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  • Thales Opens UK Innovation Hub for Digital Tech Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales Opens UK Innovation Hub for Digital Tech Efforts

    Thales has opened a new innovation hub at the One Station Square business center in Cambridge, England, as part of the company’s digital technology growth and expansion efforts. The company said Friday its new facility offers a workspace for engineers, research, development and innovation professionals to collaborate with customers, partners and suppliers. “The move to One […] More

  • Leidos to Develop Electro-Optical Imaging Tech Prototypes for Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos to Develop Electro-Optical Imaging Tech Prototypes for Air Force

    Leidos has won a potential $47.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to research and develop integrated electro-optical imaging technology prototypes. The Defense Department said Thursday the project aims to evolve and increase the capacity of emerging high-resolution and hyperspectral imaging; infrared search and track; and sense and avoid technologies. The Air Force Research […] More

  • Raytheon's Coyote UAV Supports NOAA Hurricane Monitoring Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon’s Coyote UAV Supports NOAA Hurricane Monitoring Mission

    Raytheon-built unmanned aerial vehicles have helped the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration monitor Hurricane Maria and gather data for storm researchers. NOAA launched six Coyote UAV units from the agency’s WP-3D Orion aircraft as part of efforts to track and model the hurricane, Raytheon said Wednesday. “The Coyotes collected critical, continuous observations in the lower part of the hurricane, an area impossible to […] More

  • Iron Mountain Unveils New Data Mgmt Facility in Arkansas - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iron Mountain Unveils New Data Mgmt Facility in Arkansas

    Iron Mountain has opened an information management facility in Arkansas that is built to store up to 200,000 cubic feet of records and 260,000 data tapes for enterprise customers. The 23,000-square-foot building joins other local and regional Iron Mountain facilities that support data management, imaging and secure shredding operations, the company said Thursday. “We chose Little […] More

  • NASA to Launch GRACE Satellite Replacements Aboard SpaceX Rocket in Early 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA to Launch GRACE Satellite Replacements Aboard SpaceX Rocket in Early 2018

    NASA will launch the Airbus-built replacement satellites for the U.S.-German Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment satellite duo aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in the first quarter of 2018, Space Flight Now reported Tuesday. The space agency inked a shared launch agreement with Iridium and the Helmholtz Center-Potsdam German Research Center for Geosciences called GFZ to launch the […] More

  • SAP Unveils Initial Partners for Blockchain Co-Innovation Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP Unveils Initial Partners for Blockchain Co-Innovation Program

    SAP SE has announced the initial list of partners that will participate in a blockchain co-innovation program which aims to provide an opportunity for participants to explore the applications of blockchain technologies. The SAP Leonardo Blockchain Co-Innovation program looks to integrate a digital ledger system onto digital supply chain, Internet of Things and manufacturing services, SAP […] More

  • Carahsoft to Distribute Syncsort Data Mgmt Tech to Public Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Distribute Syncsort Data Mgmt Tech to Public Sector

    Carahsoft and its network of resellers will offer Syncsort‘s enterprise data management platform to federal, state and local government agencies as part of a distribution agreement between the two companies. Syncsort said Monday its Ironstream platform is designed to work with Splunk‘s  Enterprise software and help users manage data as well as comply with government regulations such […] More

  • Air Force Issues RFI on Directed Energy Tech for Future Counter-UAS Demo - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Issues RFI on Directed Energy Tech for Future Counter-UAS Demo

    The U.S. Air Force seeks information on the availability of directed energy weapons technology that can support an upcoming counter-unmanned aircraft system demonstration. The service branch said Tuesday its Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation Office will use data collected from the request for information as part of market research analyses under the Air Force Directed Energy […] More

  • Humanetics Secures DoD Grant for Anti-Radiation Drug Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Humanetics Secures DoD Grant for Anti-Radiation Drug Development

    Humanetics has received a $3.8 million grant from the Defense Department to produce solid dosage forms of a drug currently in clinical development as a medical countermeasure for lethal toxicities related to radiation exposure. Th company said Tuesday it will further develop the BIO 300 drug for potential use by soldiers and first responders at high risk […] More

  • Polaris-ARA-Neya Systems Team to Offer Army Multimission Ground Vehicle Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Polaris-ARA-Neya Systems Team to Offer Army Multimission Ground Vehicle Platform

    Polaris Industries, Applied Research Associates and Neya Systems have forged an alliance to offer a multimission ground vehicle platform designed for infantry units through the U.S. Army‘s Squad Multipurpose Equipment Transport program. Team Polaris’ MRZR X platform will feature ARA-built unmanned systems technology and Neya Systems-made autonomy behavior module, Polaris said Monday. The alliance seeks to help increase mobility […] More

  • Thales to Help ESA Design Payload Module for Link Explorer Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales to Help ESA Design Payload Module for Link Explorer Mission

    Thales Alenia Space has inked a contract with the European Space Agency to help design the payload module for a joint science mission between ESA and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The module for the Solar Wind Magnetospheric Ionospheric Link Explorer (SMILE) will host customer furnished science instruments from China, Canada and the U.K., Thales said Monday. […] More

  • Navy Asks Lockheed to Identify F-35 Air System Cost Reduction Measures - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Asks Lockheed to Identify F-35 Air System Cost Reduction Measures

    Lockheed Martin‘s aeronautics business has landed a potential $60 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to identify and implement measures to reduce the cost of producing the F-35 air system. The Defense Department said Monday the full obligated amount at the time of award is from Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force aircraft procurement funds. Work […] More