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  • 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

  • DARPA to Brief Proposers on Hardware Security Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA to Brief Proposers on Hardware Security Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency seeks industry expertise to address security vulnerabilities in electronic hardware and plans to hold an event in Arlington, Virginia, to discuss the project with interested companies. DARPA said Monday its System Security Integrated Through Hardware and Firmware program aims to mitigate seven classes of hardware vulnerabilities listed on the Mitre-administered Common Weakness Enumeration website. Those classes are permissions […] More

  • DARPA to Hold Proposers Day on Social System Simulation Devt Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA to Hold Proposers Day on Social System Simulation Devt Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will conduct a Proposers Day through webcast on April 20 to discuss a program that seeks to verify the accuracy of social science-related modeling methods through the use of computer-based, artificial social simulations. DARPA said Friday the Ground Truth program aims to develop simulated social systems that will work […] More

  • DARPA Wants Semantic Tech to Interpret Multimedia Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Wants Semantic Tech to Interpret Multimedia Data

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency was scheduled Friday to meet with potential proposers on a program that seeks to aggregate and interpret data from multiple media sources with a “semantic engine.” DARPA said Thursday the Active Interpretation of Disparate Alternatives project aims to build a platform that will work to general multiple hypotheses on the meaning and implications of real-world events, situations and trends […] More

  • DARPA Solicits Molecular Informatics Research Proposals - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Solicits Molecular Informatics Research Proposals

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has begun to solicit proposals from industry for a program that aims to identify new approaches to store and process information with molecules. DARPA said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice it seeks methods to represent information and run computational operations in molecular form under the agency’s Molecular Informatics program. Selected proposers will work to formulate scalable […] More

  • DARPA Eyes New Concept for Undersea Payload Delivery Using Extra Large UUVs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Eyes New Concept for Undersea Payload Delivery Using Extra Large UUVs

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has issued a presolicitation notice on a program that aims to create a new strategy for the delivery of undersea payloads via extra-large unmanned underwater vehicles. DARPA said in the notice posted March 20 at the FedBizOpps website the 45-month Hunter program will be executed in three parts for the […] More

  • Vencore Labs Secures DARPA Contracts for DDoS Defense Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vencore Labs Secures DARPA Contracts for DDoS Defense Research

    Vencore‘s research arm has secured contracts worth a combined $17.7 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to perform research on cyber defenses against distributed denial-of-service attacks. Vencore Labs will also help develop measures to address DDoS attacks as part of DARPA’s Extreme DDoS Defense program or XD3, the company said Wednesday. “Through the advancement of [internet of things] […] More

  • DARPA to Host Proposers Day on Molecular Informatics Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA to Host Proposers Day on Molecular Informatics Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will hold a Proposers Day via webcast on April 7 to discuss a program that seeks to use molecules to store and process information. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday stated that DARPA looks to introduce the Molecular Informatics program to the research community as well as facilitate collaboration among potential proposers during the […] More

  • DARPA to Hold Proposers Day on RF Transistor, Semiconductor Material Devt Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA to Hold Proposers Day on RF Transistor, Semiconductor Material Devt Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host a Proposers Day on March 29 in Arlington, Virginia, to discuss a program that seeks to develop new radiofrequency and millimeter-wave transistors and semiconductor materials designed to meet electromagnetic spectrum-related requirements. Dan Green, a program manager at DARPA’s microsystems technology office, said in a statement released Thursday the Dynamic […] More

  • General Atomics, Dynetics Land Phase 2 Contracts Under DARPA Gremlins Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics, Dynetics Land Phase 2 Contracts Under DARPA Gremlins Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded contracts to General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business and Dynetics under the second phase of a program that seeks to develop unmanned aircraft systems that can be launched and retrieved by aircraft carriers. DARPA said Wednesday the Gremlins program’s phase two aims to build and conduct risk-reduction tests of […] More

  • BAE Systems to Develop Tech to Address Electric Grid Failure After Cyber Attack - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Systems to Develop Tech to Address Electric Grid Failure After Cyber Attack

    BAE Systems has received an $8.6 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to create new technology that will work to restore electric grid operations in the event of a power loss due to a cyber attack. The company said Tuesday the technology will support DARPA’s Rapid Attack Detection, Isolation and Characterization Systems […] More

  • SSL-Managed MDA Division Gets NASA Recognition for ISS Robotic Servicing Support; Rich White Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SSL-Managed MDA Division Gets NASA Recognition for ISS Robotic Servicing Support; Rich White Comments

    A Space Systems Loral-managed division of MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates has received recognition from NASA for its support on a January robotic servicing mission at the International Space Station. SSL said Wednesday the Johnson Space Center acknowledged the support of MDA US Systems in planning and validating the maneuvers to update the ISS power system using the Special Purpose Dextrous Manipulator robotic arm. Rich White, […] More