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  • NASA, Harmonic Release Astronaut Space-Walk Training Virtual Reality Video - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Harmonic Release Astronaut Space-Walk Training Virtual Reality Video

    NASA and video services company Harmonic have unveiled a 360-degree, virtual reality video on NASA TV’s Youtube channel to show three different perspectives of astronauts in space-walk training. Harmonic said Wednesday the video was taken at NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston where astronauts train for future missions through an indoor pool of water and a life-size replica of the […] More

  • Moderna Therapeutics Receives Potential $125M HHS Contract to Develop Zika Virus Vaccine - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Moderna Therapeutics Receives Potential $125M HHS Contract to Develop Zika Virus Vaccine

    Moderna Therapeutics has secured a potential five-year, $125 million contract from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response to produce a vaccine for the Zika virus. HHS said Wednesday ASPR’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority will help Moderna conduct clinical trial, toxicology studies, vaccine formulation and manufacturing through the contract’s four-year […] More

  • Oceus Networks Unveils Mobile 4G LTE Products for Various Deployment Scenarios - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oceus Networks Unveils Mobile 4G LTE Products for Various Deployment Scenarios

    Oceus Networks has launched three additions to its family of mobile 4G LTE products in efforts to support size, weight and power needs of different deployment scenarios. The Reston, Virginia-based mobile technology company said Wednesday its new Xiphos Micro, Xiphos Macro and Xiphos Mid platforms are designed to aid on-the-move teams, large deployments and both large and on-the-move deployments, respectively. Oceus added Xiphos is the […] More

  • Milpower Wins Potential $66M Contract From Navy to Produce MUOS Power Amplifiers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Milpower Wins Potential $66M Contract From Navy to Produce MUOS Power Amplifiers

    Milpower has won a potential 10-year, $66.1 million contract from the U.S. Navy to manufacture and engineer 100 – and 200-watt power amplifiers for the service branch’s  Mobile User Objective System. The Defense Department said Wednesday the power amplifiers will be integrated with Digital Modular Radios in efforts to help the Navy address MUOS fleet modernization, shipbuilding and conversion […] More

  • Lockheed to Build Jordan's F-16 Air Combat Training Centers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Build Jordan’s F-16 Air Combat Training Centers

    Lockheed Martin has received a $39.5 million foreign military sales contract from the U.S. Air Force to establish and maintain two F-16 air combat training centers for Jordan’s military. The Defense Department said Wednesday that Lockheed will also provide logistics support to Jordan and is scheduled to complete work under the sole-source contract by Sept. 15, 2020. The contracting activity is the Air Force […] More

  • Australia's Defense Science & Tech Group, UniSA Partner to Develop Adaptive Tank Camouflage Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Australia’s Defense Science & Tech Group, UniSA Partner to Develop Adaptive Tank Camouflage Tech

    The Australian defense department’s science and technology group has partnered with the University of South Australia to produce adaptive camouflage cells that work to change tanks’ color patterns to match the environment, The Lead South Australia reported Tuesday. Caleb Radford writes the camouflage cell technology was tested on a tank at the Australian military’s Cultana training facility and the trial results will […] More

  • BAE Co-Hosts UK National Cyber Forensics Competition; Chris Clinton Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Co-Hosts UK National Cyber Forensics Competition; Chris Clinton Comments

    BAE Systems, Cyber Security Challenge UK and Her Majesty’s Government Communications Centre have partnered to facilitate a competition that challenged participants to analyze a simulated attack on a fictional payment application site. The national cyber forensics competition took place at BAE’s facility in London and was judged by a group of assessors from BAE, HMGCC and various cybersecurity organizations that assessed candidates for potential employment with […] More

  • Blue Compass to Facilitate NGA-Sponsored Hackathon Series for Developers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Blue Compass to Facilitate NGA-Sponsored Hackathon Series for Developers

    Blue Compass will serve as lead facilitator on a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency-sponsored hackathon series that seeks to foster relationships with software developers and industry in support of NGA programs. The Tysons Corner, Virginia-based company said Friday the competition also aims to promote NGA programs such as the Innovative GEOINT Application Platform Provider project that looks to incentivize app developers […] More

  • Report: South Korea Eyes Purchase of Boeing-Built Anti-Submarine Patrol Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: South Korea Eyes Purchase of Boeing-Built Anti-Submarine Patrol Aircraft

    South Korea could acquire four Boeing-built P-8 Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft amid North Korea’s continued test firing of submarine-launched ballistic missiles, Korea JoongAng Daily reported Thursday. Jeong Yong-Soo and Kang Jin-Kyu write that the South Korean military considers a possible purchase of maritime patrol aircraft that work to detect North Korean submarines and avoid “surprise” attacks. The report said the current anti-submarine patrol aircraft of South […] More

  • ATAC to Update Aviation Simulation Model System at Navy, DoD Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ATAC to Update Aviation Simulation Model System at Navy, DoD Facilities

    ATAC has been awarded a potential five-year, $8 million contract to develop and update a naval aviation simulation model system at U.S. Navy and Marine Corps installations as well as Defense Department facilities worldwide. DoD said Tuesday the project will support airfield, airspace and range analyses of existing or proposed operations and activities. The company will also compile information on mission changes to […] More

  • Boeing to Supply Air Force With B-52 Combat Network Comm Tech Spares - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Supply Air Force With B-52 Combat Network Comm Tech Spares

    Boeing has received a $9.6 million contract modification to provide Combat Network Communications Technology full-rate production spares as well as modify low-rate initial production spares for the U.S. Air Force‘s B-52 bomber fleet. The Defense Department said Tuesday Boeing will supply replaceable units for FRP-configured bomber aircraft and retrofit field-deployed, LRIP-configured bombers with with FRP line replaceable units. Work will occur in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma through […] More

  • AeroVironment, Partners to Market Hand-Launched UAS to Australian Armed Forces - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AeroVironment, Partners to Market Hand-Launched UAS to Australian Armed Forces

    AeroVironment has partnered with Australian companies XTEK, Sentient Vision and General Dynamics‘ Mediaware subsidiary to bring AeroVironment’s line of unmanned aircraft systems to the Australia. The California-based small UAS provider said Monday the team looks to sell the AeroVironment Wasp AE or RQ-12A micro air vehicle to Australia’s armed forces. Wasp AE systems consist of two air vehicles and one ground control system and feature AeroVironment’s […] More