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  • Cubic-Led Team to Continue Training Services at Air Force Expeditionary Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic-Led Team to Continue Training Services at Air Force Expeditionary Center

    A team comprising Cubic, Fae Vectus, Language Directions and Marton Technologies has received a $6.2 million follow-on contract to develop education and training requirements for the U.S. Air Force‘s adviser academic services program. Team Cubic will also continue to provide classroom and scenario-based training on core skills, language, region and culture at the Air Force Expeditionary Center at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey, Cubic […] More

  • Army Tests Ebola Vaccine Candidate With Yisheng Biopharma’s PIKA Adjuvant in Mice - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Tests Ebola Vaccine Candidate With Yisheng Biopharma’s PIKA Adjuvant in Mice

    The U.S. Army has begun preclinical trials of its vaccine candidate against Ebola virus in combination with the PIKA adjuvant platform developed by China-based Yisheng Biopharma. Study results show that mice that received a combination of the Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases’ virus-like particle-based vaccine and Yisheng’s PIKA adjuvant platform demonstrated 100 percent […] More

  • Oracle to Support White House's Wireless Networking Research Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oracle to Support White House’s Wireless Networking Research Project

    Oracle has joined a public-private research project introduced by the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy that seeks to examine the advantages and challenges of wireless networking. The company said Monday it will provide engineering and technology expertise as well as core network control, analytics and network orchestration tools to the Platforms Enabling Advanced Wireless Program. PAWR, led by the National Science Foundation, […] More

  • NASA, Sinclair College to Use UAS for Algae Bloom Study on Lake Erie - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Sinclair College to Use UAS for Algae Bloom Study on Lake Erie

    NASA‘s Glenn Research Center and Sinclair College’s national training and certification center for unmanned aircraft systems will conduct a study on the algae blooms on Lake Erie as part of their new Space Act Agreement. Sinclair said Wednesday it will work with NASA to perform UAS sensor integration tests and flight operations to study the effects of […] More

  • KBR Chosen for US, Australia Defense Support Services Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KBR Chosen for US, Australia Defense Support Services Contracts

    KBR has received a pair contract extensions of undisclosed terms for base operational support services from the U.S. Defense Department, as well as a five-year integrated support contractor services contract from the Australian defense department. The company said Monday the awards from DoD cover base operations and maintenance services to the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic in Djibouti and work to […] More

  • LGS Innovations to Update, Relocate US Army C41 Systems in South Korea - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LGS Innovations to Update, Relocate US Army C41 Systems in South Korea

    LGS Innovations has received a five-year contract from the U.S. Army to support the migration of assets from the service branch’s facilities across South Korea to U.S. Army Garrison-Humphreys. The company said Monday it will update and migrate the Army’s command, control, communications, computers and intelligence systems to a new network infrastructure at Camp Humphreys as part of the […] More

  • Jeff Kohler: Boeing in Talks With Japan for Potential Fighter Aircraft Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeff Kohler: Boeing in Talks With Japan for Potential Fighter Aircraft Development

    An official with Boeing said the company held talks with Japanese government representatives at the Farnborough International Airshow to propose a possible collaboration on the development of a fighter jet that would replace the country’s F2 planes, Nikkei Asian Review reported Saturday. Jeff Kohler, vice president of international business development at Boeing’s defense, space and security business, […] More

  • FLIR to Build Ship Imaging, Fire Control Sensors for Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FLIR to Build Ship Imaging, Fire Control Sensors for Navy

    FLIR Systems has been awarded a potential five-year, $13.3 million contract by the U.S. Navy to provide electro-optics sensors for integration with the military branch’s Sea Star Safire III and Brite Star II EOS systems. The Defense Department said Friday FLIR will also deliver spares as well as perform repair, training, data and technical support services under the firm-fixed-price contract. Work will occur […] More

  • BAE to Help US Air Force Develop Machine Learning Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Help US Air Force Develop Machine Learning Software

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary a three-year, $9.4 million contract to help the service branch develop, integrate and demonstrate a machine learning platform. BAE Systems Inc. will explore latest machine learning advancements to support the Air Force’s efforts to apply analytics to address space situational awareness challenges as well as leverage high-performance computing and […] More

  • Accenture, Air Force Unit Career Program Partner to Assist Job-Seeking Veterans - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture, Air Force Unit Career Program Partner to Assist Job-Seeking Veterans

    Accenture‘s federal services subsidiary has partnered with the 502d Air Base Wing’s Career Skills Program at Joint Base San Antonio to offer transition assistance for military servicemen that seek civilian employment. Accenture Federal Services said Friday it will provide apprenticeships, on-the-job training, job shadowing and employment skills training to service members to help them enter the civilian workforce. CSP […] More

  • Battelle Vet Robert Quinn Named SCRA Executive Director; Bill Blume Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle Vet Robert Quinn Named SCRA Executive Director; Bill Blume Comments

    Robert Quinn, managing director of technology commercialization and advisory services at Battelle subsidiary 360ip, will join South Carolina-based applied research company SCRA on Aug. 1 as executive director. He will bring his knowledge of the technology development, commercialization and transfer processes to his new position, SCRA said Friday. Quinn said he aims to help the state-chartered company drive innovation partnerships  between universities and private companies through […] More

  • Windtree Therapeutics Receives SBIR Grant for Aerosolized KL4 Surfactant Devt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Windtree Therapeutics Receives SBIR Grant for Aerosolized KL4 Surfactant Devt

    Windtree Therapeutics has received $1 million in federal funds to continue to develop an aerosolized KL4 surfactant as a potential drug to prevent radiation-induced lung injuries. The funds represent the third tranche of a $3 million Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant the U.S. government awarded to the biotechnology company, Windtree said Thursday. Windtree noted it […] More