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  • NIST Picks 33 Research Projects to Advance Communication Tech Devt for First Responders - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST Picks 33 Research Projects to Advance Communication Tech Devt for First Responders

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has selected 33 projects to research and develop broadband communications tools designed for public safety operations through multiyear grants worth $38.5 million combined. NIST selected the projects after the evaluation of 162 proposals from industry, academia and other organizations both in the U.S. and overseas as part of the […] More

  • USC ISI Wins Air Force Contract to Support 3D Imaging Tech Devt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USC ISI Wins Air Force Contract to Support 3D Imaging Tech Devt

    The University of Southern California – Information Sciences Institute has won a $30.9 million contract to aid in the U.S. Air Force‘s efforts to develop technology development of non-destructive 3D imaging technology for integrated circuits. The Defense Department said Tuesday the contract covers support for the Ptychography-based Rapid Imaging of Nano-Structures with Multi-layer Assemblies effort. Work will […] More

  • Amgen CEO Robert Bradway Elected to Boeing Board; Dennis Muilenburg Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Amgen CEO Robert Bradway Elected to Boeing Board; Dennis Muilenburg Comments

    Robert Bradway, president and CEO of biotechnology firm Amgen, has joined Boeing’s board of directors. “[Bradway’s] accomplishments in business, operations and finance will serve Boeing well as he applies his broad-based experience to aerospace,” Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing chairman, president and CEO, said in a statement released Friday. Bradway will serve on the board’s finance and […] More

  • Cubic Appoints Corporate HR VP Darryl Albertson as Chief HR & Diversity Officer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Appoints Corporate HR VP Darryl Albertson as Chief HR & Diversity Officer

    Darryl Albertson, formerly Cubic vice president of corporate human resources, will take the new role of chief HR and diversity officer at the company. Cubic said Tuesday Albertson will help broaden the company’s efforts to support and promote diversity and inclusion among its customers, suppliers and employees. “Darryl plays an integral role in bringing qualified talent to Cubic and his new role […] More

  • Northrop to Fund 7 Nanophotonics, Nanomaterials Research Projects at USC - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Fund 7 Nanophotonics, Nanomaterials Research Projects at USC

    Northrop Grumman will allot $500,000 to fund seven research projects to be conducted at the Northrop Grumman Institute of Nanophotonics and Nanomaterials at the University of Southern California for 2016. Northrop said Tuesday it worked with USC’s Viterbi School of Engineering to select the projects three months after the partnership inaugurated the institute. The funded research efforts focus on black phosphorus, nonlinear crystalline […] More

  • Next Century to Help IARPA Develop SIGINT-Based Event Forecasting Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Next Century to Help IARPA Develop SIGINT-Based Event Forecasting Tool

    Next Century has received a three-year contract from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity to develop a signals intelligence-based tool that will work to forecast societal events as part of IARPA’s Mercury Program. The SIGINT-based Anticipation of Future Events technology will be built to detect and predict terrorist or military activities, civil unrest and rare disease outbreaks in the Middle […] More

  • DHS Taps USC Information Sciences Institute to Develop Internet Outage Detection Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Taps USC Information Sciences Institute to Develop Internet Outage Detection Tool

    The University of Southern California’s information sciences institute has received a potential $800,000 contract from the Department of Homeland Security to research and develop new platforms that work to detect and report internet outages. The cybersecurity division under DHS’ science and technology directorate awarded the contract as part of the Internet Measurement and Attack Modeling project […] More

  • Northrop, USC Viterbi Inaugurate Nanophotonic, Optical Materials Research Org - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop, USC Viterbi Inaugurate Nanophotonic, Optical Materials Research Org

    Northrop Grumman and the University of Southern California’s Viterbi School of Engineering have formed a new research organization focused on optical materials and nanophotonic devices. The Northrop Grumman Institute of Nanophotonics and Nanomaterials will facilitate collaboration between university and industry researchers in an effort to explore properties of atomic-level structures and materials, the company said Thursday. “The creation […] More

  • D-Wave Systems to Add Capacity in Lockheed Quantum Computers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    D-Wave Systems to Add Capacity in Lockheed Quantum Computers

    Quantum computing company D-Wave Systems will work to double the capacity of computers it has provided to Lockheed Martin since 2010 under a new agreement between both companies. D-Wave said Monday it will aim to update Lockheed’s 512-qubit D-Wave Two computer to the new D-Wave 2X system built with more than 1,000 qubits of storage. Lockheed purchased the […] More