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  • Woolpert Enters Collaboration to Develop UAS for Commercial Applications - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Woolpert Enters Collaboration to Develop UAS for Commercial Applications

    Woolpert has expanded its partnership with Altavian, the Ohio/Indiana Unmanned Aircraft Systems Center and Test Complex and Sinclair College’s National UAS Training and Certification Center to facilitate the development of UAS for commercial operations in Ohio. Under the agreement, the four organizations will work to advance the use of UAS in agriculture, resource management, airborne […] More

  • Northrop, Air Force Complete SAA Software Flight Tests; Paul Schaeffer Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop, Air Force Complete SAA Software Flight Tests; Paul Schaeffer Comments

    The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has completed a series of flight tests for a sense and avoid (SAA) software onboard a Global Hawk-like Learjet aircraft as part of the Multiple Intruder Autonomous Avoidance platform led by Northrop Grumman. Northrop said Wednesday the Defense Department’s Multiple Sensor Integrated Conflict Avoidance software is designed to help unmanned […] More

  • Fuel3D Secures In-Q-Tel Investment For 3D Scanning Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fuel3D Secures In-Q-Tel Investment For 3D Scanning Tech

    In-Q-Tel has poured investment into Fuel3D to help develop the company’s 3D scanning system for applications in an effort to help IQT’s clients with national defense and intelligence missions. Fuel3D said Wednesday its Scanify 3D point-and-shoot scanner can be used for 3D printing or on-screen applications in biometrics, sport and orthopedics, among other areas. Launched in January, the technology uses photometric […] More

  • RRC Secures $3.7M Air Force IT Subcontract with Rylex; Stephen Lynch Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    RRC Secures $3.7M Air Force IT Subcontract with Rylex; Stephen Lynch Comments

    PAR Technology subsidiary Rome Research Corp. will provide technical support services for the U.S. Air Force’s 88th Communications Group under a $3.7 million subcontract with Rylex Consulting. Under the deal, RRC will configure, deploy and troubleshoot servers, computers and data systems that are linked to the Non-Secure Internet Protocol Router Network and Secret Internet Protocol Router Network […] More

  • Northrop’s Global Hawk UAS Receives Milestone C Approval - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop’s Global Hawk UAS Receives Milestone C Approval

    Northrop Grumman has received Milestone C approval for the RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system it built for the U.S. Air Force. The approval from the Milestone Decision Authority is part of the Defense Department‘s acquisition process and paves the way for the Global Hawk to move into the production phase, the company said Tuesday. “The most important date in any […] More

  • Ensco Lands Contract for Cockpit, UAS Driver Console - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ensco Lands Contract for Cockpit, UAS Driver Console

    Ensco Avionics Canada has secured a contract from an Ontario-based company to equip a modernized ground vehicle with an automated driver interface using its commercial-off-the-shelf software development toolkit. The company said Friday its IData Tool Suite can help experts design human machine interface applications that can run on cockpit displays with DO-178C certifications and ground, training and […] More

  • AIS Unveils Touch Panel PCs, HMI Panels for Pharmacy Mgmt Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AIS Unveils Touch Panel PCs, HMI Panels for Pharmacy Mgmt Systems

    American Industrial Systems has rolled out new human machine interface systems and touch panel displays that can be attached to pharmacy automation systems and drug dispensing devices. The company expects the integration of Web-based HMI touch panels with automated medication dispensing systems to help nurses, pharmacists and other health workers work toward faster workflows, minimized medication errors, improved drug data […] More

  • General Dynamics Continues Pittsfield Energy Reduction Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Continues Pittsfield Energy Reduction Work

    General Dynamics continues to work with Massachusetts-based utility provider Eversource Energy in efforts aimed at reducing the energy footprint of its mission systems group’s Pittsfield facility by more than two million kilowatt hours a year. Conservation efforts at the building began last fall and include the replacement of outdoor light fixtures with LED products and the adoption of a centralized control system […] More

  • Tripwire Enlists iSight Intell for Adaptive Threat Protection Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tripwire Enlists iSight Intell for Adaptive Threat Protection Software

    The ThreatScape suite from iSight Partners is now available to clients of Tripwire‘s security software under the latter’s Adaptive Threat Protection program. ThreatScape’s inclusion allows Tripwire Enterprise access to the API’s cloud-based “indicators of compromise,” where intelligence to speed up threat detection and alerts analysis could be derived, Tripwire said Thursday. The combination also offers customers the ability to contextualize alerts, identify suspect file changes […] More

  • Messenger Spacecraft Completes Mission, Crash-Lands Into Mercury; Andy Calloway Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Messenger Spacecraft Completes Mission, Crash-Lands Into Mercury; Andy Calloway Comments

    NASA’s MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging spacecraft crashed into the planet Mercury’s surface on April 30 as planned, marking the completion of its four-year mission orbiting the planet. NASA said Friday the impact, estimated to have created a crater up to 50 feet wide on the planet’s surface, was confirmed by mission controllers at the […] More