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  • BAE to Help US Air Force Develop Machine Learning Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Help US Air Force Develop Machine Learning Software

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary a three-year, $9.4 million contract to help the service branch develop, integrate and demonstrate a machine learning platform. BAE Systems Inc. will explore latest machine learning advancements to support the Air Force’s efforts to apply analytics to address space situational awareness challenges as well as leverage high-performance computing and […] More

  • Samsung-Intelligent Decisions Alliance to Supply Tablet Computers to Air Force; Joe Armstrong Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Samsung-Intelligent Decisions Alliance to Supply Tablet Computers to Air Force; Joe Armstrong Comments

    A team of Samsung Electronics and Intelligent Decisions has been awarded a contract to supply tablet computers to the U.S. Air Force’s bases worldwide after the handheld passed the military service’s hardware and software tests for flight line use. Air Force technicians will use the Galaxy Tab S2 device to access digital technical orders, manuals and parts databases to perform aircraft […] More

  • General Dynamics Subsidiary Develops 3-D Paint Projection Tech for Aircraft Design - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Subsidiary Develops 3-D Paint Projection Tech for Aircraft Design

    Gulfstream Aerospace, a General Dynamics subsidiary, has utilized 3-D software technology in the design of paint schemes in efforts to build on aircraft design flexibility and quality. General Dynamics said Thursday Gulfstream engineers at the company’s Savannah Completions Center supported the development of the software, which projects a multidimensional paint scheme onto the aircraft to provide an alternative to […] More

  • Canadian Commercial Corp. to Help US Air Force Design Flight Safety Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Canadian Commercial Corp. to Help US Air Force Design Flight Safety Software

    Canadian Commercial Corp. has received a $7.8 million task order to design and install a flight safety software for the U.S. Air Force. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will also provide software training, support and maintenance under the service branch’s Global Procedure Designer program. The software will be developed to help the Air Force […] More

  • FDA Seeks Info on COTS Quality Management Software Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FDA Seeks Info on COTS Quality Management Software Sources

    The Food and Drug Administration has sought information on potential industry sources that can provide a commercial off-the-shelf software platform designed to help FDA compile audits and assessments as well as detect and monitor preventive and corrective actions. FDA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday the proposed Quality Management Information System should be designed to capture […] More

  • ISS Receives Air Force Software Maintenance Support Extension - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ISS Receives Air Force Software Maintenance Support Extension

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Intelligent Software Solutions a one-year, $12.2 million task order to continue to help the service branch maintain U.S. military software installed worldwide, the Colorado Springs Business Journal reported Thursday. Amber Baillie writes ISS will also extend its software and maintenance support for the U.S. Central Command, NATO and the Air Force’s Pacific operations. The contract represents the […] More

  • Boeing's Insitu Unit to Provide UAS ISR Services for SOCOM Under IDIQ Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing’s Insitu Unit to Provide UAS ISR Services for SOCOM Under IDIQ Contract

    Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary has landed a one-year, $40.7 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from U.S. Special Operations Command to provide Mid-Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Systems intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services. The Defense Department said Friday SOCOM will obligate $40.7 million from fiscal 2016 operations and maintenance funds for individual task orders to be fulfilled worldwide. DoD noted the sole-source contract works to provide continuity […] More

  • Siemens Adds Address-Reading Software to USPS Mail Sorting Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens Adds Address-Reading Software to USPS Mail Sorting Systems

    A subsidiary of Siemens has worked to help the U.S. Postal Service automate the agency’s mail sorting systems within its delivery units. Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics integrated address-reading software into USPS’ Delivery Schemeless Sortation system in an effort to accelerate mail processing, Siemens said Monday. The company designed its address-reading platform to automatically process the picture on mail items, compare the photo with the […] More

  • Georgia Tech, ONR Develop AI Software for Robots; Marc Steinberg Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Georgia Tech, ONR Develop AI Software for Robots; Marc Steinberg Comments

    Researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology and the Office of Naval Research have developed an artificial intelligence software program the team designed to serve as a “human user manual” for robots. The U.S. Navy said Thursday Quixote will be used to teach robots how to read stories, learn acceptable behavior and ways to conduct itself in […] More

  • Intergraph Software for Emergency, Incident Mgmt Gets Approval for Deployment at 13 Marine Corps Bases - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intergraph Software for Emergency, Incident Mgmt Gets Approval for Deployment at 13 Marine Corps Bases

    Intergraph Government Solutions’ software platform will be deployed across 13 U.S. Marine Corps installations worldwide after the platform received milestone C and full deployment approval under the defense acquisition system. IGS said Thursday the deployment approval for Intergraph Computer-Aided Dispatch was based on the software tool’s live operation and testing conducted at Marine Corps Air Station […] More

  • Nimbis Services Secures Phase III SBIR Contract From USAF for R&D Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Nimbis Services Secures Phase III SBIR Contract From USAF for R&D Support

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $9 million Small Business Innovation Research phase 3 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to Nimbis Services for continued research and development services on a cloud-based Defense Department silicon integrated circuit design environment. DoD said Thursday Air Force Research Laboratory will obligate $749,468 from fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation funds for the first cost-plus-fixed-fee task order in the sole-source IDIQ […] More

  • CTC Subsidiary Releases File Transfer Security Platform; Dave Davis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC Subsidiary Releases File Transfer Security Platform; Dave Davis Comments

    A Concurrent Technologies Corp. subsidiary has rolled out a cybersecurity software offering in an effort to help government and commercial organizations address threats from malware and malicious content. Enterprise Ventures Corp. released the Advanced Guard for Information Security file transfer system that works to remove malicious and rogue content from sensitive files without affecting the file […] More