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  • Mitre, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Open Joint In-Campus Collaboration Space; Alex Wyglinski Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mitre, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Open Joint In-Campus Collaboration Space; Alex Wyglinski Comments

    Mitre Corp. and Worcester Polytechnic Institute have launched a joint collaboration space inside WPI’s campus as part of a partnership that aims to help students, faculty and Mitre employees perform collaborative projects. WPI’s Julia Quinn-Szcesuil wrote in a blog post published Wednesday the Mitre-WPI Collaboratory will provide resources to students that conduct major qualifying project […] More

  • DoD Taps Parabon NanoLabs for Forensic DNA Analysis Software Devt Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Taps Parabon NanoLabs for Forensic DNA Analysis Software Devt Contract

    Parabon NanoLabs will develop a DNA analysis platform under a two-year contract with the Defense Department in an effort to help DoD analyze forensic data through open architecture. The company said Wednesday it will build the Keystone platform software plugins that combine analytical tools and methods to examine bioinformatic evidence from forensic science instruments, Parabon said Wednesday. Keystone […] More

  • Harris Falcon III Radio System Gets NSA Certification; Chris Young Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Falcon III Radio System Gets NSA Certification; Chris Young Comments

    The National Security Agency has certified Harris‘ Falcon III AN/PRC-117G manpack radio system to operate with the Defense Department‘s Mobile User Objective System waveform. The Type-1 NSA certification validates the security measures Harris has put in place to facilitate military data and voice communications through the multiband networking radio technology, the company said Wednesday. Chris Young, president of Harris’ communication systems segment, […] More

  • Boeing Taps BAE to Support F-15 Electronic Warfare Tech Upgrade Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Taps BAE to Support F-15 Electronic Warfare Tech Upgrade Program

    Boeing has awarded BAE Systems a multi-year, $140 million contract to develop an electronic warfare system for the U.S. Air Force’s F-15 modernization program. BAE said Monday it will equip the Boeing-built fighter aircraft with a digital EW system designed to help operators detect and defend against current and emerging threats as part of the Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System program. […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Repair Army CH-47F Helicopter Avionics System; Thierry Tosi Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Repair Army CH-47F Helicopter Avionics System; Thierry Tosi Comments

    Rockwell Collins has secured a five-year contract to repair up to 1,910 common avionics architecture system units currently installed in the U.S. Army’s CH-47F helicopters. The company’s cockpit equipment features the Flight2 system comprised of various  communications, navigation and mission subsystems, Rockwell Collins said Wednesday. Thierry Tosi, vice president and general manager of service solutions at Rockwell Collins, said the company will sustain and […] More

  • Boundless Unveils New Open GIS Platform Offering for Enterprise Clients; Andy Dearing Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boundless Unveils New Open GIS Platform Offering for Enterprise Clients; Andy Dearing Comments

    Boundless has introduced a new open GIS ecosystem offering designed to help customers gain intelligence from geospatial data. Boundless Connect is a subscription-based extension of its that contains a repository of GIS data and Boundless Desktop is a professional tool designed to provide geospatial knowledge and resources to customers, Boundless said Monday. Boundless will offer the […] More

  • Project Hosts Adds Birst's Business Intell, Analytics Platform to FedRAMP Cloud Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Project Hosts Adds Birst’s Business Intell, Analytics Platform to FedRAMP Cloud Service

    Project Hosts will offer a business intelligence and analytics platform from Birst to government agencies through a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-authorized cloud service. The Birst Networked BI and Analytics platform works to connect centralized and decentralized BI applications through a shared analytical data structure and to virtualize analytics and data ecosystems, Birst said Tuesday. Scott Chapman, […] More

  • General Atomics Gets NOAA Tornado Detection Research Grant; Nick Bucci Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Gets NOAA Tornado Detection Research Grant; Nick Bucci Comments

    General Atomics’ electromagnetic systems business has secured a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to research a method for direct tornado detection. The company said Wednesday it will form a collaborative research team with the University of Alabama in Huntsville, which also received a separate NOAA grant, to study the use of infrasound technology as a way […] More

  • Rolls-Royce, Air Force Establish Global Hawk UAV Engine Depot in Oklahoma - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rolls-Royce, Air Force Establish Global Hawk UAV Engine Depot in Oklahoma

    Rolls-Royce and the U.S. Air Force have established a maintenance facility for the service branch’s Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma as part of a public-private partnership. The new depot in Tinker AFB’s Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex will be used to repair and overhaul engines of the Global Hawk fleet through a mix of […] More

  • Dell Debuts Enterprise Data Protection Offering; Brett Hansen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell Debuts Enterprise Data Protection Offering; Brett Hansen Comments

    Dell has unveiled a new data protection offering designed to help secure critical business data at rest or in transit through an integrated set of functionalities. The Dell Data Protection | Secure Lifecycle tool is part of the Dell Data Security Solutions portfolio and incorporates data encryption, file access monitoring, data leakage prevention and digital rights […] More

  • Serco to Maintain Dubai Airport Buildings, Infrastructure; Joe Boyle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Serco to Maintain Dubai Airport Buildings, Infrastructure; Joe Boyle Comments

    Serco has secured a six-year facilities management contract with Dubai Airports to maintain a large portion of Dubai International Airport’s buildings and infrastructure. Serco said Monday its Middle East subsidiary will manage facilities at terminals 1 and 2 and maintain other cargo and ancillary buildings at the airport. Joe Boyle, managing director of Serco Middle East’s integrated facilities services sector, […] More

  • Peloton Joins Purdue Team to Apply Truck Platooning Tech to Powertrains; Josh Switkes Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Peloton Joins Purdue Team to Apply Truck Platooning Tech to Powertrains; Josh Switkes Comments

    Peloton Technology has joined an Energy Department-funded program to apply the company’s truck platooning technology and concepts to cloud-connected powertrains as part of an effort to help reduce tractor-trailer fuel use by 20 percent. DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy will invest $5 million in the Next-Generation Energy Technologies for Connected and Autonomous On-Road Vehicles program […] More