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  • 11 More Projects to Receive Funding From DOD's Tech Procurement Pilot Initiative; Heidi Shyu Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    11 More Projects to Receive Funding From DOD’s Tech Procurement Pilot Initiative; Heidi Shyu Quoted

    The Department of Defense has unveiled the second group of projects selected to receive funding from the Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies pilot program. DOD said Monday Congress approved a total of $150 million in funding for 11 projects for APFIT’s fiscal year 2023. Established through fiscal year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act, […] More

  • BAE Unit Secures 2023 Small Business Administration Award; Terry Ward Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Unit Secures 2023 Small Business Administration Award; Terry Ward Quoted

    An office within BAE Systems’ intelligence and security sector has won the Dwight D. Eisenhower Award for Excellence from the Small Business Administration in recognition of its outreach and training efforts enabling small businesses to operate as subcontractors and suppliers. SBA handed the award during the 2023 National Small Business Week Awards held in Washington D.C. […] More

  • KBR Books Army Task Order for Expanded Base Ops Support in Indo-Pacific; Byron Bright Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KBR Books Army Task Order for Expanded Base Ops Support in Indo-Pacific; Byron Bright Quoted

    KBR has secured a $24 million task order from the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command to expand its services in support of base operations in the Indo-Pacific region. The engineering and professional services company said Tuesday it will provide infrastructure services at the Kyogamisaki and Shariki communication sites in Japan in the next five […] More

  • DIU, Army Name 3 More Participants in Ground Vehicle Autonomy Prototyping Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DIU, Army Name 3 More Participants in Ground Vehicle Autonomy Prototyping Competition

    The Defense Innovation Unit has selected three additional companies to build and test unmanned ground vehicle navigation software prototypes for the U.S. Army. Neya Systems, Robotic Research Autonomous Industries and Scale AI were chosen for the development of the Ground Vehicle Autonomous Pathways project, DIU said Monday. They join Applied Intuition Inc. and Kodiak Robotics, which were tapped in December 2022 […] More

  • Juvare Gets FedRAMP High Accreditation for Incident Management Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Juvare Gets FedRAMP High Accreditation for Incident Management Platform

    Juvare has received the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s High authority-to-operate designation for a technology offering designed to help organizations prepare for and respond to critical situations. The Veterans Health Administration acted as an agency sponsor during the accreditation process for Juvare Federal Cloud, an incident response and emergency management platform, the company said […] More

  • General Atomics, Navy Conduct Anti-Submarine Warfare Exercises via Manned, Unmanned Aircraft Teaming - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics, Navy Conduct Anti-Submarine Warfare Exercises via Manned, Unmanned Aircraft Teaming

    General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business and four U.S. Navy Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadrons teamed up to demonstrate anti-submarine warfare and manned-unmanned teaming capabilities at the Integrated Battle Problem 2023 event. GA-ASI said Thursday it operated MQ-9B SeaGuardian unmanned aircraft systems while the HSMs deployed MH-60R Seahawk helicopters from the Naval Air Station North Island off […] More

  • USAID Taps Tetra Tech to Create Data Analytics Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USAID Taps Tetra Tech to Create Data Analytics Platform

    Tetra Tech has booked a five-year, $48 million contract from the Ethiopia Mission of the U.S. Agency for International Development to develop a learning platform that leverages predictive analytics to examine data. The consulting and engineering services firm said Thursday the resulting analytics will be used to support the USAID and the agency’s stakeholders in their […] More

  • AFRL Posts Solicitation for Mission Autonomy for Air & Space Systems Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AFRL Posts Solicitation for Mission Autonomy for Air & Space Systems Initiative

    The Air Force Research Laboratory is soliciting proposals for an initiative focused on developing technologies and strategies to enable autonomous air and space missions. According to a broad agency announcement posted Tuesday on SAM.gov, the potential approaches under the Mission Autonomy for Air and Space Systems program should be able to support the military’s autonomous sensing […] More

  • Rolls-Royce Books $67M Navy IDIQ for Maintenance of LCS Engines - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rolls-Royce Books $67M Navy IDIQ for Maintenance of LCS Engines

    Rolls-Royce has received a $66.7 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to sustain a critical component of the U.S. Navy’s Freedom-class littoral combat ships. The company’s Marine North America business will specifically provide engineering and technical support for the MT30 gas turbine engines of the naval fleet, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Contract work will be determined and defined […] More

  • Copado DevOps Platform Completes FedRAMP Authorization; Salesforce's Casey Coleman Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Copado DevOps Platform Completes FedRAMP Authorization; Salesforce’s Casey Coleman Quoted

    Copado has secured authority to operate certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s moderate baseline for a platform designed to help organizations build and deploy software applications on Salesforce. The Department of Veterans Affairs was one of the government organizations that adopted Copado’s DevOps product in cloud-based deployment projects, the company said Monday. VA […] More

  • Sierra Nevada Demos Modified Electromagnetic System at Marine Corps Exercise - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sierra Nevada Demos Modified Electromagnetic System at Marine Corps Exercise

    Sierra Nevada Corp. has showcased a small size weight and power, electronic support measures system at a U.S. Marine Corps training exercise in Yuma, Arizona. SNC said Monday it reconfigured its AE-4500 Auto ESM system to demonstrate ground-based capability for the USMC Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 2-23. During the demonstration, the system enabled direction finding […] More

  • Amyx Among 2023 Moxie Award Finalists; William Schaefer Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Amyx Among 2023 Moxie Award Finalists; William Schaefer Quoted

    Amyx has been named a finalist for a yearly award that honors Washington, D.C. businesses, nonprofits and associations that have grown using bold and innovative strategies. In a statement, William Schaefer, president and CEO of the Reston, Virginia-based cybersecurity and systems integrator, congratulated the Amyx team responsible for the 2023 Moxie Award nomination. “This year’s finalists truly […] More