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  • Lockheed to Build Asteroid Exploration Spacecraft for a NASA Discovery Program Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Build Asteroid Exploration Spacecraft for a NASA Discovery Program Mission

    NASA has selected Lockheed Martin to build, design and operate spacecraft that would support research into the bulk physical properties, geology and surface composition of  six Jupiter Trojan asteroids orbiting the sun. Lockheed said Thursday the Lucy spacecraft will be built through one of NASA’s two new Discovery Program missions and that the agency established a $450 million cap for vehicle development. […] More

  • DARPA Enters New Phase in Tactical Undersea Network Architecture Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Enters New Phase in Tactical Undersea Network Architecture Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has completed the initial phase of a program to develop concepts and technologies designed to restore connectivity for U.S. troops when conventional tactical networks are offline or unavailable. DARPA said Thursday its Tactical Undersea Network Architecture program has moved into the second and final phase to demonstrate a prototype of the system at sea. LGS Innovations helped the agency design […] More

  • DJI, Seagate Partner to Help Address UAV Data Demand - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DJI, Seagate Partner to Help Address UAV Data Demand

    DJI and Seagate have partnered to develop technologies for unmanned aerial vehicle operators to store, download, manage and share large amounts of data from UAV missions. Both companies aim to help address the data requirements of UAV users as drone camera systems gain resolution and flight times increase, Seagate said Wednesday. Michael Perry, director of strategic partnerships at DJI, said the […] More

  • GSA Seeks Info on SaaS Offerings for Admin Functions; Beth Angerman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Seeks Info on SaaS Offerings for Admin Functions; Beth Angerman Comments

    The General Services Administration has kicked off its search for industry sources of software-as-a-service offerings for administrative functions in a request for information issued by the agency. GSA said Wednesday its unified shared services management office seeks information about modular and interoperable ways to deliver common technology services and about the Federal Integrated Business Framework‘s viability as a […] More

  • HPE Unveils Demonstration Chip Designed to Bolster Optical Computation Process Speeds - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HPE Unveils Demonstration Chip Designed to Bolster Optical Computation Process Speeds

    Hewlett Packard Enterprise has developed a demonstration chip designed to speed up optical computation processes as part of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program that aims to develop communication, sensing, and computation technologies using mesoscale characteristics, IEEE reported Monday. Rachel Courtland writes the company’s Hewlett Packard Labs business developed the chip, which was created via the Mesodynamic […] More

  • Iron Bow Technologies Opens New Tampa, Fla. Office; Rene LaVigne Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iron Bow Technologies Opens New Tampa, Fla. Office; Rene LaVigne Comments

    Iron Bow Technologies has opened a new facility in Tampa, Florida, in effort to support the growth of the company’s Service Select offering and provide client services. The company said Wednesday the 24,000-square-foot office is located at Woodland Corporate Center and features office spaces, training facilities and new technology infrastructure. Iron Bow has employed 130 locals for […] More

  • Thermwood, Navy Sign Additive Manufacturing Partnership Agreement; Ken Susnjara Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thermwood, Navy Sign Additive Manufacturing Partnership Agreement; Ken Susnjara Comments

    Thermwood and the U.S. Navy’s Fleet Readiness Center East have entered into a two-year cooperative research-and-development agreement to mature the company’s large-scale additive manufacturing technology. The company said Dec. 20 its three-dimensional printing machines are designed to  produce 3D-printed parts that are larger than needed and then trim the components to a final size through a near-net shape approach. “We are […] More

  • Noresco to Update Energy Mgmt Infrastructure at 2 VA Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Noresco to Update Energy Mgmt Infrastructure at 2 VA Facilities

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded Noresco an energy savings performance contract to implement $22 million in infrastructure upgrades at the Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center in New Mexico and El Paso VA Health Care System in Texas. Noresco said Wednesday it aims to help VA increase energy security, cut heating energy costs by up to 70 percent and meet El Paso VA […] More

  • General Atomics Receives $57M Air Force Order to Expand Spain's UAV Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Receives $57M Air Force Order to Expand Spain’s UAV Fleet

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business unit has secured a two-year, $56.7 million order from the U.S. Air Force as part of an existing foreign military sales deal to expand Spain’s current fleet of MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles. The Defense Department said Wednesday that General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. will also provide associated UAV equipment under Spain’s MQ-9 Exportable Block 5 Procurement […] More

  • Andromeda Systems Wins Navy Fleet Readiness Center Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Andromeda Systems Wins Navy Fleet Readiness Center Support Contract

    Andromeda Systems Inc. has won a potential five-year, $40.6 million contract to provide logistics and technical support services to the U.S. Navy‘s Fleet Readiness Center Southeast. The Defense Department said Wednesday the contract covers planning, analysis, development, training, support equipment management and facilities. Work will occur in Jacksonville, Florida; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Arlington, Virginia through January 2022. The Naval Air […] More

  • Airbus Adds New Portable Jamming System to Counter-UAV Product Line - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Adds New Portable Jamming System to Counter-UAV Product Line

    The electronics and border security arm of Airbus‘ defense and space business has introduced a new portable jamming system to its portfolio of counter-unmanned aerial vehicle products that detect illicit intrusions of small drones, Trade Arabia reported Tuesday. The report said the counter-UAV product line, which will be christened as Xpeller at the Consumer Electronics Show […] More

  • DOE, AMSC to Collaborate on Superconductor Wire R&D; Daniel McGahn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE, AMSC to Collaborate on Superconductor Wire R&D; Daniel McGahn Comments

    AMSC has received a $4.5 million contract to research and develop a superconductor wire for the Energy Department‘s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the DOE-run Next Generation Electric Machines program. “This work with the DOE is complementary to our efforts to enable the U.S. Navy’s Electric Ship objective and will allow our team to […] More