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  • Altamira Female Execs Participate in The Women’s Center Leadership Conference; Ted Davies Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Altamira Female Execs Participate in The Women’s Center Leadership Conference; Ted Davies Comments

    A group of female executives from McLean, Virginia-based national security and technology services contractor Altamira took part in The Women’s Center-hosted leadership conference that featured career development, discussion and networking sessions for attendees. Altamira said Monday the 31st annual leadership conference held on April 22 recognized the careers of notable female leaders and featured several speakers that […] More

  • Guardtime to Integrate Cyber Elements into Lockheed's Software Devt, Systems Engineering Processes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Guardtime to Integrate Cyber Elements into Lockheed’s Software Devt, Systems Engineering Processes

    Guardtime‘s federal business has been chosen by Lockheed Martin to help incorporate blockchain technology and other cyber elements into the latter’s software development, supply chain risk management and systems engineering efforts. Lockheed said Thursday it wants to adopt Guardtime Federal’s Black Lantern appliances and Core blockchain infrastructure as part of efforts to secure developmental processes. Ron Bessire, vice president of engineering and technology […] More

  • DARPA Taps PARC-Led Team to Develop Computational Framework for Product Design - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps PARC-Led Team to Develop Computational Framework for Product Design

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected Xerox’s PARC subsidiary to lead a team to create a new computational model designed to eliminate limitations in computer-aided design technology platforms and advance digital manufacturing processes. PARC said Tuesday it will work with Oregon State University and Intact Solutions on the Fabricating with Interoperable Engineering, pLanning, Design […] More

  • DARPA Taps Rockwell Collins to Help Secure Military Platforms with Math-Based Methods - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps Rockwell Collins to Help Secure Military Platforms with Math-Based Methods

    Rockwell Collins has received a contract to apply mathematics-based development methods in efforts to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency defend various military platforms against cyber threats and address system vulnerabilities. The company said Monday it will initially incorporate technologies developed under DARPA’s High Assurance Cyber Military Systems into U.S. Navy programs under the contract. The HACMS project aims to build cyber-physical systems that works to […] More

  • Leidos Receives Gold Edison Award for DARPA Unmanned Vessel Devt Project Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Receives Gold Edison Award for DARPA Unmanned Vessel Devt Project Support

    Leidos has received a gold 2017 Edison Award under the tactical and industrial technology category for its support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program. The company accepted the award during the 30th annual Edison Awards ceremony held Thursday in New York City, Leidos said Friday. Mike Chagnon, president of Leidos’ […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL, Facebook's Building 8 Partner to Develop 'Silent Speech' Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Johns Hopkins APL, Facebook’s Building 8 Partner to Develop ‘Silent Speech’ Tech

    Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has partnered with Facebook‘s Building 8 research and development group to create a “silent speech” technology designed to help users type 100 words per minute using neural signals. APL said Wednesday it will apply its experience from an existing neural prosthetics program for wounded service members to support the new project. […] More

  • BAE's US Arm Lands DARPA Dispersed Computing Research Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE’s US Arm Lands DARPA Dispersed Computing Research Contract

    BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary has been awarded a four-year, $9.7 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to conduct research under DARPA’s Dispersed Computing initiative. The Defense Department said Tuesday the DCOMP program aims to produce software instantations of algorithms and protocol stacks that can use dispersed computing platforms to help boost application and network performance. […] More

  • Vencore Labs Gets DARPA Contract to Support Dispersed Computing Research Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vencore Labs Gets DARPA Contract to Support Dispersed Computing Research Program

    Vencore’s research arm has won a potential four-year, $10.3 million contract to research and develop software platforms in support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Dispersed Computing program. The DCOMP program seeks to create software instantiations of protocol stacks and algorithms to build up the performance of networks and applications through the use of dispersed computing […] More

  • DARPA, Industry Partners Test Chemical Warfare Agent Neutralization System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA, Industry Partners Test Chemical Warfare Agent Neutralization System

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has completed initial tests on a field-deployable system that combines technologies from the Southwest Research Institute and PyroGenesis Canada to neutralize chemical warfare agents. DARPA said Friday it tested SwRI’s soil-scrubbing technology alongside PyroGenesis’ Tactical Plasma Arc Chemical Warfare Agents Destruction System that works to collect and convert toxic CWA decomposition products into non-hazardous salts. The platform […] More

  • SSL, DARPA Finalize Agreement to Develop On-Orbit Spacecraft Servicing Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SSL, DARPA Finalize Agreement to Develop On-Orbit Spacecraft Servicing Tech

    Space Systems Loral has finalized an agreement with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop technologies that would help service and maintain spacecraft in geostationary orbit. SSL said Wednesday its team of engineers and technicians will perform work at a company facility in Palo Alto, California. DARPA and SSL unveiled a draft version of their public-private partnership agreement for the Robotic Servicing […] More

  • DARPA Calls for New Military Tech Concepts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Calls for New Military Tech Concepts

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host a virtual Proposers Day on May 3-4 to discuss an upcoming broad agency announcement that will seek proposals for “innovative” military technologies. DARPA said Tuesday its Tactical Technology Office regularly holds Proposers Days to outline technologies that the office is most interested in and to hear about technology ideas from companies and […] More

  • DARPA Selects Raytheon BBN for Dispersed Computing Research Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Selects Raytheon BBN for Dispersed Computing Research Project

    Raytheon‘s BBN Technologies subsidiary has won a potential four-year, $10 million contract to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency develop software applications under DARPA’s Dispersed Computing program. The Defense Department said Tuesday that DCOMP program will explore software instantiations of algorithms and protocol stacks that can utilize dispersed computing platforms to increase the performance of networks and applications. DCOMP also […] More