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  • Georgia Tech, ONR Develop AI Software for Robots; Marc Steinberg Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Georgia Tech, ONR Develop AI Software for Robots; Marc Steinberg Comments

    Researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology and the Office of Naval Research have developed an artificial intelligence software program the team designed to serve as a “human user manual” for robots. The U.S. Navy said Thursday Quixote will be used to teach robots how to read stories, learn acceptable behavior and ways to conduct itself in […] More

  • FDA OKs Emergency Use of Hologic's Zika Virus Diagnostic Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FDA OKs Emergency Use of Hologic’s Zika Virus Diagnostic Tool

    Massachusetts-based medical technology developer Hologic has received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for a device the company developed to help clinicians detect Zika virus infections. Hologic said Friday its Aptima molecular diagnostic assay is designed for qualitative detection of ribonucleic acid from the mosquito-borne virus in human blood samples. The assay is based on the company’s Panther system that works to […] More

  • Evoqua to Help Navy Install Wastewater Treatment System at Jacksonville NAS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Evoqua to Help Navy Install Wastewater Treatment System at Jacksonville NAS

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Evoqua Water Technologies a five-year contract to provide wastewater treatment services to a naval air station located in Jacksonville, Florida. Evoqua will provide its Wastewater Ion Exchange technology for the service branch to  clean inorganic and metal compounds in industrial wastewater at Jacksonville Naval Air Station, the company said Friday. The company also aims to help the Navy comply with […] More

  • Calibre Enters Partnership With Triple-i for Veterans Affairs IT Services IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Calibre Enters Partnership With Triple-i for Veterans Affairs IT Services IDIQ

    Calibre has partnered with Information Innovators Inc. to offer a range of information technology and project management services under the Department of Veteran Affairs‘ Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation contract vehicle. Alexandria, Virginia-based Calibre said Friday it will work to support Triple-i’s position as a prime contractor for the VA’s T4NG vehicle that covers work in areas […] More

  • OGSystems Unveils 'Immersive Engineering' Service at GEOINT Symposium - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OGSystems Unveils ‘Immersive Engineering’ Service at GEOINT Symposium

    OGSystems conducted a mind mapping data collection exercise with a focus on the evolution of geospatial intelligence to unveil its new Immersive Engineering service at the May 2016 GEOINT Symposium in Orlando, Florida. Immersive Engineering works to integrate integrate commercial sector techniques with the attributes of Lean Startup, Visioneering, Scaled Agile Framework enterprise (SAFe) and human-centered design approaches, OGSystems said Friday. Omar […] More

  • Moov Registers as Official Govt Contractor, to Offer Agencies Patented Wearable Fitness Device - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Moov Registers as Official Govt Contractor, to Offer Agencies Patented Wearable Fitness Device

    Mountain View, California-based consumer electronics company Moov has registered to become an official government contractor and will offer the company’s patented wearable fitness device in the public sector. The company said Friday its Moov device is built to coach users in running, cycling, swimming and cardio boxing exercises plus a 7-minute body weight circuit workout. “Having worked with the [Army Reserves], professional […] More

  • OPM Seeks Small Biz Partner to Support Federal Disability Recruitment Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OPM Seeks Small Biz Partner to Support Federal Disability Recruitment Initiative

    The Office of Personnel Management seeks a small business that can help federal agencies  to recruit people with disabilities for government job opportunities. In a FedBizOpps solicitation posted Wednesday, OPM said it plans to award a potential three-year blanket purchase agreement for support services to the agency’s Disability Recruitment Initiative. The selected contractor will use government’s Schedule A Hiring Authority to find eligible disabled individuals for […] More

  • DARPA Solicits Research Proposals for Space Command & Control Software Testbed Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Solicits Research Proposals for Space Command & Control Software Testbed Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked industry to submit research proposals for the Software Testbed part of the Hallmark program that seeks to develop new technology platforms for U.S. space command and control. DARPA said in a broad agency announcement published Friday on FedBizOpps the Hallmark-ST effort aims to design, build and maintain an enterprise software […] More

  • Palo Alto Networks: Sofacy Hacking Group's Phishing Scam Targets US Govt Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Palo Alto Networks: Sofacy Hacking Group’s Phishing Scam Targets US Govt Sector

    A threat intelligence team at Palo Alto Networks has found that a cyber espionage group has launched a new spear phishing attack against the U.S. government. The company said Tuesday its Unit 42 discovered that the Sofacy threat group, also called APT28, used a compromised email account linked to a foreign affairs ministry of another country […] More

  • Louis Berger Elects Ernest Portfors as New Board Chairman - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Louis Berger Elects Ernest Portfors as New Board Chairman

    Ernest Portfors, former Klohn Crippen Berger chairman and eight-year member of Louis Berger‘s board of directors, has been elected as the latter’s chairman following the retirement of Nicholas Masucci. Portfors has been part of Louis Berger’s board of directors since 2008 and is also a member of the audit committee, where he oversaw the company’s modernization and reform […] More

  • Noblis Ranks 5th in Washington Post's Top Workplaces List; Jean Cain Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Noblis Ranks 5th in Washington Post’s Top Workplaces List; Jean Cain Comments

    Noblis has landed the fifth spot on the Washington Post’s annual list of the metropolitan region’s “Top Workplaces” that represents the nonprofit organization’s third consecutive selections. The science, technology and strategy services provider said Friday Workplace Dynamics gathered employee feedback from companies with a presence in the greater Washington, D.C. area to support the Post’s list. “Being recognized as a […] More

  • Kelly Bissell Joins Accenture Subsidiary as Global Managing Director; Omar Abbosh Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kelly Bissell Joins Accenture Subsidiary as Global Managing Director; Omar Abbosh Comments

    Kelly Bissell, former Deloitte cyber risk services lead for Europe, Middle East and Africa, has joined Accenture as global managing director of the latter firm’s Accenture Security subsidiary. Accenture said Monday Bissell, who was hired in June, holds 25 years of security industry experience in breach incident response, identity management, privacy and data protection, secure software development and cyber risk […] More