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  • DoD Solicits Proposals for Missile-Launched Quadcopter Swarm Payload - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Solicits Proposals for Missile-Launched Quadcopter Swarm Payload

    The Defense Department has begun to solicit proposals for the development of a missile-launched payload comprised of multiple quadcopters. DoD said in a notice posted Nov. 30 on the Small Business Innovation Research program’s website the project aims to produce a swarm of smart quadcopters that will work to deliver explosively formed penetrators to various targets in support of the […] More

  • Navy Plans Airborne Router Devt Contract Award to ATCorp - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Plans Airborne Router Devt Contract Award to ATCorp

    The U.S. Navy plans to award Architecture Technology Corp. a one-year contract to develop 10 ruggedized router prototypes for carrier-based aircraft through a Small Business Innovation Research program, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Thursday. John Keller writes the military branch will ask ATCorp to build small size, weight and power consumption routers called small-form-factor automated networking systems under the third phase of […] More

  • RE2 Robotics to Develop Robots for Army Combat Medics; Jorgen Pedersen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    RE2 Robotics to Develop Robots for Army Combat Medics; Jorgen Pedersen Comments

    Robotic manipulation systems developer RE2 Robotics has received a second phase Small Business Innovation Research grant from the U.S. Army to build robotic technologies that would help combat medics perform their tasks in the field. RE2 Robotics said Monday the Army Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center intends for the robotic systems to minimize risk […] More

  • IST Research to Provide DoD Data Collection, Analysis Platform; Ryan Paterson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IST Research to Provide DoD Data Collection, Analysis Platform; Ryan Paterson Comments

    IST Research has received a potential $4.8 million contract to provide a data collection and analysis platform to Defense Department combatant commands and partner organizations that support human security efforts. The company said Tuesday it will initially provide its Pulse Platform to the U.S. Central Command under the Phase III Small Business Innovative Research contract from the General Services Administration. “We’re very enthusiastic […] More

  • NASA Taps Near Earth Autonomy to Build, Demo UAS Flight Safety Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Taps Near Earth Autonomy to Build, Demo UAS Flight Safety Tech

    Near Earth Autonomy has secured a contract under NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research initiative to help the space agency integrate unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace. Near Earth said Wednesday that it will develop and demonstrate technologies to facilitate safe unmanned aircraft operations in case of emergency situations. The company will also build an autonomous contingency system that can help unmanned aircraft […] More

  • Ansera Chosen for Army Chemical, Nuclear Sampling Kit R&D Grant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ansera Chosen for Army Chemical, Nuclear Sampling Kit R&D Grant

    The Defense Department has awarded Ansera Analytics a two-year, $1.04 million grant under the Phase II Small Business Innovation Research program to study, develop and verify the Army’s sampling kits for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives reconnaissance functions. The Olathe, Kansas-based company said it will work on TacDOGS integration for data and sample analyses, a quality assurance/training program and sample collection, […] More

  • Hydronalix Lands Navy SBIR Phase III Contract for Micro Underwater Drone - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hydronalix Lands Navy SBIR Phase III Contract for Micro Underwater Drone

    The Department of the Navy has awarded Hydronalix a Small Business Innovation Research contract to update a micro unmanned surface vehicle designed to perform situational awareness, communications and mine hunting functions. A notice posted Wednesday on FedBizOpps says the SBIR program’s phase III contract calls for Hydronalix to integrate an acoustic communications platform with the […] More

  • Recombinetics to Develop Alzheimer's, Neurofibromatosis Swine Models for NIH - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Recombinetics to Develop Alzheimer’s, Neurofibromatosis Swine Models for NIH

    Recombinetics has secured a pair of grants worth more than $700,000 combined from two National Institutes of Health organizations to create humanized swine models of Alzheimer’s disease and Neurofibromatosis type 2. The biotechnology company will develop the swine models for the National Institute on Aging and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke under NIH’s Small Business Innovative Research […] More

  • PapGene Aims to Commercialize Bladder Cancer Surveillance Test With NIH Contract Funds - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PapGene Aims to Commercialize Bladder Cancer Surveillance Test With NIH Contract Funds

    Baltimore, Maryland-based biotechnology company PapGene has secured a potential $2.2 million contract from a National Institutes of Health center to study and commercialize a recurrent bladder cancer surveillance test. PapGene said Tuesday it will receive $299,824 funds from NIH’s National Cancer Institute under the first phase of the Fast-Track Small Business Innovation Research contract to demonstrate the accuracy and clinical validity of […] More

  • NuWaves Lands Army SBIR Phase 1 Contract for IFF Simulation Tool Devt; Jeff Wells Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NuWaves Lands Army SBIR Phase 1 Contract for IFF Simulation Tool Devt; Jeff Wells Comments

    NuWaves Engineering has received a phase one Small Business Innovation Research contract to develop a Mode 5 identification friend or foe simulation and radiofrequency injection platform for the U.S. Army. NuWaves will partner with ViaSat and leverage the latter’s VRG-1000 IFF Environment Generator to create a tool that will work to introduce up to 1,000 simulated tactical […] More

  • NIH Awards Grant to SAB Biotherapeutics for Flu Treatment R&D - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIH Awards Grant to SAB Biotherapeutics for Flu Treatment R&D

    SAB Biotherapeutics has received a $1.42 million Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institutes of Health to fund the production and preclinical testing of an antibody the company designed to treat influenza. The company said Wednesday it teamed up with the University of South Dakota’s Sanford School of Medicine for the project under the BioSNTR program that works to […] More

  • Infinity Secures NASA SBIR Phase 3 Contract for Air Independent Fuel Cell Devt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Infinity Secures NASA SBIR Phase 3 Contract for Air Independent Fuel Cell Devt

    Infinity Fuel Cell and Hydrogen has been awarded a phase three contract under NASA‘s Small Business Innovation Research program to develop air independent fuel cells for potential use in the Space Launch System. Infinity said Tuesday it will use contract funds to help advance the company’s patented Non Flow Through fuel cell stack and update its Advanced Product Water Removal technology. “The need […] More