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  • CTC to Support 2 Army Structural Tech R&D Projects; Ed Sheehan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC to Support 2 Army Structural Tech R&D Projects; Ed Sheehan Comments

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. has received two subcontracts to research and develop technologies for potential use in manufacturing tactical shelter systems and airborne platforms for the U.S. Army. The company said Wednesday it will collaborate with multiple universities to study  engineered and strategic materials, additive manufacturing models and materials by design under a 12-month subaward from […] More

  • Sensofusion Prepares for Enhanced AIRFENCE Production With DoD; Kaveh Mahdavi Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sensofusion Prepares for Enhanced AIRFENCE Production With DoD; Kaveh Mahdavi Comments

    Sensofusion will begin its production on an enhanced ground-based mobile platform for countering autonomous aerial drones after testing its prototype for a year. The New York-based firm said Wednesday the AIRFENCE system met IP67 ruggedization requirements during assessments for detection range and counterattack capabilities, which were conducted with the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory through […] More

  • Former Technica Exec Basil Parker Appointed OPM Senior Adviser - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Technica Exec Basil Parker Appointed OPM Senior Adviser

    Basil Parker, former director of Defense Department programs at Technica, has joined the Office of Personnel Management as senior adviser for governmentwide information technology and cyber workforce development. He will serve in the Senior Executive Service-level advisory role for a term of up to three years and advise the OPM director on workforce-related IT, information systems […] More

  • Northrop Grumman Gets $153M Navy-FMS Modification for Japan E-2D Advanced Hawkeye - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Grumman Gets $153M Navy-FMS Modification for Japan E-2D Advanced Hawkeye

    Northrop Grumman Systems‘ military aircraft business has received a $153.2 million U.S. Navy-issued foreign military sales contract modification for one E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft to be delivered to Japan. The service branch obligates the entire modification amount upon awarding, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The company will perform work at locations in Florida, New York, Indiana, California, Illinois, other U.S. areas […] More

  • Ballard Subsidiary Receives UAV Propulsion Tech Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ballard Subsidiary Receives UAV Propulsion Tech Order

    A Ballard Power Systems subsidiary has received orders from the U.S. Navy to supply fuel cell propulsion systems to power unmanned aerial vehicle or drone platforms. Protonex will provide a variant of the 600-watt PEM propulsion technology for the Naval Research Laboratory-designed Hybrid Tiger UAV, Ballard said Tuesday. Deliveries are scheduled to occur this year. NRL is exploring UAV power systems in […] More

  • Air Force Taps Design Knowledge for Cyber, Infrastructure Security Research Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps Design Knowledge for Cyber, Infrastructure Security Research Contract

    Design Knowledge Co. has received a potential seven-year, $24.9 million contract to conduct applied and advanced research efforts under the U.S. Air Force‘s Innovative Cyber/Infrastructure Threat Assessment Environment Mission Assurance program. The program seeks to advance evaluation and assurance of microelectronic components, assurance test and verification methods, situational awareness for mission assurance and insider threats, mission-critical systems protection […] More

  • Lockheed to Assess F-35 Air System Under Navy Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Assess F-35 Air System Under Navy Contract

    Lockheed Martin has received a $14.4 million contract from the U.S. Navy to determine if the current F-35 air system can address future operational requirements. The company will also help the service branch explore cost and weight reduction strategies as well as conduct modeling and simulation efforts under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Monday. Work also includes additional analysis efforts to […] More

  • Navy Taps Boeing for P-8A Radar Support Equipment Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps Boeing for P-8A Radar Support Equipment Contract

    Boeing has received a potential $24.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide peculiar support equipment for the P-8A Poseidon aircraft’s airborne sensor technology. The service branch seeks to obtain engineering and logistics data for PSE support functions under the firm-fixed-price contract, the Defense Department said Monday. The company will conduct product support analysis and […] More

  • Tony Frazier: Radiant Solutions Eyes Public Sector Demand for Geospatial Artificial Intelligence - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tony Frazier: Radiant Solutions Eyes Public Sector Demand for Geospatial Artificial Intelligence

    Tony Frazier, president of Radiant Solutions, has said the company looks at the potential use of geospatial data to support artificial intelligence-based training efforts in the public sector, SpaceNews reported Saturday. He told the publication in an interview increasing the access to public data can help developers create open-source machine learning algorithms designed to recognize […] More

  • Frost & Sullivan: US Defense Satellite Market to Reach $30B by 2023 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Frost & Sullivan: US Defense Satellite Market to Reach $30B by 2023

    A new Frost & Sullivan analysis predicts the U.S. market for defense satellites will experience a 10.3 percent compound annual growth rate and reach approximately $30.3 billion in the next five years. The market research firm said Tuesday the potential market growth can be attributed to the Defense Department’s efforts to strengthen its satellite infrastructure through modernization, program funding […] More

  • Pivotal to Provide Software, Services to Air Force Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pivotal to Provide Software, Services to Air Force Facilities

    Pivotal Software has received a one-year, $47.54 million “other transaction” agreement to provide software and services to multiple U.S. Air Force bases. The company will also help the service branch implement a prototyped methodology across the Air Operations Center and targeting and geospatial-intelligence enterprises, the Defense Department said Thursday. Locations of work include Tyndall AFB in […] More

  • Raytheon Wins Army Mission Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Wins Army Mission Support Contract

    Raytheon has received a five-year, $25.3 million contract to provide mission support services to the U.S. Army. The service branch obligated $1.4 million at the time of award from its operations and maintenance funds for fiscal 2018, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Work will take place at Fort Irwin in California through June 29, 2023. The Army Contracting Command received […] More