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  • DARPA Taps 5 Institutions to Develop ‘Graph Analytics Processors’ for Big Data Workloads - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps 5 Institutions to Develop ‘Graph Analytics Processors’ for Big Data Workloads

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has picked five organizations to create computing platforms designed to analyze and extract insights from large volumes of data. Intel, Northrop Grumman, Qualcomm Intelligent Solutions, Georgia Tech and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will develop “graph analytics processors” under the Hierarchical Identify Verify Exploit program, DARPA said Friday. The HIVE program […] More

  • DOE's National Labs to Collaborate With 38 Small Businesses on Energy Tech Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE’s National Labs to Collaborate With 38 Small Businesses on Energy Tech Projects

    The Energy Department has identified 38 small businesses that will partner with national laboratories to address technology challenges associated with the development of advanced energy systems. DOE said Friday the Small Business Vouchers program offers competitively-selected small businesses access to intellectual and technical resources at national laboratories. Eight laboratories will receive funds to support the partnership program, DOE added. “Small businesses […] More

  • Ceres Power, Cummins to Build Data Center Fuel Cell Tech Under DOE Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ceres Power, Cummins to Build Data Center Fuel Cell Tech Under DOE Contract

    Cummins and Ceres Power will collaborate to develop fuel cell power generation technology for potential use in data centers under a $4.9 million contract awarded by the Energy Department. The partnership seeks to create a modular solid oxide fuel cell system in efforts to increase the efficiency of electrical systems by at least 60 percent and support distributed power applications up to 100 kilowatts, Ceres Power said Thursday. “This is […] More

  • DOE Selects 43 Small Businesses for Clean Energy Projects Under 2nd Round of SB Vouchers Pilot - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE Selects 43 Small Businesses for Clean Energy Projects Under 2nd Round of SB Vouchers Pilot

    The Energy Department has selected 43 small businesses to collaborate with 12 national laboratories to develop next-generation clean energy technology as part of the $8 million second round of the Small Business Vouchers pilot program. The small businesses will each receive vouchers worth up to $300,000 and the opportunity to work with the various national laboratories, DOE said Thursday. “We need […] More

  • DOE to Help Fund NRECA's Utility Cybersecurity Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE to Help Fund NRECA’s Utility Cybersecurity Project

    The Energy Department has chosen the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association to receive grant funds to develop and commercialize a tool for utilities to detect cyber attacks and compromised systems in near real-time. NRECA said Thursday its React project is based on the DoE-funded Essence prototype platform that NRECA built in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Honeywell and Carnegie Mellon University. Jim […] More

  • DHS Seeks Wearable First Responder Tech From Startup Companies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Seeks Wearable First Responder Tech From Startup Companies

    The Department of Homeland Security currently explores startup-developed wearable technologies that work to support first responders through a business accelerator program of the DHS science and technology directorate. DHS said it seeks startup companies that can provide body-worn electronics, advanced sensors and gear-embedded voice and data communication technologies as part of the EMERGE 2016: Wearable Technology accelerator program. The department added the […] More

  • Battelle Vet Robert Quinn Named SCRA Executive Director; Bill Blume Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle Vet Robert Quinn Named SCRA Executive Director; Bill Blume Comments

    Robert Quinn, managing director of technology commercialization and advisory services at Battelle subsidiary 360ip, will join South Carolina-based applied research company SCRA on Aug. 1 as executive director. He will bring his knowledge of the technology development, commercialization and transfer processes to his new position, SCRA said Friday. Quinn said he aims to help the state-chartered company drive innovation partnerships  between universities and private companies through […] More

  • Mellanox, DOE Lab to Collaborate on Exascale Computing Tech Design - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mellanox, DOE Lab to Collaborate on Exascale Computing Tech Design

    Mellanox Technologies and the Energy Department‘s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have entered into a partnership agreement to design and architect exascale computing technologies. PNNL and Mellanox seek to explore advanced functions of the company’s Interconnect platform as well as develop a new in-network computing architecture,  Mellanox said Monday. The partnership will also support efforts of Mellanox and DOE’s Center for Advance Technology Evaluation to […] More

  • DOE Exploratory License to Let Firms Test-Drive Pacific Northwest National Lab Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE Exploratory License to Let Firms Test-Drive Pacific Northwest National Lab Tech

    The Energy Department has launched an exploratory licensing program to allow companies to test-drive technologies at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory before they apply for a full license. Under the new commercialization option, companies will sign an agreement and pay $1,000 to assess a technology for six months in order to help them decide what […] More

  • Tri-City Herald: DOE to Extend Pacific NW Laboratory Operations Contract with Battelle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tri-City Herald: DOE to Extend Pacific NW Laboratory Operations Contract with Battelle

    The Energy Department has opted to extend its contract with Battelle for an additional five years to to operate the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and will not hold a competition for a contract to help run PNNL, Tri-City Herald reported Friday. Annette Cary writes that the current contract will expire in September 2017 and DOE looks to continue the five-decade […] More

  • Deloitte's JR Reagan: Researchers Explore Biomimetic Methods to Thwart Cyber Crime - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte’s JR Reagan: Researchers Explore Biomimetic Methods to Thwart Cyber Crime

    JR Reagan, global chief information security officer at Deloitte, has said some computer security researchers experiment with biomimicry principles in a bid to develop new data protection tools based on defense mechanisms seen in nature. He wrote in a Deloitte Insights piece published Monday the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has studied the potential application of ant colonies’  behavior for continuous monitoring […] More

  • Battelle, Energy Dept Collaborate on Biomass-to-Fuel Conversion Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle, Energy Dept Collaborate on Biomass-to-Fuel Conversion Project

    A Battelle team of scientists and engineers has demonstrated a method for producing transportation fuels from biomass through a project funded by the U.S. Energy Department. Battelle said Wednesday its mobile catalytic pyrolysis system facilitated a more than 1,200-hour continuous hydrotreatment operation to produce biofuels. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory provided bio-oil stabilization catalysts for Battelle’s […] More