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  • University of Michigan Gets DARPA Grant to Develop "Unhackable" Computer Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    University of Michigan Gets DARPA Grant to Develop “Unhackable” Computer Tech

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded a $3.6 million grant to a team led by the University of Michigan to develop a computer technology that would avoid cyber hacks. U-M said Tuesday the Morpheus project will utilize a new hardware design that works to rapidly transmit and destroy information as well as prevent unauthorized access to […] More

  • Textron Subsidiary Gets Navy Contract Modification for H-1 Helicopter Upgrade Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron Subsidiary Gets Navy Contract Modification for H-1 Helicopter Upgrade Support

    Textron‘s Bell Helicopter subsidiary has received a $12.1 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide acquisition logistics support for the H-1 modernization effort. The Defense Department said Tuesday the modification covers logistics management, maintenance planning material, supply, design interface, technical data and equipment support, inventory and distribution management, storage, transportation, supportability analysis and technical manual updates services. Bell Helicopter will have up […] More

  • IBM Forms Network With 12 Firms, Universities to Advance Quantum Computing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Forms Network With 12 Firms, Universities to Advance Quantum Computing

    IBM has partnered with companies, universities and national research laboratories to study quantum computing and identify its potential applications for financial services, automotive, materials, chemical and electronic industries. The New York-based company said Thursday it will collaborate with JPMorgan Chase, Samsung, Daimler, JSR, Barclays, Honda, Nagase and Hitachi Metals through the IBM Q Network. The IBM […] More

  • Navy Preps Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer Construction RFP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Preps Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer Construction RFP

    The U.S. Navy could issue a request for proposals within the next month for a multiyear contract to build at least 10 Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers (DDG-51), USNI News reported Tuesday. Capt. Casey Moton, DDG-51 program manager, told USNI News that the contract will run from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2022 and will include options to accelerate […] More

  • Army Extends Lockheed's Apache Sensor Logistics Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Extends Lockheed’s Apache Sensor Logistics Support Contract

    Lockheed Martin has received a $64.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to continue logistics support work on electro-optical sensors designed to help increase Apache helicopter pilots’ situational awareness. The Defense Department said Tuesday the modification extends Lockheed’s performance-based logistics services to the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensors program through Dec. 31, 2018. The Army […] More

  • Raytheon Gets USAF 'Cobra Dane' Radar Support Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Gets USAF ‘Cobra Dane’ Radar Support Contract Modification

    Raytheon has received a $25 million contract modification to help the U.S. Air Force maintain operational capability of the ground-based Cobra Dane radar system. The Defense Department said Tuesday that Raytheon’s intelligence, information and services business will perform contract work to address in-scope requirements for the radar. Work under the modification will occur in Colorado Springs, Colorado, through March […] More

  • UES Wins Air Force Aerospace Material Characterization Research Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UES Wins Air Force Aerospace Material Characterization Research Contract

    UES has won a potential $22 million contract to help U.S. Air Force researchers study the characteristics of aerospace materials. The company will develop methods, software and tools to aid materials characterization and microanalysis research related to electron, ion, x-ray and optical microscopy, the Defense Department said Tuesday. DoD noted that contract work will run through April 3, […] More

  • Cubic to Support Army Readiness Training Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic to Support Army Readiness Training Center

    The U.S. Army has awarded Cubic a potential $40.4 million contract to provide mission support services to the Joint Readiness Training Center located at Fort Polk in Louisiana. Cubic’s defense business segment will perform contract work through June 27, 2018, the Defense Department said Tuesday. DoD noted the service branch is obligating $23.4 million in fiscal 2018 operations […] More

  • Transcom Eyes ‘Secret’ Level Cloud Services Contract Award to AWS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Transcom Eyes ‘Secret’ Level Cloud Services Contract Award to AWS

    The U.S. Transportation Command has announced its intent to award a contract to Amazon Web Services to provide commercial cloud services designed to host data classified at the “secret” level. Transcom said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday the proposed contract will cover storage, virtual machines, internet protocol management and network bandwidth services. The company […] More

  • DARPA to Host Proposers Day on Radio Tech Devt Program in January - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA to Host Proposers Day on Radio Tech Devt Program in January

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency plans to host a proposers day on Jan. 15 in Arlington, Virginia, to discuss a program that seeks new radio technology for military operational environments. DARPA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday the Network Universal Persistence program looks to prototype a radio system that will work to help military […] More

  • Telos ID Promotes Dawn Lucini to Aviation Security VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Telos ID Promotes Dawn Lucini to Aviation Security VP

    Dawn Lucini, formerly director of aviation security at Telos Identity Management Solutions, has been promoted to vice president of the company’s aviation security business. Telos ID said Monday Lucini will lead efforts to increase the aviation sector’s knowledge of channeling, identification management, biometrics and integration service offerings form the company, as well as strengthen the firm’s […] More

  • Engility to Support Federal IT Modernization Efforts Under GSA's $50B Alliant 2 Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility to Support Federal IT Modernization Efforts Under GSA’s $50B Alliant 2 Vehicle

    Engility plans to help federal customers modernize information technology systems through the company’s position on the potential $50 billion Alliant 2 governmentwide acquisition contract vehicle awarded in November. The company said Tuesday it will offer systems engineering and integration, enterprise, cyber and high-performance computing services to agencies under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Luis Almodovar, vice president for GWAC and IDIQ solutions […] More