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  • Tomahawk Robotics Selects Persistent Systems to Support Navy EOD Radio Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tomahawk Robotics Selects Persistent Systems to Support Navy EOD Radio Development

    Persistent Systems has secured a subcontract from Tomahawk Robotics to support the latter’s work on a $55 million contract to upgrade radios used by the U.S. Navy’s explosive ordinance disposal robots. Tomahawk Robotics will integrate Persistent Systems’ MPU5 mobile ad hoc networking radios into the new Flexible Cybersecure Radio system that will replace legacy radios […] More

  • ECS, Gunnison Named to Washington Post's 2023 Top Workplaces List; John Heneghan, Gil Dussek Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ECS, Gunnison Named to Washington Post’s 2023 Top Workplaces List; John Heneghan, Gil Dussek Quoted

    ECS and Gunnison Consulting Group have been recognized by The Washington Post as among the top workplaces in Washington, D.C. for 2023. The annual list of the best places to work in the area ranks organizations based on employee appreciation, employee development, compensation and work-life balance practices. “With their hard work, their dedication to our […] More

  • Rick Wagner on Microsoft-NASA Partnership to Promote Space-Related STEM Careers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rick Wagner on Microsoft-NASA Partnership to Promote Space-Related STEM Careers

    Microsoft has collaborated with NASA to host an education day dedicated to promoting space-related careers to students in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. Rick Wagner, president of Microsoft’s federal business and a 2023 Wash100 awardee, wrote in a blog post published Tuesday that the inaugural Space Education Day allowed students to explore NASA’s […] More

  • Air Force Research Lab Taps Collins Aerospace for 1MW Electric Generator Development Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Research Lab Taps Collins Aerospace for 1MW Electric Generator Development Project

    Collins Aerospace, a subsidiary of RTX (formerly Raytheon Technologies), has secured a contract to help the Air Force Research Laboratory develop a 1-megawatt electric generator to power future manned and unmanned military platforms. The electric power generation system is being built as part of the AFRL’s Advanced Turbine Technologies for Affordable Mission-Capability program that seeks […] More

  • Intelsat Orders 2nd Satellite Mission Extension Pod From Northrop's Space Logistics - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intelsat Orders 2nd Satellite Mission Extension Pod From Northrop’s Space Logistics

    Northrop Grumman‘s Space Logistics subsidiary will provide an additional mission extension pod to extend the life of an unidentified Intelsat-built commercial communications satellite operating in geosynchronous orbit for at least six years. The MEP jet pack marks Intelsat’s fourth satellite servicing vehicle order with the Northrop business to add life to its GEO satellites, the […] More

  • CesiumAstro to Build Satcom Terminal for Air Force's Remotely Piloted Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CesiumAstro to Build Satcom Terminal for Air Force’s Remotely Piloted Aircraft

    CesiumAstro, a developer of active phased array communications payloads for airborne and in-orbit platforms, has secured funding from the U.S. Air Force to install a satellite communications terminal onto a General Atomics-built MQ-9A remotely piloted aircraft. The company will use the fund to build a size, weight and power-optimized satcom terminal to demonstrate airborne connectivity […] More

  • Tony Frazier: Prime Contractors Could Help Smaller Companies Navigate DOD Acquisition Process - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tony Frazier: Prime Contractors Could Help Smaller Companies Navigate DOD Acquisition Process

    Tony Frazier, executive vice president and general manager for public sector Earth intelligence at Maxar Technologies, said smaller companies could collaborate with prime contractors to better navigate the Department of Defense’s acquisition process, Defense One reported Friday. Frazier, a six-time Wash100 awardee, added that prime contractors could show smaller companies “how we can get after […] More

  • DOD Taps Arconic to Boost Domestic High Purity Aluminum Production - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOD Taps Arconic to Boost Domestic High Purity Aluminum Production

    Arconic will ramp up the production of high purity aluminum at its facility in Davenport, Iowa, under a $45.5 million contract from the Department of Defense’s Office for the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy. The funding will be used to design and install a new furnace and implement new control and automation […] More

  • Raytheon's James Webb Team Receives NASA Group Achievement Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon’s James Webb Team Receives NASA Group Achievement Award

    NASA has recognized a team at Raytheon Technologies with the Group Achievement Award for its help in the development of James Webb Space Telescope’s flight operations subsystem. The ground control software is built by Raytheon’s intelligence and space business to provide command and control of the observatory and support telemetry analysis, observation plan management, ground […] More

  • Northrop's Triton Flying Test Bed Demonstrates Targeting Capability at Joint Exercise - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop’s Triton Flying Test Bed Demonstrates Targeting Capability at Joint Exercise

    Northrop Grumman used its MQ-4C Triton test bed aircraft to demonstrate persistent long-range targeting capabilities for joint, distributed maritime operations during the Northern Edge 2023 military training exercise held in Alaska. The Triton flying test bed executed scenarios during multiple flights wherein it collected, processed and disseminated information to provide situational awareness to various maritime […] More

  • X-Bow Systems, DOE Conduct 2nd Test Launch of 'Bolt' Modular Boost Rocket - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    X-Bow Systems, DOE Conduct 2nd Test Launch of ‘Bolt’ Modular Boost Rocket

    X-Bow Systems has partnered with the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory to conduct the second test launch of its Bolt Rocket at White Sands Missile Range. The XL-2B mission demonstrated X-Bow’s new family of suborbital and orbital launch vehicles under the Responsive Development Experiment program, which enables LANL to use commercial space flight […] More

  • MetTel Expands NYC Headquarters, Commits to Hiring Additional Software Developers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MetTel Expands NYC Headquarters, Commits to Hiring Additional Software Developers

    MetTel is renovating its New York City headquarters as part of efforts to create full-time job opportunities in software development and professional services. The state government announced Tuesday MetTel is investing $3 million to expand its 55 Water Street headquarters in New York City and make at least 100 new hires while retaining 180 full-time […] More