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  • DARPA, Air Force Conduct Flight Test of BAE-Built Battle Mgmt Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA, Air Force Conduct Flight Test of BAE-Built Battle Mgmt Software

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the U.S. Air Force have tested a BAE Systems-made on-board software that works to deliver information to operators and pilots in environments where communications can be disrupted. BAE said Tuesday DARPA and the Air Force Research Laboratory conducted an 11-day flight test of the semi-autonomous Distributed Battle Management software. DBM is designed to […] More

  • Northrop Seeks Participants to Build & Test Drone Swarm Tactics Under DARPA Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Seeks Participants to Build & Test Drone Swarm Tactics Under DARPA Program

    Northrop Grumman has kicked off a search for participants that can create and test their swarm tactics for unmanned systems on Northrop’s open architecture test bed. The company said Tuesday it is developing a test bed for swarm technologies as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics program. In December 2017, DARPA awarded contracts […] More

  • SAP Unveils Asset Strategy & Performance Mgmt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP Unveils Asset Strategy & Performance Mgmt Platform

    SAP SE has launched a platform that works to help customers manage strategies for physical assets and monitor asset performance in real time. The company said Monday the SAP Asset Strategy and Performance Management system is designed to connect assets and support management across business functions, including maintenance management, manufacturing, finance and human resources. Tanja Rueckert, SAP president of the […] More

  • Lockheed Rolls Out 400th C-130J Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Rolls Out 400th C-130J Aircraft

    Lockheed Martin has delivered its 400th C-130J Super Hercules military transport aircraft to the U.S. Air Force on Friday. The aircraft comes in the MC-130J Commando II Special Operations variant and is assigned to the Air Force’s Special Operations Command, the company said Monday. The 400th C-130J is also the 13th MC-130J to be modified into an AC-130J […] More

  • Report: Orbital ATK Showcases Airborne Gun System at Singapore Airshow 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Orbital ATK Showcases Airborne Gun System at Singapore Airshow 2018

    Orbital ATK has showcased its side-mounted airborne gun platform to Asia-Pacific customers at the 2018 Singapore Airshow, AIN Online reported Sunday. Byron Foster, a director at Orbital ATK, said the company sees opportunities to sell the 30mm Palletized Weapon System to customers in the region. “There are threats such as those in north Asia that make it […] More

  • DHS Requests Info on Security, App, Storage Software Offerings - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Requests Info on Security, App, Storage Software Offerings

    The Department of Homeland Security has posted requests for information on potential industry sources of software and incidental services in the areas of security, application infrastructure and backup and storage. DHS said Thursday in a FedBizOpps notice that it needs software systems that can secure data, applications and web servers across the department and its components. […] More

  • Air Force Research Lab, NextFlex Collaborate to Develop 'Flexible' Circuit System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Research Lab, NextFlex Collaborate to Develop ‘Flexible’ Circuit System

    The Air Force Research Laboratory has collaborated with a public-private manufacturing consortium to create operational prototypes of a circuit board system in efforts to accelerate the development of smart technologies. AFRL said Thursday it worked with NextFlex: America’s Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Institute to develop Arduino integrated circuit systems that are designed to be programmed through open-source software. […] More

  • European Space Agency Picks 5 Firms to Conduct Satellite Microlauncher Feasibility Studies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    European Space Agency Picks 5 Firms to Conduct Satellite Microlauncher Feasibility Studies

    The European Space Agency has selected five companies to study the feasibility of using a commercial microlauncher to deploy small satellites into orbit. ArianeGroup, MT-Aerospace, ELV, Deimos and PLD Space will conduct research on their proposed concepts, ESA said Thursday. France-based ArianeGroup, a joint venture of Airbus and Safran, proposed to develop the three-stage Quick Access to Space vehicle […] More

  • BAE-Harris-MBDA Team Conducts Ground-Based Tests of Aircraft Payload Bay - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE-Harris-MBDA Team Conducts Ground-Based Tests of Aircraft Payload Bay

    BAE Systems, Harris and MBDA‘s U.K. business have collaborated on ground-based tests that sought to demonstrate the release of a full-sized payload from an aircraft cargo bay. A team of engineers used BAE’s test facility in Warton, England, to conduct full-scale ground trials in an effort to better understand the aircraft bay environment, the British defense company said […] More

  • Axiomatics' 2018 Federal Security Update Cites DevOps, Data Monitoring Trends at Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Axiomatics’ 2018 Federal Security Update Cites DevOps, Data Monitoring Trends at Agencies

    Axiomatics‘ federal subsidiary has projected that DevOps, information dissemination and data monitoring initiatives are among the information technology-related areas that will dominate federal security practices in 2018. The DevOps methodology — an integration of software development and operations — will see increased implementation across large federal agencies that are used to creating their own software, Axiomatics Federal […] More

  • Report: Noblis Eyes Expansion in San Antonio, TX - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Noblis Eyes Expansion in San Antonio, TX

    Noblis seeks to expand its operations in San Antonio, Texas from 21 employees to about 125 personnel in the next two to three years, My San Antonio reported Thursday. Mike Cameron, director of cyber solutions at Noblis, said the Virginia-based research and technology nonprofit aims to conduct more work related to artificial intelligence, data science and cybersecurity at […] More