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  • DARPA Concludes Flight Tests of AI Algorithms on Modified F-16 Test Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Concludes Flight Tests of AI Algorithms on Modified F-16 Test Aircraft

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency completed the first flight tests of artificial intelligence algorithms on a Lockheed Martin-built modified F-16 fighter jet, dubbed X-62A Variable In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft, in December. The AI algorithms developed through DARPA’s Air Combat Evolution program were uploaded into VISTA at the Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards […] More

  • AWS Launches Modular Data Center for Defense Customers; Liz Martin Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS Launches Modular Data Center for Defense Customers; Liz Martin Quoted

    Amazon Web Services has unveiled a modular data center designed to help Department of Defense customers field storage and compute capabilities to manage large workloads in disconnected, disrupted, intermittent or limited environments.  AWS Modular Data Center is supported in AWS GovCloud US-West and US-East regions and seeks to support government customers that are eligible for […] More

  • Bechtel’s SIMCO Business Gets DOE OK to Assume Management of Waste Isolation Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bechtel’s SIMCO Business Gets DOE OK to Assume Management of Waste Isolation Facility

    A Bechtel subsidiary has received authorization from the Department of Energy to begin managing and operating the country’s only underground disposal facility for defense-related transuranic nuclear waste. Tularosa Basin Range Services, doing business as Salado Isolation Mining Contractors, won a potential 10-year, $3 billion contract in July 2022 to operate DOE’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant […] More

  • Loft Orbital to Support National Security Space Customers Through Federal Subsidiary - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Loft Orbital to Support National Security Space Customers Through Federal Subsidiary

    Space technology company Loft Orbital has created a new subsidiary focused on delivering space infrastructure as a service to customers in the U.S. national security market. John Eterno, most recently vice president of programs at Loft Orbital, has assumed the role of general manager of Loft Federal, the parent company said in a LinkedIn post […] More

  • LexisNexis’ Haywood Talcove: Government Should Have Tech in Place to Detect, Stop Public Sector Fraud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LexisNexis’ Haywood Talcove: Government Should Have Tech in Place to Detect, Stop Public Sector Fraud

    Haywood Talcove, CEO of the government business at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, said money lost to fraud represents taxpayer dollars that are being directed to domestic and foreign cybercriminal groups and the U.S. government should act now by adopting best practices and technologies the private sector implements to counter fraud in the public sector. “It is […] More

  • NASA Solicits Feedback on Draft Commercial Space Tech Flight Solicitation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Solicits Feedback on Draft Commercial Space Tech Flight Solicitation

    NASA is seeking comments on a draft request for proposals for a program to procure space on commercial flights for space technology payloads and acquire services to fly NASA researchers aboard suborbital platforms. Responses to the draft RFP for the Suborbital/Hosted Orbital Flight and Payload Integration Services 4 program are due March 11, NASA said […] More

  • Paperless Innovations on Use of Commercial Saas Tech to Improve OMB IT Cross-Agency Performance Reporting - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Paperless Innovations on Use of Commercial Saas Tech to Improve OMB IT Cross-Agency Performance Reporting

    Paperless Innovations has stated that commercial off-the-shelf software-as-a-service platforms could help the Office of Management and Budget address gaps identified by the Government Accountability Office when it comes to reporting on information technology cross-agency performance goals. Paperless said Thursday COTS SaaS platforms certified under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program could provide OMB and […] More

  • SpaceX Moves to Restrict Ukraine’s Military Use of Starlink Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX Moves to Restrict Ukraine’s Military Use of Starlink Network

    SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said the company has initiated steps to limit Ukraine’s use of its satellite internet network for military purposes, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Shotwell, a four-time Wash100 awardee, said the Ukrainian military has been allowed to use its Starlink network for regular communications and that the internet connectivity the network […] More

  • Applied Insight, AWS to Address Demand for Cleared Cloud Professionals Under Strategic Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Applied Insight, AWS to Address Demand for Cleared Cloud Professionals Under Strategic Partnership

    Applied Insight will recruit, train and certify cloud professionals to support Amazon Web Services’ clients in the public sector under a strategic collaboration with AWS meant to address the rising demand for cleared cloud technologists. Applied Insight said Tuesday its cloud-focused training center, aiAcademy, will oversee the initiative along with its talent acquisition team and […] More

  • Iridium Grants National Geographic Exploration Technology Lab Value-Added Developer Status; Matt Desch Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium Grants National Geographic Exploration Technology Lab Value-Added Developer Status; Matt Desch Quoted

    Iridium Communications has designated the National Geographic Society Exploration Technology Lab as a value-added developer of Iridium Connected devices as part of a philanthropic program with the National Geographic Society meant to advance research and exploration. Iridium said Tuesday it will work with the Exploration Technology Lab to develop technologies that could deliver satellite communications […] More

  • Intuitive Machines to Shift IM-1 Mission’s Landing Site to Moon’s South Pole Region - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intuitive Machines to Shift IM-1 Mission’s Landing Site to Moon’s South Pole Region

    Intuitive Machines will support NASA’s priority objectives for the Artemis program by redirecting the landing site of its first mission to the South Pole Region on the moon. The company said Monday the IM-1 mission is scheduled to deploy its Nova-C lander to the lunar surface’s South Pole region by late June. “Redirecting Intuitive Machines’ […] More

  • General Dynamics Subsidiary Awarded EPA Superfund Quality & Sample Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Subsidiary Awarded EPA Superfund Quality & Sample Support Contract

    General Dynamics’ information technology business has received a potential $45.6 million contract from the Environmental Protection Agency to provide infrastructure and program support for the Superfund program, which handles cleanup operations at areas experiencing oil spills, natural disasters and other environmental emergencies. EPA disclosed the Superfund Quality and Sample Support contract award to General Dynamics […] More