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  • Lockheed Increases Investment in Ocean Aero via Series B Funding Round - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Increases Investment in Ocean Aero via Series B Funding Round

    Lockheed Martin’s venture capital arm has participated in a round of Series B financing for Ocean Aero to help the San Diego-based autonomous marine systems developer ramp up production work and support its client base, the Washington Business Journal reported Tuesday. Lockheed made its initial investment in Ocean Aero in September 2017 through its venture […] More

  • DLH Gets CMMI Level 3 Appraisal; Helene Fisher Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLH Gets CMMI Level 3 Appraisal; Helene Fisher Quoted

    DLH‘s mission services and solutions business has received appraisal from the CMMI Institute with a level 3 Capability Maturity Model Integration rating. The company said Tuesday it obtained certification after the institute’s Concept Quality Assurance Lab, several DLH employees and an appraisal team leader assessed the firm’s implementation of the CMMI for Development model. The evaluation team […] More

  • Maximus Helps Louisiana Manage Medicaid Enrollment Process With Mobile App - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maximus Helps Louisiana Manage Medicaid Enrollment Process With Mobile App

    A mobile application Maximus developed for Louisiana’s Medicaid program has helped beneficiaries explore and select coverage plans with the use of smartphones. The Healthy Louisiana app is equipped with authentication and encryption features meant to secure protected health and personnally identifiable information, Maximus said Wednesday. The volume of digital enrollment applications under the state’s managed care program through mobile and web platforms doubled […] More

  • Jacobs to Support Army Test Center Under $87M Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs to Support Army Test Center Under $87M Contract Modification

    Jacobs Engineering Group’ technology business has received an $87.4M contract modification from the U.S. Army to provide support services to the Aberdeen Test Center located in Maryland. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will conduct testing efforts in support of ATC’s automotive, firepower, survivability/lethality, technology and warfighter mission areas. The Army Contracting Command will determine […] More

  • Raytheon BBN to Develop AI Neural Network Under DARPA Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon BBN to Develop AI Neural Network Under DARPA Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency has selected Raytheon‘s BBN Technologies to develop an artificial intelligence technology that would offer AI-generated explanations. Raytheon BBN aims to build the Explainable Question Answering System through DARPA’s Explainable Artificial Intelligence program, the company said Tuesday. The program aims to help people manage and trust AI applications through a set of machine learning techniques. […] More

  • Carahsoft to Market Nvidia Virtualization, Deep Learning Tools via NASA SEWP Vehicle; Craig Abod Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Market Nvidia Virtualization, Deep Learning Tools via NASA SEWP Vehicle; Craig Abod Quoted

    Carahsoft Technology has agreed to offer virtualization and programmable graphics processing unit-powered deep learning tools from Nvidia to public sector customers through NASA’s Solutions for Enterprise-wide Procurement vehicle. Nvidia designed its technology offerings to help clients analyze huge amounts of data, implement virtual desktop infrastructure and manage data security and information technology performance, Carahsoft said Tuesday. Products covered by the companies’ agreement […] More

  • Army Issues RFI on UAS Payload Support Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Issues RFI on UAS Payload Support Sources

    The U.S. Army has issued a request for information on potential companies that can help the service branch support and sustain tactical signals intelligence payload on MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft systems. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday says the Army requires engineering and logistics services to support an Intelligence and Security Command forward operational assessment and TSP […] More

  • USCIS Releases Cloud Cybersecurity Service RFI - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USCIS Releases Cloud Cybersecurity Service RFI

    The U.S. Citizen Immigration Services‘ information technology office seeks information on providers of IT security services in a cloud computing environment. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday says USCIS currently explores the availability of cybersecurity as a service in the risk management, microservice architecture and emerging technology areas as part of efforts to secure and update IT applications. The […] More

  • Unisys Lands Potential $219M Georgia Cloud IT Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys Lands Potential $219M Georgia Cloud IT Contract

    Unisys has received a potential eight-year, $219M contract to provide a hybrid cloud platform meant to help government agencies in Georgia manage citizen services delivery efforts across the state. The contract with the Georgia Technology Authority has a base term of five years and six months and three one-year options and calls for Unisys to serve […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Tests Electric Propulsion Tech for NASA's Deep Space Plans - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Tests Electric Propulsion Tech for NASA’s Deep Space Plans

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has completed an early systems integration test of an electric propulsion technology designed to help NASA conduct deep space missions in the near future. The company said Tuesday it developed a 13-kilowatt Hall thruster string as part of the space agency’s Advanced Electric Propulsion System program and demonstrated the subsystem’s power elements that include discharge supply and […] More

  • AWS, VMware Plan 2019 Release of Joint Cloud Service in GovCloud Region; Pat Gelsinger Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS, VMware Plan 2019 Release of Joint Cloud Service in GovCloud Region; Pat Gelsinger Quoted

    Andy Jassy and Pat Gelsinger, respectively CEOs of Amazon Web Services  and VMware, announced at a recent industry event that both companies will debut a hybrid cloud service intended for government customers in the AWS GovCloud region by the end of 2019. Both executives spoke about the planned release of VMware Cloud on AWS and other joint offerings at the […] More