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  • DARPA Requests Info on Counter-UAS Platforms for Mobile Force Protection - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Requests Info on Counter-UAS Platforms for Mobile Force Protection

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked vendors to provide information on mobile layered defense platforms and related components designed to defend mobile and fixed naval and land-based forces against threats posed by small unmanned aircraft systems. DARPA said in a request for information posted Aug. 11 on FedBizOpps it is interested in scalable systems, […] More

  • Energy Dept to Invest $137M in Vehicle Efficiency Tech Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Energy Dept to Invest $137M in Vehicle Efficiency Tech Projects

    The Energy Department plans to invest up to $137 million in two technology development programs that aim to increase energy efficiency of trucks and passenger cars. DoE said Tuesday it will award $20 million in federal funds to Cummins, Daimler Trucks North America, Navistar and Volvo Technology of America as part of the SuperTruck II initiative. The four companies will match DoE’s investment to help develop […] More

  • Jacobs to Help England Highway Agency Develop Road Improvement Strategies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs to Help England Highway Agency Develop Road Improvement Strategies

    Highways England has partnered with Jacobs Engineering Group to identify design options for multiple planned road improvement projects in the east, southeast and northwest regions of England. Jacobs said Tuesday it will provide engineering design services for civil engineering works and traffic technology, surveys, stakeholder engagement, traffic and building information modeling, environmental and principal designer services to Highways England. The stage two […] More

  • Space X's Falcon 9 Rocket Launches Japanese Comms Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space X’s Falcon 9 Rocket Launches Japanese Comms Satellite

    SpaceX has launched a Space Systems Loral-built communications satellite for Japanese company SKY Perfect JSAT into orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. The U.S. Air Force‘s 45th Space Wing supported the JCSAT-16 payload launch Sunday from the Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral AF Station in Florida, the service branch said Monday. JCSAT-16 is designed to serve as a […] More

  • Mission Secure Inc. Rebrands as MSi, Expands Focus on Cyber Defense Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mission Secure Inc. Rebrands as MSi, Expands Focus on Cyber Defense Market

    Mission Secure Inc. has rebranded itself as “MSi” and launched a new website in an effort to reflect the Virginia-based cyber defense firm’s expanded market scope. The company said Thursday it offers critical assets, infrastructure, processes and controls systems protection technology and support services to the defense and commercial sectors. “Many industries rely on [operational technology] and control systems to run their operations,” said David Drescher, […] More

  • NASA Moves Forward With Robotic Segment Devt for Asteroid Redirect Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Moves Forward With Robotic Segment Devt for Asteroid Redirect Mission

    NASA has completed a design milestone for the robotic segment of the space agency’s two-part Asteroid Redirect Mission that aims to combine robotic and crewed spacecraft operations in the proving ground of deep space missions. The agency said Tuesday it established scope, cost and schedule commitments for the next phase of activities under the robotic component of ARM to […] More

  • DARPA to Hold Proposers Day for 'EXTREME' Optics and Imaging Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA to Hold Proposers Day for ‘EXTREME’ Optics and Imaging Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s defense sciences office will host a proposers day to discuss a program that aims to develop optical systems with upgraded performance, new functions and reduced size and weight. DARPA said Monday the proposers day for the EXTREME Optics and Imaging program will take place Sept. 1 via webcast in an effort to help […] More

  • Raytheon Informs Army of Company's Vision for NextGen Air & Missile Defense Radar Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Informs Army of Company’s Vision for NextGen Air & Missile Defense Radar Tech

    Raytheon has presented the company’s ideas for a next-generation missile defense technology to the U.S. Army in an effort to help the military branch establish requirements for a lower tier air and missile defense sensor system. The company said Monday it envisions a future LTAMDS platform that is based on gallium nitride-powered active electronically scanned array technology and could work as a sensor on the service branch’s Integrated Air […] More

  • UAS Magazine: Intel Seeks Unmanned Market Expansion Through Drone Tech Development & Advisory Roles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UAS Magazine: Intel Seeks Unmanned Market Expansion Through Drone Tech Development & Advisory Roles

    Intel is continuing its push establish a presence in the unmanned aerial systems market through the development of obstacle avoidance technology and advisory roles of the company’s leaders in the UAS community, UAS Magazine reported Monday. Luke Geiver writes the company has integrated and tested its RealSense sensor package to measure its capacity to provide common drones with autonomous flight, […] More

  • Inovio Kicks Off 2nd Stage of Phase 1 Human Trials of Ebola DNA Vaccine; J. Joseph Kim Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inovio Kicks Off 2nd Stage of Phase 1 Human Trials of Ebola DNA Vaccine; J. Joseph Kim Comments

    Inovio Pharmaceuticals has begun to enroll 125 individuals for the second stage of the Phase 1 clinical trial of its Ebola DNA vaccine candidate in an effort to evaluate how the vaccine generates immune responses. Inovio tested the INO-4212 vaccine in 75 healthy volunteers during the first clinical trial’s initial stage and found that 100 percent […] More

  • National Academy of Sciences to Conduct Aeronautics Research Under NASA Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    National Academy of Sciences to Conduct Aeronautics Research Under NASA Contract

    The National Academy of Sciences has been awarded a potential five-year, $30.1 million contract by NASA to perform studies and assessments for the space agency’s aeronautics research mission directorate. NASA said Tuesday the nonprofit organization will assemble an independent group of scientists and engineers from both the public and private sectors to conduct research into various issues related to aeronautics and space programs and policies. The […] More

  • DSS to Provide Integrated GUI Apps for VA's Health Info Architecture Modernization Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DSS to Provide Integrated GUI Apps for VA’s Health Info Architecture Modernization Effort

    Document Storage Systems has secured a potential four-year, $44 million contract to provide logistics and prosthetics graphical user interface overlay software licenses and maintenance services to the Department of Veterans Affairs. DSS said Monday it will implement the Advanced Prosthetics Acquisition Tool, Above PAR and Enterprise Reporting applications to help the VA modernize the department’s  Veterans Information Systems and Technology Architecture as […] More