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  • GSA Seeks Info on Potential Cloud-Based SaaS Collaboration Platform Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Seeks Info on Potential Cloud-Based SaaS Collaboration Platform Sources

    The General Services Administration has sought information on potential vendors that can provide a cloud-based, software-as-a-service platform designed to facilitate collaboration among individuals and teams within the agency. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday says GSA is looking for an enterprisewide collaboration tool that adopts transport layer security protocols with encryption and two-factor authentication methods. The […] More

  • Mercury Systems Facilities Earn Aerospace Standard Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mercury Systems Facilities Earn Aerospace Standard Certification

    Mercury Systems has received the International Aerospace Quality Group certification for quality management at its facilities in Alabama, California, Indiana and Switzerland. The company said Thursday the Aerospace Standard 9100D certification adds to the  AS9100C and/or ISO 9001 designations given to its other sites. Dean Holman, senior director for global mission assurance at Mercury Systems, said the company […] More

  • ViON to Provide Storage, Back-Up Systems to University of Wisconsin; Tom Frana Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ViON to Provide Storage, Back-Up Systems to University of Wisconsin; Tom Frana Comments

    The University of Wisconsin has selected ViON to help the UW system’s chief information officers implement storage and back-up platforms to support their information technology projects. ViON said Thursday it will supply the company’s switches, tapes and tape libraries to UW’s 26 campuses worldwide along with storage systems from Oracle, Fujitsu and Hitachi. Tom Frana, CEO and […] More

  • DoD Selects 11 Scientists, Engineers for 2018 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship Class - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Selects 11 Scientists, Engineers for 2018 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship Class

    The Defense Department has chosen 11 scientists and engineers to conduct foundational research through the 2018 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship program. They will join 45 current VBFF members who support studies in areas such as quantum information science, neuroscience, engineered materials, nanoscience, statistics and applied mathematics, DoD said Thursday. The Basic Research Office at the Pentagon’s Office of the Under Secretary of […] More

  • Air Force Research Lab Vet Matthew Clark Joins Galois as Principal Scientist - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Research Lab Vet Matthew Clark Joins Galois as Principal Scientist

    Matthew Clark, former lead of autonomous manned-unmanned teaming at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s aerospace systems directorate, has been named as a principal scientist at technology company Galois. Galois said Wednesday Clark plans to focus on cyber-physical system design and assurance efforts in his new position. He previously supervised autonomous controls branch within AFRL’s power and control division, […] More

  • CA Technologies Joins INCITS Executive Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CA Technologies Joins INCITS Executive Board

    CA Technologies has become a member of the executive board at the InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards. INCITS’ executive board works to develop standards for emerging technology such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, cybersecurity and internet of things, CA said Thursday. The board also creates technology standards on storage, processing, transfer, display, retrieval and the management […] More

  • Sikorsky Initiates Promo Tour for Black Hawk Firefighting Capability in Latin America - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky Initiates Promo Tour for Black Hawk Firefighting Capability in Latin America

    Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky has initiated a two-month tour around Latin America to showcase the aerial firefighting capability integrated on its Black Hawk helicopter to existing and future customers in the region. Lockheed Martin said Wednesday Sikorsky’s Firehawk Aerial Firefighting Mission Package includes a 3,785-liter water tank and an extended main landing gear, as well […] More

  • Air Force, HRL Laboratories Partner to Test 3D-Printed Materials for Hypersonic Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force, HRL Laboratories Partner to Test 3D-Printed Materials for Hypersonic Aircraft

    The U.S. Air Force and HRL Laboratories have entered an agreement to test materials produced through additive manufacturing, or three-dimensional printing, for potential future use in hypersonic aircraft. Scientists from the Air Force Research Laboratory tested silicon oxycarbide materials that HRL manufactured using 3D printing technology and pre-ceramic resin chemistry, the Defense Logistics Agency said Wednesday. The Cooperative Research […] More

  • Orbital ATK Demos Rocket Motor Orion Spacecraft's 2019 Launch Abort System Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Demos Rocket Motor Orion Spacecraft’s 2019 Launch Abort System Test

    Orbital ATK has tested a rocket motor technology at its Promontory, Utah, facility in preparation for a scheduled April 2019 test of a spacecraft system designed to keep astronauts safe if a problem occurs during ascent. NASA and Lockheed Martin intend to use an SR 118 motor for the Ascent Abort 2 Flight Test that will evaluate the Orion capsule’s launch […] More

  • DARPA Taps Tortuga Logic to Develop Hardware Security Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps Tortuga Logic to Develop Hardware Security Tools

    Tortuga Logic has received a contract to develop new hardware security tools for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The effort will make use of Tortuga’s hardware security models which will then be integrated with commercial emulation systems, the company said Wednesday. The project seeks to support hardware designers in identifying security vulnerabilities needed for chip fabrication. Participants of […] More

  • Report: Boeing to Kick Off Navy Super Hornet Service Life Extension Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Boeing to Kick Off Navy Super Hornet Service Life Extension Program

    Boeing will begin an effort to extend the service life of the U.S. Navy‘s fleet of F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter aircraft after the first plane arrives this week, Defense News reported Wednesday. Dan Gillian, program manager for Boeing’s Super Hornet and Growler aircraft, told Defense News that the 10-year program is meant to increase the service […] More

  • SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft Reaches ISS for 14th Cargo Delivery Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft Reaches ISS for 14th Cargo Delivery Mission

    A SpaceX-built Dragon spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday to deliver 5,800 pounds of crew supplies and scientific experiments, Space.com reported Wednesday. Astronauts aboard ISS used the Canadarm2 robotic arm to capture Dragon at 6:40 a.m. Eastern time. On Monday, SpaceX launched the capsule atop the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in […] More