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  • Immuron, Naval Medical Research Center Partner to Test Supplement Against Stomach-Ailing Bacteria - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Immuron, Naval Medical Research Center Partner to Test Supplement Against Stomach-Ailing Bacteria

    Australia-based Immuron has entered a research and development collaboration agreement with the Naval Medical Research Center to test the bio-pharmaceutical company’s drug against gastrointestinal problems. The company said Aug. 30 it will test the Travelan dietary supplement against Campylobacter and Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli gram-negative bacteria to help develop therapeutics in an effort to protect military and civilian populations from diarrhea. Immuron and NMRC researchers […] More

  • Marvin Group Unit to Update Auxiliary Power Units on Army Rocket-Launching Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marvin Group Unit to Update Auxiliary Power Units on Army Rocket-Launching Vehicles

    A Marvin Group business unit will redesign and update the auxiliary power units in the vehicle electronics of Multiple Launch Rocket System vehicles under a pre-solicitation notice issued by the U.S. Army, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Thursday. The report stated that Marvin Land Systems will work to further develop the MLRS’ electric and hydraulic APUs for the Army. The […] More

  • Chemring, Minelab Collaborate to Develop Handheld IED Detector for Australian Defense Dept - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chemring, Minelab Collaborate to Develop Handheld IED Detector for Australian Defense Dept

    Chemring‘s sensors and electronic systems business will collaborate with Minelab Electronics to develop a handheld detector of buried improvised explosive devices as part of a $5 million contract that MineLab received from Australia’s defense department. The handheld detector prototype will feature Chemring’s ground-penetrating radar and Minelab’s multi-frequency continuous wave metal detection technology, Chemring said Tuesday. Chemring […] More

  • Army Orders Veyance M-88 Track Shoes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Orders Veyance M-88 Track Shoes

    Continental unit Veyance Technologies will supply the U.S. Army with M-88 track shoes under a potential $19.9 million firm-fixed-price contract from the Defense Logistics Agency. The sole-source contract contains one base year and one six-month option that the Army has also exercised at the time of award, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Veyance will perform work in Ohio through March 12, 2018. […] More

  • Meggitt Obtains Army Program of Record Certification for Small-Arms Trainers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Meggitt Obtains Army Program of Record Certification for Small-Arms Trainers

    Meggitt‘s training systems business unit has achieved “program of record” designation from the U.S. Army for the company’s small-arms trainer system. Meggitt said Tuesday its Engagement Skills Trainer II system has completed system verification and site operational tests that show the company has met requirements of the Army’s program executive office for simulation, training and instrumentation. “This summer, Meggitt will commence delivery […] More

  • Nick Bucci: General Atomics Hands Navy 1st Railgun Pulsed Power Container System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Nick Bucci: General Atomics Hands Navy 1st Railgun Pulsed Power Container System

    A General Atomics subsidiary has turned over the first of multiple pulsed power containers to the U.S. Navy as part of the military branch’s railgun development and testing program. The container comprises pulsed power modules and a control system designed to integrate with the Navy’s command-and-control network, General Atomics said Tuesday. Nick Bucci, vice president of missile defense and space systems at General Atomics’ […] More

  • Lockheed Unveils 1st Alternative Guided Rocket Warhead for Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Unveils 1st Alternative Guided Rocket Warhead for Army

    Lockheed Martin has produced its first alternative warhead for the U.S. Army‘s Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System under a contract originally awarded in June 2015. The alternative GMLRS warhead rolled off the assembly line at Lockheed’s facility in Camden, Arkansas and works to engage a target while avoiding the risk of unexploded ordnance, the company said Monday. The warhead is designed to comply […] More

  • NanoMech to Develop Army Combat Uniforms With Coating Against Insects, Microbes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NanoMech to Develop Army Combat Uniforms With Coating Against Insects, Microbes

    The U.S. Army has selected NanoMech to develop future combat uniforms that will utilize the company’s nano-engineered chemical coating finish under a $235,000 contract in efforts to protect warfighters from vector-borne diseases such as Zika. NGuard will work to provide Army combat uniforms and other equipment and clothing items with low-toxicity vector protection and anti-attractant for infected insects, NanoMech said Monday. […] More

  • General Atomics Finalizes Aircraft Integration, Moves to Developmental Tests on Certifiable Predator B - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Finalizes Aircraft Integration, Moves to Developmental Tests on Certifiable Predator B

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems subsidiary has shipped its new Certifiable Predator B remotely piloted aircraft to its Gray Butte flight operations facility for developmental tests after the company completed aircraft integration for the system. CPB is set to undergo ground and taxi tests before initial flight tests in November under an experimental certification from the Federal Aviation Administration, General Atomics said Wednesday. The […] More

  • Vencore Labs Continues 'Applied' Research Focus One Year Post-Launch; President Petros Mouchtaris on R&D Collaborations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vencore Labs Continues ‘Applied’ Research Focus One Year Post-Launch; President Petros Mouchtaris on R&D Collaborations

    The mission of Chantilly, Virginia-based contractor Vencore‘s internal technology development and engineering subsidiary remains the same year out from its initial rebrand and relaunch: transformative applied research for organizations in the government, utility and commercial arenas. More than 200 scientists, engineers and analysts now staff the Basking Ridge, New Jersey-headquartered Vencore Labs business and focus its applied research in […] More

  • Shield AI Chosen for Pentagon's Autonomous Tactical Airborne Prototyping Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Shield AI Chosen for Pentagon’s Autonomous Tactical Airborne Prototyping Project

    Shield AI has received a nine-month, $1 million “other transaction” agreement from the U.S. Army to develop an autonomous tactical airborne drone prototype. The Army’s Contracting Command-New Jersey awarded the OTA on behalf of  the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental and the Naval Special Warfare Command, according to a notice posted Thursday on FedBizOpps. San Diego, California-based Shield AI develops artificially intelligent robots […] More

  • Invisio to Provide Tech for Army Program on Tactical Comms & Hearing Protection System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Invisio to Provide Tech for Army Program on Tactical Comms & Hearing Protection System

    Invisio has secured an additional estimated $1.2 million order from the U.S. Army to provide technology in support of the Tactical Communication and Protective System modernization program. The company said Thursday it will deliver the TCAPS technology within 2016. TCAPS is a hearing protection and communication modernization program the Army oversees with the program executive office for soldiers. Invisio […] More