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  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Test Fires RS-25 Engine for NASA Exploration Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Test Fires RS-25 Engine for NASA Exploration Mission

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has tested an engine for NASA‘s second exploration mission at the space agency’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The RS-25 engine, dubbed as E2063, was fired up for 500 seconds in a move to evaluate the system’s capacity to support the EM-2 exploration mission, Aerojet Rocketdyne said Thursday. RS-25 engines will continuously fire […] More

  • Qualcomm-SenseTime Team to Create AI, Machine Learning Services for Mobile, IoT Products - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Qualcomm-SenseTime Team to Create AI, Machine Learning Services for Mobile, IoT Products

    Qualcomm and SenseTime Group have teamed up to develop artificial intelligence and machine learning features for future mobile and internet of things products. The partnership looks to develop and foster the use of on-device AI through vision and camera-based image processing systems designed to deliver advanced heterogeneous computing services, Qualcomm said Thursday. “We look forward […] More

  • Navy, General Dynamics to Christen 2nd Expeditionary Sea Base Vessel - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy, General Dynamics to Christen 2nd Expeditionary Sea Base Vessel

    The U.S. Navy and General Dynamics’ NASSCO subsidiary will christen the military branch’s second expeditionary sea base vessel Saturday at a company shipyard in San Diego. Maj. Gen. Eric M. Smith, commanding general of the 1st Marine Division, will be the principal speaker at the christening ceremony for the future USNS Hershel “Woody” Williams the Navy said Thursday. The ship, dubbed ESB […] More

  • HumanTouch Earns ISO Quality Mgmt Recertification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HumanTouch Earns ISO Quality Mgmt Recertification

    The International Organization for Standardization has recertified HumanTouch for maintaining the information technology services contractor’s quality management practices. HumanTouch said Wednesday it obtained ISO 9001:2015 recertification following completion of third-party independent audit process. The certification requires companies to ensure their employees are familiar with quality management systems designed to increase work efficiency HumanTouch CEO Moe Jafari said the company also […] More

  • Boeing Invests in Near Earth Autonomy to Support Unmanned Tech Devt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Invests in Near Earth Autonomy to Support Unmanned Tech Devt

    Boeing has invested in Near Earth Autonomy to help the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based company further develop autonomous platforms for aerial and ground vehicles. Boeing said Thursday it made the investment through its ventures arm HorizonX and partnered with Near Earth Autonomy to explore new unmanned platforms for use in urban mobility and other emerging market applications. […] More

  • Lockheed to Perform AESA Radar Prototype Tech Maturation Work Under Army LTAMDS Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Perform AESA Radar Prototype Tech Maturation Work Under Army LTAMDS Program

    Lockheed Martin has received a contract from a Defense Department consortium to perform technology maturation work on its radar prototype as part of the U.S. Army’s Lower Tier Air & Missile Defense Sensor program. Mark Mekker, director of next generation radar systems at Lockheed, said in a statement published Thursday the company will leverage its experience […] More

  • Navy, Coast Guard Issue Polar Icebreaker Design, Construction Draft RFP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy, Coast Guard Issue Polar Icebreaker Design, Construction Draft RFP

    The U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard have released a draft request for proposals for an upcoming project to design and build up to three heavy polar icebreakers. The Naval Sea Systems Command said Thursday USCG needs modern HPIBs in order to maintain access in both Polar regions and address national security, commercial, economic and maritime requirements. The […] More

  • SpaceX Gets USAF Contract Modification to Continue Rocket Engine Tech Devt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX Gets USAF Contract Modification to Continue Rocket Engine Tech Devt

    Space Exploration Technologies has received a $40.8 million contract modification to further develop a rocket propulsion system prototype for the U.S. Air Force‘s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program. The Defense Department said Thursday SpaceX will continue development of the Raptor engine technology through April 30, 2018, under the modification. USAF awarded the company a $61.4 million “other transaction” agreement last year […] More

  • Torch Technologies Wins $86M MDA Contract to Produce Digital Missile Target Models - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Torch Technologies Wins $86M MDA Contract to Produce Digital Missile Target Models

    Torch Technologies has won a potential five-year, $86.2 million contract to create  digital representations of adversary missiles and flight test targets for the Missile Defense Agency. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will model various targets that are common across Ballistic Missile Defense System programs to aid development, testing and assessment activities. Torch Technologies will also […] More

  • Keoki Jackson Outlines Lockheed's Tech Investment Plans - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Keoki Jackson Outlines Lockheed’s Tech Investment Plans

    Keoki Jackson, chief technology officer at Lockheed Martin, has outlined technology areas where Lockheed plans to invest over the next two to three decades during an Oct. 11 roundtable, C4ISRNET reported Thursday. Jackson said the technologies are classified into three categories, including the strategic technology thread areas that cover “anything Lockheed Martin will do… whether from undersea […] More

  • Resource Management Concepts to Support Naval Air Warfare Center's Simulation Lab Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Resource Management Concepts to Support Naval Air Warfare Center’s Simulation Lab Operations

    Resource Management Concepts Inc. has won a potential $40 million contract from the U.S. Navy to support laboratory operations and maintenance efforts of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s simulation unit. RMC will also provide information technology services to the AIR-5.4.3 simulation division under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Thursday. The company will perform work through November […] More

  • IAI-Hankuk JV to Offer UAVs in South Korea - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IAI-Hankuk JV to Offer UAVs in South Korea

    Israel Aerospace Industries and South Korea-based composites manufacturing firm Hankuk Carbon have formed a joint venture with the goal to develop and produce unmanned aerial vehicles. Korea Aviation Technologies will specifically offer vertical takeoff-and-landing UAVs to the South Korean military and civilian sectors, IAI said Tuesday. KAT aims to build platforms with a maximum take-off weight of 600 […] More