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  • DARPA to Hold Proposers Day on WMD Exposure Detection Tech Devt Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA to Hold Proposers Day on WMD Exposure Detection Tech Devt Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host a Proposers Day on Feb. 23 in Arlington, Virginia to discuss a program that aims to develop technology that can detect whether an individual has been exposed to materials associated with weapons of mass destruction. DARPA said Friday the Epigenetic Characterization and Observation (ECHO) program would create a portable platform designed […] More

  • NASA, Aerojet Rocketdyne Test Main Engine Controller for Orion-SLS Crewed Flight - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Aerojet Rocketdyne Test Main Engine Controller for Orion-SLS Crewed Flight

    NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne have tested the fourth and last engine controller for the first crewed mission of the Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System rocket, called Exploration Mission-2. Aerojet Rocketdyne said Thursday its RS-25 engine was test fired for 365 seconds to qualify the engine controller, which works to facilitate communications between the engine and SLS as […] More

  • ACT I Receives ISO Quality Management Certification; Claudio Monticelli Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ACT I Receives ISO Quality Management Certification; Claudio Monticelli Comments

    Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has obtained independent third-party certification for meeting the International Organization for Standardization’s quality management system standards. The ISO 9001:2015 certificate validates that ACT I delivers products and services that meet customer and regulatory requirements while protecting against quality deficiencies, the company said. “Corey Gomez, our Quality Assurance Manager, assembled the team, […] More

  • Microsoft Receives Air Force, ICE FedRAMP Authorizations for Azure Govt Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Receives Air Force, ICE FedRAMP Authorizations for Azure Govt Cloud

    Microsoft has obtained separate Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certifications from the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the company’s Azure Government cloud platform. Tom Keane, a general manager at Microsoft, wrote in a blog entry posted Jan. 24 that the Air Force gave Azure Government the Defense Department‘s Impact Level 4 ATO […] More

  • SAP NS2's Mark Testoni: App Developers Should Increase Transparency on Data Privacy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP NS2’s Mark Testoni: App Developers Should Increase Transparency on Data Privacy

    Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services, has said companies should give consumers more information on data collected by mobile applications they use, the New York Post reported Tuesday. Testoni added that apps should have labels describing data privacy practices in the same way that food products contain nutritional labels. “We have to […] More

  • DARPA Transfers Unmanned Anti-Submarine Vessel Prototype to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Transfers Unmanned Anti-Submarine Vessel Prototype to Navy

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has transitioned a prototype of an unmanned anti-submarine warfare vessel to the Office of Naval Research for further development. DARPA said Tuesday the Sea Hunter vessel was developed under the Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program to serve as the first unit of a potential new class of unmanned maritime vessels. ACTUV will […] More

  • Lockheed Puts Miniature Hit-to-Kill Missile Through Flight Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Puts Miniature Hit-to-Kill Missile Through Flight Test

    Lockheed Martin has completed a controlled flight test of its Miniature Hit-to-Kill missile at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico to validate the weapon’s agility, airframe and electronics. The Lockheed-funded demonstration on Friday marked the first test for MHTK’s updated electronics and the second for the missile’s new airframe, the company said Tuesday. MHTK comes in two […] More

  • Northrop Subsidiary Reviews Design of Radar Antenna Reflector for US-India Imaging Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Subsidiary Reviews Design of Radar Antenna Reflector for US-India Imaging Satellite

    Northrop Grumman‘s Astro Aerospace subsidiary has performed a critical design review of the AstroMesh radar antenna reflector being developed for a joint imaging satellite of NASA and India’s space agency. AstroMesh will serve as a deployable mesh reflector for the large aperture antenna of the NASA-Indian Space Research Organization Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite, Northrop said Monday. The reflector […] More

  • Condusiv's James D'Arezzo: AI Tech Could Reduce Effectiveness of Govt Processes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Condusiv’s James D’Arezzo: AI Tech Could Reduce Effectiveness of Govt Processes

    Condusiv CEO James D’Arezzo has urged government information technology managers to be cautious in using artificial intelligence platforms to meet productivity needs amid budget reductions. D’Arezzo noted that AI systems may lessen the effectiveness of government processes since the technology is still “new and uncertain,” Condusiv said Monday. The company cited a white paper from the […] More

  • Gen. Carlton Everhart: Boeing-Built KC-46 Tanker On Track for Military Equipment Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gen. Carlton Everhart: Boeing-Built KC-46 Tanker On Track for Military Equipment Certification

    Gen. Carlton Everhart, head of the U.S. Air Force‘s Air Mobility Command, has said that the Boeing-built KC-46 tanker aircraft is slated to obtain approval for its military equipment, Military Times reported Thursday. Everhart told Air Force Times during a visit to Boeing’s Washington state facility that the company and the Federal Aviation Administration could finish the required […] More

  • Bloomberg: Pentagon's Fiscal 2017 Contract Spend Reached $331B - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bloomberg: Pentagon’s Fiscal 2017 Contract Spend Reached $331B

    Bloomberg‘s government arm has analyzed the Defense Department‘s unclassified contract obligations and found that DoD awarded a total of $331 billion to contractors over the last fiscal year. Robert Levinson, a senior defense analyst at Bloomberg Government, wrote in a blog entry posted Wednesday that the Department of the Navy, which includes the U.S. Marine Corps, received the highest DoD […] More

  • StreetShares Raises $23M in Funding Round - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    StreetShares Raises $23M in Funding Round

    A round of Series B financing has pulled in $23 million for StreetShares, a financial services provider to government contractors. The company said Wednesday it secured a $20 million investment from Rotunda Capital Partners and a total of $3 million from existing investors, such as veteran-focused venture firm Stony Lonesome Group. Mark Rockefeller, StreetShares CEO, said the investments will […] More