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  • NASA Begins Small Biz Competition for Follow-On Glenn Research Facility Construction Management Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Begins Small Biz Competition for Follow-On Glenn Research Facility Construction Management Contract

    NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland is inviting small businesses under the 8(a) program to submit bids for the second iteration of its Construction Management, Inspection, Surveying and Testing contract. The space agency expects to award the CMIST II contract in January 2024 and intends for the winning vendor to commence on-site services on Feb. […] More

  • Axellio’s Scott Aken: DOD Should Collaborate With Industry to Address Security Issues Related to 5G Migration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Axellio’s Scott Aken: DOD Should Collaborate With Industry to Address Security Issues Related to 5G Migration

    Scott Aken, CEO of Axellio, said the Department of Defense should work closely with industry stakeholders to address challenges associated with DOD’s transition to 5G communication networks and align platforms with the U.S. military’s operational and security requirements while ensuring interoperability. Aken wrote in an article published Monday on Military Embedded Systems that DOD and […] More

  • Viasat Secures $80M in Awards to Develop Military Tactical Antennas - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Viasat Secures $80M in Awards to Develop Military Tactical Antennas

    California-based communications company Viasat has booked more than $80 million in awards for the development of phased array antenna systems to be integrated into military platforms. In a statement published Monday, Jeanne Atwell, general manager for Arizona operations at Viasat, said the awards will be utilized to advance multi-function Active Electronically Scanned Arrays. The AESAs will be […] More

  • Just Announced: ExecutiveBiz Digital Twins Forum Coming This November - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Just Announced: ExecutiveBiz Digital Twins Forum Coming This November

    ExecutiveBiz will bring together the foremost government and industry experts in digital modeling, digital engineering and technology innovation during its Digital Twins Forum on Nov. 1. As the public and private sectors tap into digital twin technology, invaluable benefits across a broad scope of markets and industries are being uncovered. Today, digital twins are opening up […] More

  • DMI Welcomes Gary Wang as CTO; Rocky Thurston Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DMI Welcomes Gary Wang as CTO; Rocky Thurston Quoted

    Gary Wang has joined DMI as chief technology officer, a role in which he will guide the organization’s technology vision and strategy. His work as CTO will support the company’s efforts to innovate and help clients achieve their business and mission goals using DMI’s technology offerings, the Bethesda, Maryland-headquartered enterprise announced on Tuesday. “With years of experience […] More

  • Video Interview: DCSA Director William Lietzau Talks Trusted Workforce 2.0 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Video Interview: DCSA Director William Lietzau Talks Trusted Workforce 2.0

    Today, the United States federal government is undergoing a massive effort to reform the personnel security process and create a single vetting system that can serve the entire public sector.  Work to advance that initiative, called Trusted Workforce 2.0, is underway at the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, and in a new video interview, DCSA Director William […] More

  • General Motors, Mitre Promote Use of Telemetry Data for Automotive Safety Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Motors, Mitre Promote Use of Telemetry Data for Automotive Safety Research

    General Motors and Mitre have jointly released a paper on how vehicle telemetry data can be used to generate insights on advancing automotive safety. The paper focuses on enabling automakers, fleet operators, city planners, transportation safety researchers and other members of the global transportation sector to collect, process and analyze telemetry data to support automotive […] More

  • L3Harris Receives DOD Awards for Advancing Industry Security, Counterintelligence Capabilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3Harris Receives DOD Awards for Advancing Industry Security, Counterintelligence Capabilities

    L3Harris Technologies has received recognition from the Department of Defense for its commitment to maintaining industrial security excellence and strengthening U.S. counterintelligence capabilities. The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency selected L3Harris’ Space & Airborne Systems facility as one of 19 recipients of the James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award, the company said Thursday. […] More

  • GA-ASI's Mojave Drone Conducts 1st Take-Off, Landing on Dirt Surface - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GA-ASI’s Mojave Drone Conducts 1st Take-Off, Landing on Dirt Surface

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems division demonstrated the short-takeoff and landing capabilities of its Mojave unmanned aircraft system during a series of flight tests on a dirt strip in California. Mojave conducted take-offs in as little as 586 feet and performed short landings on unimproved surfaces in as little as 335 feet, GA-ASI said Thursday. The […] More

  • Navy, Sofar Ocean Partner on Ocean Data Collection Tech Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy, Sofar Ocean Partner on Ocean Data Collection Tech Research

    San Francisco-based technology startup Sofar Ocean and the U.S. Navy’s Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command have identified three potential areas of collaboration to help the service branch expand data gathering and weather forecasting capabilities. Both parties formalized a five-year cooperative research and development agreement through which several Navy organizations will explore use cases for the […] More

  • ARPA-H Issues Solicitation for Scaling Health Applications Research for Everyone Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ARPA-H Issues Solicitation for Scaling Health Applications Research for Everyone Program

    The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health has released a broad agency announcement for a program that seeks to transform innovations from other domains into health care platforms that can be scaled to larger application areas. The Scaling Health Applications Research for Everyone program calls for interested stakeholders to demonstrate technical feasibility and develop a […] More

  • Lockheed Eyes Increased Production of SDA SmallSats With New Assembly Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Eyes Increased Production of SDA SmallSats With New Assembly Facility

    Lockheed Martin unveiled a 20,000-square-foot manufacturing site that will be used to assemble small satellite programs and technologies. The company announced Friday the facility at its Waterton, Colorado, will help expedite the delivery of Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites to the Space Development Agency. Lockheed is currently working to complete more than 50 Transport Layer […] More