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  • Mac Curtis: Vencore to Provide Navy Cyber Systems Engineering, R&D Support Under Potential $135M IDIQ Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mac Curtis: Vencore to Provide Navy Cyber Systems Engineering, R&D Support Under Potential $135M IDIQ Contract

    Vencore will provide engineering support and examine the interoperability and functionality of cyber operations systems and related services at tactical, strategic and operational levels under a potential five-year, $135 million contract with the U.S. Navy. The company will also perform research and development work, as well as evaluate, demonstrate and transition cyber platforms for the service […] More

  • Allied Associates International Wins MDA Advisory & Assistance Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Allied Associates International Wins MDA Advisory & Assistance Services Contract

    Allied Associates International has secured a $23.4 million contract to advise and assist the Missile Defense Agency on the technical, engineering, advisory and management aspects of MDA’s international affairs and foreign military sales. The Defense Department said Tuesday the contract covers studies, analyses, evaluations, management and professional services to support the Aegis, Sensors and Terminal High Altitude ballistic missile defense […] More

  • Pierre Chao, Byron Callan Talk Industry Investments in Defense Tech R&D - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pierre Chao, Byron Callan Talk Industry Investments in Defense Tech R&D

    Pierre Chao, an industry analyst and founding partner of Renaissance Strategic Advisors, has said many investors remain hesitant to make investments in the defense market due to lack of incentives, the National Defense magazine reported Monday. Sandra I. Erwin writes Chao said at a Center for Strategic and International Studies-hosted forum that defense contractors consider […] More

  • Rolls-Royce Invests $30M in Composite Material R&D Facility Expansion; Marion Blakey Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rolls-Royce Invests $30M in Composite Material R&D Facility Expansion; Marion Blakey Comments

    Rolls-Royce has invested $30 million in an expansion project for a company research-and-development center in Southern California. The 62,000-square-foot facility in Cypress is dedicated to research related to ceramic matrix composite materials and processes designed for future production of aircraft engine components, Rolls-Royce said Thursday. Marion Blakey, president and CEO of Rolls-Royce’s North America business, said […] More

  • Ansera Chosen for Army Chemical, Nuclear Sampling Kit R&D Grant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ansera Chosen for Army Chemical, Nuclear Sampling Kit R&D Grant

    The Defense Department has awarded Ansera Analytics a two-year, $1.04 million grant under the Phase II Small Business Innovation Research program to study, develop and verify the Army’s sampling kits for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives reconnaissance functions. The Olathe, Kansas-based company said it will work on TacDOGS integration for data and sample analyses, a quality assurance/training program and sample collection, […] More

  • DOE to Fund Hydrogen, Synthetic Fuel Tests for Capstone Microturbine Energy Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE to Fund Hydrogen, Synthetic Fuel Tests for Capstone Microturbine Energy Systems

    The Energy Department will provide $335,000 in funds over the next year to Argonne National Laboratory to perform hydrogen and synthetic fuel tests on Capstone Turbine‘s microturbine energy systems. Argonne will test Capstone’s C65 and C200 microturbines in an effort to support research and development initiatives and also promote Capstone’s hydrogen and syngas fuel products to the market, the company said […] More

  • Brian Fisher Receives Executive Mosaic's Top General Counsel Executives Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Brian Fisher Receives Executive Mosaic’s Top General Counsel Executives Award

    BRIAN FISHER SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL ALION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORP. Mr. Brian Fisher joined Alion Science and Technology Corp in April 2014, after leading Teradata Corporation’s Government Systems legal and contracts team for 10 years.  At Alion he has served as Deputy General Counsel (April 2014 – November 2015), Acting General Counsel […] More

  • Naval Research Lab to Solicit Proposals for Shipboard Antenna R&D Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Naval Research Lab to Solicit Proposals for Shipboard Antenna R&D Program

    The Naval Research Laboratory plans to seek industry proposals for research and development of dual microwave and millimeter wave antennas with a capacity to transmit radio frequency in the 4 gigahertz to 40 gigahertz range. The R&D effort seeks to design, test, install and deliver 10 preliminary antennas as well as multiple pairs of forward and aft antennas, the U.S. Navy said in a […] More

  • Report: Poland Seeks to Increase Spending on Space Sector Through New Strategy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Poland Seeks to Increase Spending on Space Sector Through New Strategy

    Poland has released a document that provides information on the country’s initial strategy to develop the space industry and related programs, Space News reported Wednesday. Jaroslaw Adamowski writes the space strategy aims to increase the Polish government’s spending on the space sector, develop the country’s first satellite and create a new economic model that would depend on […] More

  • Battelle, USAF Enter Cooperative Agreement for Aircraft Ice Protection Tech R&D - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle, USAF Enter Cooperative Agreement for Aircraft Ice Protection Tech R&D

    Battelle and the U.S. Air Force‘s Life Cycle Management Center will collaborate to build anti-icing technology for aircraft under a cooperative research-and-development agreement. The Air Force said Tuesday that Battelle is developing an ice protection technology with the use of a carbon nanotube dispersant as a resistive heater for anti-ice and de-ice purposes. The nonprofit will continue to test […] More

  • 10 Startup Companies to Participate in DHS Wearable Tech R&D Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    10 Startup Companies to Participate in DHS Wearable Tech R&D Project

    The Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate has chosen 10 startup companies to join a new research-and-development program that seeks to build  wearable devices for first responders. DHS said Thursday the EMERGE 2016: Wearable Technology program offers startups the opportunity to equip emergency response personnel with body-worn electronics, sensors and integrated voice and data communications systems. “We need […] More

  • DARPA, Air Force Tap PAR Technology Subsidiary for Media Forensics R&D Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA, Air Force Tap PAR Technology Subsidiary for Media Forensics R&D Contract

    The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have awarded a $7.2 million contract to a PAR Technology subsidiary to develop digital media forensics technology. PAR Government Systems will apply its experience in image and video processing, cloud computing, data analytics and digital media forensics to support DARPA’s Media Forensics research-and-development program, the company said Tuesday. Matt […] More