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  • BAE Secures AFRL Contract for ISR Platform Advancement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Secures AFRL Contract for ISR Platform Advancement

    BAE Systems has received a $48 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to mature the components of the Insight System, a resource management system for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. Work under the contract includes enhancing the system to meet operational requirements, integrating it with developmental and operational systems and conducting demonstrations for transition activities. […] More

  • Joanne Sullivan and Karen Base Assume Senior Vice President Roles at Smoothstack; Chris Coligado Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Joanne Sullivan and Karen Base Assume Senior Vice President Roles at Smoothstack; Chris Coligado Quoted

    Smoothstack has appointed Joanne Sullivan as senior vice president of capture and proposals and Karen Base as SVP of client solutions. The company said Tuesday the executives will expand its federal business by developing infrastructure for capture and proposal programs and centers for cyber operations, artificial intelligence, data engineering, digital transformation and modern application development. Smoothstack co-founder […] More

  • Boeing Makes Initial Delivery of Grey Wolf Helicopter to Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Makes Initial Delivery of Grey Wolf Helicopter to Air Force

    Boeing has delivered the first MH-139A Grey Wolf production aircraft to the U.S. Air Force as part of a 2023 low-rate initial production order. Azeem Khan, MH-139 executive director and program manager, said in a statement Monday the helicopter supports the service branch’s modernization efforts. “Delivering this asset for the MH-139A fleet is critical to the […] More

  • HII Company Enlighten Opens Maryland Facility; Andy Green Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HII Company Enlighten Opens Maryland Facility; Andy Green Quoted

    HII company Enlighten opened a new hub in Columbia, Maryland, on July 31 to enhance services for U.S. military and national security agencies. The facility will support science, technology, engineering and mathematics education and foster local talent through internships and mentorships, HII said Monday. Andy Green, HII executive vice president, HII Mission Technologies president and 2024 Wash100 […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Secures Air Force Contract for Engineering & Technical Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Secures Air Force Contract for Engineering & Technical Support Services

    Lockheed Martin Aeronautics has secured a $28.7 million undefinitized contract from the U.S. Air Force for engineering investigations, deficiency resolution and proof-of-concept design support. The Department of Defense said Friday the contract covers engineering support for several aircraft and systems programs and sustainment divisions. Lockheed will also handle modernization sustainment and support for systems and components […] More

  • Defcon AI Modeling & Simulation Tool Deployed to DOD IL 6 via Game Warden - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Defcon AI Modeling & Simulation Tool Deployed to DOD IL 6 via Game Warden

    The prototype version of Artiv, a modeling, simulation and analysis tool offered by Defcon AI, is now available at Department of Defense Impact Level 6 via Game Warden, a DevSecOps platform offered by Second Front Systems. In a joint statement released Friday, the companies noted that Artiv’s deployment enables more defense and intelligence agencies to […] More

  • BlueHalo Completes Rocket Motor Testing Rounds for Next-Gen Counter-UAS Missile for Army; Jonathan Moneymaker Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BlueHalo Completes Rocket Motor Testing Rounds for Next-Gen Counter-UAS Missile for Army; Jonathan Moneymaker Quoted

    BlueHalo has finished multiple rounds of testing for the Next-Generation Counter-Uncrewed Aerial System: Freedom Eagle, which is designed to defeat large air threats for the U.S. Army. The company said Thursday the activity involved firing the drone’s dual-thrust, solid rocket motor. NGCM FE-1 is envisioned to enhance lethality and range against Group 3 UAS and larger […] More

  • AWS Gets FedRAMP High Authorization for Machine Learning Platform for Managed Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS Gets FedRAMP High Authorization for Machine Learning Platform for Managed Service

    Amazon Web Services has secured a “High” designation under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its machine learning managed service available for customer of AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region. The company said Thursday the ML platform, know as Amazon Bedrock, offers high-performance foundation models via a single application programming interface, with tools for building secure, […] More

  • General Atomics Unit Awarded $98M DOD Contract for Autonomous Air-to-Air Capability Prototyping Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Unit Awarded $98M DOD Contract for Autonomous Air-to-Air Capability Prototyping Effort

    A General Atomics business has secured a $98 million contract from the Department of Defense to prototype autonomous air-to-air missions for fourth and fifth-generation Blue Force fighters to train against “red air” surrogates. As the lead systems integrator for Project Red 5, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems will deploy two of its MQ-20 Avenger unmanned aircraft and provide mission autonomy […] More

  • Northrop Wraps Up Preliminary Design Review for SDA's Tranche 2 Transport Layer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Wraps Up Preliminary Design Review for SDA’s Tranche 2 Transport Layer

    Northrop Grumman has completed the preliminary design review for 74 high-speed data transport satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. The company said Wednesday the batch includes Tranche 2 Beta satellites with new communications technologies and Tranche 2 Alpha satellites, which build on the Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites awarded in 2022. The […] More

  • Labor Department, SkillStorm Partner to Streamline Transitions for Service Members, Military Spouses - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Labor Department, SkillStorm Partner to Streamline Transitions for Service Members, Military Spouses

    The Veterans’ Employment and Training Service of the Department of Labor has chosen SkillStorm to provide hiring and training services to help transitioning military service members and their spouses enter the civilian technology sector. SkillStorm said Tuesday its selection marks its participation in the agency’s Transition Assistance Program Employment Navigator and Partnership Program. Under the initiative, Employment […] More

  • Lazarus AI, Second Front Systems Launch Accelerated Software Delivery Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lazarus AI, Second Front Systems Launch Accelerated Software Delivery Partnership

    A new partnership between Lazarus AI and Second Front Systems aims to speed up software delivery for the Department of Defense.  2F said Tuesday Lazarus AI will use its Game Warden DevSecOps platform to develop and deploy key capabilities, including rapid data aggregation, analysis, research, collection and engagement of available data to information military operations, per DOD standards. […] More