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  • DARPA Launches Market Research for Business Process Logic Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Launches Market Research for Business Process Logic Initiative

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking input from developers of technologies capable of bridging business process logic gaps. In a presolicitation notice posted on SAM.gov Thursday, DARPA said the Business Process Logic Program intends to address the issues and vulnerabilities in business systems that control and manage defense-critical processes such as manufacturing, infrastructure and […] More

  • NSF Calls for Collaborators on Advanced Networking Systems Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NSF Calls for Collaborators on Advanced Networking Systems Research

    The National Science Foundation is inviting federal agencies, software companies, and academic and research institutions, to join its research effort to drive new innovations in advanced networking systems. NSF said it intends to invest in new public-private partnerships that can design and investigate the potential of next-generation computing, networking, sensing and communications. The agency published […] More

  • Sierra Nevada, BIRD Aerosystems Form Airborne Missile Protection System Delivery Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sierra Nevada, BIRD Aerosystems Form Airborne Missile Protection System Delivery Partnership

    Sierra Nevada Corp. and Israel-based BIRD Aerosystems have agreed to offer airborne missile protection systems to the U.S. Department of Defense, foreign military sales customers and other international commercial clients. BIRD’s family of AMPS platforms complies with the Army’s Modular Open System Approach and works to protect warfighters and aircraft from radar-guided missiles and other […] More

  • NASA Solicits Proposals for Space Flight, Aerospace Hardware Modeling Requirements - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Solicits Proposals for Space Flight, Aerospace Hardware Modeling Requirements

    NASA’s Langley Research Center has issued a final request for proposals to conduct research and development efforts under its Reliance Consolidated Models effort, which aims to meet space and aerospace modeling requirements in support of agency missions. RECOM VI calls for capabilities from small businesses to provide mechanical or electrical hardware elements to assist in […] More

  • Dewberry EVP Phil Thiel to Serve on National Geospatial Advisory Committee - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dewberry EVP Phil Thiel to Serve on National Geospatial Advisory Committee

    Phil Thiel, executive vice president at Dewberry and principal-in-charge of the company’s geospatial contracts, has been named as one of the new members of a committee responsible for making geospatial policy and management recommendations to the federal government. “The National Geospatial Advisory Committee plays a vital role in advancing the nation’s adoption and implementation of geospatial […] More

  • 7 Startups to Develop Software Tools for Supply Chain Visibility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    7 Startups to Develop Software Tools for Supply Chain Visibility

    A Department of Homeland Security directorate has selected seven start ups to build software bill of materials-based products to help the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency gain visibility into the software supply chain. Under the Silicon Valley Innovation Program, the companies will work as a cohort to create a multi-format SBOM translator and a software […] More

  • X-Bow Systems Secures $60M AFWERX Funding Increase for Rocket Motor Production - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    X-Bow Systems Secures $60M AFWERX Funding Increase for Rocket Motor Production

    The U.S. Air Force’s innovation arm has granted X-Bow Systems a potential $60 million Strategic Funding Increase award to boost its solid rocket motor production capabilities. Through the additional investment from AFWERX, X-Bow will expand its work with the Air Force Research Laboratory to accelerate additive manufacturing of solid rocket motors, the space technology company […] More

  • Veteran Ventures Invests in Satellite Propulsion Tech Developer Phase Four; Steve Kiser Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Veteran Ventures Invests in Satellite Propulsion Tech Developer Phase Four; Steve Kiser Quoted

    A developer of plasma-based satellite propulsion systems for government and commercial aerospace and defense customers has received an investment from Veteran Ventures Capital through the investment firm’s Veteran Fund I. The capital infused into Phase Four marks Veteran Ventures’ fourth investment, the investment firm said Thursday. “Their technology stack and propulsion product lines are aligned […] More

  • 5G Experts Talk Modern Approaches to Network Security - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    5G Experts Talk Modern Approaches to Network Security

    Since its emergence, 5G has rooted itself in the technology space and fundamentally transformed the influence of networks worldwide. With the plethora of communications benefits 5G provides, the Department of Defense has identified the technology as an important asset. New technology comes with new risks, and when integrating any tool into DOD operations, security is of […] More

  • Navy Group Sail Exercise Showcases General Atomics-Built SeaGuardian UAS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Group Sail Exercise Showcases General Atomics-Built SeaGuardian UAS

    An MQ-9B unmanned aircraft system from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. took part in the U.S. Navy’s Group Sail Exercise. The SeaGuardian demonstrated its ability to coordinate with Navy cruisers, carriers, destroyers and aircraft in maritime domain awareness and other missions, the company Tuesday. MQ-9B self-deployed from the builder’s El Mirage, California, facility and traveled […] More

  • DOD Invests in Expansion of Wearable Infectious Disease Detector Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOD Invests in Expansion of Wearable Infectious Disease Detector Project

    The Department of Defense has infused an additional $10 million into the Defense Innovation Unit’s Rapid Assessment of Threat Exposure project, which tested a wearable technology prototype for early detection of COVID-19. The funding enables the RATE program to include 4,500 new devices in its study and expand distribution of the technology within the department, DIU said […] More