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  • SRI to Help BARDA Screen for Radiation Exposure; David Cooper Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SRI to Help BARDA Screen for Radiation Exposure; David Cooper Comments

    SRI International has received a $12.2 million contract from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to extend the company’s work on the development of a screening device for radiation exposure. David Cooper, director of the sensor systems laboratory at SRI, worked with DCN Diagnostics, Evolve Manufacturing and Stanford University’s School of Medicine five years ago to […] More

  • IBM Receives FCC Nod to Operate Federal Cloud; Anne Altman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Receives FCC Nod to Operate Federal Cloud; Anne Altman Comments

    IBM has been approved by the Federal Communications Commission to host federal workloads in the company’s Softlayer cloud environment, Nextgov reported Thursday. Frank Konkel writes IBM’s Ashburn, Virginia and Richardson, Texas-based data centers received the FCC’s authorization to run government applications. “IBM’s federal cloud business has reached another milestone as we continue to work with federal agencies […] More

  • DigitaliBiz Lands 5-Year FAA Facility Integration Task Order; Michael Wu Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DigitaliBiz Lands 5-Year FAA Facility Integration Task Order; Michael Wu Comments

    DigitaliBiz has received a five-year task order to extend the company’s engineering services for the Federal Aviation Administration’s William J. Hughes Technical Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The company will perform proof-of-concept studies, develop prototypes, integrate and verify systems, assess users, create scenarios, provide simulations and maintain systems under the new order,  DigitaliBiz said […] More

  • AWS Kicks Off GSA Mobile, Cloud Connection Project; Jennifer Gray, Matt Goodrich Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS Kicks Off GSA Mobile, Cloud Connection Project; Jennifer Gray, Matt Goodrich Comment

    Amazon Web Services has started to work with the General Services Administration‘s 18F on a project to help federal mobile users access Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-approved cloud services, Fedscoop reported Thursday. Billy Mitchell writes the pilot project kicked off in May and its goal is to grant FedRAMP and trusted Internet connection certifications to cloud service […] More

  • Attain to Help EPA Monitor National Water System; Manish Agarwal Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Attain to Help EPA Monitor National Water System; Manish Agarwal Comments

    Attain LLC has been selected to aid the Environmental Protection Agency in the EPA’s program to monitor the nation’s water system condition. The company will work to develop applications for the Office of Water’s monitoring programs and infrastructure services for the Chesapeake Bay Program Office to supply data to the Chesapeake Bay program, Attain said Wednesday. […] More

  • Malloy Aeronautics to Build US Military Hoverbikes; Grant Stapleton Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Malloy Aeronautics to Build US Military Hoverbikes; Grant Stapleton Comments

    Malloy Aeronautics has entered into a deal with the Defense Department to develop a hoverbike prototype in collaboration with defense research and development firm Survice, Reuters reported Monday. Jim Drury writes development work under the project to take place in Maryland. The hoverbike system will work to perform search and rescue operations, first-responder emergency services […] More

  • Cubic Lands Training Contract with Australian Army; Mark Horn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Lands Training Contract with Australian Army; Mark Horn Comments

    Cubic has been selected to deliver training and simulation services for the Australian army’s exercise and advanced services standing offer operation. The company will work with the Australian army to plan and evaluate exercises, deliver simulated environmental effects and provide medical training, Cubic said Tuesday. “Cubic looks forward to supporting the Australian Army by delivering a broad […] More

  • General Atomics Completes Projectile Launch Tests; Nick Bucci Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Completes Projectile Launch Tests; Nick Bucci Comments

    General Atomics has completed a series of railgun launch tests for its projectiles with on-board electronics. The projectiles were launched from a 3-megajoule Blitzer electromagnetic railgun June 9 and 10 at the U.S. Army’s Dugway Proving Ground in Utah, General Atomics said Monday. Nick Bucci, vice president of missile defense systems within General Atomics’ electromagnetic systems […] More

  • Northrop Launches Inertial Measurement Unit for Commercial Clients; Bob Mehltretter Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Launches Inertial Measurement Unit for Commercial Clients; Bob Mehltretter Comments

    Northrop Grumman has introduced a new inertial measurement unit product for commercial customers. The LN-200C IMU is designed for use in instrument stabilization, motion compensation and navigation in commercial, aerospace and industrial operations, Northrop said Tuesday. Bob Mehltretter, vice president of navigation and positioning systems at Northrop, said the company built the product to give clients flexibility through […] More

  • PARC to Engineer Power Plant Cooling Systems; Bernard Casse Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PARC to Engineer Power Plant Cooling Systems; Bernard Casse Comments

    PARC has been awarded a $1 million contract with the Energy Department to develop power plant cooling technologies that work to help prevent water dissipation to the atmosphere. The Xerox company will work to engineer and demonstrate a self-cooling metamaterial film without electricity and water feed in collaboration with SPX Cooling Technologies, PARC said Tuesday. […] More

  • Fluor, BASF Forge Global Engineering Alliance; Peter Oosterveer Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fluor, BASF Forge Global Engineering Alliance; Peter Oosterveer Comments

    German-based BASF SE has selected Fluor Corp. as a global engineering partner to deliver chemical and petrochemical plant services worldwide. Fluor said Tuesday it would perform engineering, procurement, project management, construction management and other services under the partnership. Peter Oosterveer, Fluor’s chief operating officer, said the company would provide chemical and petrochemical plant projects for […] More

  • Motorola Solutions to Demo Devices on Colombia's LTE Networks; Fernando Bonilla Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Motorola Solutions to Demo Devices on Colombia’s LTE Networks; Fernando Bonilla Comments

    Motorola Solutions is set to demonstrate the company’s devices on public safety LTE networks in Colombia. The company will showcase how LTE technology could help during crime and emergency events through events and cases during the demonstration, Motorola Solutions said Thursday. “Public safety forces need to capture and process large volumes of data every day and […] More