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  • In-Q-Tel to Help Cylance Further Develop Cyber AI Tech; Peter Kuper, Stuart McClure Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    In-Q-Tel to Help Cylance Further Develop Cyber AI Tech; Peter Kuper, Stuart McClure Comment

    Intelligence community investment organization In-Q-Tel has partnered with endpoint security company Cylance to develop the latter’s artificial intelligence and machine-learning system for cybersecurity use. Cylance’s endpoint threat prevention product CylancePROTECT works to scan files for safety check using artificial intelligence and algorithmic science, Cylance said Tuesday. “Our partnership with Cylance is intended to further enhance how artificial intelligence and related […] More

  • Northrop Team Concludes Army Black Hawk Design Review; Ike Song Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Team Concludes Army Black Hawk Design Review; Ike Song Comments

    Northrop Grumman and several partners have completed a critical design review of the UH-60V Black Hawk helicopter as part of a program to update the rotorcraft. The company said Monday it worked with the U.S. Army, Prototype Integration Facility and Redstone Defense Systems to assess the helicopter’s design, software architecture, technical data package, navigation system and portability of software applications. UH-60V Black […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne to Develop High-Power Electric Propulsion System for NASA; Julie Van Kleeck Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne to Develop High-Power Electric Propulsion System for NASA; Julie Van Kleeck Comments

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has received a more than $6.5 million contract to mature a high-power electric propulsion system for NASA‘s advanced exploration systems division. The company Aerojet Rocketdyne said Monday it will work with the University of Michigan, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Silicon Turnkey Solutions to develop a 100-kilowatt hall thruster system, components of a 100-kilowatt […] More

  • Thales Alenia Space to Build New Oceanographic Satellites for ESA Under $500M Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales Alenia Space to Build New Oceanographic Satellites for ESA Under $500M Contract

    Thales Alenia Space has been awarded an estimated $500 million contract to produce additional environmental monitoring and oceanographic satellites for the European Space Agency’s Earth observation program. The company will design, develop and test the Sentinel-3C and Sentinel-3D satellites under ESA’s Copernicus program headed by the European Commission, Thales Alenia Space said Feb. 9. Jean Loic […] More

  • Army Picks Mission1st to Help Migrate Enterprise Systems; Richard Zareck Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Picks Mission1st to Help Migrate Enterprise Systems; Richard Zareck Comments

    Mission1st Group has received a five-year, $35 million task order to support the transition of the U.S. Army’s enterprise systems and develop an integration schedule for all of the service’s enterprise information systems initiatives. Mission1st’s workforce will provide information technology advisory and assistance services to support the Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems and Project Director […] More

  • ManTech Subsidiary to Develop Army Joint Border Security Architecture - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech Subsidiary to Develop Army Joint Border Security Architecture

    A subsidiary of ManTech International has been awarded a $24.1 million contract for research and development work on a joint-service-oriented system intended to help bolster the U.S. Army’s border security operations. ManTech SRS Technologies will research an architecture that combines operational data to provide real-time situational information to border security personnel, the Defense Department said Thursday. […] More

  • Space Systems Loral-Busek Team to Further Solar Electric Propulsion Aircraft Development; Matteo Genna Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space Systems Loral-Busek Team to Further Solar Electric Propulsion Aircraft Development; Matteo Genna Comments

    Space Systems Loral and Busek Co. have agreed to further the development work for a solar electric propulsion aircraft in an effort to help meet future requirements of NASA and other government agencies. Matteo Genna, chief technology officer of SSL, said Monday the collaboration with Busek will help to advance the development of a thruster […] More

  • ULA, Tyvak Ink CubeSat Rideshare Agreement; Tory Bruno Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA, Tyvak Ink CubeSat Rideshare Agreement; Tory Bruno Comments

    United Launch Alliance has selected Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems to serve as an auxiliary payload customer on ULA’s CubeSat rideshare program under a memorandum of understanding between the two companies. Tyvak will be able to provide commercial and U.S. government CubeSat customers, as well as science, technology, engineering and math CubeSat customers access to ULA’s Atlas V […] More

  • ManTech Receives Navy Sub, Surface Ship Acoustic Test Contract; Daniel Keefe Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech Receives Navy Sub, Surface Ship Acoustic Test Contract; Daniel Keefe Comments

    ManTech International has received a $47 million task order from the U.S. Navy to support its submarine and surface ship acoustical tests. The company will assist in the Navy’s work to collect, analyze and report acoustics trials data, ManTech said Wednesday. The contract contains a 12-month base period of performance, two 12-month options and two 12-month […] More

  • Ultra Electronics Unveils OPC Cybersecurity Offering; Benga Erinle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ultra Electronics Unveils OPC Cybersecurity Offering; Benga Erinle Comments

    Ultra Electronics 3eTI has introduced a new traffic monitoring and alerting product for OLE for Process Control systems in an effort to help industrial automation and control system customers counter cyber attacks. The tool is part of the company’s CyberFence product line designed to monitor and protect OPC applications, Ultra Electronics said Monday. Benga Erinle, […] More

  • Former PSC Head Stan Soloway Forms Celero Strategies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former PSC Head Stan Soloway Forms Celero Strategies

    Stan Soloway, formerly CEO of the Professional Services Council, has founded Celero Strategies LLC in an effort to help companies grow their federal market presence. Soloway said Monday “Celero will be focused on helping companies adapt to and succeed” in a market that he describes as “undergoing massive changes.” “We have also built a unique […] More