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  • PreTalen to Help USAF Automate Wireless Comms System Analysis Under SBIR Phase III Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PreTalen to Help USAF Automate Wireless Comms System Analysis Under SBIR Phase III Contract

    PreTalen has received a $23.9 million U.S. Air Force contract to develop an automated platform to analyze wireless communications systems under the third phase of the service branch’s Small Business Innovation Research III program. The company will aim to update the features of a Position Navigation and Time Autonomous Negotiator Applying Cognitive Effects-Based Analysis system developed through an […] More

  • UES Wins Air Force Aerospace Material Characterization Research Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UES Wins Air Force Aerospace Material Characterization Research Contract

    UES has won a potential $22 million contract to help U.S. Air Force researchers study the characteristics of aerospace materials. The company will develop methods, software and tools to aid materials characterization and microanalysis research related to electron, ion, x-ray and optical microscopy, the Defense Department said Tuesday. DoD noted that contract work will run through April 3, […] More

  • Battelle to Conduct Microelectronics Security Research Under Air Force Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle to Conduct Microelectronics Security Research Under Air Force Contracts

    Battelle has received a pair of contracts worth a combined $23 million to help the Air Force Research Laboratory conduct research on microelectronics security methods. The company said Wednesday both contracts build on Battelle’s previous experience in exploring technologies designed to help address the proliferation of fake integrated circuits and embedded systems in the U.S. military supply […] More

  • Air Force Offers Industry Access to ISR Pod Technical Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Offers Industry Access to ISR Pod Technical Data

    The U.S. Air Force has opened up its technical data package for a prototype multi-intelligence pod system to the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance industry as part of an effort to encourage developers to build compatible sensor platforms. AgilePod is designed with multiple modules that can be configured to support ISR and non-ISR missions, the Air Force said Thursday. The […] More

  • Honeywell Wins Air Force Accelerometer R&D Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Honeywell Wins Air Force Accelerometer R&D Contract

    Honeywel International has won a potential $10.5 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force research and develop an acceleration measurement device. The Defense Department said Tuesday Honeywell support research and development of a low noise, high sensitivity vibrating beam accelerometer under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. Work  will occur in Glendale, Arizona, through Feb. 20, 2025 and […] More

  • Air Force Taps Booz Allen to Develop Virtual Combat Simulation, Analysis Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps Booz Allen to Develop Virtual Combat Simulation, Analysis Tools

    Booz Allen Hamilton has received a potential $14.7 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to research and develop tools for the military branch’s virtual combat laboratory. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will also help the service branch maintain and update technology platforms intended for virtual and constructive modeling, simulation and analysis. The Air Force Research […] More

  • Lockheed to Build Aerial High-Energy Laser Weapon Under Air Force Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Build Aerial High-Energy Laser Weapon Under Air Force Contract

    Lockheed Martin has received a $26.3 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to design, develop and produce a high-energy fiber laser weapon system. AFRL plans to test the weapon system aboard a tactical fighter aircraft by 2021 as part of the Self-protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator program, Lockheed said Monday. The SHiELD program […] More

  • Northrop Demos ‘Denied GPS’ Aerial Navigation Software With Air Force, Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Demos ‘Denied GPS’ Aerial Navigation Software With Air Force, Navy

    Northrop Grumman has demonstrated its navigation platform designed to guide military aircraft and aerial weapon systems to maritime and ground targets without using GPS signals. The company said Monday it teamed up with the Air Force Research Laboratory and the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research to test the capability of its All Source Adaptive […] More

  • Air Force Taps Orbital ATK for Rocket Motor Tech IDIQ Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps Orbital ATK for Rocket Motor Tech IDIQ Contract

    Orbital ATK has received a five-year, $20 million contract to help U.S. Air Force researchers advance solid rocket booster technology and address technical requirements for spacecraft, tactical and strategic propulsion systems. The Defense Department said Monday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will provide a means for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s aerospace systems and rocket propulsion division to procure […] More

  • Leidos to Develop Electro-Optical Imaging Tech Prototypes for Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos to Develop Electro-Optical Imaging Tech Prototypes for Air Force

    Leidos has won a potential $47.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to research and develop integrated electro-optical imaging technology prototypes. The Defense Department said Thursday the project aims to evolve and increase the capacity of emerging high-resolution and hyperspectral imaging; infrared search and track; and sense and avoid technologies. The Air Force Research […] More

  • Raytheon BBN to Help Automate USAF's Foreign Language Info Retrieval Process - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon BBN to Help Automate USAF’s Foreign Language Info Retrieval Process

    Raytheon‘s BBN Technologies subsidiary has won a $21.7 million contract to develop an automated technology platform for the U.S. Air Force to retrieve foreign language information. The Defense Department said Wednesday BBN will build the platform to support cross-language information retrieval, machine translation, automatic speech recognition and surprise language summarization. Work will occur in Cambridge, Massachusetts, through Nov. […] More

  • BAE to Develop Adaptive Decision-Making Tool for Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Develop Adaptive Decision-Making Tool for Air Force

    BAE Systems Inc. has won a $9.2 million contract to develop iterative reasoning, association and learning software for the U.S. Air Force‘s adaptive decision-making efforts. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will develop the software to help automate indications, warning and situational awareness data processing for battle management command control and communication. Work will occur in Massachusetts through Sept. […] More