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  • Thales Unveils 'Fulmar X' Unmanned Aerial Surveillance System; Pierre Eric Pommellet Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales Unveils ‘Fulmar X’ Unmanned Aerial Surveillance System; Pierre Eric Pommellet Comments

    Thales has introduced an unmanned air system the company developed to support military and civilian customers that perform border surveillance, disaster response and illegal traffic monitoring operations. Fulmar X is made from carbon fiber composite materials and designed to operate for more than eight hours at a range of up to 49 miles, Thales said Tuesday. “Its modular architecture supports multiple configurations so the system is suitable for […] More

  • AFRL Seeks Partners for R&D Funding Opportunity on Quantum Computing Sciences - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AFRL Seeks Partners for R&D Funding Opportunity on Quantum Computing Sciences

    The Air Force Research Laboratory’s information directorate seeks white papers on ideas that support the research, design, development, concept testing, evaluation and experimentation of quantum computing sciences under a potential $40 million funding opportunity. According to a broad agency announcement posted Friday on FedBizOpps, the funding opportunity aims to assess algorithm designs and technologies that utilize quantum annealing techniques in support of […] More

  • NTT Data Receives $534M Contract to Support Victoria, Australia E-Ticketing System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NTT Data Receives $534M Contract to Support Victoria, Australia E-Ticketing System

    NTT Data has secured a potential seven-year, $533.7 million to operate the automated fare collection system in Australia’s state of Victoria. The company said Monday it helped Public Transport Victoria build and implement the myki smart card ticketing system across the state’s regional and metropolitan centers in December 2008. Myki is designed to manage as many as 400 million passenger trips via trains, […] More

  • Reuters: Norway Eyes Purchase of Up to 6 Boeing-Built Maritime Surveillance Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reuters: Norway Eyes Purchase of Up to 6 Boeing-Built Maritime Surveillance Aircraft

    Norway could purchase five to six units of a Boeing-built maritime surveillance aircraft as the country seeks to expand its military cooperation with the U.S., Reuters reported Monday. Andrea Shalal writes U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Dean Peters, program executive officer for anti-submarine warfare, assault and special missions programs, has asked potential P-8 Poseidon customers to place orders by summer 2017. Peters has indicated […] More

  • PARC Receives DARPA Funds to Develop Autonomous 'Vanishing' Air Delivery Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PARC Receives DARPA Funds to Develop Autonomous ‘Vanishing’ Air Delivery Tech

    Xerox‘s PARC subsidiary has received funds from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to support a program designed to develop a prototype autonomous air vehicle that delivers small payloads and “vanishes” upon completing the mission. PARC said Monday it will work with AeroVironment to create specialized materials for an autonomous air delivery system under a project within DARPA’s Inbound, Controlled, Air‐Releasable, […] More

  • Northrop to Support Natl Chronic Disease Prevention System Under $53M CDC Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Support Natl Chronic Disease Prevention System Under $53M CDC Contract

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded a $52.7 million recompete contract to Northrop Grumman to provide technical services for the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Northrop said Monday it will help the NCCDPHP’s Office of Informatics and Information Resource Management to manage information technology services, applications, tools and procedures related to the Chronic Disease […] More

  • Army Research Lab, Raytheon to Collaborate on Radar Tech Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Research Lab, Raytheon to Collaborate on Radar Tech Development

    Raytheon will collaborate with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to develop modular building blocks for the service branch’s Next Generation Radar program under a two-year, $1.1 million cooperative research agreement. The partnership aims to explore approaches to design and fabricate modular components for integration into the NGR’s open architecture and address flexibility, agility and efficiency requirements across radar bands, Raytheon said Monday. Colin Whelan, Raytheon […] More

  • Kevin Robinson: MTSI to Continue Acquisition Support for MDA Through BCF Solutions Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kevin Robinson: MTSI to Continue Acquisition Support for MDA Through BCF Solutions Partnership

    Modern Technology Solutions Inc. and BCF Solutions will collaborate to provide technical, engineering, advisory and management support advisory and assistance services to the Missile Defense Agency under a potential $110 million contract. MTSI said Friday it will serve as a primary subcontractor to BCF Solutions and support the agency’s efforts to develop and implement the Ballistic Missile Defense System. “MTSI is thrilled to continue our long-term support […] More

  • Raytheon Lands Contract to Demo EW Upgrades for Air Force Decoy Missile - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Lands Contract to Demo EW Upgrades for Air Force Decoy Missile

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon a potential $34.8 million contract to demonstrate an updated electronic warfare technology for the Miniature Air Launched Decoy-Jammer. Raytheon said Sunday it is scheduled to complete development of MALD-X, successor of the current MALD-J model, within a 24-month period and will conduct two flight demonstrations to showcase the aerial decoy’s EW upgrades. MALD-X will feature an EW payload, a low-altitude flight mode and […] More

  • MBDA-Led Consortium to Demo Laser Capacity for UK Military - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MBDA-Led Consortium to Demo Laser Capacity for UK Military

    The U.K. military has selected MBDA to demonstrate a capacity to field laser-directed weapons that can potentially urge the country’s navy and other services to utilize similar systems, Defense News reported Sunday. Andrew Chuter writes MBDA leads a bid team called UK Dragonfire that includes BAE Systems, Leonardo-Finmeccanica, Marshall Defense and Aerospace and Qinetiq to develop a solid state high power demonstrator weapon […] More

  • Composite Engineering Nabs Air Force UAS R&D Deal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Composite Engineering Nabs Air Force UAS R&D Deal

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $40.8 million cost-share research-and-development contract to Composite Engineering Inc. to help the service branch develop an unmanned aerial system. The Defense Department said Friday CEI will design, build, assemble and test a technical baseline for a new long-range, high-speed UAS platform as well as identify key technology for future aircraft demonstrations and a vehicle for […] More

  • General Motors, Bioservo Enter Robotic Glove Tech Licensing Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Motors, Bioservo Enter Robotic Glove Tech Licensing Agreement

    Bioservo Technologies has licensed a robotic glove technology built by General Motors and NASA with the intent to repurpose the device for healthcare and manufacturing applications. The licensing deal between the two companies allows Bioservo to integrate its Soft Extra Muscle technology to the battery-powered wearable RoboGlove in an effort to build a grasp assist device that will work to help address human operator […] More