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  • Northrop Expands Aerospace Tech Production Hub in Mississippi; Kevin Mitchell Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Expands Aerospace Tech Production Hub in Mississippi; Kevin Mitchell Comments

    Northrop Grumman has added an operational area to its Moss Point, Miss.-based manufacturing hub for fixed- and rotary-wing autonomous platforms. The company said Monday the expanded production facility can now accommodate projects on manned aircraft systems and will bring new jobs to the region. Kevin Mitchell, vice president of global operations at Northrop’s aerospace systems sector, said […] More

  • Executive Spotlight: An Interview With Kevin Robinson, President and CEO of MTSI - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Spotlight: An Interview With Kevin Robinson, President and CEO of MTSI

    ExecutiveBiz spoke with Kevin Robinson, president and chief executive officer, about MTSI’s projected organic growth, 2018 federal market positioning and unique culture as a fully employee-owned company. “Becoming a 100% ESOP allows us to not only maintain, but also improve upon a package of benefits offered to employees and talented recruits … Having a workforce […] More

  • Boeing to Establish Autonomous Tech Program in Australia; Chris Raymond Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Establish Autonomous Tech Program in Australia; Chris Raymond Comments

    Boeing has announced it will establish an Australia-based development program for autonomous technologies. The company said Thursday the three-year program will be conducted in Queensland, and seeks to increase the autonomous capacities of both air and sea vehicles. Chris Raymond, vice president and general manager of Boeing’s autonomous systems division, said the program is part […] 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

  • DARPA to Host Proposers Day on Autonomous Tech Safety Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA to Host Proposers Day on Autonomous Tech Safety Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host a Proposers Day on Aug. 15 in Arlington, Virginia, to discuss a program that seeks to boost the safety of autonomous systems. DARPA said Monday it aims to develop design and analysis tools that can help guarantee the safety of autonomous platforms and support the use of such systems in “safety-critical” […] More

  • Xerox's PARC Subsidiary to Develop Interactive Sense-Making Tech for DARPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Xerox’s PARC Subsidiary to Develop Interactive Sense-Making Tech for DARPA

    Xerox‘s PARC subsidiary has received a multimillion dollar contract to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency create an interactive sense-making platform as part of efforts to advance scientific research on artificial intelligence. PARC said Monday it will develop the Common Ground Learning and Explanation system that may explain the performance capacity of autonomous systems. COGLE will […] More

  • Lockheed Invests in Nanosatellite Company Terran Orbital - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Invests in Nanosatellite Company Terran Orbital

    Lockheed Martin‘s venture capital arm has made a strategic investment in Terran Orbital as both companies aim to advance development of nanosatellite technology. Lockheed said Thursday it will obtain an equity stake in Irvine, California-based Terran as part of the cash and in-kind investment deal. The two companies previously worked to support multiple Defense Department and NASA missions. […] More

  • Lockheed Unveils New Colorado Site for Autonomous Systems Business - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Unveils New Colorado Site for Autonomous Systems Business

    Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new location for its autonomous systems business unit to support the development of autonomous technologies for military customers, Denver Business Journal reported Wednesday. Greg Avery writes the new industrial space in Littleton, Colorado, can accommodate more than 100 employees and will support projects related to self-driving ground vehicles, drones as well as […] More

  • Charles River Analytics-5D Robotics Team to Help Army Develop Soldier-Machine Interface - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Charles River Analytics-5D Robotics Team to Help Army Develop Soldier-Machine Interface

    Charles River Analytics and 5D Robotics will collaborate to develop a soldier-machine interface for U.S. Army robotic systems under a two-year, $1 million follow-on contract. The companies’ Multi-Modal Interface for Natural Operator Teaming with Autonomous Robots will integrate multiple tracking and robot control systems, Charles River said Nov 1. MINOTAUR is intended to provide an interface to warfighters who operate with autonomous systems […] More

  • Northrop Demos Multi-Vehicle Collaborative Autonomous System at Annual Naval Technology Exercise - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Demos Multi-Vehicle Collaborative Autonomous System at Annual Naval Technology Exercise

    Northrop Grumman has demonstrated a cross-domain anti-submarine warfare approach for autonomous undersea, surface and air vehicles during the Naval Undersea Warfare Center’s Annual Naval Technology Exercise in Newport, Rhode Island. The company said Thursday the demonstration featured mission management and control of a multi-vehicle collaborative autonomous system-of-systems designed to search, detect, track, classify and engage submerged targets. Multiple sensors on autonomous undersea, surface […] More

  • Ultra Electronics to Combine Maritime Surveillance Tech with Northrop's Autonomous Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ultra Electronics to Combine Maritime Surveillance Tech with Northrop’s Autonomous Systems

    Northrop Grumman has partnered with Ultra Electronics to integrate maritime domain and anti-submarine warfare systems into Northrop’s portfolio of autonomous platforms. The companies aim to build long-endurance systems equipped with sensors and open mission architectures as well as persistent acoustic surveillance technology for use in maritime intelligence missions, Northrop said Monday. Brian Chappel, vice president of autonomous systems at Northrop […] More