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  • DARPA Picks 8 Teams for Software Defined Radio Hackfest Event in November - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Picks 8 Teams for Software Defined Radio Hackfest Event in November

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected eight team line-ups for a software defined radio hackfest in November which will be held at the NASA Ames Conference Center in Moffett Field, California. DARPA said Monday that participants of the Bay Area Software Defined Radio Hackfest include members of the academia, industry and SDR enthusiast community who […] More

  • Aurora Flight Sciences to Continue X-Plane Devt for NASA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aurora Flight Sciences to Continue X-Plane Devt for NASA

    Aurora Flight Sciences has received a 12-month contract to further develop a subsonic aircraft technology as part of a NASA program that aims to increase fuel and operational efficiency and reduce noise of commercial planes. The company said Tuesday it will continue to work with Pratt & Whitney and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to advance the D8 […] More

  • Vencore to Highlight RF Mapping Platform at Cyber Electromagnetic Activity Forum - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vencore to Highlight RF Mapping Platform at Cyber Electromagnetic Activity Forum

    Vencore has agreed to sponsor a symposium co-hosted by Association of Old Crows and the U.S. Army’s program executive office for intelligence electronic warfare and sensors. The company said Tuesday it will serve as title sponsor of the Cyber Electromagnetic Activity Symposium that will take place at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland from Oct. 16 to 19. David Shur, senior […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne to Support DARPA Propulsion System Dev't & Test Program; Eileen Drake Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne to Support DARPA Propulsion System Dev’t & Test Program; Eileen Drake Comments

    Aerojet Rocketdyne will help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency develop and test a propulsion system as part of the Advanced Full Range Engine program that aims to realize reusable hydrocarbon propulsion technologies. AFRE looks to develop a propulsion system that could operate at up to hypersonic speed in an effort to deploy responsive hypersonic aircraft for […] More

  • 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

  • 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