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  • Praetorian Digital Migrates Public Safety Offerings to AWS' GovCloud; Alex Ford Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Praetorian Digital Migrates Public Safety Offerings to AWS’ GovCloud; Alex Ford Quoted

    Praetorian Digital has begun hosting its proprietary learning management system and user management offering in Amazon Web Services’ GovCloud platform for clients in the public sector. Praetorian Digital said Thursday the effort allows its customers in local governments and organizations in law enforcement, fire rescue and emergency medical services to access cloud-based benefits exclusively for industries operating […] More

  • USAID Taps AECOM for Amazon Conservation Project; John Vollmer Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USAID Taps AECOM for Amazon Conservation Project; John Vollmer Quoted

    The U.S. Agency for International Development‘s South America Regional office in Peru has awarded a potential five-year, $23.5M contract to AECOM to help protect the Amazon rainforest from harmful infrastructure and extractive efforts. Under the Amazon Promotion of Best Social and Environmental Management Practices initiative, the company will work to protect the hydropower, oil and […] More

  • Northrop's Dawn Spacecraft Completes 11-Year Mission in Asteroid Belt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop’s Dawn Spacecraft Completes 11-Year Mission in Asteroid Belt

    Northrop Grumman’s solar electric ion propulsion-powered Dawn spacecraft has reached the end of its 11-year mission to two planet-like bodies that drift between Mars and Jupiter. The company said Thursday the spacecraft used up its altitude-control fuel after completing its mission of collecting data about Vesta and Ceres, which are two of the largest objects […] More

  • Marine Corps Issues RFI on Autonomous Transportation Vehicle for Military Weapons - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marine Corps Issues RFI on Autonomous Transportation Vehicle for Military Weapons

    The U.S. Marine Corps seeks information on autonomous ground vehicles that can carry rifle squad assault and/or sustainment load on behalf of Infantry Marines in the squad level. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday says the Marine Corps Rapid Capabilities Office is interested in learning about ground systems equipped with teleoperation and robotic applique capabilities and a fully […] More

  • USPS Seeks Vendors of Email Authentication, Reporting Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USPS Seeks Vendors of Email Authentication, Reporting Services

    The U.S. Postal Service has issued a request for information on contractors that offer email authentication analysis, reporting and professional services. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday said the agency’s Office of Inspector General seeks vendors capable of providing and maintaining a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-certified, cloud-based software-as-a-service offering for email validation. The technology should allow USPS’ Domain-based […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Receives Remaining Flight Controller Order for Initial SLS Flights - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Receives Remaining Flight Controller Order for Initial SLS Flights

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has received its remaining order of RS-25 engine flight controllers for the first four flights of the Space Launch System from Honeywell. Aerojet said Wednesday it now has 18 flight controllers in its inventory at NASA’s Stennis Space Center. The controllers allows rocket communication while moderating engine thrust intensity and and monitoring overall health […] More

  • Energy Department Launches Electrical Grid Modernization Competition; Sec. Rick Perry Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Energy Department Launches Electrical Grid Modernization Competition; Sec. Rick Perry Quoted

    The Energy Department has started administering a competition that gathers developers to accelerate the distribution of power across the American electricity grid. In the first phase of the Grid Optimization Competition, participants are tasked to develop and assess their own algorithms on mock power system models in an effort to address security constrained optimal power […] More

  • Siemens Government Technologies Receives Extended Energy Savings Performance Contracts; Tina Dolph Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens Government Technologies Receives Extended Energy Savings Performance Contracts; Tina Dolph Quoted

    Siemens Government Technologies will resume its energy conservation and infrastructure modernization work at two of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center’s facilities under two separate contracts worth a total of $60.8M. The company said Tuesday it will help the Corpus Christi Army Depot in Texas to modernize its balancing test stands for the rotor […] More

  • MDA Extends Low Power Laser Demonstration Effort With Lockheed - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MDA Extends Low Power Laser Demonstration Effort With Lockheed

    Lockheed Martin will extend its development work on a low power laser demonstrator missile interceptor concept for an autonomous aerial system under a potential nine-month, $25.5M contract modification from the Missile Defense Agency. Sarah Reeves, vice president for missile defense programs at Lockheed Martin Space, said in a statement published Tuesday that the company will […] More

  • Northrop Provides Live, Virtual & Constructive Training Support to Misawa AFB Pilots - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Provides Live, Virtual & Constructive Training Support to Misawa AFB Pilots

    Northrop Grumman has provided its live, virtual and constructive training systems and services for U.S. Air Force pilots from Misawa AF Base in Japan during four live RED FLAG-Alaska military exercises that took place in August and October. The company said Tuesday its LVC Experimentation, Integration and Operations Suite helped the military branch’s crew members operate virtual […] More

  • Army Tests Sikorsky-DARPA Autonomous Flight System on Modified Commercial Helicopter - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Tests Sikorsky-DARPA Autonomous Flight System on Modified Commercial Helicopter

    The U.S. Army has demonstrated an autonomous and optionally-piloted technology that Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary developed with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency through DARPA’s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System program. Lockheed said Monday Army pilots tested the Sikorsky Autonomy Research Aircraft — a modified version of the S-76B commercial helicopter — and onboard MATRIX system through automated takeoff […] More

  • Endeavor, Howe & Howe Form Army Robotic Vehicle Contract Pursuit Team - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Endeavor, Howe & Howe Form Army Robotic Vehicle Contract Pursuit Team

    Endeavor Robotics has partnered with Howe and Howe Technologies to build a purpose-built system both companies intend to jointly offer under the second phase of the U.S. Army‘s Robotic Combat Vehicle program. The Army conducts initial experimentation with MII3 armored personnel carriers as part of RCV Program’s first phase and expects the next stage to begin in […] More