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  • David Aronoff, Jill Kale, Mitch Herbets Named to iDirectGov Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    David Aronoff, Jill Kale, Mitch Herbets Named to iDirectGov Board

    Herndon, Virginia-based satellite communications provider iDirect Government has named technology and defense industry veterans David Aronoff, Jill Kale and Mitch Herbets to the board of directors. “We welcome all three board members and look forward to their counsel as we continue to execute on our strategic plan and drive growth,” John Ratigan, president of iDirectGov, […] More

  • New Army Northeast Research Hub to Collaborate With Industry on Science, Tech Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    New Army Northeast Research Hub to Collaborate With Industry on Science, Tech Projects

    The Army Research Laboratory has established a regional hub on the Northeastern University campus in Burlington, Massachusetts to conduct science and technology projects. ARL Northeast is located at NU’s George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security and will collaborate with multiple companies and academic researchers in efforts to build homeland security and defense technologies […] More

  • Defense Science Board Report: Unmanned Systems Could Boost US Undersea Advantage - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Defense Science Board Report: Unmanned Systems Could Boost US Undersea Advantage

    A Defense Science Board task force has published a report that describes ways to increase the capacity of U.S. undersea assets and manned platforms using unmanned systems. The report titled “Next-Generation Unmanned Undersea Systems” explores how unmanned systems could disrupt adversary strategies and perform operations that are on hold due to lack of assets, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory […] More

  • Draper Lab Secures Avionics Software Devt Support Contract by NASA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Draper Lab Secures Avionics Software Devt Support Contract by NASA

    Charles Stark Draper Laboratory has landed a three-year, $38.7 million contract from NASA to provide avionics software development and operations support services. The Advanced Guidance, Navigation and Control and Avionics Technology Development and Analysis II contract covers research, design analysis, simulation, integration, testing and certification services, the space agency said Friday. Draper Laboratory will provide software development support to the […] More

  • DARPA Picks 10 Participants for Nano-to-Millimeter-Scale Manufacturing Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Picks 10 Participants for Nano-to-Millimeter-Scale Manufacturing Project

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected 10 participants in its Atoms to Product program, which seeks technology that can manufacture millimeter-scale products or materials out of nanometer-scale pieces. DARPA said Tuesday researchers will work to address the gap between nano-scale and millimeter-scale components through fabrication from atoms to microns then microns to millimeters. “The […] More