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  • 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

  • Energy Department Announces Additional $20 Million in Research Awards - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Energy Department Announces Additional $20 Million in Research Awards

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced Thursday that it 10 previously selected Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awardees will receive a total of $20 million, honoring additional commitments. This marks the end of the road for the DOE’s approval process of the ARPA-E’s Next-Generation Energy Technologies for Connected and Autonomous On-Road Vehicles (NEXTCAR) and […] More

  • ITAMCO to Create Messaging & Transaction App for US Military Under DARPA Grant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ITAMCO to Create Messaging & Transaction App for US Military Under DARPA Grant

    ITAMCO has received a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency grant to build a secure messaging and transaction application for Defense Department users. The company will base the messaging tool on its Crypto-Chat privacy app and blockchain technology as part of the project’s first phase, ITAMCO said Thursday. The messaging app is intended to support communications between deployed troops and headquarters as well as between intelligence officers […] 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

  • Aerobotix Develops F-22 Engine Coating Restoration Tech Under Air Force SBIR Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerobotix Develops F-22 Engine Coating Restoration Tech Under Air Force SBIR Program

    Madison, Alabama-based Aerobotix has developed a robotic technology for U.S. Air Force aircraft maintenance personnel to restore coatings on F-22 engine inlets as part of a $1.5 million Small Business Innovation Research contract. The Phase II SBIR contract awarded to Aerobotix supports the efforts of Air Force Research Laboratory and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center to increase the efficiency […] More

  • Hypori Adds Bluetooth Functionality to Virtual Mobile Infrastructure Under DHS SBIR Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hypori Adds Bluetooth Functionality to Virtual Mobile Infrastructure Under DHS SBIR Contract

    Hypori has integrated Bluetooth access control functionality with its virtual mobile infrastructure platform designed to help government agencies safeguard applications and data in mobile devices from cyber threats. The company added the functionality as part of the Small Business Innovation Research Phase II contract it secured from the Department of Homeland Security’s science and technology directorate in […] More

  • Mikros to Support Production of Maintenance Tool for Navy Radar Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mikros to Support Production of Maintenance Tool for Navy Radar Systems

    Mikros Systems has secured a potential five-year, $35.2 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to support the production of a computer-aided alignment and maintenance tool for air and surface radar systems used on warships. The Defense Department said Monday the Phase III Small Business Innovation Research contract also covers data management, engineering, logistics and technical […] More

  • OmniEarth to Develop Soil Moisture Mapping Tech Under DARPA Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    OmniEarth to Develop Soil Moisture Mapping Tech Under DARPA Contract

    OmniEarth has received a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop a mapping technology for military personnel to assess, manage and predict soil conditions. The company said Monday it will fuse information from commercially-available synthetic aperture radar and multispectral imagery in a push to develop a precision soil moisture mapping model to aid tactical decisionmaking. […] More