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  • IvySys to Help DARPA Model Adversarial Activity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IvySys to Help DARPA Model Adversarial Activity

    IvySys Technologies has received a potential $4.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory on behalf of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to help create mathematical and computational strategies that can model adversarial activity. The DARPA Information Innovation Office’s four-year MAA program will use the new approaches in a push to acquire, deploy, […] More

  • Deltek’s Alex Rossino: DoD Seeks $2.4B Annual Budget for AI/Machine Learning, Other Tech Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deltek’s Alex Rossino: DoD Seeks $2.4B Annual Budget for AI/Machine Learning, Other Tech Projects

    A Deltek analysis of the Defense Department‘s proposed fiscal 2018 research, development and procurement budget indicates that DoD is seeking approximately $2.4 billion per year to fund programs that include artificial intelligence and machine learning systems through fiscal 2022. Alex Rossino, a principal research analyst at Deltek, wrote in a blog entry posted Tuesday  the requested funds would […] More

  • ESA Names Airbus Prime Contractor for European Satellite-Based Augmentation System Devt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ESA Names Airbus Prime Contractor for European Satellite-Based Augmentation System Devt

    The European Space Agency has selected Airbus to be the prime contractor on a project to build a new satellite-based augmentation system that can support “safety of life” and other services across the aviation sector. Airbus said Friday it will help the agency produce EGNOS V3 in efforts to boost the performance of European SoL services to […] More

  • Luxriot-Atlas Dynamics Team to Supply Drone-Based Services for Defense, Security and First Responder Markets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Luxriot-Atlas Dynamics Team to Supply Drone-Based Services for Defense, Security and First Responder Markets

    Atlas Dynamics and Luxriot have teamed up to create drone-based products and services for first-responders, defense and security markets. Atlas Dynamics said Monday it will combine its autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle expertise with the Luxriot Evo Video Management Software to develop technologies that can impact the aforementioned markets. Ainars Svirskis, business development manager at Luxriot, said […] More

  • IBM to Deliver Neuromorphic Supercomputer to Air Force Research Lab - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM to Deliver Neuromorphic Supercomputer to Air Force Research Lab

    The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory expects to receive a neuromorphic supercomputer system from IBM in the summer to support the lab’s deep neural-network learning and information discovery tasks, Signal Magazine reported Monday. The machine will feature IBM’s TrueNorth Neurosynaptic System along with an end-to-end software ecosystem, pattern recognition and sensory processing tools. AFRL and IBM formed a partnership in […] More

  • Cisco Invests in India-Based Venture Capital Fund Stellaris Venture Partners - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco Invests in India-Based Venture Capital Fund Stellaris Venture Partners

    India-based investment firm Stellaris Venture Partners has received an undisclosed amount of funding from Cisco‘s investments unit, Live Mint reported Monday. The technology venture capital fund invests in business- and consumer-centric start-ups that offer analytics, cloud, enterprise application and Internet of Things products and services. Sameer Garde, president of Cisco India, said the company supports […] More

  • Navy Picks 3 Small Businesses to Support Waterfront Surface Trainers Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Picks 3 Small Businesses to Support Waterfront Surface Trainers Program

    Sonalysts, Systems Engineering Associates and Transtecs have won spots on a potential $49.4 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to build classrooms, laboratory environments and training systems. The Defense Department said Friday all three small businesses will vie for Waterfront Surface Trainers Program support orders from the Navy and the Philippine government through a foreign military […] More

  • Auto-ISAC, DHS Sign CRADA to Develop Cyber Threat Info Sharing Capacities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Auto-ISAC, DHS Sign CRADA to Develop Cyber Threat Info Sharing Capacities

    The Automotive Information Sharing and Analysis Center has inked a cooperative research and development agreement with the Department of Homeland Security to boost capacities for information sharing and analysis of vehicle cyber threats. Auto-ISAC said Thursday the partnership will look to provide vehicle cyber threat information access to the DHS National Cybersecurity and Communication Integration Center […] More

  • Lockheed Helps NASA Test Solar Arrays for Mars Lander - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Helps NASA Test Solar Arrays for Mars Lander

    NASA and Lockheed Martin have evaluated the solar arrays of a future Mars robotic lander technology inside a clean room at the company’s facility in Littleton, Colorado. The space agency said Tuesday its Jet Propulsion Laboratory led the InSight evaluation process wherein the platform deployed its solar arrays while in a landed configuration to test the actual process […] More

  • BAE Turns Over Patrol Vessel to UK MoD - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Turns Over Patrol Vessel to UK MoD

    The U.K. ministry of defense has formally accepted a BAE Systems-built River-class offshore patrol vessel designed to help protect the country’s territories and interests worldwide. HMS Forth will remain at the Scotstoun yard in Glasgow, Scotland for additional work before its commissioning at the Portsmouth Naval Base later this year, BAE said Thursday. The company also started […] More

  • IRS Surveys Potential IT Enterprise Program Mgmt Support Providers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IRS Surveys Potential IT Enterprise Program Mgmt Support Providers

    The Internal Revenue Service has launched a market research effort to explore potential industry sources of support services for IRS’ Information Technology Enterprise Program Management Office. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday says the agency wants to know the availability, capability and interests of companies to help the IT EPMO plan, manage and execute projects. Scope of work […] More

  • Research and Markets: Military Aircraft Modernization Efforts to Help Drive Targeting Pod Market Growth - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Military Aircraft Modernization Efforts to Help Drive Targeting Pod Market Growth

    A Research and Markets report forecasts the worldwide market for targeting pods will experience a 6.61 percent compound annual growth rate in the next five years as military agencies increase aircraft procurement and modernization efforts. The targeting pods market’s value is projected to increase from $3.3 billion in 2017 to $4.5 billion by 2022, Research Markets said Thursday. Lockheed Martin, L3 […] More