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  • Ensco's Scott Goldstein Talks Evolving National Security Risks in Interview - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ensco’s Scott Goldstein Talks Evolving National Security Risks in Interview

    Scott Goldstein, chief strategy and technology officer at Ensco, has highlighted in an interview what he describes as unprecedented risks to national security from emerging threats such as weapons of mass destruction, chemical and biological agents and explosive devices. Goldstein said in the interview for the Worldwide Business with Kathy Ireland show that those threats continue to […] More

  • Mission Ready Services Completes Body Armor Project for Marines; Francisco Martinez Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mission Ready Services Completes Body Armor Project for Marines; Francisco Martinez Comments

    Mission Ready Services has completed development of a body armor for the U.S. Marine Corps under a contract with the Marine Corps Systems Command. The company said Tuesday that Francisco Martinez, chief technical officer of Mission Ready Services’ Protect The Force subsidiary, led the two-year Marines Next Generation Body Armor project that was funded through the Office of Naval Research’s Rapid Innovation Fund. […] More

  • Raytheon, U-Mass Center Receive Flexible Electronics Manufacturing Grant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, U-Mass Center Receive Flexible Electronics Manufacturing Grant

    Raytheon and the University of Massachusetts’ Lowell Nanomanufacturing Center have received a $1.9 million grant to further develop a flexible electronics manufacturing process, The Lowell Sun reported Tuesday. The project’s funding comes from the NextFlex grant with the goal to advance the way printed, conformal radio-frequency electronics are manufactured, according to the report. Dassault Systemes […] More

  • USC ISI Wins Air Force Contract to Support 3D Imaging Tech Devt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USC ISI Wins Air Force Contract to Support 3D Imaging Tech Devt

    The University of Southern California – Information Sciences Institute has won a $30.9 million contract to aid in the U.S. Air Force‘s efforts to develop technology development of non-destructive 3D imaging technology for integrated circuits. The Defense Department said Tuesday the contract covers support for the Ptychography-based Rapid Imaging of Nano-Structures with Multi-layer Assemblies effort. Work will […] More

  • Matt Desch: SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket’s Stage 1 Booster Arrives in California for Iridium Satellite Launch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matt Desch: SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket’s Stage 1 Booster Arrives in California for Iridium Satellite Launch

    Iridium CEO Matt Desch announced in a Twitter post Monday the arrival of the stage 1 booster for SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket in California for the launch of Iridium satellites as part of the company’s NEXT constellation, Ars Technica reported Monday. Eric Berger writes the rocket’s first stage booster was spotted Sunday in Arizona en route to Vandenberg […] More

  • Fors Marsh Group to Continue Market Research Support for Defense HR Activity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fors Marsh Group to Continue Market Research Support for Defense HR Activity

    Fors Marsh Group has been awarded a $10 million contract modification by the Defense Human Resources Activity to continue the company’s support services for DHRA’s military recruitment research efforts. The modification exercises the second option on a previously awarded contract that covers market studies, evaluations and surveys in support of the Joint Advertising and Market Research initiative, the Defense Department said Tuesday. […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL’s CubeSat for Earth Radiation Imbalance Study Launches Aboard Atlas V Rocket - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Johns Hopkins APL’s CubeSat for Earth Radiation Imbalance Study Launches Aboard Atlas V Rocket

    Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has developed a CubeSat designed to collect the Earth’s radiation imbalance measurements for use in climate change predictions. Johns Hopkins APL’s Radiometer Assessment using Vertically Aligned Nanotubes CubeSat is one of the seven small-satellite payloads that took off on Nov. 11 aboard the United Launch Alliance-made Atlas V rocket, APL […] More

  • BAE to Develop Nanoelectronic Circuit Analysis Tool for Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Develop Nanoelectronic Circuit Analysis Tool for Air Force

    BAE Systems‘ information and electronic systems integrated technology solutions business has won a three-year, $9.1 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force create an analysis tool to image minimum size circuit features on a silicon integrated circuit chip. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will develop the tool as part of the Rapid Analysis of Various Emerging NanoElectrons […] More

  • Cubic to Update Maryland Transit Administration's Automatic Fare Collection System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic to Update Maryland Transit Administration’s Automatic Fare Collection System

    Cubic‘s transportation systems business has received a $4.8 million contract modification from the Maryland Transit Administration to update the agency’s automatic fare collection system and set the foundation for new system features. The company said Tuesday the updated system will work to help MTA accept mobile payments and implement a new customer web portal and integration path with third-party transport services. “The new […] More

  • Helius to Extend Chronic Balance Deficit Treatment Test, Development Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Helius to Extend Chronic Balance Deficit Treatment Test, Development Work

    A Helius Medical Technologies division will continue to test and develop its chronic balance deficit treatment under the extended sole-source contract from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command. NeuroHabilitation Corp. will conduct clinical trials across additional study sites through the end of this year in an effort to validate the safety and reliability of the Portable […] More

  • Diligent Consulting Receives Navy IT Support IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Diligent Consulting Receives Navy IT Support IDIQ

    Diligent Consulting has received an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide information technology support to the U.S. Navy and other agencies. Diligent Consulting said Tuesday it will compete on task orders under the SeaPort-e IDIQ contract alongside partner CACI International in support of the Navy’s engineering, financial management, information technology, information assurance, cybersecurity and program management areas. Diligent will […] More

  • LMI Wins $58M Contract to Support Army ERP Service Implementation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LMI Wins $58M Contract to Support Army ERP Service Implementation

    LMI has won a three-year, $58.5 million contract to help the U.S. Army implement enterprise resource planning services for the military branch’s global combat support system. LMI will support logistics modernization, general funds enterprise business system, enterprise systems integration, component programs and stakeholder organizations under the contract, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The company will perform work in multiple locations […] More