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  • DARPA, Industry Partners Test Chemical Warfare Agent Neutralization System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA, Industry Partners Test Chemical Warfare Agent Neutralization System

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has completed initial tests on a field-deployable system that combines technologies from the Southwest Research Institute and PyroGenesis Canada to neutralize chemical warfare agents. DARPA said Friday it tested SwRI’s soil-scrubbing technology alongside PyroGenesis’ Tactical Plasma Arc Chemical Warfare Agents Destruction System that works to collect and convert toxic CWA decomposition products into non-hazardous salts. The platform […] More

  • NASA Taps Lockheed Subsidiary for Commercial Payload Processing Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Taps Lockheed Subsidiary for Commercial Payload Processing Services

    A Lockheed Martin subsidiary has landed a potential five-year, $45 million contract to provide commercial payload processing services for the space agency’s missions that launch from the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. NASA said Friday that Lockheed’s Astrotech Space Operations business will support pre-launch processing of spacecraft and associated launch vehicle flight hardware for  […] More

  • Leonardo Subsidiary to Supply Electric Drive Systems for USCG Offshore Cutters - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo Subsidiary to Supply Electric Drive Systems for USCG Offshore Cutters

    A Leonardo subsidiary has received a $10.7 million contract from the Eastern Shipbuilding Group to supply nine hybrid electric drive systems for integration into the U.S. Coast Guard‘s future Offshore Patrol Cutters. Leonardo DRS will provide motor-based Auxiliary Propulsion Systems that work to boost the mission duration capacity of ships as well as help vessels reduce emissions, the company said Thursday. The system is designed to also provide emergency take-home […] More

  • Engility Eyes NASA Advanced Computing Services Contract; Lynn Dugle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility Eyes NASA Advanced Computing Services Contract; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Engility plans to leverage its high performance computing experience in the company’s pursuit of NASA‘s Advanced Computing Services contract. The company said Thursday its HPC team includes computational and supercomputing scientists who have previously helped the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration design and procure research and development HPC systems. NASA plans to issue a request for proposals on the Advanced Computing Services program that […] More

  • CH2M to Repair Navy, Marine Corps Facilities Under Contingency Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CH2M to Repair Navy, Marine Corps Facilities Under Contingency Contract

    CH2M has secured task order funds from the U.S. Navy to support repair efforts at the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany and at the Philadelphia Navy Yard under a previously awarded global contingency contract. The Defense Department said Wednesday CH2M will repair and demolish buildings at the Marine Corps Logistics Base in the aftermath of a natural disaster as well […] More

  • RMS Debuts Property Mgmt System on FedRAMP-Authorized Private Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    RMS Debuts Property Mgmt System on FedRAMP-Authorized Private Cloud

    RMS‘ North American subsidiary has introduced a property management system on a Project Hosts-built cloud platform that is certified under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. RMS – The Hospitality Cloud is now available to Defense Department and federal civilian clients via Project Hosts’ Federal Private Cloud, RMS said Wednesday. The system works to help customers manage real estate properties, reservations, dining […] More

  • NTT Group Launches Threat Intelligence Center to Help Address Global Security Challenges - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NTT Group Launches Threat Intelligence Center to Help Address Global Security Challenges

    NTT Group has established a Global Threat Intelligence Center in a push to increase coordination and collaboration of the company’s intelligence resources intended to help clients address security challenges worldwide. The company said Tuesday its security business aims to contextualize threat information as well as implement a unified threat intelligence approach through the center. GTIC is built to also support the collection, application and distribution of […] More

  • Crossmatch to Help IARPA Develop Presentation Attack Detection Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Crossmatch to Help IARPA Develop Presentation Attack Detection Tech

    Crossmatch has landed a $5.8 million contract from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop technologies that will work to detect spoofing attempts in biometric identification systems. The company said Wednesday IARPA’s Thor program will focus on the development of presentation attack detection platforms that can identify true biometric identities and mitigate potential deception. Bill McClurg, senior vice […] More

  • NASA, AWS Partner to Live-Stream Space Video in Ultra HD - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, AWS Partner to Live-Stream Space Video in Ultra HD

    NASA has partnered with Amazon Web Services to present a live feed from approximately 250 miles above Earth as part of a panel discussion that will be aired April 26 at the National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas, Variety reported Tuesday. Todd Spangler writes AWS will use its Elemental software, currently used on board the International Space […] More

  • Druva Cloud Data Protection Tech Gets FedRAMP 'In Process' Designation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Druva Cloud Data Protection Tech Gets FedRAMP ‘In Process’ Designation

    Druva‘s cloud-based data protection technology offering has received “in process” status under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The designation is for the Druva inSync platform and reflects the company’s commitment to meet federal government security requirements for data availability management and information governance across cloud applications, Druva said Tuesday. InSync is designed to support cloud application backup and archival, data compliance monitoring, […] More

  • Lockheed to Explore Multi-Domain C2 at Wargame Exercise - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Explore Multi-Domain C2 at Wargame Exercise

    Lockheed Martin will hold a three-day wargame exercise at its Center for Innovation in Suffolk, Virginia, to demonstrate how the operational integration of air, cyber and space domains can help boost command and control operations. The company said Tuesday it will examine potential gaps and synergies in air, cyber and space planning processes during the exercise as part of efforts to create strategies to […] More

  • DARPA Selects Raytheon BBN for Dispersed Computing Research Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Selects Raytheon BBN for Dispersed Computing Research Project

    Raytheon‘s BBN Technologies subsidiary has won a potential four-year, $10 million contract to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency develop software applications under DARPA’s Dispersed Computing program. The Defense Department said Tuesday that DCOMP program will explore software instantiations of algorithms and protocol stacks that can utilize dispersed computing platforms to increase the performance of networks and applications. DCOMP also […] More