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  • NIST Invests $7M in Small Manufacturing Pilot Projects; Penny Pritzker Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST Invests $7M in Small Manufacturing Pilot Projects; Penny Pritzker Comments

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has allotted $7 million in funding for pilot projects meant to help small manufacturers engage with the Manufacturing Innovation Institutes for technology transfer efforts. The National Network for Manufacturing Innovation consists of multiple linked Manufacturing Innovation Institutes. Each has a unique technological concentration, but is also designed to […] More

  • Textron Joins NSF’s Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems; Bill Irby Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron Joins NSF’s Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems; Bill Irby Comments

    Textron’s unmanned systems business has joined a National Science Foundation-funded organization that aims to advance research in unmanned aircraft systems. The Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems is under NSF’s Industry/University Cooperative Research Center initiative that works to connect research and development efforts and needs of universities and industry, Textron said Monday. Bill Irby, senior vice president […] More

  • MTSI-PrecisionHawk Team Helps Test Cloud-Processed Air Traffic Mgmt Technologies With UAS, Manned Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MTSI-PrecisionHawk Team Helps Test Cloud-Processed Air Traffic Mgmt Technologies With UAS, Manned Aircraft

    Modern Technology Solutions has collaborated with PrecisionHawk and Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi to test PrecisionHawk’s Low Altitude Traffic and Airspace Safety platform on air traffic management with four unmanned aircraft and two manned aircraft. MTSI said Monday the demonstration was funded by the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate’s Borders and Maritime Security Division and took place at […] More

  • DARPA Launches New Mathematics, Algorithms Research Program for Fabrication Methods - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Launches New Mathematics, Algorithms Research Program for Fabrication Methods

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has unveiled its Transformative Design research program to develop new mathematics and algorithms that will work to help apply new materials and fabrication methods. DARPA said Friday the TRADES project’s goal is to develop new tools that addresses potential mismatches between technologies, representations and algorithms do with nexisting material properties. “Structural and functional complexities introduced by today’s advanced […] More

  • Rebranded, Renamed Janus Global Targets Worldwide Stability Operations, Austere Markets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rebranded, Renamed Janus Global Targets Worldwide Stability Operations, Austere Markets

    Global logistics and stability services contractor Janus Global Operations adopted its new name earlier in April from the former Sterling Global Operations brand to complete a two-year process that included a restructuring initiative and changes to the company’s operating model. Alan Weakley, who joined the 7,000-employee company as chief operating officer in September 2013, told ExecutiveBiz in an interview and said the business […] More

  • IARPA Picks 5 Firms for Laser-Based Chemical Detection Tech Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IARPA Picks 5 Firms for Laser-Based Chemical Detection Tech Project

    The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has chosen five companies to help the agency develop portable laser-based technology for the detection of biological agents, chemical weapons, narcotics and explosives at a range of up to 100 feet, Nextgov reported Friday. Frank Konkel writes IARPA will award funds to Leidos, LGS Innovations, Block Engineering, Physical Sciences and Photonics through […] More

  • Mabbett & Associates to Support MDA's Environmental Compliance Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mabbett & Associates to Support MDA’s Environmental Compliance Efforts

    Mabbett & Associates has been awarded a $15.4 million contract to provide environmental management advisory and technical assistance services to the Missile Defense Agency. The Defense Department said Friday the company will help MDA develop a comprehensive environmental planning, compliance and sustainability framework for its Ballistic Missile Defense System and other emerging weapon programs. Work will take place in Huntsville, […] More

  • Ultra Electronics Secures Sonoubuoy Supply Contract for UK Military - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ultra Electronics Secures Sonoubuoy Supply Contract for UK Military

    Ultra Electronics‘ sonar systems business unit has secured a $13.7 million contract extension from the U.K.’s defense ministry to supply sonobuoys for the U.K. navy’s Merlin Maritime Patrol helicopter. The company will provide sonobuoy engineering, manufacturing, logistics and support services in an effort to aid the royal navy to maintain its persistent Anti-Submarine Warfare surveillance systems used against hostile […] More

  • Harris to Support Australian Army Communications Network Modernization Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Support Australian Army Communications Network Modernization Program

    Harris has been chosen by Australia’s government to provide an integrated tactical communications network in support of modernization efforts for the country’s army. The company said Friday the Land 2072 program is on its third phase and will work to build up the Australian army’s operational tempo, command and control once it is complete. Harris added its voice and data services network will be designed to support line-of-sight […] More

  • NASA Issues Solicitation for Mars Orbiter Design Ideas - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Issues Solicitation for Mars Orbiter Design Ideas

    NASA is asking industry for ideas on how to build satellite technology for advanced communications, imaging and robotic science exploration as part of the agency’s Journey to Mars project. The agency said Friday it aims to launch a Mars orbiter sometime in the 2020s that will work to facilitate bandwidth communications, high-resolution imaging and radio-frequency data transmission. “Currently, we depend on our orbiting science missions […] More

  • Coherent Technical Services Gets Navy Contract Modification for Navigation Engineering Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Coherent Technical Services Gets Navy Contract Modification for Navigation Engineering Services

    Lexington Park, Maryland-based engineering consultancy firm Coherent Technical Services Inc. has secured a $20.5 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide navigation technology engineering support for air and shipboard C4ISR. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center awarded the contract modification and obligated the full amount from fiscal 2016 research, development, test and evaluation funds, the Defense Department […] More

  • Christina Back Describes General Atomics Reactor Concept to Senate Subcommittee - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Christina Back Describes General Atomics Reactor Concept to Senate Subcommittee

    Christina Back, lead physicist for General Atomics‘ reactor concept, has testified before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works subcommittee on clean air and nuclear energy. Back discussed the Energy Multiplier Module reactor concept and the four core challenges that it works to address to aid the modernization of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and progress research for reactors, General Atomics […] More