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  • Air Force Unveils Weapon Systems Anti-Tamper Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Unveils Weapon Systems Anti-Tamper Program

    The U.S. Air Force has asked industry to submit white papers for a five-year, $49 million program that aims to develop anti-tamper platforms designed to protect weapon systems from technology theft, reverse engineering and other threats, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Thursday. John Keller writes the service branch issued the broad agency announcement in support of […] 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

  • 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

  • DARPA Calls for Improvised Threat R&D Proposals; John Main Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Calls for Improvised Threat R&D Proposals; John Main Comments

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has issued a solicitation for research proposals for the Improv program that aims to build prototypes designed to pose security threats to potential adversaries through commercially available products. A broad agency announcement posted Friday on FedBizOpps stated that DARPA will select the proposals that will enter the feasibility study phase following the submission […] More

  • Air Force Seeks Research Proposals on Resilient Autonomous Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Seeks Research Proposals on Resilient Autonomous Systems

    The U.S. Air Force has asked industry to submit white papers for a potential four-year, $7 million program that aims to develop autonomous systems that will work to demonstrate resiliency in contested environments where communications may be denied. The service branch said in a broad agency announcement posted Feb. 19 the program will focus on the development of […] More

  • Navy Seeks R&D Support for Anti-Terror Technical Office - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Seeks R&D Support for Anti-Terror Technical Office

    The U.S. Navy has issued a solicitation for research and development programs that will work to support the mission of the combating terrorism technical support office. A broad agency announcement published Feb. 2 on FedBizOpps indicated that CTTSO is interested in R&D projects that deal with chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives, advanced analytic capabilities […] More

  • DARPA Seeks Proposals for $77M Power Grid Cyber Detection Program; John Everett Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Seeks Proposals for $77M Power Grid Cyber Detection Program; John Everett Comments

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked industry to submit proposals for a potential four-year, $77 million program that aims to develop systems that will work to detect and respond to cyber attacks on the U.S. power grid. DARPA posted the broad agency announcement for the Rapid Attack Detection, Isolation and Characterization Systems program on […] More

  • DARPA Eyes Interoperable Network Platforms for Manned Aircraft, Drones; Wayne Phoel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Eyes Interoperable Network Platforms for Manned Aircraft, Drones; Wayne Phoel Comments

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has issued a solicitation for industry proposals for a program that seeks to develop platforms designed to facilitate interoperability of airborne radio networks that manned aircraft and drones use to communicate with each other. The objective of the Dynamic Network Adaptation for Mission Optimization program “is to enable pilots […] More

  • DARPA to Sponsor Analog, Digital Tech Defense Proposers Day - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA to Sponsor Analog, Digital Tech Defense Proposers Day

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host a Proposers Day on Oct. 1 to discuss the agency’s Leveraging the Analog Domain for Security broad agency announcement with interested participants. DARPA said in a notice posted Sept. 11 on FedBizOpps that the program will focus on the intersection of the analog and digital domains as part of […] More

  • IARPA to Brief Proposers on Nanoelectronics Analysis Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IARPA to Brief Proposers on Nanoelectronics Analysis Program

    The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity will hold a conference on Aug. 25 to brief proposers for the nanoelectronics analysis program prior to solicitation. IARPA said Wednesday the conference will take place in Washington, where companies participating in the program will seek to gain insight into the research problems and goals, and present their teaming proposals. The […] More