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  • USAID-Inmarsat Partnership Aims to Promote Sustainable Fishing Practices in Southeast Asia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USAID-Inmarsat Partnership Aims to Promote Sustainable Fishing Practices in Southeast Asia

    The U.S. Agency for International Development has partnered with Inmarsat to help Southeast Asian commercial fishing crews adopt sustainable fishing practices. Inmarsat said Friday the alliance seeks to leverage communications technology to support catch documentation and traceability efforts in the region. USAID’s Oceans and Fisheries Partnership Oceans will also work with Inmarsat to aid communications between crew members of medium […] More

  • Microsoft Unveils Monitoring Tool for Agencies on Azure Government Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Unveils Monitoring Tool for Agencies on Azure Government Cloud

    Microsoft has released a monitoring and analytics tool on the Azure Government cloud environment to help government agencies assess the state and performance of various resources. Tom Keane, head of global infrastructure for Microsoft Azure, said in a blog post published Wednesday that the Azure Monitor platform helps users troubleshoot resources as well as evaluate […] More

  • Capstone to Help Navy Installations Command Manage Equipment Tracking System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Capstone to Help Navy Installations Command Manage Equipment Tracking System

    Capstone has won a task order to configure, implement, administer and sustain a catalog ordering logistic tracking system for the Commander, Navy Installations Command. The company said Thursday it will provide COLTS database support services as part of the Naval Security Forces Ashore Antiterrorism and Force Protection Equipment Program. “We are excited about this opportunity to assist […] More

  • Lockheed to Pair Indago Quadrotor With MyDefence Counter-UAS Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Pair Indago Quadrotor With MyDefence Counter-UAS Platform

    Lockheed Martin and MyDefence Communication have agreed pair a quadrotor unmanned aerial system with a counter-UAS platform under a collaborative development agreement between the two companies. Both companies aim to offer rapid response aerial surveillance services through the combination of Indago and KNOX platforms, MyDefence Communication said. The resulting technology will look to help users detect potential threats as […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL Demos Free-Space Optical Comms Tech at Sea - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Johns Hopkins APL Demos Free-Space Optical Comms Tech at Sea

    A team of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory engineers has tested a free-space optical communications system between two moving vessels at sea to assess how the platform operated in a maritime environment. APL said Thursday it demonstrated the compact form factor system at the annual Trident Warrior Exercise and showcased the FSO technology’s capacity to provide adjunct […] More

  • Thales Hardware Security Module, Encryption Offerings Receive FIPS 140-2 Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales Hardware Security Module, Encryption Offerings Receive FIPS 140-2 Certification

    Thales has received a Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 certification for its hardware security modules and Vormetric Application Encryption system. The company said Thursday that the FIPS 140-2 certification helps validate the capacity of the company’s offerings to protect sensitive data of industry and government sector clients. Peter Galvin, vice president of strategy at Thales’ e-Security business, said that […] More

  • Battelle-Dedrone Partnership Aims to Combine UAS Detection and Defeat Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle-Dedrone Partnership Aims to Combine UAS Detection and Defeat Platforms

    Battelle and Dedrone have agreed to explore methods for the development of an airspace security platform that will combine unmanned aerial system detection and defeat technologies. The non-binding, non-exclusive partnership aims to build an integrated technology offering that will work to help protect sensitive infrastructure in the U.S. from drone threats, Battelle said Thursday. San Francisco-based Dedrone […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL Proposes Quadcopter Concept for NASA's Saturn Moon Exploration Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Johns Hopkins APL Proposes Quadcopter Concept for NASA’s Saturn Moon Exploration Project

    Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has proposed the concept of radioisotope-powered dual-quadcopter technology for a NASA mission that aims to explore potential habitable sites on Saturn’s largest moon. APL said Wednesday it envisions the Dragonfly technology utilizing Titan’s dense atmosphere to migrate from one geologic setting to another as the quadcopter evaluates the moon for livable environments. The […] More

  • NIAS Helps Evaluate AI Tech on Microsoft-Built Sailplane - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIAS Helps Evaluate AI Tech on Microsoft-Built Sailplane

    Microsoft, the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development and the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems have performed simple and complex flight tests on a sailplane equipped with artificial intelligence technology. NIAS said Wednesday the team evaluated the Microsoft-built sailplane at the Hawthorne Advanced Drone Multiplex Test Range in Nevada. “Microsoft researchers have created a system that […] More

  • L3 Subsidiary to Supply EO/IR Imaging Turrets to Naval Surface Warfare Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Subsidiary to Supply EO/IR Imaging Turrets to Naval Surface Warfare Center

    A Canada-based subsidiary of L3 Technologies has received a potential $49 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to supply electro-optical and infrared imaging turrets to the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Crane Division. NSWC Crane will incorporate MX-10MS turrets from L3 Wescam into a larger system designed to address a situational awareness requirement under the Military Sealift Command Electro-Optical System program, the company said Wednesday. Wescam’s turrets […] More

  • SunPower Breaks Ground on Solar Photovoltaic System at Redstone Arsenal Army Base - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SunPower Breaks Ground on Solar Photovoltaic System at Redstone Arsenal Army Base

    SunPower has broken ground on a 10-megawatt solar photovoltaic system designed to help increase energy resilience and security at the U.S. Army‘s Redstone Arsenal facility in Alabama. The company said Wednesday it will install the Oasis power plant system at the military base and expects the project to create approximately 200 jobs. “We’re continually looking for ways to […] More