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  • SRI International to Support Army Battlefield Tech Security Research Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SRI International to Support Army Battlefield Tech Security Research Initiative

    A research team that includes SRI International has received five-year, $25 million grant from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to develop analytic tools and services intended to secure cyber-physical systems in the battlefield. SRI said Wednesday the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will lead the Alliance for IoBT Research on Evolving Intelligent Goal-driven Networks. ARL, Carnegie Mellon University, […] More

  • Army Seeks Industry Info on IT Modernization Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Seeks Industry Info on IT Modernization Tech

    The U.S. Army wants industry feedback on technologies that can help modernize the Army Research Laboratory’s information technology environment. The military branch said Tuesday in a FedBizOpps notice that it plans to use cloud computing, virtualization and self-service tools to modernize ARL’s IT systems. ARL seeks to develop a computing environment that can expand and contract services; deliver optimized services […] More

  • Army, Helius Partner for Neuromodulation Tech Research Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army, Helius Partner for Neuromodulation Tech Research Effort

    The U.S. Army has partnered with Helius Medical Technologies through a cooperative research and development agreement that seeks to improve soldier readiness and resilience with the use of technology. Helius and the Army Research Laboratory will launch an effort to investigate the potential use of the company’s Portable Neuromodulation Stimulator in military cognitive and psychological preparedness efforts, the […] More

  • SwRI to Help Army Researchers Update Armor Computational Analysis Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SwRI to Help Army Researchers Update Armor Computational Analysis Tech

    The U.S. Army has awarded Southwest Research Institute a potential $4.3 million  indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract contract to help the Army Research Laboratory update computational analysis tools for armor and warfighter survivability. SwRI said Tuesday it aims to model human injury under a $100,000 initial order and advance fracture models with the Elastic, Plastic, Impact Computations technology under a separate […] More

  • AWCFT and ARL Add Artificial Learning and Machine Learning for Industry Day Event - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWCFT and ARL Add Artificial Learning and Machine Learning for Industry Day Event

    TheAlgorithmic Warfare Cross-Functional Team (AWCFT) and Army Research Laboratory (ARL) will co-host an Industry Day to interact with, create synergy and respond to inquiries from businesses, counterparts and other partners. The AWCFT and ARL have amended a broad agency announcement for basic and applied scientific research to add a new topic, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning […] More

  • Rajneesh Singh: Army, Aurora Flight Sciences Eye Unmanned Aviation Tech R&D Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rajneesh Singh: Army, Aurora Flight Sciences Eye Unmanned Aviation Tech R&D Partnership

    The U.S. Army wants to partner with Manassas, Virginia-based Aurora Flight Sciences to develop technologies that will work to increase the speed, endurance payload capacity of unmanned vertical lift platforms. Rajneesh Singh, acting division chief at the Army Research Laboratory’s vehicle technology directorate, said in a statement published Tuesday both parties seek to initiate the project through a cooperative research and […] More

  • Charles River Analytics to Help Army Develop Virtual and Augmented Reality Training Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Charles River Analytics to Help Army Develop Virtual and Augmented Reality Training Platform

    Charles River Analytics has received a two-year, $500,000 contract to help U.S. Army  researchers create a virtual and augmented reality training interface for the service branch. The company said Monday it will develop the Virtual Interface for Real-Time User Control during Simulated Operations with partners Technology, Modeling and Simulation Consultants, Sensics and the Virtual Reality Medical Center. VIRTUOSO will be designed […] More

  • Army Seeks R&D, Technical Support Sources for Cybersecurity Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Seeks R&D, Technical Support Sources for Cybersecurity Program

    The U.S. Army has begun to search for industry sources of research and development and technical services that could support the Army Research Laboratory’s cybersecurity service provider. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday stated ARL will use information from the responses to identify interested vendors and formulate a strategy for a planned solicitation on a contract with one base year […] More

  • Army Engineers Visit DPI UAV Systems & Piasecki Aircraft Corp; Eye Small Business Partnerships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Engineers Visit DPI UAV Systems & Piasecki Aircraft Corp; Eye Small Business Partnerships

    Engineers from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have visited two aviation companies in Philadelphia to explore opportunities for potential small business partnerships. ARL engineers toured DPI UAV Systems and Piasecki Aircraft Corp. respectively run by Michael Piasecki and his brother John, the U.S. Army said Oct. 19. Rajneesh Singh, a team lead at ARL’s vehicle technology […] More

  • Army Research Lab, Raytheon to Collaborate on Radar Tech Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Research Lab, Raytheon to Collaborate on Radar Tech Development

    Raytheon will collaborate with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to develop modular building blocks for the service branch’s Next Generation Radar program under a two-year, $1.1 million cooperative research agreement. The partnership aims to explore approaches to design and fabricate modular components for integration into the NGR’s open architecture and address flexibility, agility and efficiency requirements across radar bands, Raytheon said Monday. Colin Whelan, Raytheon […] More

  • Leidos Eyes Analytic Software Devt Task Orders Under Army IDIQ Contract; John Fratamico Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Eyes Analytic Software Devt Task Orders Under Army IDIQ Contract; John Fratamico Comments

    Leidos will compete for task orders to develop analytic software and related platforms for the Army Research Laboratory’s sensors electron devices directorate under a potential five-year, $250 million contract the U.S. Army awarded in May. The company will design software platforms that work to facilitate integration of large data sets and sensor redeployment in order […] More

  • Army Research Lab, Drexel University Partner for Aircraft Material Fatigue Modeling, Detection R&D - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Research Lab, Drexel University Partner for Aircraft Material Fatigue Modeling, Detection R&D

    The Army Research Laboratory has partnered with Drexel University in Pennsylvania to explore methods to detect structural fatigue and stress problems in military aerial vehicles. ARL and the university also seeks to identify approaches to model the severity of aircraft  material damage precursors as part of their cooperative research and development agreement, the U.S. Army said Friday. “While many […] More