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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 Receives SDA's OK for Missile Tracking Satellite Prototype Design; Ed Zoiss Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3Harris Receives SDA’s OK for Missile Tracking Satellite Prototype Design; Ed Zoiss Quoted

    L3Harris Technologies has completed the preliminary design review of its satellite prototype for the Space Development Agency’s in-orbit tracking layer, confirming the spacecraft’s design baseline for delivery. The milestone enables the continued development of the low-Earth orbit spacecraft meant to detect and track ballistic and hypersonic missiles using overhead persistent infrared sensors, the company said […] More

  • GDIT's Mathew Soltis Highlights How Cloud Computing Could Enhance Public Health Care - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GDIT’s Mathew Soltis Highlights How Cloud Computing Could Enhance Public Health Care

    Mathew Soltis, vice president of cloud solutions at General Dynamics‘ information technology business, has identified three areas where cloud computing is improving public sector health care, Federal News Network reported Friday. Speaking at the Federal News Network Cloud Exchange program, he pointed out that the cloud is enhancing data-related activities for health care research, assisting […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Wraps Up Frank Petersen Jr. Destroyer's Acceptance Trials - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Wraps Up Frank Petersen Jr. Destroyer’s Acceptance Trials

    Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has completed the final acceptance trials of the U.S. Navy’s future Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer Frank E. Petersen Jr. Kari Wilkinson, president of Ingalls Shipbuilding, said in a statement published Friday the recent milestone brings the DDG 121, named after the Marine Corps’ first African-American general officer, one step […] More

  • Qlik's Cloud Data Analytics Platform Secures FedRAMP In-Process Designation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Qlik’s Cloud Data Analytics Platform Secures FedRAMP In-Process Designation

    The government-focused data analytics platform of Qlik has achieved an “In-Process” designation at the moderate impact level under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Qlik Cloud Government uses cloud computing and artificial intelligence to analyze data for various applications such as interactive dashboards, reporting and alerting as well as search and conversational analytics, the […] More

  • HySpecIQ Gets Investment for Hyperspectral Imaging Analysis Effort; John DeBlasio Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HySpecIQ Gets Investment for Hyperspectral Imaging Analysis Effort; John DeBlasio Quoted

    HySpecIQ has secured Series B funding that will contribute to the development of the Herndon, Virginia-based analytics company’s 12-satellite hyperspectral imaging constellation. The satellites will produce imaging data for conversion by a future cloud-based platform into actionable insights using spectral algorithms and analytics for intelligence agencies and other public and private institutions, the company said […] More

  • L3Harris Completes Expansion in Indiana to Support Satellite Programs; Ed Zoiss Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3Harris Completes Expansion in Indiana to Support Satellite Programs; Ed Zoiss Quoted

    L3Harris Technologies has announced the expansion of its missile defense satellite workforce and asset at its Fort Wayne campus in Indiana to address the Department of Defense’s growing need for resilient spacecraft. The now 150,000-foot classified campus will host engineering, integration, testing and program management in support of satellite programs and U.S. missile defense efforts, […] More

  • Nick Chaffey: Leonardo, Northrop Partnership Eyes Autonomous Rotorcraft for Military, Civilian Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Nick Chaffey: Leonardo, Northrop Partnership Eyes Autonomous Rotorcraft for Military, Civilian Customers

    Nick Chaffey, Northrop Grumman‘s chief executive for the U.K., Europe and the Middle East, has said that the company’s planned partnership with Leonardo will focus on “the future of autonomous, unproved rotary systems” meant for the military and civilian customers to pursue opportunities in the mentioned sectors, Defense News reported Thursday. The companies will combine […] More

  • State Department Selects General Motors for Next Gen SUV Development, Validation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Department Selects General Motors for Next Gen SUV Development, Validation

    General Motors‘ defense subsidiary has secured a $36.4 million development and validation contract for 10 heavy-duty Chevrolet Suburban vehicles meant to support the State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service. GM Defense said the ordered HD Suburbans will feature commercial-off-the-shelf parts such as the body, propulsion, interior and brakes to fit the requirements of DSS’ next-generation Large […] More

  • Penguin Computing to Deliver Supercomputers to DOD for HPC Modernization Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Penguin Computing to Deliver Supercomputers to DOD for HPC Modernization Program

    The Department of Defense has awarded Penguin Computing two contracts worth $68 million in combined value for the TrueHPC supercomputer in support of the High Performance Computing Modernization Program. Penguin said Tuesday the TrueHPC systems, equipped with NVIDIA graphics processing units and AMD processors, provide more than 365,000 cores, over 775 terabytes of memory and […] More

  • Octo to Provide CMS With Agile Coaching for Medicare Payment Modernization Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Octo to Provide CMS With Agile Coaching for Medicare Payment Modernization Effort

    Octo Consulting will support the Medicare Payment System Modernization effort of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under a five-year contract. The Virginia-based technology firm said Tuesday it will educate CMS employees and contractors about building Agile processes across the MPSM program and the Medicare Fee-For-Service system. Octo […] More

  • Navy Taps VTG for Hypersonic Missile Engineering Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps VTG for Hypersonic Missile Engineering Support

    VTG will provide engineering services in support of the Conventional Prompt Strike program, a U.S. Navy initiative that aims to develop a precise and long-range hypersonic missile. The single-award prime contract covers delivery of programmatic and technical services, logistics, systems engineering, test planning and engineering as well as research and development expertise, VTG said Thursday. […] More

  • L3Harris to Produce T7 EOD Robots Under $85M Air Force Contract; Ed Zoiss Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3Harris to Produce T7 EOD Robots Under $85M Air Force Contract; Ed Zoiss Quoted

    L3Harris Technologies has won an $85 million contract for the delivery of up to 170 T7 large explosive ordnance disposal robots to the U.S. Air Force in support of base security. The company said Tuesday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract includes a 10-year delivery period starting in 2022 and covers systems support, maintenance and training. According to […] More