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  • Ball Aerospace to Build Cryostat for NASA-Funded Interstellar Observatory; Jim Oschmann Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ball Aerospace to Build Cryostat for NASA-Funded Interstellar Observatory; Jim Oschmann Comments

    NASA has selected Ball Aerospace & Technologies to design and develop a cryostat for a science mission that aims to measure emissions from the interstellar medium and study the life cycle of interstellar gas in the Milky Way. Ball Aerospace said Thursday it will build the cryostat to generate a temperature-controlled for detectors of the University of Arizona-led Galactic/Extragalactic Ultralong Duration Balloon […] More

  • Motorola Solutions, RapidSOS to Deliver Smartphone Location Info for 9-1-1 Calls - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Motorola Solutions, RapidSOS to Deliver Smartphone Location Info for 9-1-1 Calls

    Motorola Solutions and RapidSOS have partnered in an effort to provide precise location information for U.S. 9-1-1 calls made through smartphones. RapidSOS will deliver location information through Motorola’s Emergency CallWorks CallStation software which works to support emergency call-taking and mapping, Motorola said Wednesday. Both companies also plan to offer location data to first responders in the field via Motorola’s suite of public safety mobile […] More

  • Carahsoft Includes Optensity's Incident Response App on GSA Schedule Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Includes Optensity’s Incident Response App on GSA Schedule Contract

    Carahsoft Technology will offer an Optensity application to the government sector via the General Services Administration‘s Schedule 70 contract vehicle in an effort to help agencies orchestrate incident response and recovery measures for infrastructure and cyber operations. Optensity developed its >rapid response for Splunk app for users to compose custom alert actions meant to facilitate system-wide incident response strategies without the need for […] More

  • Boeing, Saab Test-Fly 2nd Joint T-X Model Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, Saab Test-Fly 2nd Joint T-X Model Aircraft

    A team comprised of Boeing and Saab has flown a second production-ready aircraft that both companies built for the U.S. Air Force‘s T-X trainer competition. Boeing said Monday its T-X aircraft model completed a one-hour flight test that demonstrated  the key features and performance of the platform. The Boeing-Saab alliance completed the first flight of an initial trainer offering for the Air Force in December. “This aircraft was built to Air Force requirements […] More

  • BAE Launches Aircraft Threat Detection Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Launches Aircraft Threat Detection Tool

    BAE Systems has introduced a new platform designed to help aircrews detect incoming threats to aircraft and launch countermeasure defense operations against such threats. The company said Monday the 3-Dimensional Advanced Warning System suite is a modular platform built to work with the U.S. Army’s rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft and can be integrated with laser-warning tools […] More

  • MacB Subsidiary Adds Cloud Deployment Feature to Cyber Defense Platform for Govt Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MacB Subsidiary Adds Cloud Deployment Feature to Cyber Defense Platform for Govt Clients

    MacAulay-Brown‘s Enlighten IT Consulting subsidiary has updated its proprietary cyber defense environment in a push to help government clients implement, manage and secure cloud-based technology. Version 2.5 of the Rapid Analytic Deployment and Management Framework provides an option for potential federal customers such as the Defense Department to deploy more than 40 open source technologies at production scale to aid their analytics development […] More

  • Rowan Trollope: Cisco's Hosted Collaboration Platform Obtains FedRAMP Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rowan Trollope: Cisco’s Hosted Collaboration Platform Obtains FedRAMP Certification

    Cisco has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification for a hosted technology platform designed to help government users collaborate with co-workers, constituents, colleagues and partner organizations. Rowan Trollope, senior vice president and general manager of internet of things and applications at Cisco, wrote in a blog entry posted Wednesday that the FedRAMP authorization for the Hosted Collaboration Solution for Government underscores the platform’s […] More

  • FedBid Lands Reverse Auction Contract With USDA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FedBid Lands Reverse Auction Contract With USDA

    FedBid has secured a contract to help the Agriculture Department utilize a reverse auction system to procure goods and services. The company said Thursday the contract was awarded through the U.S. Forest Service and can be used by procurement staff across all USDA agencies. FedBid CEO Joe Jordan said the company facilitates competition in a marketplace of more than 90,000 […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL, Facebook's Building 8 Partner to Develop 'Silent Speech' Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Johns Hopkins APL, Facebook’s Building 8 Partner to Develop ‘Silent Speech’ Tech

    Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has partnered with Facebook‘s Building 8 research and development group to create a “silent speech” technology designed to help users type 100 words per minute using neural signals. APL said Wednesday it will apply its experience from an existing neural prosthetics program for wounded service members to support the new project. […] More

  • BAE, Leonardo Subsidiaries to Collaborate on Aircraft Threat Detection Tech Offering for US Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE, Leonardo Subsidiaries to Collaborate on Aircraft Threat Detection Tech Offering for US Army

    BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary has signed a memorandum of understanding with Leonardo‘s DRS business to jointly offer threat detection systems for the U.S. Army‘s fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft platforms. The partnership aims to develop an infrared-based threat warning technology to help the Army’s current and evolving aircraft survivability requirements, BAE said Wednesday. “Together, we can better protect our warfighters with technology that maximizes […] More

  • Carahsoft to Resell CompassData's Geospatial Data Products to Public Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Resell CompassData’s Geospatial Data Products to Public Sector

     Carahsoft Technology has agreed to be a value-added reseller of CompassData‘s data products for avionics, photogrammetry and remote sensing applications to government agencies. CompassData said Wednesday its geospatial data products will be available on Carahsoft’s General Services Administration Schedule and NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement governmentwide acquisition contract vehicles. “With the addition of CompassData to Carahsoft’s Geospatial portfolio, […] More

  • Leidos to Provide Army UAS Support Services; Tim Reardon Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos to Provide Army UAS Support Services; Tim Reardon Comments

    Leidos will offer global technical services and field support to the U.S. Army‘s tactical unmanned aircraft systems, universal ground control stations and universal ground data terminals through the company’s position under a potential $900 million contract awarded earlier this month. The company said Wednesday it will vie for contract work in the areas of non-repetitive development, analysis and corrective action, […] More