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  • AeroVironment Donates Quantix Recon Drones to Ukraine; Wahid Nawabi Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AeroVironment Donates Quantix Recon Drones to Ukraine; Wahid Nawabi Quoted

    AeroVironment will provide the Ukrainian defense ministry with over 100 Quantix Recon unmanned aircraft systems to help its military with intelligence gathering missions. The company said Tuesday its donation also includes drone operational training services as Ukraine continues to defend its homeland amid the Russian invasion. Quantix Recon is a fully automated UAS that is […] More

  • Matt Desch: Iridium Eyes Launch of 5 Spare Satellites to Join Constellation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matt Desch: Iridium Eyes Launch of 5 Spare Satellites to Join Constellation

    Iridium Communications looks to send five backup satellites to space by availing cost-effective, rideshare opportunity and anticipates a potential $35 million deal for the launch service, SpaceNews reported Thursday. Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, said the plan to deploy the majority of the six ground spares is meant to […] More

  • HawkEye 360 Picks Rocket Lab as Launch Service Provider for 15 RF Satellites - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HawkEye 360 Picks Rocket Lab as Launch Service Provider for 15 RF Satellites

    Rocket Lab has secured a contract with HawkEye 360 to send 15 radio frequency monitoring satellites to low Earth orbit using the Electron launch vehicle. Three Electron missions will be conducted from late 2022 to 2024, with the first delivering three satellites to orbit followed by two, six-spacecraft launches to expand HawkEye 360’s constellation, Rocket […] More

  • Shine to Develop Contraband Detection Tool for DHS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Shine to Develop Contraband Detection Tool for DHS

    Shine Technologies will use its neutron generator platform to study, create and test a prototype of a contraband detection tool under a potential 42-month, $16.8 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security. The company said Wednesday the development of the neutron-based technology is meant to support DHS’ detection and identification of illegal narcotics and […] More

  • IBM, Red Hat Modernizing Education Department's G5 Grants Management System; Clara Conti Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM, Red Hat Modernizing Education Department’s G5 Grants Management System; Clara Conti Quoted

    IBM and Red Hat have joined a collaborative effort to provide the Department of Education with open hybrid cloud technologies to replace its G5 grants management system. The five-year, joint modernization effort led by Innosoft is aimed at reducing complex department operations and enhancing grants management processes with flexible cloud-based system, IBM said Thursday. Once […] More

  • Cloudera's Robert Carey on DOD's Multi-Vendor Approach to Enterprise Cloud Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cloudera’s Robert Carey on DOD’s Multi-Vendor Approach to Enterprise Cloud Program

    The Department of Defense has moved its award date for a multibillion-dollar enterprise cloud capability from April to December but information technology experts have maintained that a delay is not unusual considering the complexity of a multi-vendor approach. Robert Carey, president of Cloudera‘s government solutions business, told FedScoop that DOD needs to coordinate with the […] More

  • Constellis Subsidiary Secures State Department's $1.3B Protective Service Task Order; Terry Ryan Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Constellis Subsidiary Secures State Department’s $1.3B Protective Service Task Order; Terry Ryan Quoted

    TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 19, 2022 — A Constellis subsidiary was awarded a potential $1.3 billion task order under the State Department’s Worldwide Protective Services III contract to provide the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, with protective support, specialized security and logistical services for up to a 10-year period, GovCon Wire reported. Triple Canopy will […] More

  • Booz Allen Eyes Expanded Edge Analytics Capabilities With Reveal Technology Investment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen Eyes Expanded Edge Analytics Capabilities With Reveal Technology Investment

    Booz Allen Hamilton looks to boost its edge analytics capabilities through a strategic investment in Reveal Technology, a Silicon Valley-headquartered company that combines computer vision, artificial intelligence and edge computing technologies to support warfighter operations. The firm said Tuesday its Digital Battlespace technology will gain additional capabilities from Farsight software platform that is developed by […] More

  • GSA's Tech Innovation Arm Launches Applied AI Challenge - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA’s Tech Innovation Arm Launches Applied AI Challenge

    The General Services Administration’s technology innovation arm has launched an artificial intelligence-focused challenge aimed at identifying AI technologies capable of enhancing service delivery of agencies in response to COVID-19 pandemic and other related issues. According to a Challenge.gov posting, GSA Technology Transformation Service seeks white papers from traditional and nontraditional businesses about AI application in […] More

  • Lockheed's Atherton Carty on Advancement in Hypersonics Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed’s Atherton Carty on Advancement in Hypersonics Development

    ​​Atherton Carty, vice president of strategy and customer requirements at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works business, considers the recent flight test of an air-breathing hypersonic rocket by the Department of Defense and industry partners as the beginning of a more speedy weapons development process. In an interview with Defense One, Carty said demonstrating the Hypersonic Air-breathing […] More

  • Mercury Systems CTO Named Chair of SOSA Consortium Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mercury Systems CTO Named Chair of SOSA Consortium Advisory Board

    William Conley, senior vice president and chief technology officer of Mercury Systems, was tapped to chair the newly established advisory board of Sensor Open System Architecture Consortium while Ken Hermanny, company senior director and general manager, was also named to the board. The company said Thursday both executives will be tasked to inform the SOSA […] More

  • HII-Built Frank E. Petersen Jr. Destroyer Preparing for Commissioning in May - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HII-Built Frank E. Petersen Jr. Destroyer Preparing for Commissioning in May

    An Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer built by HII for the U.S. Navy has sailed from the Ingalls Shipbuilding location to prepare for its commissioning ceremony in Charleston, South Carolina, in May. The shipbuilder said Wednesday Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) is the 33rd ship it constructed for the destroyer fleet of the Navy and […] More