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  • AIAA, Drone World Expo to Launch UAS Tech Research Contest - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AIAA, Drone World Expo to Launch UAS Tech Research Contest

    The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Drone World Expo organizers have jointly created a contest meant to foster research into unmanned aerial systems. The Innovative Drone Exploration and Application competition seeks to encourage  partnership between UAS end-user and aerospace communities as well as inform drone users of emerging concepts and technologies, AIAA said Thursday. “I look forward to seeing the dynamic and […] More

  • Leidos Announces Disruptive Tech Essay Contest Winners - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Announces Disruptive Tech Essay Contest Winners

    Leidos has awarded $10,000 in cash prizes to the winners of an essay writing contest that focused on emerging and disruptive technologies. Sean Cate and Jesse Sloman took first place in the competition, U.S. Navy Commander Timothy McGeehan and retired Commander Douglas Wahl won second place and Navy Lt. (junior grade) Michael Haydell took third place, Leidos said […] More

  • Mitre Unveils $100K Contest to Seek Detection Systems for Unauthorized Drones - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mitre Unveils $100K Contest to Seek Detection Systems for Unauthorized Drones

    Mitre has launched a contest that aims to encourage students and entrepreneurs to develop new systems and techniques designed to detect and intercept unmanned aerial systems that pose security or safety risks in urban areas. The two-phase Countering UAS Challenge seeks new systems that work to identify and interdict unauthorized, small UAS that weigh less […] More

  • NASA, NAMII Launch 3D Space Habitat Design Challenge - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, NAMII Launch 3D Space Habitat Design Challenge

    NASA and America Makes: National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute have created a three-dimensional printing contest aimed at helping the space agency design and build new systems for inhabiting deep space. The 3-D Printed Habitat Challenge is created through the agency’s Centennial Challenges Program and offers up to $2.25 million in prizes, NASA said Saturday. The […] More

  • Air Force Association's CyberPatriot VII STEM Program Attracts 2K+ Entrants - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Association’s CyberPatriot VII STEM Program Attracts 2K+ Entrants

    More than 2,150 teams of middle school and high school students from 50 states, Canada and U.S. military schools have registered to participate in a cyberdefense contest run by the Air Force Association. Registrations for AFA’s CyberPatriot VII challenge are up approximately 40 percent from the 1,566 entrants recorded last year, AFA said Monday. The […] More

  • Diane Miller: Northrop to Launch Cybersecurity Contest for UK High School Students - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Diane Miller: Northrop to Launch Cybersecurity Contest for UK High School Students

    Northrop Grumman and Cyber Security Challenge U.K. have partnered to hold a competition meant to foster cyber talent and inspire students to pursue a career in science, technology, engineering and math fields. The U.K.’s CyberCenturion contest will be based on the Northrop-sponsored CyberPatriot challenge for U.S. secondary students, Northrop said Monday. “CyberPatriot has grown at […] More

  • Two University Teams Win Accenture-Hosted Nonprofit Consulting Contest; Marty Rodgers Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Two University Teams Win Accenture-Hosted Nonprofit Consulting Contest; Marty Rodgers Comments

    Accenture has picked two student teams from the University of Michigan and University of Pennsylvania as winners of the company’s management consulting and innovation contest. The contest challenged students to create digital tools and strategies for helping nonprofit organizations provide social services and improve the quality of life of youth and poor families, Accenture said Wednesday. […] More

  • VMware to Launch 4th Annual Data Center Research Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VMware to Launch 4th Annual Data Center Research Competition

    VMware wants university researchers to participate in the company’s fourth annual data center automation competition with a prize of a $150,000 grant up for grabs, Cloud Pro reported Friday.  Jane McCallion writes that researchers for the 2014 Academic Research Awards are being asked to explore matters related to scalable machine learning, algorithms, design patterns, data intensive […] More