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  • IARPA Solicits Research Proposals for Chemical Analysis Tool Dev't Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IARPA Solicits Research Proposals for Chemical Analysis Tool Dev’t Program

    The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has released a solicitation for research proposals on a tool designed to help the Intelligence Community detect and identify various types of chemicals in remote areas. IARPA said in a broad agency announcement posted March 11 it intends to build a low-power system designed to detect chemical weapons, explosives and narcotics under the Molecular […] More

  • IARPA Requests Proposals for Quantum Annealing System R&D Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IARPA Requests Proposals for Quantum Annealing System R&D Program

    The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has issued a broad agency announcement to acquire ideas for the development of quantum annealing methods to solve complex optimization problems in enterprise operation. IARPA said Feb. 25 it aims to create application-specific quantum annealers that the agency believes can help address operational efficiency and risk issues of an organization. The agency seeks industry […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion System Backs Orbital ATK Cygnus Launch for SS Cargo Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion System Backs Orbital ATK Cygnus Launch for SS Cargo Resupply Mission

    An Aerojet Rocketdyne-built propulsion system helped to launch a Orbital ATK-made Cygnus space vehicle onboard a United Launch Alliance-made Atlas V rocket to transport cargo to the International Space Station. The OA-6 flight’s launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida Tuesday represents Orbital ATK’s fifth cargo delivery mission to the ISS under the company’s Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA, Aerojet […] More

  • NASA, Orbital ATK Launch OA-6 ISS Cargo Delivery Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Orbital ATK Launch OA-6 ISS Cargo Delivery Mission

    NASA has launched Orbital ATK‘s Cygnus spacecraft that will carry more than 7,000 pounds of cargo for delivery to the International Space Station. The OA-6 mission launch from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station late Tuesday marks the company’s fifth operational mission under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services program, the agency said Wednesday. Cygnus is expected to dock with the orbiting laboratory on Saturday […] More

  • QTS to Open Chicago-Based Data Center in IaaS Market Push - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QTS to Open Chicago-Based Data Center in IaaS Market Push

    QTS Realty Trust is establishing a mega data center in downtown Chicago as the company aims to help address a demand for colocation, managed hosting and cloud computing services in the Midwest. QTS said Tuesday the 317,000-square-foot facility will be built to provide infrastructure as a service to government and other enterprise customers. Construction on the first phase of the QTS Chicago […] More

  • State Department to Host Overseas Small Biz GovCon Conference - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Department to Host Overseas Small Biz GovCon Conference

    The State Department is set to hold its first overseas small business government contracting conference on May 31 at George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia. The Office of Small and Disadvantage Business Utilization will convene large contractors, agency representatives, suppliers and small businesses during the event to facilitate socio-economic discussions, the department said in a […] More

  • Ball Aerospace Selects Vanguard to Produce Landsat 9 Instrument Structures - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ball Aerospace Selects Vanguard to Produce Landsat 9 Instrument Structures

    Ball Aerospace & Technologies has selected satellite component manufacturer Vanguard Space Technologies to produce structures for the NASA Landsat 9 project to collect baseline data for a map of Earth’s land cover. Vanguard will make baseplate structural assemblies and mounting struts for the OLI-2 Instrument that consists of construction, attach points and metallic fits to mount the telescope and other […] More

  • NIH to Add Small Biz Spots on $20B IT GWAC Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIH to Add Small Biz Spots on $20B IT GWAC Program

    The National Institutes of Health plans to add more vendors to a potential $20 billion small business set-aside contract vehicle that covers information technology support services for NIH and other federal agencies. NIH said March 14 in a FedBizOpps notice it will accept proposals from companies who aim to win positions on the agency’s Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners […] More

  • DHS Looks to Hire More Loaned Executives for S&T Directorate - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Looks to Hire More Loaned Executives for S&T Directorate

    The Department of Homeland Security is currently seeking loaned executives to work with its science and technology directorate and provide assessment support and recommendations on the commercialization of research and development efforts. The incumbent or incumbents will be part of integrated product teams in an effort to evaluate the current state of technology transfer and commercialization in the S&T […] More

  • Report: Lockheed in Talks to House Some F-16 Production in India - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Lockheed in Talks to House Some F-16 Production in India

    Lockheed Martin is in talks with the U.S. and Indian governments to transfer at least some production of F-16 aircraft to India in a bid to address the latter country’s recapitalization requirements for fighter jets, The Hindu newspaper reported Monday. Phil Shaw, head of Lockheed’s Indian unit, confirmed the company’s discussions with both governments and India-based industry partners […] More

  • NASA Puts Webb Telescope Instruments Through Cryogenic Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Puts Webb Telescope Instruments Through Cryogenic Test

    NASA has performed a cryogenic test on the cameras and spectrographs of the James Webb Space Telescope in order to determine if the systems could withstand extremely cold temperatures inside a space environment simulator. The Webb telescope’s scientific instruments have been removed from a cylindrical  simulation chamber at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland following completion of […] More

  • Optus, Cisco to Co-Invest in Cyber & Internet of Things Tech Development for Australia's Public Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Optus, Cisco to Co-Invest in Cyber & Internet of Things Tech Development for Australia’s Public Sector

    Optus and Cisco have signed a letter of intent to allocate funds for a $12 million co-investment toward the development of cybersecurity, cloud and Internet of Things technologies for government agencies and businesses in Australia. Optus said Thursday the three-year investment was established in early March at the Cisco Global Partner Summit in San Diego, where Cisco announced the telecommunications company as […] More