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  • CACI International Receives US Army Infrared Task Order; Ken Asbury Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI International Receives US Army Infrared Task Order; Ken Asbury Comments

    CACI International has received a 22-month, $28 million task order to assist the U.S. Army in work to research and develop night vision and infrared technologies. The company will perform technical, engineering and program management services for the Army’s Research, Development and Engineering Command’s Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate, […] More

  • DARPA Issues Radar, Comm Tech Research Solicitation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Issues Radar, Comm Tech Research Solicitation

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has released a solicitation for research proposals on radar and communications spectrum sharing systems, Military Embedded Systems reported Thursday. John McHale writes DARPA plans to award multiple contracts with a duration of one year for companies to develop co-designed radar and communication systems. DARPA also aims to increase open […] More

  • Pfenex, HHS Begin Clinical Studies for New Anthrax Vaccine; Robin Robinson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pfenex, HHS Begin Clinical Studies for New Anthrax Vaccine; Robin Robinson Comments

    Pfenex Inc. and the Department of Health and Human Services have begun  clinical research for a new anthrax vaccine under a 30-month, $15.9 million contract. The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority will lead the project to develop the experimental vaccines Px563L and RPA563, which target the anthrax cell-binding protein, HHS said Monday. “It is paramount to […] More

  • SRI International Wins DARPA Data Privacy Research Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SRI International Wins DARPA Data Privacy Research Contract

    SRI International has won an $8,520,257 contract to assist the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in research for data privacy and privacy science studies. SRI will submit research proposals on how to capture and test technologies to DARPA, the Defense Department said Monday. The company will perform work in Menlo Park, California through Feb. 16, 2020. The Space and […] More

  • Raytheon, SMU Form Cyber Research Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, SMU Form Cyber Research Partnership

    Raytheon and Southern Methodist University have formed a partnership to collaborate on research, offer internship opportunities and support other education initiatives in the field of cybersecurity, the Dallas Business Journal reported Friday. Danielle Abril writes the partnership builds on Raytheon’s work with SMU’s Darwin Deason Institute for Cyber Security at the Bobby B. Lyle School of Engineering. Fred […] More

  • ICF Lands $30M NASA Global Change Research Program Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF Lands $30M NASA Global Change Research Program Contract

    ICF International has been awarded a nearly $30 million contact to perform technical and program support for NASA’s global change research program. ICF will assist the U.S. Global Change Research Program National Coordination Office to coordinate and assess the office’s plans and budget activity, and develop USGCRP’s web resources and applications, NASA said Wednesday. The […] More

  • Lockheed, StemRad Kick Off Radiation Shielding Study for Space Missions; Randy Sweet Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, StemRad Kick Off Radiation Shielding Study for Space Missions; Randy Sweet Comments

    Lockheed Martin and StemRad have started to study the potential application of StemRad’s radiation shielding technology to deep-space operations. The goal is to modify StemRad 360 Gamma into a radiation protection system that is intended to help protect astronauts during missions, Lockheed said Monday. Randy Sweet, business development director for civil space at Lockheed Martin, said the company […] More

  • CA Technologies, RMIT University Receive Risk Research Grant from Australian Research Council; Steve Versteeg Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CA Technologies, RMIT University Receive Risk Research Grant from Australian Research Council; Steve Versteeg Comments

    CA Technologies and RMIT University have received a grant from the Australian Research Council to conduct a research on risk continuous authentication. The grantees began to carry out the research project in May with focus on risk adaptation and continuous verification, CA Tech said Tuesday. “This grant is about furthering our expertise through informed research and […] More

  • Lockheed Opens Denver Satellite Sensing, Comms Tech Development Hub; Rick Ambrose Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Opens Denver Satellite Sensing, Comms Tech Development Hub; Rick Ambrose Comments

    Lockheed Martin has opened a new center in Denver to house satellite sensing and communication technology development efforts. The radio frequency payload center is built to accommodate the development, production and testing of reconfigurable payloads and satellite systems, Lockheed said Tuesday. Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of space systems at Lockheed, said the new facility aims to help […] More

  • Boeing Launches Alabama Research, Technology Collaboration Hub; Steve Swaine Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Launches Alabama Research, Technology Collaboration Hub; Steve Swaine Comments

    Boeing has launched a new center in Alabama that is designed to help academic institutions and research partners develop technologies in collaboration with the company. Engineers and technicians will work together at the center to conduct research on simulation, analytics, chemicals,  materials, propulsion, avionics systems, sensors, communication and cybersecurity, Boeing said Friday. Steve Swaine, Boeing research […] More

  • Mitre Unveils Cyber Insight Framework; Blake Strom Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mitre Unveils Cyber Insight Framework; Blake Strom Comments

    Mitre Corp. has introduced a new cybersecurity framework that seeks to offer insight into the behavior of cyber attackers once they penetrate a computer network. The Adversarial Tactics, Techniques and Common Knowledge framework is designed to help organizations identify and classify cyber threats, Mitre said Tuesday. “Practitioners know there is a lot of guidance available about the […] More

  • IBM-Ponemon Study: Data Breach Costs Average $3.8M in 2015 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM-Ponemon Study: Data Breach Costs Average $3.8M in 2015

    IBM has released findings of a study that indicates the average cost of data breach in 2015 has totaled $3.8 million, up 23 percent from 2013 figures. Ponemon Institute conducted the study over 10 months through interviews of more than 1,500 information technology, compliance and information security professionals from 350 organizations in 11 countries, IBM said. The […] More