installs Simulation Training Equipment for NASA Starliner Crew - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Installs Simulation Training Equipment for NASA Starliner Crew

    Boeing has outfitted NASA‘s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, with new simulation training equipment to support the crew of the company-built CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. The company’s Crew Part-Task Trainers are designed to simulate various Starliner mission aspects, NASA said in a blog post published Wednesday. JSC engineers will manage the simulations as astronauts rehearse Starliner missions, the space agency added. Suni Williams and Bob […] More

  • Army Selects PacStar Software for Wireless Comms Mgmt; Peggy Miller Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Selects PacStar Software for Wireless Comms Mgmt; Peggy Miller Comments

    PacStar has been selected by the U.S. Army to provide a software platform for the military service to manage the security of wireless command posts. The Army chose PacStar’s IQ-Core Software with Commercial Solutions for Classified  Plug-In to help secure classified information as part of the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment 1 program, the company said Thursday. PacStar noted the plug-in will work to address setup, […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Supplies Updated Tactical Missile System to Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Supplies Updated Tactical Missile System to Army

    The U.S. Army has received the first updated Tactical Missile System with new guidance electronics and target elimination features from Lockheed Martin. Lockheed said Wednesday the TACMS missiles underwent a refurbishment process at its production facility in Camden, Arkansas, in effort to extend the missiles’ service life. The process also works to allow the integration of new payloads and components as […] More

  • AAR, Textron, Beechcraft Collaborate on Air Force T-6 Support Contract Proposal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AAR, Textron, Beechcraft Collaborate on Air Force T-6 Support Contract Proposal

    AAR and Textron‘s systems business have partnered with Beechcraft Defense to bid on the U.S. Air Force‘s contract to provide support for the Joint Primary Aircraft Training System’s T-6 military training aircraft fleet. The companies seek to supply parts and warehouse services to the Air Force, U.S. Navy and U.S. Army under the Contractor Operated and Maintained Base Supply contract, AAR […] More

  • Accenture-Atos-Safran Team to Support eu-LISA Visa Information & Biometric Matching Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture-Atos-Safran Team to Support eu-LISA Visa Information & Biometric Matching Systems

    A team comprised of Accenture, Safran‘s identity and security business and Atos has secured spots on a potential six-year contract from the European agency for the operational management of large-scale information technology systems in the area of freedom, security and justice. The consortium will provide application and infrastructure support for the E.U. Visa Information System and the Biometric Matching System in an […] More

  • Boeing & Harris Partner to Build New Military Aircraft Avionics Tech; Ed Zoiss Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing & Harris Partner to Build New Military Aircraft Avionics Tech; Ed Zoiss Comments

    Boeing and Harris have partnered to develop new avionics technology in an effort to support current and future types of military aircraft during aviators’ missions. Harris said Wednesday the companies will build core mission processing architectures that will work to manage multiple aircraft functions such as as communications, sensors, navigation and displays. Harris will produce the design for the […] More

  • Navy Exercises $50M BAE Contract Option for Destroyer Ship Gun Updates - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Exercises $50M BAE Contract Option for Destroyer Ship Gun Updates

    The U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems has secured a $50 million contract option to incorporate the Mod 4 configuration into an additional four Mk 45 naval gun systems onboard U.S. Navy guided missile destroyers. The company said Tuesday the exercised option brings the full value of BAE Systems Inc.‘s Mk 45 modernization contract with the service branch to $130 million. The Mod 4 configuration will […] More

  • NCI to Provide IT Services to Army Southeast Regional Network Enterprise Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NCI to Provide IT Services to Army Southeast Regional Network Enterprise Center

    NCI has secured a potential two-year, $11 million task order to provide information technology services to the U.S. Army‘s Southeast Regional Network Enterprise Center at Fort Stewart in Georgia. The company said Monday it will support all IT classified and unclassified networks$ managed by R-NEC as part of the military branch’s Network Campaign Plan. Work covers network administration, systems administration and […] More

  • Mikros Gets 1st Task Order Under Navy LCS Sensors Monitoring Tech Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mikros Gets 1st Task Order Under Navy LCS Sensors Monitoring Tech Contract

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Mikros Systems an initial $3 million task and delivery order to support the development, logistics and production of a condition-based maintenance technology for combat system sensors on Littoral Combat Ships. It marks the first order under a potential five-year, $48 million contract Mikros received earlier this month for work on the Navy’s Adaptive Diagnostic Electronic Portable Test Distance Support […] More

  • Capricor Receives DoD Grant to Develop Therapeutic Exosome Production Process - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Capricor Receives DoD Grant to Develop Therapeutic Exosome Production Process

    The Defense Department has awarded Capricor Therapeutics a $2.4 million grant to develop a process to produce cardiosphere-derived cell exosomes. Capricor said Monday it plans to file an investigational new drug application with the Food and Drug Administration in 2017 for the use of CAP-2003 to treat ocular graft-versus-host disease. “As we advance and expand our exosomes program, this grant […] More

  • UES, Universal Technology to Support Air Force Technical Operations Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UES, Universal Technology to Support Air Force Technical Operations Program

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded UES and Universal Technology Corp. a $43.8 million multiple-award, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to perform research and development work in support of the service’s technical operations program. The contract covers support for materials integrity, acquisition systems and logistics systems, the Defense Department said Friday. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will include the synthesis, formulation and mechanics […] More