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  • Rockwell Collins to Continue Test Range Instrumentation Tech Production for US Military - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Continue Test Range Instrumentation Tech Production for US Military

    Rockwell Collins will continue to support the production of a military test range instrumentation system under a two-year, $21.3 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will provide a second production lot of the Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System for deployment at Air Force, Army and Navy test ranges. DoD awarded a $31 million contract […] More

  • Shengmin Sang Wins SoBran 'Innovation for Impact' Prize; Greg Kelly Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Shengmin Sang Wins SoBran ‘Innovation for Impact’ Prize; Greg Kelly Comments

    A lead scientist at the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies, has claimed the grand prize of a research competition sponsored by SoBran‘s bioscience division and the North Carolina Biotechnology Center’s Piedmont Triad Office. Shengmin Sang will receive up to $10,000 in research funds and an additional $1,000 in cash as the grand […] 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

  • Rolls-Royce Opens Jet Engine R&D Lab in Purdue Research Park Aerospace District - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rolls-Royce Opens Jet Engine R&D Lab in Purdue Research Park Aerospace District

    Rolls-Royce has opened a facility at the Purdue Research Park Aerospace District in West Lafayette, Indiana, where the company will research and develop jet engine components for customers globally. The Purdue Technology Center Aerospace will house a Rolls-Royce group that aims to design, build and test engine parts, collaborate with Purdue University researchers via corporate partnerships and recruit student interns and graduates, […] More

  • Sikorsky Gets Aircraft Spares Delivery Order for Marine Corps CH-53K Test Article - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky Gets Aircraft Spares Delivery Order for Marine Corps CH-53K Test Article

    Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, has received a $32.3 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to produce aircraft spares and provide manufacturing labor services for a test article of the U.S. Marine Corps‘ heavy-lift transport helicopter system. The Defense Department said Friday that Sikorsky will perform contract work in Stratford, Connecticut, through May 2019 in support of […] More

  • UES to Develop Laser Hardened Materials for Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UES to Develop Laser Hardened Materials for Air Force

    UES has received a $48.7 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help the U.S. Air Force research and develop laser hardened materials. The Defense Department said Friday the company will support the Laser Materials for Blue Systems Survivability program that covers the development of components, materials and systems in various configurations and performance parameters. The LaMBSS program aims to understand the effect of […] More

  • General Atomics Enters Partnership for Potential RPA Integration in Japan Airspace - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Enters Partnership for Potential RPA Integration in Japan Airspace

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has partnered with a consortium of government, academic and commercial organizations to pursue operational approval in Japan for a medium-altitude long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft to fly in the country’s non-segregated civil airspace. The company said Thursday it aims to secure the first civil MALE RPA clearance in Japan as well as explore the potential use of the […] More

  • Earth Networks to Provide Lightning Data Support for NOAA's National Weather Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Earth Networks to Provide Lightning Data Support for NOAA’s National Weather Service

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded Earth Networks a five-year, $2.5 million contract to provide the National Weather Service access to a lightning data. NWS will use the company’s Total Lightning Network in efforts to identify weather conditions, increase weather warning lead times and help forecasters gain situational awareness, Earth Networks said Thursday. The network is designed to monitor in-cloud lightning activity […] More

  • Frost & Sullivan: Defense Tech Modernization Programs Spur US Foreign Military Sales - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Frost & Sullivan: Defense Tech Modernization Programs Spur US Foreign Military Sales

    A Frost & Sullivan report predicts the Defense Department‘s foreign military sales program will experience a compound annual growth rate of 3.4 percent through 2021 as international government customers move to increase defense spending, update military equipment and respond to regional tensions. The research firm said Monday it found that ground-based air defense, fighter aircraft and tactical vehicle systems are the most requested and delivered […] More

  • GrammaTech to Help DHS Test, Update Software Analysis Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GrammaTech to Help DHS Test, Update Software Analysis Tools

    GrammaTech has secured an $8 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate for the creation of a repeatable methodology to test, evaluate and modernize analyze tools used to detect software vulnerabilities. DHS said the company will support the Static Tool Analysis Modernization Project that seeks to mitigate potential weaknesses in software programs before a developer  implements the platform. […] More

  • DoD Picks 160 University Researchers to Receive Instrumentation Acquisition Funds - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Picks 160 University Researchers to Receive Instrumentation Acquisition Funds

    The Defense Department has awarded $47 million in total grants to 160 university researchers at 84 institutions to help them purchase equipment for defense research and student research training. DoD said Thursday its service research offices received 685 proposals for the fiscal 2017 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program and selected meritorious submissions that tackle science and engineering research to support national defense efforts. Dale […] More

  • Army Seeks Industry Partners to Develop Combat Vehicle Prototypes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Seeks Industry Partners to Develop Combat Vehicle Prototypes

    The Army Contracting Command has launched a market research effort to identify potential vendors that can help the U.S. Army develop combat vehicle prototypes. According to a notice posted Monday on the FedBizOpps website, the Next Generation Combat Vehicle Detroit Arsenal Automotive Prototype Project aims to design, demonstrate, engineer, fabricate, integrate, schedule and test vehicle technologies into a set […] More