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  • NASA Taps Iceye to Provide Satellite Data for Earth Science Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Taps Iceye to Provide Satellite Data for Earth Science Research

    Iceye has inked a blank purchase agreement with NASA to supply high-resolution synthetic aperture radar commercial earth observation data products. A comprehensive suite of the Finnish microsatellite manufacturer’s SAR products including small constellation satellite data, evaluation and assessment, data cadence, data latency, area coverage and data usage policy will be delivered to the space agency in support […] More

  • State Department OKs Romania’s Additional JLTV Procurement Request - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Department OKs Romania’s Additional JLTV Procurement Request

    The State Department has cleared Romania’s request to buy 95 more Joint Light Tactical Vehicles equipped with a protected gun mount under an approximately $104 million foreign military sale deal. Romania originally ordered 34 Oshkosh-built M1278A1 JLTV heavy gun carriers from the U.S. government for approximately $43.7 million, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday. […] More

  • Axiom Space Selected for 3rd NASA Private Astronaut Station Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Axiom Space Selected for 3rd NASA Private Astronaut Station Mission

    NASA has picked Axiom Space to carry out the third private manned mission to the International Space Station. Axiom Mission 3 is set to take off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida no earlier than November 2023 to support private astronauts’ in-orbit activities for two weeks with the help of ground flight controllers and crew members aboard […] More

  • Sierra7 Apppoints Booz Allen Vet Susan Kemp as Consulting & Analytics Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sierra7 Apppoints Booz Allen Vet Susan Kemp as Consulting & Analytics Director

    Susan Kemp, a 27-year Booz Allen Hamilton veteran and former senior manager at Prometheus Federal Services, has joined Sierra7 as director of consulting and analytics. She will be responsible for expanding client relationships and providing continuous support for the Veterans Health Administration, the Falls Church, Viginia-based consulting company said Monday. The new director will also be in charge of […] More

  • Infoscitex Announces Exec Changes in Reorganization Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Infoscitex Announces Exec Changes in Reorganization Effort

    Infoscitex, a DCS subsidiary, has promoted three company executives and made a new hire in line with its current strategy to continue business expansion. In a statement on Monday, IST Executive Vice President and Sector Operations Manager of Air and Space Operations Mike Gilkey said the reorganization is aimed at positioning the company “to pursue new […] More

  • General Dynamics Business to Modernize Space Systems Command’s Digital Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Business to Modernize Space Systems Command’s Digital Platform

    General Dynamics’ information technology business will update the legacy systems of the U.S. Space Systems Command under an $18 million contract from the Space Enterprise Consortium. SpEC manager National Security Technology Accelerator said Friday General Dynamics Information Technology will handle the Enigma prototype project aimed at creating a digital network that allows for platform-as-a-service capability and […] More

  • Boeing Kicks Off Construction of New Facility at Cecil Airport - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Kicks Off Construction of New Facility at Cecil Airport

    Boeing has started building its second facility at Cecil Airport in Jacksonville, Florida, WJCT News reported Thursday. The company will use the new component operations facility for inspecting and repairing U.S. Navy and Air Force aircraft parts and will stand near Boeing’s other maintenance facility that is also being built in the same area. Construction of […] More

  • Red 6 to Equip TF-50 Aircraft With Augmented Reality Training Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Red 6 to Equip TF-50 Aircraft With Augmented Reality Training Tech

    Red 6 will integrate its augmented reality training platform into the TF-50 jets that Lockheed Martin, Korea Aerospace Industries co-developed. The Airborne Tactical Augmented Reality System is intended to provide pilots and ground operators with new capabilities to spot and react to real-time, high-speed synthetic threat environments, Lockheed said Tuesday. Under the partnership, ATARS will be applied […] More

  • Microsoft's Federal Arm Wraps Up DIB Cybersecurity Assessment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft’s Federal Arm Wraps Up DIB Cybersecurity Assessment

    Microsoft’s federal business has completed a Defense Contract Management Agency test that examined the company’s cybersecurity capabilities. The company said Tuesday it received a perfect score of 110 from DCMA’s Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Assessment Center and certified third-party assessment organization Redspin for the Joint Surveillance Voluntary Assessment Program. Per federal rulemaking, the DIBCAC High Certificate […] More

  • Shift5 Board Adds Former SOCOM Commander Richard Clarke to Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Shift5 Board Adds Former SOCOM Commander Richard Clarke to Board of Directors

    Richard Clarke, a retired four-star general who served the U.S. Army for nearly 40 years, has joined the board of directors of Rosslyn, Virginia-based technology company Shift5. The company said Tuesday Clarke left the service in August 2022 as the commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command. Previously, he served as the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s director […] More

  • Riverside Research Assembles Team to Support DARPA's Computing Software Security Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Riverside Research Assembles Team to Support DARPA’s Computing Software Security Initiative

    Riverside Research has partnered with two companies and one university to develop technology under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program aimed at disrupting cyber attackers’ exploitation mechanism in computing platforms. The nonprofit scientific research organization on Monday unveiled High Peaks Cyber, BedRock Systems and Boston University as teammates on the Hardening Development Toolchains Against […] More

  • Edgar Sevilla Joins DTC Government Solutions as Chief Software Architect - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Edgar Sevilla Joins DTC Government Solutions as Chief Software Architect

    Edgar Sevilla, former cybersecurity and cyber operations director at Dark Wolf Solutions, was named chief software architect at Domo Tactical Communications‘ government solutions business. He will build on his his more than 25 years of experience in cyber operations, software development, systems integration and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, DTC said Monday. Sevilla previously worked for […] More