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  • DOE Invests in 48 Solar Power Tech Projects Under SunShot Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE Invests in 48 Solar Power Tech Projects Under SunShot Initiative

    The Energy Department has obligated $46.2 million for 48 projects to develop solar power technologies as part of a national effort that aims to make solar energy a viable energy source for U.S. citizens. DOE said Wednesday the projects fall under the SunShot Initiative‘s Technology to Market 3 and Photovoltaics Research and Development 2 programs. Charlie Gay, director of the […] More

  • Air Force Picks Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney to Build Aircraft Secondary Power Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Picks Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney to Build Aircraft Secondary Power Systems

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded a potential $12 million contract to Honeywell International and a $15 million contract to United Technologies Corp.‘s Pratt & Whitney subsidiary to research, develop and engineer secondary power systems for multiple types of aircraft. Both contractors will support efforts of the Air Force and U.S. Navy to optimize the safety, reliability and maintainability of secondary […] More

  • Applied Research Associates Lands Army R&D Task Orders - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Applied Research Associates Lands Army R&D Task Orders

    Applied Research Associates has received research and development task orders worth up to $49.5 million combined to provide hardware, software, prototyping sensors, modeling, testing and simulation training services to the U.S. Army. Albuquerque, New Mexico-based ARA is scheduled to finish work July 2, 2022, the Defense Department said Monday. The Army Contracting Command will determine funds and […] More

  • Boeing, Georgia Tech Open Manufacturing Dev't Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, Georgia Tech Open Manufacturing Dev’t Center

    Boeing and the Georgia Institute of Technology have opened a development research facility as part of efforts to help address technical challenges related to manufacturing. The Boeing Manufacturing Development Center located at Georgia Tech’s Delta Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility is built to encourage collaboration between researchers and engineering students on the implementation of industrial automation […] More

  • Honeywell to Establish APAC Cyber Innovation Hub - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Honeywell to Establish APAC Cyber Innovation Hub

    Honeywell‘s process solutions business plans to open a facility in Singapore by the end of 2017 to provide managed cybersecurity services intended to help Asia-Pacific customers manage security posture and avoid breaches. The company said Thursday its cybersecurity center of excellence for the APAC region will feature a research-and-development laboratory, a security operations center and a training facility. The lab will […] More

  • CTC Lands Spot on $249M Army Research Lab ISR R&D Support Contract; Ed Sheehan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC Lands Spot on $249M Army Research Lab ISR R&D Support Contract; Ed Sheehan Comments

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. has won a spot on a potential five-year, $248.6 million contract to provide the U.S. Army Research Laboratory with research and development support services related to intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology platforms. The cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers design, analysis and demonstration of ISR technologies and concepts designed to help identify and locate terrorist […] More

  • Patricia Steinbrech Appointed to Lead Mitre-Operated Federal Healthcare R&D Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Patricia Steinbrech Appointed to Lead Mitre-Operated Federal Healthcare R&D Center

    Patricia Steinbrech, former chief information officer and senior vice president of information technology and operations at ACT, has been named VP and director of a federally funded research and development center Mitre manages for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. She will oversee Mitre’s CMS Alliance to Modernize Healthcare FFRDC and the health missions of federal agencies the center supports, the nonprofit […] More

  • DOE to Invest $72M in 68 Small Business R&D Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE to Invest $72M in 68 Small Business R&D Projects

    The Energy Department will award 73 grants worth up to $72 million combined to help fund phase II research-and-development projects of 68 small businesses across 24 states. DOE said Wednesday the grants, worth an average of $1 million each, will be funded via the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs and cover a two-year base […] More

  • Janus Trains Ukraine Military, Defense Personnel on Landmine Action Strategies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Janus Trains Ukraine Military, Defense Personnel on Landmine Action Strategies

    Janus Global Operations has trained a group of Ukrainian military and defense personnel on landmine action quality management strategies as part of a two-month project the company carried out for a nonprofit mine-clearance organization. HALO Trust collaborated with JGO to develop training curriculum that encompassed  manual and mechanical techniques for battle area clearance, explosive ordnance disposal, mine detection and humanitarian […] More

  • NASA Solicits Tech Proposals From Academia to Support Human Exploration Plans - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Solicits Tech Proposals From Academia to Support Human Exploration Plans

    NASA‘s space technology mission directorate seeks early-stage technology proposals from academic institutions that can support the agency’s human exploration and solar system research goals in the long term. The space agency said Wednesday the Early Stage Innovations program will fund research projects in specific areas of interest to the country’s space program including advanced coating technology, cross-cutting […] More

  • MacB to Help Air Force Researchers Engineer, Demo EW Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MacB to Help Air Force Researchers Engineer, Demo EW Systems

    MacAulay-Brown has received a three-year, $8.5 million task order to support engineering and demonstration of electronic warfare systems at the Air Force Research Laboratory. MacB said Monday the order falls under the Spectrum Warfare Evaluation and Assessment Technology Engineering Research contract and the company will perform work at AFRL’s headquarters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. The SWEATER […] More