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  • NASA Selects 43 Additional Small Biz Tech R&D Proposals - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Selects 43 Additional Small Biz Tech R&D Proposals

    NASA has announced 43 new awards worth $5.4 million combined under the first phase of the space agency’s 2018 Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs. The agency said Tuesday its Marshall Space Flight Center will manage the additional awards, which came two months after the initial selection of 348 SBIR and STTR proposals to develop technology platforms in areas […] More

  • Government Seeks Info on Proposed Applied Research Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Government Seeks Info on Proposed Applied Research Center

    The federal government has asked feedback from industry and academia regarding the proposed development of an applied research center, meant to facilitate the delivery of citizen services through public-private partnerships. A FedBizOpps notice posted Monday says the government wants to learn about the possible objectives, operational focus, governance structure and funding approaches of the Government […] More

  • Lockheed Hits Employment Goal for F-35 Program; Marillyn Hewson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Hits Employment Goal for F-35 Program; Marillyn Hewson Comments

    Lockheed Martin has reached its goal of hiring 1,800 workers to support the F-35 program, which has completed 310 aircraft deliveries to date. Marillyn Hewson, Lockheed CEO and a four-time Wash100 awardee, said in a statement released Monday the company will continue to hire more employees as it aims to accelerate the pace of F-35 production […] More

  • Charles River Analytics to Help Army Develop Stress & Fatigue Analysis Toolkit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Charles River Analytics to Help Army Develop Stress & Fatigue Analysis Toolkit

    Charles River Analytics will lead a development program for a toolkit that will help the U.S. Army determine the impact of fatigue and other causes of stress on soldiers and warfighting operations. Peter Weyhrauch, vice president of the Cambridge, Mass.-based firm’s human effectiveness division, said in a statement published Friday that the military will leverage […] More

  • L3 Subsidiary to Procure Aircraft for MDA's High-Altitude Observatory Tech Modernization Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Subsidiary to Procure Aircraft for MDA’s High-Altitude Observatory Tech Modernization Program

    The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a three-year, $73.2 million contract modification to an L3 Technologies business unit to procure aircraft that can accommodate an updated High Altitude Observatory system. L3 Aeromet will help MDA buy and equip three used planes with the HALO platform under the modification, which increases the contract’s total potential value from $564.1 million […] More

  • Carahsoft to Distribute Feature Labs' Data Science Automation Tools to Public Sector; Craig Abod Interviewed - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Distribute Feature Labs’ Data Science Automation Tools to Public Sector; Craig Abod Interviewed

    Carahsoft Technology and Feature Labs have partnered to market the latter’s products designed to help government customers create and deploy machine learning models to automate the data science process. Feature Labs said Thursday it developed tools and application programming interfaces for agency data scientists and software engineers to manage data sets and identify key insights. The software […] More

  • Lockheed Pledges to Help Boost U.S. Aerospace & Defense Workforce; Marillyn Hewson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Pledges to Help Boost U.S. Aerospace & Defense Workforce; Marillyn Hewson Comments

    Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson has announced that the company will hire new apprentices and fund vocational and trade programs meant to boost workforce in the aerospace and defense industries. The Bethesda, Ma.-based firm said Thursday it will provide 8,000 openings for internships and programs for rotation, mid-career development and technical apprenticeships. Lockheed will also […] More

  • John Vollmer: AECOM to Continue Support for DTRA Threat Reduction Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Vollmer: AECOM to Continue Support for DTRA Threat Reduction Program

    AECOM has secured one of six contracts worth up to $970 million in total to help the Defense Threat Reduction Agency manage a partnership effort to reduce potential risks from weapons of mass destruction and related technology. John Vollmer, president of AECOM’S management services group and a three-time Wash100 recipient, said in a statement released Wednesday […] More

  • Navy Concludes Two-Part Assessment of Anti-Submarine Warfare System in New York - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Concludes Two-Part Assessment of Anti-Submarine Warfare System in New York

    The U.S. Navy has completed a two-part assessment of an anti-submarine warfare mission package at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Seneca Lake Detachment’s test facility in New York. For the first part of the Dockside-1 evaluation period, the Dual-mode ARray Transmitter mission system towed body and its launch-and-recovery assembly parts went through a 10-day test […] More

  • BAE's U.S. Subsidiary to Expand Huntsville, Ala. Operations; Paul Markwardt Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE’s U.S. Subsidiary to Expand Huntsville, Ala. Operations; Paul Markwardt Comments

    BAE Systems‘ U.S. arm will invest $45.5 million to establish manufacturing and office facilities in Huntsville, Ala., as part of an expansion initiative. The company said Monday it plans to expand its offices on Discovery Drive and build a facility at Cummings Research Park that will include spaces for engineering development, manufacturing and laboratories to support […] More

  • DARPA Seeks Industry Info on Quantum Computing Capabilities to Address Hard Science Challenges - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Seeks Industry Info on Quantum Computing Capabilities to Address Hard Science Challenges

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has issued a request for information on quantum computing capabilities that can address hard science and technology challenges. A FedBizOpps notice posted on July 10 says the agency’s Defense Sciences Office aims to determine the limits of quantum computing and its ability to refine artificial intelligence, machine learning and […] More

  • DARPA Finishes Two-Week Evaluation of AR-22 Engine; Scott Wierzbanowski Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Finishes Two-Week Evaluation of AR-22 Engine; Scott Wierzbanowski Comments

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has concluded its two-week evaluation of an RS-25 Space Shuttle Main Engine variant as part of the agency’s Experimental Spaceplane program with Boeing. DARPA said Tuesday it coordinated with Aerojet Rocketdyne in fire testing the AR-22 engine using an aircraft-like approach. Experimental Spaceplane Program Manager Scott Wierzbanowski said the […] More