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  • Kymeta to Develop Ka-Band CubeSat Antennas for NASA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kymeta to Develop Ka-Band CubeSat Antennas for NASA

    Kymeta‘s government solutions division has received a pair of NASA grants to produce Ka-band antennas for integration with CubeSats or other satellites designed to operate in low-Earth orbit. The company said Monday it aims to develop space-based antennas under NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research program as part of efforts to help address for very low size, weight and […] More

  • Trellisware Secures USSOCOM Tactical Radio Contract via SBIR Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Trellisware Secures USSOCOM Tactical Radio Contract via SBIR Program

    The U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded Trellisware Technologies a five-year, $40 million contract to supply Advanced Tactical Scalable Mobile Ad-hoc Network radios to USSOCOM’s Special Operations Forces Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Center. USSOCOM granted the award following the third phase of a Small Business Innovation Research Program, the Defense Department said Tuesday. San Diego, California-based Trellisware will receive $54,759 […] More

  • Metronome-MobileIron Team Secures DHS SBIR Grant to Develop Mobile Security Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Metronome-MobileIron Team Secures DHS SBIR Grant to Develop Mobile Security Tech

    A MobileIron–Metronome Software team has received a $749,930 grant from the Department of Homeland Security‘s Science and Technology Directorate to develop technology for first responders to secure mobile device-based sensor systems. Both companies will work to create a security overlay designed to comply with security and data provenance requirements under the Next Generation First Responder framework, MobileIron said […] More

  • Small Businesses, Research Organizations Receive NASA Grants for Space Technology R&D - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Small Businesses, Research Organizations Receive NASA Grants for Space Technology R&D

    NASA has chosen 19 research proposals from small businesses and research institutions to receive a total of $14.3 million in funds. The space agency said Tuesday it issued the awards as part of the Small Business Technology Transfer program that aims to encourage small businesses and research institutions to enter cooperative research and development partnerships. The chosen STTR […] More

  • Evernym Secures DHS Grant to Develop Key Mgmt System for Blockchain Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Evernym Secures DHS Grant to Develop Key Mgmt System for Blockchain Tech

    Salt Lake City, Utah-based Evernym has received a $749,000 Small Business Innovation Research grant from the Department of Homeland Security to create a decentralized mechanism to manage public and private keys used to deploy blockchain technology. Evernym aims to develop a cryptographic key management system to help bolster online authentication and verification functions through the Applicability […] More

  • Pixelligent Gets DoD, DOE Grants for Nanocomposite Tech Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pixelligent Gets DoD, DOE Grants for Nanocomposite Tech Development

    Pixelligent Technologies has received $2.15 million in total funds from the departments of Defense and Energy to further develop new applications based on the company’s nanocomposite technology. The company said Monday it will create an organic light emitting diode under two Phase I and Phase IIB grants awarded through DOE’s Small Business Innovation Research program. DoD also seeks […] More

  • ViraCyte Secures NIH, FDA Grants to Develop, Test T-Cell Immunotherapies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ViraCyte Secures NIH, FDA Grants to Develop, Test T-Cell Immunotherapies

    ViraCyte has secured $3.75 million in contracts from the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration to continue development work on cellular immunotherapies designed to protect stem cell transplant recipients from severe infections. NIH’s National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute awarded ViraCyte a $3 million contract to advance clinical development of a T-cell immunotherapy […] More

  • Geocent-Plasma Processes JV Secures NASA Grant to Develop Radiation Shielding Components - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Geocent-Plasma Processes JV Secures NASA Grant to Develop Radiation Shielding Components

    A joint venture of Geocent and Plasma Processes has received a six-month contract from NASA to develop multifunctional radiation shielding composites for potential use in space crew vehicles, habitats and other applications. Geoplasma aims to produce materials that can help shield space exploration vehicles and habitats against galactic cosmic rays as part of the Phase I Small Business Innovation Research program, […] More

  • Veramine to Help DHS Boost Cyber Defense for Financial Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Veramine to Help DHS Boost Cyber Defense for Financial Services

    Veramine has received a $200,000 grant from the Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate research and develop tools to strengthen the cyber defense systems of financial institutions. DHS said Thursday the project falls under the Silicon Valley Innovation Program and aims to integrate moving-target defense, cyber-intrusion deception, isolation and containment technologies to secure financial […] More

  • RE2 Robotics Gets USAF Funds to Develop Manned-to-Autonomous Aircraft Conversion Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    RE2 Robotics Gets USAF Funds to Develop Manned-to-Autonomous Aircraft Conversion Tech

    RE2 Robotics has received a U.S. Air Force grant to help the service branch create a drop-in robotic system designed to convert traditional manned aircraft platforms to robotically piloted, autonomous aircraft. The company said Wednesday it aims to demonstrate cognitive architecture decision making, humanoid-like robotic manipulation, system architecture feasibility and vision-based flight-status recognition through the Common Aircraft Retrofit for Novel […] More

  • Tiag to Build Wellness & Performance Tracking Platform for Navy Sailors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tiag to Build Wellness & Performance Tracking Platform for Navy Sailors

    Reston, Virginia-based technology services provider tiag will design and build an expanded version of its performance tracking system for the U.S. Navy. The company said Tuesday it will evolve the Warrior Performance Platform into an interactive Human Performance Self-Service Kiosk in an effort to provide sailors access to wellness and nutrition information tailored to their individual fitness goals. The HPSSK will also work to integrate with various personal electronic devices and […] More