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  • NIH, Google Partner for Biomedical Cloud Computing Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIH, Google Partner for Biomedical Cloud Computing Initiative

    The National Institutes of Health has partnered with Google in an effort to help researchers leverage commercial cloud technology platforms to manage biomedical data sets. NIH said Tuesday researchers at the agency and more than 2,500 academic institutions nationwide will have access to Google Cloud computing, machine learning and storage systems through the Science and Technology Research Infrastructure for Discovery, Experimentation and Sustainability program. […] More

  • KBR's Government Arm to Help USAF Sustain Intercontinental Ballistic Missile System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KBR’s Government Arm to Help USAF Sustain Intercontinental Ballistic Missile System

    KBR‘s government services business has received a potential 51-month, $36.5 million task order to help sustain the U.S. Air Force‘s current intercontinental ballistic missile system. The company said Wednesday that KBRwyle will provide sustainment engineering support for the LGM-30G Minuteman III ICBM weapon and related ground and support equipment. KBRwyle will conduct technical and scientific analyses and offer recommendations to address reliability, […] More

  • Iridium-Rockwell Collins Partnership to Offer Government, Commercial Aircraft Connectivity Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium-Rockwell Collins Partnership to Offer Government, Commercial Aircraft Connectivity Service

    Iridium and Rockwell Collins have partnered to offer an L-band broadband service meant to address connectivity requirements of government, business or commercial aviation clients. Rockwell Collins will serve as an Iridium Certus provider and a value added manufacturer of ground terminals designed to facilitate satellite communications service delivery, Iridium said Monday. Certus is built to employ small form factor antennas and terminals […] More

  • SSL-Built Telesat Comms Satellite Begins Post-Launch Activity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SSL-Built Telesat Comms Satellite Begins Post-Launch Activity

    A communications satellite that Maxar Technologies‘ SSL business produced for Telesat has started to conduct post-launch operations. The Telstar 19 VANTAGE satellite deployed its solar arrays on time after launching aboard a SpaceX-built Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida early Sunday morning, Maxar said Tuesday. On early Tuesday, the satellite fired its main thruster […] More

  • DARPA to Host Competitors Day for Underground Tech Development Contest - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA to Host Competitors Day for Underground Tech Development Contest

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency plans to hold a competitors day on Sept. 27 to discuss its timeline and vision for a prize competition that will explore technology platforms for potential use by warfighters and emergency responders in underground settings. DARPA said Friday it seeks multiple teams to develop systems for mapping, navigating and searching man-made tunnel […] More

  • Lockheed, Partners Shift F-35 Program Focus to System Upgrade, Sustainment Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Partners Shift F-35 Program Focus to System Upgrade, Sustainment Efforts

    Lockheed Martin and its partner companies in the F-35 Lightning II program will move forward with efforts sustain and update the fighter aircraft’s systems after the industry team completed 309 deliveries to military customers worldwide, AIN Online reported Tuesday. Greg Ulmer, vice president and general manager of Lockheed’s F-35 program, said during a media briefing at the Farnborough […] More

  • Lockheed Develops System to Link Air, Ground & Maritime Intelligence - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Develops System to Link Air, Ground & Maritime Intelligence

    Lockheed Martin has created an enterprise system designed to help military customers obtain intelligence from ground, sea, air and space platforms. DIAMONDShield employs an automated process that will allow users to analyze adversarial intent, use multidomain data in tactical decision-making and assign engagement tasks to theater operations, Lockheed said Tuesday. The system works to receive information from external sources […] More

  • Microsoft's Brad Smith: Facial Recognition Technology Must Be Regulated by Government - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft’s Brad Smith: Facial Recognition Technology Must Be Regulated by Government

    Brad Smith, president and chief legal officer of Microsoft, recently said that the government must regulate the use of facial recognition technology in light of its potential for abuse. Authorities must “pursue thoughtful government regulation” of facial recognition technology to mitigate the risk of its being used in such a way that would adversely impact […] More

  • Northrop Delivers Avionics Software for Army UH-60V Black Hawk Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Delivers Avionics Software for Army UH-60V Black Hawk Test

    Northrop Grumman has developed avionics software for a modernized version of the U.S. Army‘s Black Hawk helicopter platform that will undergo limited user test. The company said Thursday it collaborates with the Army Prototype Integration Facility and Redstone Defense Systems to upgrade the service branch’s fleet of UH-60L helicopters through cockpit improvements as part of a contract awarded in 2014. […] More

  • Lockheed Tests 3D-Printed Satellite Fuel Tank; Rick Ambrose Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Tests 3D-Printed Satellite Fuel Tank; Rick Ambrose Comments

    Lockheed Martin has completed the final set of quality tests on a titanium cylinder built using 3D printing technology for satellite fuel storage, concluding a multiyear development project. The fuel tank consists of two domes that function as caps, and a variable-length, traditionally-manufactured titanium cylinder that serves as the body, Lockheed said Wednesday. “Our largest 3D printed […] More

  • CTSi Demos Navigation System Prototype Under Navy SBIR Program's Phase 3 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTSi Demos Navigation System Prototype Under Navy SBIR Program’s Phase 3

    Coherent Technical Services Inc. has collaborated with L3 Technologies to demonstrate an integrated communication and navigation technology designed to work in a GPS-denied or contested environment. CTSi said Tuesday it developed and flight-tested the Enhanced Link Navigation System prototype under an $8.7 million Small Business Innovative Research phase 3 contract from the U.S. Navy. Pilots at aviation company Airtec provided turn-key support during the flight […] More

  • Leidos Makes Top 100 Healthcare Informatics Companies List; Jon Scholl Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Makes Top 100 Healthcare Informatics Companies List; Jon Scholl Comments

    Leidos has landed the ninth spot on Healthcare Informatics magazine’s list of the top 100 U.S. companies that have recorded the highest sales from healthcare information technology products and services in the previous year. The company said Monday it has ranked among the top 10 vendors on the annual Healthcare Informatics 100 list for the second consecutive […] More