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  • 6 Research Teams to Work on DARPA’s Morphogenic Interfaces Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    6 Research Teams to Work on DARPA’s Morphogenic Interfaces Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has announced the selection of six research teams for a program to improve the persistence and performance of anti-corrosion coatings, batteries and other electrochemical platforms that protect and power critical defense hardware and systems. The teams of university and industry researchers will develop solid-liquid interfaces for corrosion-resistant coatings and […] More

  • Ball Aerospace, NASA Conclude Critical Design Review of SPHEREx Observatory - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ball Aerospace, NASA Conclude Critical Design Review of SPHEREx Observatory

    Ball Aerospace helped NASA complete the critical design review of a satellite designed to map the sky and support scientists’ study on the cause of cosmic inflation in the universe’s earlier stages. The company said Wednesday it designed, integrated and tested the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer […] More

  • NASA Selects Eight US Companies to Manufacture High-Pressure Ventilator Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Selects Eight US Companies to Manufacture High-Pressure Ventilator Systems

    Eight U.S. companies have been selected by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to produce machines that are based on a high-pressure ventilator technology to aid in the fight against COVID-19. The manufacturers will receive free licenses for the Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally prototype, which JPL engineers created over a 37-day period.

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  • Raytheon Supports Caltech Research Hub for 'Bio-Inspired' Autonomous Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Supports Caltech Research Hub for ‘Bio-Inspired’ Autonomous Tech

    Raytheon has announced its lead sponsorship for Caltech’s new research center that seeks to advance the development of biologically-inspired autonomous systems. The Center for Autonomous Systems and Technology covers 10,000 square feet of laboratory space for scientists and researchers from Caltech and NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Raytheon said Thursday. CAST features an assembly room equipped with 85-foot robot track; an […] More

  • Caltech Opens Autonomous Tech Research Hub - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Caltech Opens Autonomous Tech Research Hub

    California Institute of Technology has opened a new facility to help further research efforts on drones, driverless cars, robotics and machine learning technologies. Caltech said Tuesday it established the Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies to serve as a hub for university, industry and government researchers, such as NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory experts, to collaborate in efforts […] More

  • Parsons Awarded NASA JPL Office Upgrade Support Contract; Carey Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Awarded NASA JPL Office Upgrade Support Contract; Carey Smith Comments

    Parsons has secured a contract of an undisclosed value to provide program management services for an office upgrade project at NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The company said Thursday it will also provide architectural design and construction management support at JPL, which the California Institute of Technology.manages for the space agency. Carey Smith, Parsons federal group president, said the […] More

  • Northrop Sponsors Space Solar Power Research at Caltech; Joseph Ensor Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Sponsors Space Solar Power Research at Caltech; Joseph Ensor Comments

    Northrop Grumman has agreed to invest $17.5 million into a three-year space solar power research program the company initiated with California Institute of Technology. The initiative is meant to produce technologies applicable to the ultralight photovoltaics, ultralight deployable space structures and phased array and power transmission areas, Northrop said Monday. “The potential breakthroughs from this research could […] More