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  • USSOCOM, Parallel Flight Technologies Partner on Propulsion Tech Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USSOCOM, Parallel Flight Technologies Partner on Propulsion Tech Research

    The U.S. Special Operations Command will work with Parallel Flight Technologies on the potential military application of the latter’s propulsion technology under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement.  USSOCOM will look into the development of PFT’s parallel hybrid drone technology for medical delivery applications in harsh environments, the company said Monday.  Compared to existing electric […] More

  • Oshkosh Books $85M Army Order for Additional Joint Light Tactical Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oshkosh Books $85M Army Order for Additional Joint Light Tactical Vehicles

    Oshkosh‘s defense business will deliver more Joint Light Tactical Vehicle platforms to the U.S. Army under an $84.9 million contract modification. The additional purchase by the Army Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal is the third supplementary order in two months, leading to a total contract value of $730 million, Oshkosh Defense said Monday.  All three orders […] More

  • Esri, NASA Ink Agreement on Expanded Geospatial Data Handling - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Esri, NASA Ink Agreement on Expanded Geospatial Data Handling

    NASA and geographic information service provider Esri will grant wider access to the space agency’s geospatial content for research and exploration purposes through the Space Act Agreement.  The agreement will include new datasets from 100 space sensors that measure atmospheric health, land phenomena and ocean characteristics, NASA said Tuesday. The partnership will also aim to […] More

  • Leidos Opens 2nd Cyber Ops-Focused Location in Georgia; Steve Hull Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Opens 2nd Cyber Ops-Focused Location in Georgia; Steve Hull Quoted

    Leidos expanded its operations in Augusta through a new space at the Georgia Cyber Center, marking its second location in the Georgian city, WJBF NewsChannel 6 reported Friday. The move is expected to generate 300 new jobs in the area and many of which are cybersecurity related, according to Augusta Mayor Garnett Johnson.  On Wednesday, […] More

  • Asylon Eyes Robotic Security Portfolio Growth With Veteran Ventures Capital Investment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Asylon Eyes Robotic Security Portfolio Growth With Veteran Ventures Capital Investment

    Veteran Ventures Capital, a growth equity firm that backs military entrepreneurs, has invested in Asylon Robotics to help that company expand technology offerings designed to automate perimeter security operations. Asylon employs former service personnel in its leadership team and aims to help public sector organizations protect assets through a suite of drones, artificial intelligence and […] More

  • Curtiss-Wright to Deliver Actuators to Leidos Subsidiary for Army's Missile Defense Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Curtiss-Wright to Deliver Actuators to Leidos Subsidiary for Army’s Missile Defense Platform

    Dynetics awarded Curtiss-Wright a contract to provide actuation technology for integration into the Leidos business arm’s Enduring Shield platform to meet the U.S. Army’s requirements for cruise missile defense. As part of the deal, Curtiss-Wright will design and produce electromechanical actuators for the first 16 Dynetics launcher platforms, with the option to bundle 400 more […] More

  • Former ILS President Tiphaine Louradour Joins Spaceflight as CEO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former ILS President Tiphaine Louradour Joins Spaceflight as CEO

    Space industry veteran Tiphaine Louradour was named Spaceflight CEO, taking over the role from Curt Blake, who served as chief executive and president of the launch service provider since 2013.  Louradour has 25 years of experience and she previously served as president of International Launch Services and president at United Launch Alliance for ULS global […] More

  • IBM, NASA Team Up on AI-Powered Climate Change Research Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM, NASA Team Up on AI-Powered Climate Change Research Efforts

    IBM and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center will work together on utilizing artificial intelligence to develop innovative technologies that extract insights from Earth observations as part of the space agency’s Open-Source Science Initiative.  The team up will see IBM leverage its data analysis knowledge and NASA’s expertise in space exploration to conduct research on climate […] More

  • Raytheon Missiles & Defense Relocates to University of Arizona Tech Park - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Missiles & Defense Relocates to University of Arizona Tech Park

    Raytheon Missiles & Defense has agreed to move into the new UA Tech Park at the Bridges, leasing around 14,000 square feet of office space near the University of Arizona.  The Raytheon Technologies unit is relocating to The Refinery building, one of the first multi-tenant buildings at the 65-acre research park, UA Tech Park manager […] More

  • TRAX International Lands $57M Award to Extend NASA Goddard Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TRAX International Lands $57M Award to Extend NASA Goddard Support

    TRAX International has received a $56.9 million contract modification to continue its support services at NASA’s Goodard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for an additional six months. The modification to TRAX’s Goddard Logistics and Technical Information II contract includes a pair of three-month option periods and brings the total award value to $418.7 million, […] More

  • REI Systems to Help Inter-American Foundation Deploy Grant Management Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    REI Systems to Help Inter-American Foundation Deploy Grant Management Platform

    The Department of the Treasury has selected REI Systems to implement a cloud-based grant management system for a U.S. foreign assistance agency that backs grassroots development projects in Latin America and the Caribbean region. REI said Monday the Inter-American Foundation will adopt the company’s GovGrants software-as-a-service platform, an offering based on the Salesforce customer relationship management application. […] More