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  • NASA Tests Mars Rover Navigation System Aboard Masten Space Systems-Built Rocket - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Tests Mars Rover Navigation System Aboard Masten Space Systems-Built Rocket

    NASA has tested the future Mars rover’s camera-based navigation system aboard a rocket-powered test platform built by Masten Space Systems. The agency said Tuesday Xombie carried a prototype of the Mars 2020 rover’s Lander Vision System 1,066 feet into the air to perform a precise landing at a predesignated target. LVS works to direct a spacecraft to land at a target site or divert […] More

  • Drone Aviation Gets US Patent for Electric Tethered Platform for UAS; Jay Nussbaum Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Drone Aviation Gets US Patent for Electric Tethered Platform for UAS; Jay Nussbaum Comments

    Drone Aviation has obtained a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its electric tethered technology designed for use with its unmanned aerial systems. The company said Wednesday the Electric Tethered Aerial Platform serves as the core system for its WATT and BOLT tethered UAS. Jay Nussbaum, chairman and CEO of Drone Aviation, said […] More

  • Janus Global Operations Supports JDR Energy Personnel in Libya; Jason Woods Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Janus Global Operations Supports JDR Energy Personnel in Libya; Jason Woods Comments

    Janus Global Operations has provided JDR Energy employees in Libya and in other unstable areas worldwide with security support services to help the latter’s personnel operate and work in areas that face factional and political instability. JGO said Thursday its support group in Libya includes a management team based in Tripoli and functioning operations center that offers security risk management services […] More

  • Dennis Muilenburg: Boeing Eyes Space Tourism, Plans to Send 1st Human to Mars - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dennis Muilenburg: Boeing Eyes Space Tourism, Plans to Send 1st Human to Mars

    Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg has said the Chicago-based aerospace company plans to land the first human on Mars and that he expects space tourism to develop into a “viable commercial market” over the next 20 years, Bloomberg Technology reported Tuesday. “I’m convinced the first person to step foot on Mars will arrive there riding a Boeing […] More

  • PAE, Vectrus Subsidiary Form JV to Pursue Army Logistics Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PAE, Vectrus Subsidiary Form JV to Pursue Army Logistics Support Contract

    PAE and Vectrus‘ Vectrus Systems Corporation subsidiary have formed a joint venture to bid for the U.S. Army‘s Logistics Civil Augmentation Program V contract vehicle. PAE said Tuesday Scott Welker, former deputy commander of the U.S. Army‘s Joint Munitions Command, will lead the PAE Vectrus JV as president. Welker said the PAE Vectrus team offers experience in international contingency mission support with operations on all continents. […] More

  • DARPA, Air Force Tap PAR Technology Subsidiary for Media Forensics R&D Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA, Air Force Tap PAR Technology Subsidiary for Media Forensics R&D Contract

    The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have awarded a $7.2 million contract to a PAR Technology subsidiary to develop digital media forensics technology. PAR Government Systems will apply its experience in image and video processing, cloud computing, data analytics and digital media forensics to support DARPA’s Media Forensics research-and-development program, the company said Tuesday. Matt […] More

  • Germany Eyes Lockheed Martin Military Transport Plane Purchase - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Germany Eyes Lockheed Martin Military Transport Plane Purchase

    Germany has announced plans to procure between four and six Lockheed Martin-built transport planes following delays in the delivery of the Airbus Group-built A400M military cargo aircraft, Marketwatch reported Tuesday. Robert Wall writes Ursula von der Leyern, Germany’s defense minister, has signed a declaration of intent to acquire the Lockheed C-130J transport planes under the same pool of aircraft that […] More

  • Raytheon, Norway's Military Conduct Flight Test on New AMRAAM Variant; Taylor Lawrence Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Norway’s Military Conduct Flight Test on New AMRAAM Variant; Taylor Lawrence Comments

    Raytheon has completed a flight test on the newest variant of the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System surface-based system Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile that features an enlarged motor to expand the NASAMS engagement envelope. Raytheon said Tuesday the AMRAAM-Extended Range missile launched from a NASAMS launcher to engage and destroy a target drone at a flight test […] More

  • CyrusOne Constructs Data Hall to Expand Phoenix Data Center; John Hatem Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CyrusOne Constructs Data Hall to Expand Phoenix Data Center; John Hatem Comments

    Carrollton, Texas-based data center builder CyrusOne will construct  a new data hall at the company’s Phoenix campus in an effort to add 32,000 additional colocation square feet and six megawatts of power. CyrusOne said Tuesday its Phoenix data centers work with cloud, internet and other companies that seek infrastructure to support applications and want to relocate in the area for […] More

  • NASA Sets Oct. 13 Launch for Sixth Orbital ATK Cargo Delivery Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Sets Oct. 13 Launch for Sixth Orbital ATK Cargo Delivery Mission

    NASA has scheduled Oct. 13 as the date it aims to launch an Orbital ATK-built Cygnus spacecraft on a mission to deliver more than 5,100 pounds of crew supplies and research equipment to the International Space Station. Officials from both NASA and Orbital ATK plan to roll out Cygnus to a launch pad at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia by Oct. […] More

  • BAE Introduces New Fighting Vehicle and Wearable Tech Offerings - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Introduces New Fighting Vehicle and Wearable Tech Offerings

    The U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems has debuted a new concept fighting vehicle and a wearable technology at the ongoing Association of the U.S. Army meeting in Washington. BAE Systems Inc. said Monday its Next Generation Bradley Fighting Vehicle demonstrator includes a new chassis designed for underbelly protection, fuel and ordnance compartmentation and force protection. “We’re focused on integrating current, emerging, and future technologies to […] More

  • White House Science Office Seeks Input on Increased Data Portability - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    White House Science Office Seeks Input on Increased Data Portability

    The White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy has released a request for information in search of ideas on how it can understand potential advantages and disadvantages of data portability. Alexander Macgillivray, OSTP’s deputy chief technology officer, and Council of Economic Advisers member Jay Shambaugh wrote in a blog post published Friday that the move aims to […] More