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  • Tiag Obtains CMMI Level 3 Rating, ISO 9001:2015 Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tiag Obtains CMMI Level 3 Rating, ISO 9001:2015 Certification

    The Informatics Applications Group has obtained separate certifications for services and quality management systems from the CMMI Institute and the International Organization for Standardization. Tiag said Wednesday it received a Capability Maturity Model Integration Level 3 rating for services, validating that the company performs at a “defined” level based on its standards, procedures, processes, tools and methods. […] More

  • Harris to Help Modernize Asian Country's Military Comms Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Help Modernize Asian Country’s Military Comms Network

    Harris has been named the prime systems integrator for a project to update a military communications network of an undisclosed Asian country. The company said Wednesday it will replace the country’s disparate systems with military and commercial products that will compose an integrated platform compatible with Falcon III tactical radios. Falcon III is designed for military users […] More

  • Peraton Gets Navy Unexploded Ordnance Removal Support Contract; Gus Bontzos Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Peraton Gets Navy Unexploded Ordnance Removal Support Contract; Gus Bontzos Comments

    Peraton has received a potential five-year, $40.97 million contract to help the Department of the Navy identify, locate and remove unexploded underwater and ground ordnance. The contract has a one-year base term and four one-year options and covers support for the Navy’s explosive ordnance disposal program management office, Peraton said Wednesday. “Detecting, locating, removing or […] More

  • Mythic Raises $40M in Lockheed-Backed Funding Round for AI Chip Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mythic Raises $40M in Lockheed-Backed Funding Round for AI Chip Tech

    Artificial intelligence chip developer Mythic has obtained $40 million in series B financing round led by SoftBank Ventures and backed by Lockheed Martin’s venture capital arm, Data Collective, Lux Capital, DFJ, AME Cloud Ventures and Andy Bechtolsheim. Mythic said Wednesday it will use the investment to further develop a compute-in-memory technology designed to deliver the […] More

  • KBR to Help Naval Group Design Australian Submarine Construction Yard - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KBR to Help Naval Group Design Australian Submarine Construction Yard

    Naval Group has subcontracted KBR to support the concept design of a proposed shipyard for the Australian navy’s future class of submarines. KBR said Wednesday it will help Naval Group produce and deliver the concept design for a South Australian-based Future Submarine construction yard to the Australian government by July. Naval Group aims to build the facility at Osborne […] More

  • DynCorp Reports 2017 Earnings, Displaying Strong Year-Over-Year Revenue and Income Increase - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DynCorp Reports 2017 Earnings, Displaying Strong Year-Over-Year Revenue and Income Increase

    DynCorp International announced Wednesday 2017 fourth quarter earnings and full year financial results. Revenue in Q4 climbed to $567.3 million, with an adjusted EBIDTA of $38.6 million for the period, as compared to Q4 2016 revenue of $461.8 million. Full year 2017 revenue reached $2 billion, with the company handling a total backlog of $4.2 […] More

  • IARPA Taps 4 Industry Teams for User Environment Security Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IARPA Taps 4 Industry Teams for User Environment Security Project

    The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has selected four companies to develop technology platforms to help protect computers from cloud security threats. Raytheon‘s BBN Technologies business, Next Century, Siege Technologies and Star Labs will lead performance teams under IARPA’s Virtuous User Environment project, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said Tuesday. VirtUE seeks a user environment […] More

  • PARC, University of Wisconsin Partner to Develop AI-Based Design Automation Tool for DARPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PARC, University of Wisconsin Partner to Develop AI-Based Design Automation Tool for DARPA

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected a team of Xerox‘s PARC subsidiary and the University of Wisconsin-Madison to create artificial intelligence software that would automate design of complex mechanical systems. Xerox said Tuesday PARC and UW-Madison will collaborate to develop the Design by Function-sharing thrOugh Compositional qUalitative Synthesis platform through DARPA’s  Disruptioneering program. D-FOCUS will serve as a mathematical framework […] More

  • Report: Army Expects Oshkosh to Deliver New Medium Tactical Vehicles by 2021 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Army Expects Oshkosh to Deliver New Medium Tactical Vehicles by 2021

    The U.S. Army expects its future Oshkosh-built medium tactical vehicles to complete development by the second quarter of 2021, National Defense reported Wednesday. Alvin Bing, product director of the Army’s medium tactical vehicles program, told the publication that Oshkosh will initially produce 41 copies of the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles A2 variant and four trailers […] More

  • TSA Taps McAfee for Cyber Threat Response Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TSA Taps McAfee for Cyber Threat Response Support

    McAfee has received a contract to provide cyber threat response software assets to support the U.S. Transportation Security Administration. The company said Tuesday the software will make use of the Data Exchange Layer messaging fabric and OpenDXL initiative to deliver communications across 70 different security platforms. Under the contract, McAfee will deliver the following platforms: Endpoint Security, Active Response, Server […] More

  • Dynetics-Led Team Passes Preliminary Design Review of SLS Rocket Universal Stage Adapter - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dynetics-Led Team Passes Preliminary Design Review of SLS Rocket Universal Stage Adapter

    Dynetics and its industry partners have cleared a preliminary design review of a Universal Stage Adapter that will work to support cargo transportation aboard NASA‘s Space Launch System rocket. The USA will be used to carry cargo during the first crewed flight of SLS and the Orion spacecraft, dubbed Exploration Mission-2, which is scheduled for launch by […] More

  • Boeing to Open New Research Center in South Korea - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Open New Research Center in South Korea

    Boeing is in talks with the South Korean government on the company’s plan to build a new research center in the East Asian country. The research center will support the development of technologies that can be integrated into future aerospace products such as autonomy, artificial intelligence, avionics, analytics, smart cabin and smart factory, Boeing said Wednesday. […] More