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  • 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

  • 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

  • GSA Seeks Info on Potential Cloud-Based SaaS Collaboration Platform Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Seeks Info on Potential Cloud-Based SaaS Collaboration Platform Sources

    The General Services Administration has sought information on potential vendors that can provide a cloud-based, software-as-a-service platform designed to facilitate collaboration among individuals and teams within the agency. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday says GSA is looking for an enterprisewide collaboration tool that adopts transport layer security protocols with encryption and two-factor authentication methods. The […] 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

  • ViON to Provide Storage, Back-Up Systems to University of Wisconsin; Tom Frana Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ViON to Provide Storage, Back-Up Systems to University of Wisconsin; Tom Frana Comments

    The University of Wisconsin has selected ViON to help the UW system’s chief information officers implement storage and back-up platforms to support their information technology projects. ViON said Thursday it will supply the company’s switches, tapes and tape libraries to UW’s 26 campuses worldwide along with storage systems from Oracle, Fujitsu and Hitachi. Tom Frana, CEO and […] More

  • DoD Selects 11 Scientists, Engineers for 2018 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship Class - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Selects 11 Scientists, Engineers for 2018 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship Class

    The Defense Department has chosen 11 scientists and engineers to conduct foundational research through the 2018 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship program. They will join 45 current VBFF members who support studies in areas such as quantum information science, neuroscience, engineered materials, nanoscience, statistics and applied mathematics, DoD said Thursday. The Basic Research Office at the Pentagon’s Office of the Under Secretary of […] More

  • Air Force Research Lab Vet Matthew Clark Joins Galois as Principal Scientist - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Research Lab Vet Matthew Clark Joins Galois as Principal Scientist

    Matthew Clark, former lead of autonomous manned-unmanned teaming at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s aerospace systems directorate, has been named as a principal scientist at technology company Galois. Galois said Wednesday Clark plans to focus on cyber-physical system design and assurance efforts in his new position. He previously supervised autonomous controls branch within AFRL’s power and control division, […] More

  • CA Technologies Joins INCITS Executive Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CA Technologies Joins INCITS Executive Board

    CA Technologies has become a member of the executive board at the InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards. INCITS’ executive board works to develop standards for emerging technology such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, cybersecurity and internet of things, CA said Thursday. The board also creates technology standards on storage, processing, transfer, display, retrieval and the management […] More

  • Sikorsky Initiates Promo Tour for Black Hawk Firefighting Capability in Latin America - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky Initiates Promo Tour for Black Hawk Firefighting Capability in Latin America

    Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky has initiated a two-month tour around Latin America to showcase the aerial firefighting capability integrated on its Black Hawk helicopter to existing and future customers in the region. Lockheed Martin said Wednesday Sikorsky’s Firehawk Aerial Firefighting Mission Package includes a 3,785-liter water tank and an extended main landing gear, as well […] 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