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  • Autodesk, Livermore Lab Partner on Materials Design Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Autodesk, Livermore Lab Partner on Materials Design Research

    Autodesk and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have signed an 18-month cooperative research and development agreement to study the design of advanced materials using additive manufacturing, architected design and material modeling techniques. LLNL said Monday its researchers will use Autodesk’s design software to produce 3-D printed protective helmets as part of a test case aimed at improving design […] More

  • Sandia National Labs Explores Eye-Tracking Tech to Study Visual Cognition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sandia National Labs Explores Eye-Tracking Tech to Study Visual Cognition

    Sandia National Laboratories has teamed with San Diego-based small business EyeTracking on a cooperative research and development agreement to build tools that improve the interaction between intelligence analysts and visual information. Sandia said Thursday the partnership aims to develop technology that helps drive effectiveness and efficiency in analyzing images and extracting insights from large, diverse and […] More

  • Avtec, Christine Wireless License DHS' Public Safety Comms Module - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Avtec, Christine Wireless License DHS’ Public Safety Comms Module

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has granted Avtec and Christine Wireless commercial licensing rights to a DHS-built technology that works to help public safety organizations reconfigure or update legacy communication systems. DHS said Monday its science and technology directorate’s first responders group developed the Radio Internet-Protocol Communications Module to connect radio frequency consoles and […] More

  • NIST, NTIA Seek New Public Safety Communications Research Industry Partners - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST, NTIA Seek New Public Safety Communications Research Industry Partners

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology and National Telecommunications and Information Administration plans to award a new series of contracts for testing and evaluation work for the Public Safety Communications Research program. NIST said Tuesday the program currently has 39 telecommunications companies contracted for five years public safety communications equipment and software through the use of the Public Safety Broadband Demonstration […] More

  • Lockheed Puts NIST Software Test Tool Through Pilot Examination - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Puts NIST Software Test Tool Through Pilot Examination

    Lockheed Martin has estimated the usage of National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s software testing tool for product development programs could help reduce costs for test planning and design by up to 20 percent. NIST said Wednesday the company conducted a two-year study of the Advanced Combinatorial Testing System as part of a cooperative research and development agreement […] More

  • Commerce Dept Enlists Tech Giants for Big Data Project; Penny Pritzker Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Commerce Dept Enlists Tech Giants for Big Data Project; Penny Pritzker Comments

    The Commerce Department will work with Amazon.com, Google, IBM, Microsoft and the Open Cloud Consortium on a big data project to figure out how to apply environmental data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for efforts to support the U.S. economy. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker announced the cooperative research and development agreements Tuesday at the American Meteorological Society forum. “As America’s data agency, we are […] More

  • Rear Adm. Tim Gallaudet: Navy, Esri Team to R&D Geospatial Tools for Naval Warfare - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rear Adm. Tim Gallaudet: Navy, Esri Team to R&D Geospatial Tools for Naval Warfare

    Esri and the U.S. Navy‘s Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command have entered into a cooperative agreement to research and develop geospatial tools for analyzing battlespace environmental conditions at sea. The partnership aims to create new applications that could enhance Esri’s geographic information systems platform as well as improve geospatial intelligence collection during naval warfare, the […] More