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  • Air Force Accepts STEM Scholarship Applications for 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Accepts STEM Scholarship Applications for 2018

    The U.S. Air Force is accepting scholarship applications from students who aim to pursue a science, technology, engineering and math degree. The military service said Monday it offers between $25,000 and $38,000 a year to help students major in one of the 19 STEM disciplines through the branch’s Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation Scholarship for Service […] More

  • Tech Industry Vet Andy Meister Appointed Silent Circle Engineering VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tech Industry Vet Andy Meister Appointed Silent Circle Engineering VP

    Andy Meister, formerly vice president of engineering at OptioLabs, has been appointed to the same position at security technology developer Silent Circle. He brings more than 30 years of software development, mobile, entrepreneurial and management experience and he aims to help expand the company’s technology portfolio in his new role, Silent Circle said Tuesday. Gregg Smith, CEO of Silent […] More

  • Battelle Receives R&D 100 Awards for Pipeline Analysis Tool, Coal Liquefaction Method - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle Receives R&D 100 Awards for Pipeline Analysis Tool, Coal Liquefaction Method

    Battelle has landed two awards from R&D Magazine for the nonprofit company’s software platform that works to analyze pipeline condition and method to convert coal into synthetic crude. The company said Tuesday its PipeAssess PI software and coal-to-liquids process won R&D Awards, while its partnership with the Ohio Soybean Council, Redwood Innovations and  Kentucky State University received special recognition for the EnzoMeal […] More

  • SPH Engineering Debuts Centralized Drone Management System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SPH Engineering Debuts Centralized Drone Management System

    SPH Engineering has unveiled a centralized drone management system that is designed to support law enforcement, firefighter, search-and-rescue and security service command centers in surveillance and first response missions. The Universal Ground Control Software aims to provide real-time in-field drone position mapping and live video streaming capability, SPH’s UgCS team said Thursday. UgCS works to allow command […] More

  • DoD's Innovation Unit Taps ICEYE for Earth Observation Data Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD’s Innovation Unit Taps ICEYE for Earth Observation Data Support

    ICEYE‘s U.S. subsidiary has secured a contract to provide Earth observation data support services to the Defense Department‘s innovation unit. Mike Lyons, CEO of ICEYE U.S., said in a statement published Monday the company aims to help the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental address national security challenges through the use of data. ICEEYE is headquartered in Espoo, […] More

  • Lockheed Subcontracts CAE USA for C-130J Weapons Systems Trainer Devt Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Subcontracts CAE USA for C-130J Weapons Systems Trainer Devt Support

    CAE’s U.S. subsidiary has received subcontracts to support Lockheed Martin in the design and production of C-130J weapons systems trainers for deployment to multiple U.S. air bases in 2020 and 2021. CAE USA will help build six C-130J WSTs for the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard  through orders booked during CAE’s fiscal 2018 second quarter, […] More

  • BAE Rebrands Saudi Arabia-Based US Office to Bolster Local Industrial Partnerships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Rebrands Saudi Arabia-Based US Office to Bolster Local Industrial Partnerships

    BAE Systems has rebranded its Saudi Arabia-based U.S. office in an effort to boost industrial partnerships within the region, Arab News reported Tuesday. The company’s former Land Services Arabia unit was renamed BAE Systems Saudi America to represent the organization’s delivery of in-country services and collaboration with customers and partners from Saudi. The report noted the […] More

  • AWD Alliance Commences Sea Trials of Australia's 2nd Hobart-Class Destroyer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWD Alliance Commences Sea Trials of Australia’s 2nd Hobart-Class Destroyer

    A consortium of ASC, Navantia, Raytheonand Australia’s defense department has kicked off sea trials of a second Air Warfare Destroyer ship built for the Australian navy. AWD Alliance said Tuesday it will test the NUSHIP Brisbane ship’s maneuvering, control, navigation and propulsion systems in the coming weeks. The group plans to demonstrate combat and communications systems of the Hobart-class destroyer […] More

  • FedRAMP Board Issues Provisional ATO to 20 AWS Cloud Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FedRAMP Board Issues Provisional ATO to 20 AWS Cloud Services

    Amazon Web Services has obtained provisional Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification from the FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board to offer 20 cloud services to government agencies. AWS said Monday the new provisional authority-to-operate at the “Moderate” baseline will centralize the maintenance for the P-ATO of 10 AWS services that are previously authorized and add 10 new […] More

  • Booz Allen-NVIDIA Team to Develop AI Training Program for Federal Employees - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen-NVIDIA Team to Develop AI Training Program for Federal Employees

    Booz Allen Hamilton will team up with NVIDIA to establish a hands-on training program designed to help federal employees hone their artificial intelligence skills, Nextgov reported Monday. The NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute and Booz Allen team aims to launch the program in early 2018 to help employees understand the basics of emerging technologies and create […] More

  • Northrop to Help Operate Army Training Centers Under IDIQ Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Help Operate Army Training Centers Under IDIQ Contract

    Northrop Grumman has been selected to compete for more than $500 million in task orders to support U.S. Army training centers nationwide under a multiple-award,  indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The company said Monday it aims to help the Army create simulation and gaming exercises in virtual and constructive environments through the Mission Training Complex Capabilities Support contract. Work will also […] More

  • Lockheed Facilitates Talks on Australian Space Agency Establishment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Facilitates Talks on Australian Space Agency Establishment

    Lockheed Martin hosted a forum in Canberra, Australia on Monday to discuss the Australian government’s plan to form a national space agency. The event titled “Securing Australia’s Space Industry Forum 2017” involved discussions on key opportunities and challenges facing the establishment of an Australian space agency, Lockheed said Monday. “It is critical that Australian industry, government […] More