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  • ATI to Help DARPA Craft On-Orbit Satellite Servicing Safety Standards - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ATI to Help DARPA Craft On-Orbit Satellite Servicing Safety Standards

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Summerville, South Carolina-based Advanced Technology International a $2.6 million contract under a program that seeks to develop consensus-based safety and technical standards for on-orbit robotic satellite servicing operations. The Phase I contract awarded to ATI is part of DARPA’s Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations […] More

  • DARPA Seeks Info on Sensing, Neutralization Tech Platforms Against Small Drones - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Seeks Info on Sensing, Neutralization Tech Platforms Against Small Drones

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked industry to provide information on novel technology platforms designed to counter small unmanned aerial systems. A request for information posted Wednesday on FedBizOpps says DARPA is interested in modular and scalable platforms that work to identify and target small drones and could complement systems that are still in […] More

  • 4 Companies Get Contract Modifications to Extend DARPA Tactical Tech Program Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    4 Companies Get Contract Modifications to Extend DARPA Tactical Tech Program Support

    Four companies have received a combined $13.5 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to extend support services for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s tactical technology office. Booz Allen Hamilton, ManTech International‘s SRS Technologies subsidiary, Centra Technology and Schafer will continue to provide technical, programmatic, financial and administrative support to TTO programs, the Defense Department said Tuesday. […] More

  • Navy Looks to Buy 2nd Leidos-Built Ship Drone as DARPA Hands Over ACTUV Program Control - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Looks to Buy 2nd Leidos-Built Ship Drone as DARPA Hands Over ACTUV Program Control

    The U.S. Navy is expected to buy a second autonomous vessel built by a Leidos-led team as the service prepares to take over control of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, USNI News reported Friday. Timothy Barton, maritime chief engineer at Leidos, said DARPA has begun […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Showcases Jamming-Resistant Directional Communication Link Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins Showcases Jamming-Resistant Directional Communication Link Tech

    Rockwell Collins has showcased the capacities of a jamming-resistant directional communication link designed to send signals 10 times farther than current omnidirectional systems. The company said Thursday that the communication link system uses technologies built through Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and Arrays at Commercial Timescales programs to aid operations of military unmanned aerial systems […] More

  • Executive Spotlight: Rob Zitz, SVP and Chief Strategy Officer at SSL Government Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Spotlight: Rob Zitz, SVP and Chief Strategy Officer at SSL Government Systems

    “I have been the ‘change agent’ throughout my career…understanding end users’ unmet needs is an absolute priority.” EM: Can you tell us a little bit about SSL Government Systems? Rob Zitz: SSL’s Government Systems group is made up of highly experienced, cleared professionals with deep domain expertise in defense and intelligence missions. The group is […] More

  • DARPA Selects Orbital ATK for Hybrid Engine Research Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Selects Orbital ATK for Hybrid Engine Research Project

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Orbital ATK a potential $21.4 million contract to study the potential integration of turbine and hypersonic engine technologies into a new aircraft propulsion system. DARPA obligated $1 million in fiscal 2017 research and development funds for the Advanced Full Range Engine project at the time of contract award, the […] More

  • John Launchbury Returns to Galois as Chief Scientist - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Launchbury Returns to Galois as Chief Scientist

    John Launchbury, formerly director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s information innovation office, has rejoined technology research and development company Galois as chief scientist. Galois said Thursday Launchbury will work with government and industry stakeholders in efforts to craft a road map to address security challenges related to cyber-physical systems. He will also lead the company’s partnership […] More

  • DARPA Launches Concept for Armed Drones on Fighter Jet Missile Rails - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Launches Concept for Armed Drones on Fighter Jet Missile Rails

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has unveiled a new concept that seeks to develop an armed unmanned aerial system designed to carry and launch air-to-air missiles and that can be produced through on-demand rapid manufacturing process, Popular Mechanics reported Thursday. Air Force Lt. Col. Jimmy Jones, a program manager at DARPA’s strategic technology office, said […] More

  • DARPA’s Information Innovation Office Seeks Cyber, Analytics, Symbiosis Research Concepts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA’s Information Innovation Office Seeks Cyber, Analytics, Symbiosis Research Concepts

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s information innovation office has begun to seek research concepts in the areas of cyber, analytics and symbiosis that aim to provide the U.S. and its allies information advantage. A broad agency announcement posted Friday on FedBizOpps says I2O is interested in unconventional research approaches that seek to make technology advancements […] More

  • Ensco-Leidos Team to Support Phases II and III of DARPA PNT Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ensco-Leidos Team to Support Phases II and III of DARPA PNT Project

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency selected a Leidos–Ensco partnership to support the second and third phases of a project that aims to create a backup positioning, navigation and timing system. Ensco said Tuesday Phases II and III of DARPA’s Spatial, Temporal and Orientation Information in Contested Environments program will focus on the development of a detailed design and a real-time demonstration […] More