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  • Huntington Ingalls Subsidiary to Extend DOE Environmental Program Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Subsidiary to Extend DOE Environmental Program Support

    A subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries has received a potential five-year, $13.7 million contract to support environmental surveillance, education and research activities at an Energy Department facility in Idaho. HII said Wednesday its unit SN3 will continue to provide ESER services to the department’s Idaho operations office in partnership with Wastren Advantage. The contract has […] More

  • Brian Mathis Named Huntington Ingalls' SN3 Division VP for Northwest Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Brian Mathis Named Huntington Ingalls’ SN3 Division VP for Northwest Operations

    Brian Mathis, a 30-year environmental services veteran, has been appointed vice president of northwest operations at SN3, a subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries. His responsibilities will include oversight of SN3’s work at the Energy Department-run Hanford nuclear reservation complex in Washington and at the Idaho National Laboratory, HII said Wednesday. “Brian brings a wealth of knowledge, talents and management skills […] More

  • ViaSat, DOE Lab Partner for Distributed Grid Security Testing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ViaSat, DOE Lab Partner for Distributed Grid Security Testing

    ViaSat has helped the U.S. Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory assess and implement a cybersecurity testbed for the lab’s distribution grid management system. The company said Tuesday NREL built the DRM testbed to mimic various electric power networks and use cases related to distributed energy sources. “Individual energy utilities can use the empirically validated cybersecurity specifications developed […] More

  • DOE Seeks Proposals for Funding Opportunity on Energy Tech Transfer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE Seeks Proposals for Funding Opportunity on Energy Tech Transfer

    The Energy Department has issued the first request for proposals on the office of technology transition’s Technology Commercialization Fund, which seeks to support the transfer of energy-related technologies to the commercial market. DOE said Friday the $20 million funding opportunity aims to facilitate the commercialization of technologies developed as part of federally funded research projects at the 17 […] More

  • NIST to Invest $140M for 2 New Manufacturing Innovation Centers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST to Invest $140M for 2 New Manufacturing Innovation Centers

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology intends to award up to $140 million in federal funds for the establishment of additional two institutes that will demonstrate advanced manufacturing processes. The Commerce Department said Tuesday that NIST will seek applications from consortia of government, academic and industrial organizations in January 2016 for the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation institutes. […] More

  • Green Generation to Design Energy Conservation Measures for Indiana Federal Property; Brad Dockser Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Green Generation to Design Energy Conservation Measures for Indiana Federal Property; Brad Dockser Comments

    Green Generation Solutions LLC has been awarded a $182,575 contract with the General Services Administration to develop energy conservation measures for the federal building and U.S. courthouse in Hammond, Indiana. GreenGen will work to upgrade the interior and exterior LED lighting systems at the federal properties and submit a project data report to the Energy […] More

  • Centerra to Provide Protective Force Staff for Los Alamos National Lab - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Centerra to Provide Protective Force Staff for Los Alamos National Lab

    Facility management services contractor Centerra Group has received a potential five-year contract from Los Alamos National Security to provide security police personnel and other protective force services support for Los Alamos National Laboratory in Santa Fe, New Mexico. LANS awarded the contract through a competitive acquisition process, Centerra said Tuesday. The New Mexico-based laboratory works […] More

  • Los Alamos National Lab to Use D-Wave Computer for Quantum Annealing Research; Mark Anderson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Los Alamos National Lab to Use D-Wave Computer for Quantum Annealing Research; Mark Anderson Comments

    D-Wave Systems will install a quantum computing platform at Los Alamos National Laboratory early next year to support the lab’s research collaboration efforts with universities and within the Energy Department. Los Alamos and its research partners will use the D-Wave 2X system to study potential capabilities of quantum annealing technology as part of the National […] More

  • Capstone Turbine, Argonne National Lab Team Up for DOE’s R&D Pilot Program; Jeff Foster Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Capstone Turbine, Argonne National Lab Team Up for DOE’s R&D Pilot Program; Jeff Foster Comments

    Capstone Turbine and Argonne National Laboratory, a University of Chicago-run engineering and science research facility, have formed a partnership to take part in the Energy Department’s Technologist in Residence pilot program. The Capstone-Argonne team is one of the seven pairs that will receive $2.6 million in total funds over two years under the TIR pilot […] More

  • HII SN3's Frazer Lockhart Named to DOE's Environmental Mgmt Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HII SN3’s Frazer Lockhart Named to DOE’s Environmental Mgmt Advisory Board

    Frazer Lockhart, vice president for waste operations at the Stoller Newport News Nuclear subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries, has received an appointment to the Energy Department‘s environmental management advisory board. HII said Friday Lockhart will join 14 other advisory board members who will provide recommendations on relevant corporate matters to the assistant secretary of environmental management […] More

  • DOE Selects 2 Universities for Energy Delivery System Cyber R&D - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE Selects 2 Universities for Energy Delivery System Cyber R&D

    The Energy Department has awarded the University of Arkansas and the University of Illinois $34.7 million in grants to develop technologies for the defense of U.S. energy critical infrastructure from cyber attacks. DOE said Friday the universities will conduct research and development activities in support of efforts to secure the electric grid and other energy delivery systems. “Cybersecurity […] More

  • DOE, GSA Issue RFI for Green Building Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE, GSA Issue RFI for Green Building Tech

    The Energy Department and General Services Administration has asked industry, academia and nonprofit organizations to provide data on green building technologies to support DOE’s High Impact Technology Catalyst program and GSA’s Green Proving Ground program. GSA said Monday the agencies’ joint request for information is focused on the areas of energy management, renewable energy, water conservation and reuse, and on equipment such as […] More