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Angeline Leishman

is an Executive Mosaic staff writer covering broad topics in the federal government contracting industry.

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  • L3Harris Imager Now Installed on NOAA's GOES-U Weather Observation Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3Harris Imager Now Installed on NOAA’s GOES-U Weather Observation Satellite

    An L3Harris Technologies-made video imaging technology was equipped on a weather observation satellite for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. L3Harris said Monday its Advanced Baseline Imager, which is part of a range of advanced weather sensors for the initiative, will provide NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U the capability to record videos of weather and […] More

  • Advanced Space Wraps Up 4th Operational Readiness Test for NASA-Funded Cislunar Navigation Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Advanced Space Wraps Up 4th Operational Readiness Test for NASA-Funded Cislunar Navigation Satellite

    Advanced Space has completed the fourth operational readiness test of its NASA-funded small satellite that will validate technologies in cislunar space to support future manned missions to the moon. The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment performed mission work at an environment simulating a near rectilinear halo orbit for one week, Advanced […] More

  • Textron to Continue Supporting Navy's Unmanned Minesweeping System Under New Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron to Continue Supporting Navy’s Unmanned Minesweeping System Under New Contract Modification

    Textron Systems has received a $41.7 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to continue supporting the service branch’s unmanned mine influence sweeping technology. The defense contractor will provide engineering and technical services and incidental materials for the Unmanned Influence Sweep System Unmanned Surface Vehicle program, the Department of Defense said Friday. Textron will perform […] More

  • Northrop Eyes Defense, Security Applications for Echodyne Radars - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Eyes Defense, Security Applications for Echodyne Radars

    Echodyne has partnered with Northrop Grumman to explore potential applications of its commercially developed radar technologies in various defense and security systems. The collaboration will initially focus on how Echodyne radars could be integrated into Northrop’s counter-unmanned aerial system platforms for enhanced performance and size, weight and power capabilities, the Seattle-based technology company said Thursday. […] More

  • L3Harris Wins $74M Army Contract for Shadow UAS Software, Hardware Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3Harris Wins $74M Army Contract for Shadow UAS Software, Hardware Support

    An L3Harris Technology subsidiary has received a $74.4 million contract to provide software and hardware components for the U.S. Army’s reconnaissance, surveillance, target acquisition and force protection drone. The cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price award calls for L3Harris to perform production, depot maintenance and sustainment work supporting the RQ-7Bv2 Shadow unmanned aerial system until Jan. 31, 2027, the […] More

  • Appian's Cloud Platform Granted DISA Provisional Authorization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Appian’s Cloud Platform Granted DISA Provisional Authorization

    Appian has secured provisional authorization from the Defense Information Systems Agency that allows its low-code cloud platform-as-a-service to handle Impact Level 5 controlled unclassified information and national security systems. Appian Government Cloud is now available for defense customers looking to manage and host their workloads on a dedicated single-tenant cloud environment running on Amazon Web […] More

  • Lockheed to Deliver CH-53K Helicopters to Israel as Aging Transport Fleet Replacement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Deliver CH-53K Helicopters to Israel as Aging Transport Fleet Replacement

    A Lockheed Martin business has received a production contract for the first four of 12 CH-53K heavy-lift helicopters ordered by Israel, with deliveries starting in 2025. The Bethesda, Maryland-headquartered company said Tuesday the Sikorsky CH-53K helicopters bought under a U.S. Navy-Israel Foreign Military Sales agreement will replace the country’s fleet of over five-decade-old Sikorsky CH-53D […] More

  • General Dynamics Adds GM Defense to Industry Team for Army Fighting Vehicle Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Adds GM Defense to Industry Team for Army Fighting Vehicle Competition

    General Dynamics‘ land systems business has tapped General Motors‘ defense subsidiary to support its bid to develop the new military automobiles that will replace the U.S. Army’s Bradley combat vehicles. GM Defense said Wednesday it will work with AeroVironment, Applied Intuition and General Dynamics’ mission systems business as core members of the GD Land Systems […] More

  • ULA Adds Kansas-Based Milling Precision to Atlas V Rocket Supplier Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA Adds Kansas-Based Milling Precision to Atlas V Rocket Supplier Network

    United Launch Alliance has awarded Wichita, Kansas-based company Milling Precision a supplier contract to provide fabricated and machined parts for its Atlas V launch vehicle. Milling Precision joins a network of suppliers supporting the family of rockets that has conducted 90 payload missions for the Department of Defense, NASA and various commercial customers, ULA said […] More

  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Receives Pentagon OK to Host TS/SCI, Special Access Program Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Receives Pentagon OK to Host TS/SCI, Special Access Program Missions

    Oracle‘s Cloud Infrastructure offering has received approval from the Department of Defense to support missions that are classified as top-secret and sensitive compartmentalized data information and special access program. The cloud service provider said Thursday the DOD authority to operate enables the military and defense agencies to use Oracle National Security Regions that are connected […] More

  • Viasat Satcom Management Software Secures DOD Integrated Waveform Certification; Craig Miller Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Viasat Satcom Management Software Secures DOD Integrated Waveform Certification; Craig Miller Quoted

    Viasat‘s secured space network management software has been certified by the Department of Defense for use on legacy and next-generation defense ultra-high frequency satellite communications platforms. The DOD Joint Interoperability Test Command Integrated Waveform certification allows military operators of the Visual Integrated SATCOM Information, Operation and Networking software to create more simultaneous networks that warfighters […] More

  • DOE Seeks Public Input on $140M Rare Earth Refinery Development Plan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE Seeks Public Input on $140M Rare Earth Refinery Development Plan

    The Department of Energy is soliciting public feedback on a plan to establish a demonstration facility to process rare earth element and critical minerals. DOE said Monday the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocates $140 million for the design, construction and operation of an REE refinery plant as the Biden administration looks to grow the country’s clean […] More