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  • Kratos Opens Tactical/Target UAS Facility in Australia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Opens Tactical/Target UAS Facility in Australia

    Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has established a facility in New South Wales, Australia, that will offer target/tactical autonomous drones and range support systems to defense clients in the country. The company said Thursday it opened the NSW office as its partner Air Affairs Australia expanded operations with a new facility and relocated headquarters. Eric DeMarco, president and […] More

  • Australia’s Request for $148M in M795 Howitzer Ammo Gets State Dept Approval - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Australia’s Request for $148M in M795 Howitzer Ammo Gets State Dept Approval

    The State Department has approved Australia’s request to buy M795 155mm high-explosive projectiles from the U.S. government under a potential $148 million foreign military sales transaction. Australia plans to use the howitzer ammunition to build up homeland defense capability, deter regional threats and meet its operational readiness training needs, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday. […] More

  • NASA May Add Crew Member to Boeing’s Manned Flight Test Under Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA May Add Crew Member to Boeing’s Manned Flight Test Under Contract Modification

    NASA has modified its contract with Boeing for the transportation of astronauts to and from the International Space Station in a move that could potentially extend crewed flight test to up to six months and add a third crew member to the test flight. The agency said Friday the revised Commercial Crew Transportation Capability contract […] More

  • NT Concepts to Deliver Veritone AI Platform to Federal Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NT Concepts to Deliver Veritone AI Platform to Federal Clients

    NT Concepts has teamed up with artificial intelligence systems provider Veritone to facilitate the delivery of the latter company’s AI platform to federal agency clients. Veritone’s aiWARE works to help analysts expedite the analysis of large data workloads and streamline file processing through an ecosystem of cognitive engines, NT Concepts said Monday. The platform is […] More

  • ICF Gets GSA Contracts to Help Establish Customer Experience, Analytics CoEs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF Gets GSA Contracts to Help Establish Customer Experience, Analytics CoEs

    ICF has received a pair of multimillion dollar contracts from the General Services Administration to help the US. government establish two centers of excellence that will focus on service delivery analytics and customer experience. Both projects are part of the White House’s Information Technology Modernization Plan and each contract has one base year plus two option years, ICF said Wednesday. “We’re thrilled […] More

  • Mercury Systems Facilities Earn Aerospace Standard Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mercury Systems Facilities Earn Aerospace Standard Certification

    Mercury Systems has received the International Aerospace Quality Group certification for quality management at its facilities in Alabama, California, Indiana and Switzerland. The company said Thursday the Aerospace Standard 9100D certification adds to the  AS9100C and/or ISO 9001 designations given to its other sites. Dean Holman, senior director for global mission assurance at Mercury Systems, said the company […] More

  • Air Force, HRL Laboratories Partner to Test 3D-Printed Materials for Hypersonic Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force, HRL Laboratories Partner to Test 3D-Printed Materials for Hypersonic Aircraft

    The U.S. Air Force and HRL Laboratories have entered an agreement to test materials produced through additive manufacturing, or three-dimensional printing, for potential future use in hypersonic aircraft. Scientists from the Air Force Research Laboratory tested silicon oxycarbide materials that HRL manufactured using 3D printing technology and pre-ceramic resin chemistry, the Defense Logistics Agency said Wednesday. The Cooperative Research […] More

  • Orbital ATK Demos Rocket Motor Orion Spacecraft's 2019 Launch Abort System Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Demos Rocket Motor Orion Spacecraft’s 2019 Launch Abort System Test

    Orbital ATK has tested a rocket motor technology at its Promontory, Utah, facility in preparation for a scheduled April 2019 test of a spacecraft system designed to keep astronauts safe if a problem occurs during ascent. NASA and Lockheed Martin intend to use an SR 118 motor for the Ascent Abort 2 Flight Test that will evaluate the Orion capsule’s launch […] More

  • DARPA Taps Tortuga Logic to Develop Hardware Security Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps Tortuga Logic to Develop Hardware Security Tools

    Tortuga Logic has received a contract to develop new hardware security tools for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The effort will make use of Tortuga’s hardware security models which will then be integrated with commercial emulation systems, the company said Wednesday. The project seeks to support hardware designers in identifying security vulnerabilities needed for chip fabrication. Participants of […] More

  • Report: Boeing to Kick Off Navy Super Hornet Service Life Extension Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Boeing to Kick Off Navy Super Hornet Service Life Extension Program

    Boeing will begin an effort to extend the service life of the U.S. Navy‘s fleet of F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter aircraft after the first plane arrives this week, Defense News reported Wednesday. Dan Gillian, program manager for Boeing’s Super Hornet and Growler aircraft, told Defense News that the 10-year program is meant to increase the service […] More

  • SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft Reaches ISS for 14th Cargo Delivery Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft Reaches ISS for 14th Cargo Delivery Mission

    A SpaceX-built Dragon spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday to deliver 5,800 pounds of crew supplies and scientific experiments, Space.com reported Wednesday. Astronauts aboard ISS used the Canadarm2 robotic arm to capture Dragon at 6:40 a.m. Eastern time. On Monday, SpaceX launched the capsule atop the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in […] More

  • Army Launches Northrop-Built WGS Satcom Training System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Launches Northrop-Built WGS Satcom Training System

    The U.S. Army has unveiled a Northrop Grumman-built training system designed to educate soldiers on the management and operations of the Wideband Global SATCOM satellite communications program. Northrop said Wednesday the Wideband Training and Certification System is accessible on workstations at the Army Cyber Center of Excellence in Fort Gordon, Georgia. WTCS graduates will be assigned to […] More