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  • DARPA Wants Semantic Tech to Interpret Multimedia Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Wants Semantic Tech to Interpret Multimedia Data

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency was scheduled Friday to meet with potential proposers on a program that seeks to aggregate and interpret data from multiple media sources with a “semantic engine.” DARPA said Thursday the Active Interpretation of Disparate Alternatives project aims to build a platform that will work to general multiple hypotheses on the meaning and implications of real-world events, situations and trends […] More

  • SteelCloud to Support DoD Windows 10 Deployment Through STIG Compliance Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SteelCloud to Support DoD Windows 10 Deployment Through STIG Compliance Platform

    SteelCloud has received a contract from a Defense Department component to provide a security compliance automation platform to support DoD’s deployment of the Windows 10 operating system. The company said Thursday its ConfigOS platform is designed to automate compliance with the Security Technical Implementation Guide as well as support Risk Management Framework accreditation. DoD needs to obtain RMF […] More

  • IARPA to Host Proposers Day on Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Imaging Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IARPA to Host Proposers Day on Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Imaging Program

    The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity will hold a Proposers Day on May 11 in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area to discuss a program that seeks to develop ground-based imaging approaches for objects in the geosynchronous Earth orbit. IARPA said Wednesday in a FedBizOpps notice that the Amon-Hen program seeks a ground-based optical interferometer that will work […] More

  • VA Orders Additional ReWalk Robotics-Built Exoskeleton Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Orders Additional ReWalk Robotics-Built Exoskeleton Systems

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has ordered an additional 28 exoskeleton systems from ReWalk Robotics to support an ongoing clinical trial across VA centers. ReWalk Robotics said Thursday it delivered 20 Personal Exoskeleton Systems in the first quarter of 2017 and is scheduled to deliver eight more systems later this year. Larry Jasinski, CEO of ReWalk Robotics, said the VA […] More

  • BAE Unit to Extend USAF Air Vehicle Planning System Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Unit to Extend USAF Air Vehicle Planning System Support

    A business unit of BAE Systems has received a $42.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to provide additional support for an air vehicle planning system. The modification will also increase contract ceiling to authorize the procurement of continued maintenance and sustainment activities; development activities; onsite support requirements; and required modifications to Army Prepositioned Stock weapons, the Defense Department said Thursday. BAE’s […] More

  • GSA Seeks Industry Input on Plan to Create New Maintenance, Repair, Operations SINs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Seeks Industry Input on Plan to Create New Maintenance, Repair, Operations SINs

    The General Services Administration wants industry feedback on a plan to create one or more special item numbers for maintenance, repair and operations services under the agency’s 51V Schedule procurement vehicle. GSA said Monday in a FedBizOpps notice that the planned SIN/s are intended to address federal civilian and Defense Department agency needs for MRO offerings as […] More

  • Boeing to Open Global Services Business HQ in Plano, TX - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Open Global Services Business HQ in Plano, TX

    Boeing has chosen a site in Plano, Texas, for the future headquarters of the aerospace and defense contractor’s newly formed global services business unit. The company said Wednesday the building will be established on the Legacy West mixed-use property in West Plano and accommodate approximately 20,000 employees when the facility becomes operational in July. Boeing noted the location is centrally situated within the company’s U.S. footprint as well […] More

  • CACI Subcontracts VATC for SOCOM Geospatial Intel Collection Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI Subcontracts VATC for SOCOM Geospatial Intel Collection Support

    Visual Awareness Technologies and Consulting has received a subcontract from CACI International to provide a geospatial database and system engineers in support of the U.S. Special Operations Command. VATC said Wednesday it secured a spot as first-tier subcontractor under CACI’s Special Operations Forces Planning, Rehearsal and Execution Preparation contract worth up to $4.2 million annually. The training platform […] More

  • Northrop Wins Air Force Contract to Develop Graph Analytics Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Wins Air Force Contract to Develop Graph Analytics Software

    Northrop Grumman has won a $7.2 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop a widely-applicable streaming and static parallel-graph processing software. The Defense Department said Wednesday Northrop will identify and create static and streaming graph analytics to address five types of problem areas, anomaly detection, domain specific search, dependency mapping, N-x contingency analysis and causal modeling […] More

  • AT&T to Install Internet-of-Things Tech at Maxwell Air Force Base - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T to Install Internet-of-Things Tech at Maxwell Air Force Base

    AT&T has partnered with Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama to integrate internet-of-things technologies intended to support operations and infrastructure at the installation. The company said Wednesday it will install network-connected sensors at Maxwell AFB and develop proof-of-concept demonstrations of smart perimeters, gate monitoring, notifications and fleet management, among others. Col. Don Lewis, commander of the 42nd Mission […] More

  • Lockheed Unveils Analytics Platform for Space Asset Protection - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Unveils Analytics Platform for Space Asset Protection

    Lockheed Martin has unveiled an analytics platform the company designed to help public and private sector customers protect their space assets. The intelligent Space offering encompasses sensor data processing, space domain awareness, battle management and command-and-control support for defense, civil, commercial and international clients, Lockheed said Tuesday. The company designed iSpace to task, process and correlate data from a global network of government, commercial […] More

  • SSL, NASA Complete System Requirements Review for Robotic Satellite Servicing Spacecraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SSL, NASA Complete System Requirements Review for Robotic Satellite Servicing Spacecraft

    Space Systems Loral and NASA have reviewed systems requirements for a robotic spacecraft designed to carry out a satellite servicing mission in low-Earth orbit. The two-day evaluation brought together SSL and NASA teams to verify functional and performance requirements for the Restore-L spacecraft, the company said Tuesday. SSL received a potential five-year, $127 million contract last year to help […] More