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  • DISA Issues RFI on Automated Cloud Migration Technologies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DISA Issues RFI on Automated Cloud Migration Technologies

    The Defense Information Systems Agency seeks industry comments on available technologies for the development of a potential automated military cloud migration effort. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday says the agency is looking for migration systems that can duplicate servers used with an application from their current environment into a cloud platform built on an Apache […] More

  • FBI Explores AI Tools to Detect Fingerprint Alterations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FBI Explores AI Tools to Detect Fingerprint Alterations

    FBI has issued a request for information on artificial intelligence tools that will work to detect fingerprint alterations in the bureau’s electronic criminal history information repository. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says FBI’s criminal justice information services division seeks industry feedback on AI offerings, the capacity of such technology to learn in current platforms and […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne, Sierra Nevada Complete Solar Electric Propulsion Concept Study; Eileen Drake Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne, Sierra Nevada Complete Solar Electric Propulsion Concept Study; Eileen Drake Quoted

    Aerojet Rocketdyne and Sierra Nevada Corp. have concluded a four-month study that focused on modifying advanced solar electric propulsion vehicle concepts for future human exploration missions and deep space habitation. Sacramento, Calif.-based Aerojet said Wednesday it supplemented Sierra Nevada’s Lunar Gateway concept with an SEP module for the Power and Propulsion Element study under NASA’s Next […] More

  • Education Dept. Plans Financial Aid Processing Tech Solicitation via NITAAC Contract Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Education Dept. Plans Financial Aid Processing Tech Solicitation via NITAAC Contract Vehicle

    The Education Department looks to procure information technology services to build a federal student aid processing and servicing platform through a contract vehicle managed by the National Institutes of Health‘s Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center. A FedBizzOpps notice posted Monday says the department will seek an enterprise-wide digital and customer care technology for its NextGen Financial Services Environment […] More

  • NASA Eyes 15 Space Tech Platforms for Low-Gravity Simulations; Jim Bridenstine Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Eyes 15 Space Tech Platforms for Low-Gravity Simulations; Jim Bridenstine Quoted

    NASA will immerse 15 new potential space technologies in low-gravity simulating experiments using commercial aircraft, high-altitude balloons and suborbital rockets as part of the Flight Opportunities program. The space agency said Wednesday the effort will help mature the selected technologies for future space operations. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine noted that the organization will work to […] More

  • SSL to Help NASA Explore Use of Commercial Habitats in Space; Richard White Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SSL to Help NASA Explore Use of Commercial Habitats in Space; Richard White Quoted

    NASA has chosen Maxar Technologies’ SSL subsidiary to study the feasibility of using space-based commercial habitats as satellite manufacturing facilities. SSL said Wednesday it believes establishing a capacity to build satellites in space will help save time and resources by doing away with launch vehicle volumes and schedules, as well as help save the spacecraft from harsh conditions […] More

  • Lockheed's Orion EM-2 Capsule Enters Final Assembly Phase - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed’s Orion EM-2 Capsule Enters Final Assembly Phase

    Lockheed Martin has built and shipped a capsule structure for the Orion Exploration Mission-2 spacecraft to NASA‘s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for final assembly. The company said Tuesday Orion’s pressure vessel is made-up of machined aluminum alloy parts designed to help protect the crew module from harsh conditions in deep space. NASA aims to place astronauts […] More

  • Navy Officials Guide Small Businesses on NAVSEA Procurement Process - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Officials Guide Small Businesses on NAVSEA Procurement Process

    The Naval Sea System Command has organized its fourth Small Business Industry Day, which focused on informing industrial small businesses about the command’s programs and requirements. Several U.S. Navy officials and Program Executive Offices on Aug. 21 guided small firms on how to do business with NAVSEA and participate in its procurement processes, the Navy […] More

  • Report: Air Force to Award Potential $16B T-X Trainer Contract in September - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Air Force to Award Potential $16B T-X Trainer Contract in September

    The U.S. Air Force has received final proposals from companies vying for a potential $16B contract to build the military service’s next trainer aircraft and aims to announce the winning contractor before the end of fiscal 2018, Defense News reported Wednesday. T-X program bidders are the Boeing–Saab alliance, Leonardo DRS and the Lockheed Martin–Korea Aerospace Industries team. The military […] More

  • DLH Gets CMMI Level 3 Appraisal; Helene Fisher Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLH Gets CMMI Level 3 Appraisal; Helene Fisher Quoted

    DLH‘s mission services and solutions business has received appraisal from the CMMI Institute with a level 3 Capability Maturity Model Integration rating. The company said Tuesday it obtained certification after the institute’s Concept Quality Assurance Lab, several DLH employees and an appraisal team leader assessed the firm’s implementation of the CMMI for Development model. The evaluation team […] More

  • Army Issues RFI on UAS Payload Support Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Issues RFI on UAS Payload Support Sources

    The U.S. Army has issued a request for information on potential companies that can help the service branch support and sustain tactical signals intelligence payload on MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft systems. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday says the Army requires engineering and logistics services to support an Intelligence and Security Command forward operational assessment and TSP […] More

  • National Center for Manufacturing Sciences to Construct Additive Manufacturing Facility in Maryland - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    National Center for Manufacturing Sciences to Construct Additive Manufacturing Facility in Maryland

    The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences will establish a new facility in Harford City, Md. that will host industrial additive manufacturing lines, National Defense Magazine reported Monday. The organization is coordinating with public and private organizations such as Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland, University of Delaware, Northrop Grumman, 3D Systems and the Army Research Laboratory, […] More