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  • DoD Taps Autonomous Solutions to Develop AI, Machine Learning Tech for Driverless Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Taps Autonomous Solutions to Develop AI, Machine Learning Tech for Driverless Vehicles

    Autonomous Solutions Inc. has secured additional funds from the Defense Department to further develop artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies designed to manage the behavior and mobility of autonomous vehicles. ASI said Thursday it supports two other ongoing government-run programs that aim to build machine learning systems such as obstacle classification, light detection and ranging camera fusion […] More

  • TSI to Supply Testing Equipment for Army Respiratory Protective Devices - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TSI to Supply Testing Equipment for Army Respiratory Protective Devices

    TSI has received a $13 million contract to supply protection assessment test systems for the U.S. Army to evaluate respiratory protective devices that soldiers use. The company said Thursday it will provide PortaCount 8020M systems to support the donning and fitting of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense gas masks for Army personnel. Troy Tillman, business director of TSI, said […] More

  • ViaSat to Provide Blue Force Tracker Engineering Support to DISA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ViaSat to Provide Blue Force Tracker Engineering Support to DISA

    ViaSat has received a one-year, $9.9 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide engineering services for the Blue Force Tracker-2 program. The Defense Department said Friday contract work will include out-of-warranty repairs, satellite ground stations and satellite network control center maintenance, software assurance and Tier 4 to 6 help desk support. BFT-2 is designed […] More

  • Lockheed Opens New Facility to Support UK's Natl Cyber Strategy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Opens New Facility to Support UK’s Natl Cyber Strategy

    Lockheed Martin has invested $3.9 million to establish a facility in Gloucester, England, that will develop technologies intended to help address cyber-related risks across the U.K. The Cyber Works center is built to support the British government’s National Cybersecurity Strategy and Defense Cyber Program as well as a cyber memorandum understanding signed between the U.K. and U.S., Lockheed said […] More

  • Commerce Dept Seeks Info on Cloud Migration Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Commerce Dept Seeks Info on Cloud Migration Support Services

    The Commerce Department has issued a request for information to gather input on Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-certified cloud service providers and vendors that can support the migration of mission-critical applications to the cloud. The department said in a FedBizOpps notice published Tuesday it envisions a potential contractor to migrate and manage applications to a FedRAMP-approved […] More

  • DOE Invests in 48 Solar Power Tech Projects Under SunShot Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE Invests in 48 Solar Power Tech Projects Under SunShot Initiative

    The Energy Department has obligated $46.2 million for 48 projects to develop solar power technologies as part of a national effort that aims to make solar energy a viable energy source for U.S. citizens. DOE said Wednesday the projects fall under the SunShot Initiative‘s Technology to Market 3 and Photovoltaics Research and Development 2 programs. Charlie Gay, director of the […] More

  • Boeing Gets SOCOM Helicopter Engineering Task Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Gets SOCOM Helicopter Engineering Task Order

    Boeing has received a potential $27 million task order from the U.S. Special Operations Command to provide non-recurring engineering services ahead of the production of Block 2 MH-47G helicopters. The Defense Department said Thursday that Boeing will use the funds to prepare for the manufacturing of MH-47G aircraft using reworked, recapped and salvaged contractor and government furnished components. […] More

  • NuRAN Subsidiary to Supply NAVAIR With Software-Base Radio Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NuRAN Subsidiary to Supply NAVAIR With Software-Base Radio Tech

    A NuRAN Wireless subsidiary has received a contract to provide a software-defined radio technology to a Naval Air Systems Command division that maintains a weapons development center of excellence for the U.S. Navy. Nutaq Innovations will deliver the PicoSDR 8×8 radio system to NAVAIR’s Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division in Point Mugu, California, NuRAN said Thursday. […] More

  • Air Force Picks Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney to Build Aircraft Secondary Power Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Picks Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney to Build Aircraft Secondary Power Systems

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded a potential $12 million contract to Honeywell International and a $15 million contract to United Technologies Corp.‘s Pratt & Whitney subsidiary to research, develop and engineer secondary power systems for multiple types of aircraft. Both contractors will support efforts of the Air Force and U.S. Navy to optimize the safety, reliability and maintainability of secondary […] More

  • KBR Unit Lands Army Aviation Program Support Task Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KBR Unit Lands Army Aviation Program Support Task Order

    KBR‘s government services arm has secured a three-year task order for programmatic support services to the U.S. Army‘s program executive office for aviation. The company said Thursday its KBRwyle business will help PEO Aviation research, develop and analyze critical milestone documents and other deliverables for cargo helicopter and fixed-wing project management offices. The order falls under the […] More

  • Datapipe to Provide Azure Support for Govt Clients Through Microsoft Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Datapipe to Provide Azure Support for Govt Clients Through Microsoft Partnership

    Datapipe has started to offer managed services to public-sector customers of the Microsoft-built Azure Government platform. Datapipe said Wednesday it can now sell integrated offerings, provide direct billing and and help customer agencies manage cloud environments through Microsoft’s Azure Government Cloud Solution Provider program. Tom Keane, general manager of Microsoft Azure Government, said the company aims to expand the […] More

  • VATC Installs Common Database Builder Tech at SOCOM, Govt Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VATC Installs Common Database Builder Tech at SOCOM, Govt Facilities

    Visual Awareness Technologies and Consulting has implemented a common database builder system at multiple facilities of the Special Operations Command and other government agencies. VATC said Wednesday the U.S. Air Force and Army will use the CDB Builder tool to conduct training and mission planning activities at various sites in Florida and Tennessee. Sara Moola, co-founder […] More