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  • Northrop Gets DARPA Contract Modification for Counterfeit IC Detection Microchip - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Gets DARPA Contract Modification for Counterfeit IC Detection Microchip

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Northrop Grumman a potential $7.2 million contract modification to begin work on the second phase of the Supply Chain Hardware Integrity for Electronics Defense program. The modification exercises the initial option to a previously awarded contract with a 21-month base term and brings the total contract value from $12.3 million […] More

  • Stanford University Researchers Help DARPA Create Mathematical Framework for Network Pattern Discovery - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Stanford University Researchers Help DARPA Create Mathematical Framework for Network Pattern Discovery

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has demonstrated a new mathematical framework that works to help researchers discover patterns in complex scientific and engineering systems. DARPA said Thursday researchers at Stanford University created algorithms designed to explore patterns in data in order to gain insights into network structure and function under the Simplifying Complexity in Scientific Discovery […] More

  • Ceres Nanosciences Gets Funds From DARPA to Test Methods for Immune Function Markers Detection - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ceres Nanosciences Gets Funds From DARPA to Test Methods for Immune Function Markers Detection

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded $980,000 in funds to Virginia-based Ceres Nanosciences to assess methods for the detection of immune system markers with the use of the company’s sample processing technology. Ceres will work with Tufts University and George Mason University to adapt the Nanotrap sample processing technology for the capture of immune system […] More

  • DARPA Taps CPI to Develop New Vacuum Electron Device - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps CPI to Develop New Vacuum Electron Device

    Communications & Power Industries has landed a potential $13 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for the first phase of a program to invest in the development of new approaches to make vacuum electronics. CPI said Tuesday its Microwave Power Products division has secured an initial $5.8 million investment to support the DARPA Microsystems Technology Office’s High Power […] More

  • Space News: DARPA Plans Software Development Contracts for Space Operations Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space News: DARPA Plans Software Development Contracts for Space Operations Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency plans to launch two contracts worth approximately $21.5 million for software development support services under its Hallmark program that aims to provide real-time visualization of space operations, Space News reported Monday. Mike Gruss writes DARPA released an initial solicitation on June 17 to acquire a proof of concept effort that would serve as the foundation of a software […] More

  • DARPA Taps Industry for Battlefield Network Protocols, Algorithms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps Industry for Battlefield Network Protocols, Algorithms

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has kicked off a project to explore new algorithms and protocols for physically dispersed computing infrastructure, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Monday. According to the report by John Keller, DARPA aims to increase the performance of the U.S. military’s dispersed computing applications and networks through the Dispersed Computing initiative. Keller writes the program will work to […] More

  • New DARPA Propulsion System Effort Seeks Reusable Hypersonic Flight; Christopher Clay Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    New DARPA Propulsion System Effort Seeks Reusable Hypersonic Flight; Christopher Clay Comments

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has kicked off a fresh effort to develop a new aircraft propulsion system that could propel an aircraft up to hypersonic speeds. DARPA said Friday it started the Advanced Full Range Engine program in search of a turbine-based combined cycle engine concept for use in low-speed operations and a dual-mode ramjet in high-speed […] More

  • DARPA, Lockheed Demo Cognitive Electronic Warfare System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA, Lockheed Demo Cognitive Electronic Warfare System

    Lockheed Martin and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have collaborated to demonstrate a cognitive electronic warfare system that is designed to detect, characterize and counter wireless communication threats. Lockheed said Monday that Raytheon‘s Silencer EW technology hosted machine-learning software for the Behavioral Learning for Adaptive Electronic Warfare system onboard a modified Piper Navajo aircraft during a series of flight tests. The Lockheed-Raytheon team flew the aircraft to […] More

  • DARPA to Host Workshop on Synthetic Polymer-Based Medicine R&D Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA to Host Workshop on Synthetic Polymer-Based Medicine R&D Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will conduct a workshop in Southbridge, Massachusetts, on June 29 to discuss a program that seeks to develop medicines designed to retain potency for long periods of time amid exposure to extreme conditions on the battlefield. DARPA said Tuesday researchers under the Fold F(x) program aim to design biotherapeutics and […] More

  • Charles River Analytics to Support DARPA's Battlespace Decision Aiding Program With Raytheon, STR Partnerships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Charles River Analytics to Support DARPA’s Battlespace Decision Aiding Program With Raytheon, STR Partnerships

    Charles River Analytics has partnered with Systems and Technology Research and Raytheon in an effort to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency  produce decision support tools for military command-and-control operators to manage complex missions. STR and Charles River will collaborate to design and build a distributed planning and assessment suite under DARPA’s Resilient Synchronized Planning and Assessment for the Contested Environment program as part […] More

  • DARPA Solicits Research Proposals for Space Command & Control Software Testbed Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Solicits Research Proposals for Space Command & Control Software Testbed Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked industry to submit research proposals for the Software Testbed part of the Hallmark program that seeks to develop new technology platforms for U.S. space command and control. DARPA said in a broad agency announcement published Friday on FedBizOpps the Hallmark-ST effort aims to design, build and maintain an enterprise software […] More

  • DARPA Seeks Research Proposals for Miniaturized Magnetic Component Devt Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Seeks Research Proposals for Miniaturized Magnetic Component Devt Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has issued a solicitation to gather research proposals for a potential five-year, $26 million program that aims to build miniaturized magnetic components for integration with electromagnetic systems used by the Defense Department. DARPA’s Magnetic Miniaturized and Monolithically Integrated Components program will focus on three technical areas, according to a broad agency announcement posted Thursday on FedBizOpps. Those […] More