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  • Raytheon-Led Team to Build Superconducting Computing Tech for IARPA Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon-Led Team to Build Superconducting Computing Tech for IARPA Program

    An industry team led by Raytheon‘s BBN Technologies business has begun to develop a superconducting computing prototype for cryogenic memory arrays and scalable control architecture under a contract from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity. Raytheon said Tuesday the team integrated a superconducting switch with a cryogenic memory element during a demonstration of the superconducting/ferromagnetic memory […] More

  • CH2M JV to Design Compound Semiconductor Lab at Federally Funded R&D Center; Tim Byers Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CH2M JV to Design Compound Semiconductor Lab at Federally Funded R&D Center; Tim Byers Comments

    A joint venture of CH2M and Burns & McDonnell has been selected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide laboratory design services for a federally funded research and development center that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology manages for the Defense Department. The JV will design the Compound Semiconductor Laboratory-Microelectronics Integration Facility to be established at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, CH2M […] More

  • Boeing to Sponsor MIT Academic Wind Tunnel Replacement Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Sponsor MIT Academic Wind Tunnel Replacement Project

    Boeing has pledged to become the lead donor of an $18 million project to replace the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s academic wind tunnel. The company said Monday it will help replace MIT’s 79-year-old Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel with a new tunnel that will be designated “The Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel — a Gift of the Boeing Company.” […] More

  • CrowdStrike Establishes Own Foundation to Support Cybersecurity and AI Areas - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CrowdStrike Establishes Own Foundation to Support Cybersecurity and AI Areas

    CrowdStrike has announced the inauguration of its own foundation dedicated to developing next generation talent and research in the areas of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. The company said Tuesday the CrowdStrike Foundation will fund scholarships and research for students and scientists studying cybersecurity and AI. The foundation will also provide pro-bono security software for non-profits, journalists and activists […] 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

  • IBM, MIT to Establish AI Research Laboratory - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM, MIT to Establish AI Research Laboratory

    IBM plans to invest $240 million in the construction of a new artificial intelligence research laboratory that the company will operate in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The company said Thursday its 10-year investment in the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab will aid research efforts of scientists from both institutions. The partnership aims to further develop […] More

  • IARPA Awards Contracts for Research on Human-Machine Geopolitical Forecasting Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IARPA Awards Contracts for Research on Human-Machine Geopolitical Forecasting Tech

    The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has awarded research contracts under the Hybrid Forecasting Competition program that aims to enhance the accuracy of geopolitical event prediction methods. IARPA selected HRL Laboratories, Raytheon‘s BBN Technologies subsidiary and the University of Southern California to conduct research on hybrid forecasting systems under the HFC program, the Office of the Director of […] More

  • Executive Profile: Pierre Chao, Founding Partner of Renaissance Strategic Advisors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Pierre Chao, Founding Partner of Renaissance Strategic Advisors

    Pierre Chao serves as a founding partner of Renaissance Strategic Advisors, where he brings more than 30 years of aerospace and defense strategy management consulting, investment banking and policy analysis experience to his position. He is also a managing partner and co-founder at investment company Enlightenment Capital, a board member at Truman National Security Project and […] More

  • Former DOE Secretary Ernest Moniz Joins Tri Alpha Energy's Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former DOE Secretary Ernest Moniz Joins Tri Alpha Energy’s Board of Directors

    Ernest Moniz, former secretary of the Energy Department, has joined clean energy company Tri Alpha Energy as a member of the board of directors. Tri Alpha Energy CEO Steve Specker said in a statement published Thursday that Moniz will contribute his energy technology and policy development experience to help further the company’s fusion-based electricity generation initiatives. Moniz has also […] More

  • Ball Aerospace to Build Cryostat for NASA-Funded Interstellar Observatory; Jim Oschmann Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ball Aerospace to Build Cryostat for NASA-Funded Interstellar Observatory; Jim Oschmann Comments

    NASA has selected Ball Aerospace & Technologies to design and develop a cryostat for a science mission that aims to measure emissions from the interstellar medium and study the life cycle of interstellar gas in the Milky Way. Ball Aerospace said Thursday it will build the cryostat to generate a temperature-controlled for detectors of the University of Arizona-led Galactic/Extragalactic Ultralong Duration Balloon […] More

  • Parsons Co-Hosts Research Workshop at MIT; Biff Lyons Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Co-Hosts Research Workshop at MIT; Biff Lyons Comments

    Parsons has collaborated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s civil and environmental engineering department to conduct a day-long workshop on research projects related to infrastructure, smart cities and transportation. The company said Thursday its leadership representatives and the university’s alumni, faculty and postdoctoral scholars examined the parallels between current industry needs and ongoing research efforts during the workshop. “The unique nature of […] More