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  • Matterport Adds Susan Repo to Board of Directors; RJ Pittman Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matterport Adds Susan Repo to Board of Directors; RJ Pittman Quoted

    Susan Repo, chief financial officer of synthetic aperture radar satellite operator ICEYE, has joined the board of directors of 3D data platform developer Matterport. The executive will contribute leadership experience gained from previously working at MariaDB, Tesla, Juniper Networks and Agilent Technologies to the Matterport board, where she will serve as chair of its audit committee, the spatial […] More

  • NASA to Send Climate Research to ISS via SpaceX Dragon Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA to Send Climate Research to ISS via SpaceX Dragon Resupply Mission

    SpaceX will launch a spacecraft Thursday to carry cargo to the International Space Station for its 25th resupply services mission, which will include a NASA payload for climate change research. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will help enable NASA’s orbital laboratory-based investigation of the composition of the Earth’s mineral dust and the effects of the dust […] More

  • Boeing Ships 150th P-8 Aircraft to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Ships 150th P-8 Aircraft to Navy

    Boeing has handed over to the U.S. Navy the 150th unit of a multimission aircraft built to perform maritime and reconnaissance operations in support of the U.S. and its international allies. The aircraft will be based at the Naval Air Station in Patuxent River, Maryland, and will be used by the Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) […] More

  • Cambium Networks Delivers Broadband Tech to ATSC for Army's Security Surveillance System Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cambium Networks Delivers Broadband Tech to ATSC for Army’s Security Surveillance System Program

    Cambium Networks, a wireless infrastructure developer, has provided Advanced Technology Systems Company with its initial order of microwave line-of-sight radios to assist the latter in upgrading the broadband communications framework of the U.S. Army. The delivery of the microwave radios is in support of ATSC’s work under a seven-year, $191 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for the Army’s […] More

  • Kongsberg to Acquire AST SpaceMobile's Majority Stake in Smallsat Developer NanoAvionics - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kongsberg to Acquire AST SpaceMobile’s Majority Stake in Smallsat Developer NanoAvionics

    AST SpaceMobile has agreed to sell its majority share in NanoAvionics, a Lithuania-based small satellite mission integrator and bus manufacturer, to Kongsberg‘s defense and aerospace business for approximately $68 million. The deal is anticipated to be completed in the third quarter, subject to customary closing conditions, and to bring about $28 million in net cash proceeds to AST […] More

  • NATO Establishes $1B Multi-Sovereign Tech Innovation Fund; Jens Stoltenberg Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NATO Establishes $1B Multi-Sovereign Tech Innovation Fund; Jens Stoltenberg Quoted

    NATO has set up an approximately $1 billion venture capital fund to support early-stage companies in the development of dual-use emerging technologies over a 15-year allocation period. The investment fund specifically valued at €1 billion will target start-ups focused on advancing artificial intelligence, biotechnology, big-data processing, novel materials, energy, quantum technology as well as propulsion and […] More

  • Oshkosh Defense Awarded $217M Army Contract Modification for Tactical Vehicle Deployment Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oshkosh Defense Awarded $217M Army Contract Modification for Tactical Vehicle Deployment Support

    Oshkosh’s defense segment has secured a $216.7 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to continue providing joint light tactical vehicles to international allies. The award will cover foreign military sales of JLTV family of vehicles to Brazil, Lithuania and Montenegro, and work under the Army program will approximately run through Nov. 30, 2023, the Department […] More

  • Teledyne FLIR Books $62M Army Contract for Robotic System Procurement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Teledyne FLIR Books $62M Army Contract for Robotic System Procurement

    Teledyne FLIR’s unmanned ground systems division has received a $62.1 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army to provide robotic systems that assist in locating and discarding unexploded ordnance and improvised explosive devices. The Department of Defense said Wednesday work on the Army’s Man Transportable Robotic System Increment II program will approximately run through Oct. 2, 2023. The […] More

  • Akima Subsidiary to Help Manage Coast Guard's Maritime Credentialing Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Akima Subsidiary to Help Manage Coast Guard’s Maritime Credentialing Program

    An Akima subsidiary has received a potential three-year, $7.6 million contract to help the U.S. Coast Guard’s National Maritime Center process approximately 100,000 commercial mariner credential applications annually. RiverTech will assist the West Virginia-based credentialing body in evaluating merchant mariner documents to determine whether applicants should be approved or denied for certification, Akima said Tuesday. Duncan […] More

  • Corvid Technologies Secures Follow-On Contract to Support MDA Test Flights - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Corvid Technologies Secures Follow-On Contract to Support MDA Test Flights

    Defense and space company Corvid Technologies has received a potential five-year, $44 million contract to develop mathematical algorithms as well as provide computational and range safety analysis for the Missile Defense Agency’s flight test activities. The sole awardee will receive firm-fixed-price task orders under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Department of Defense said Thursday. The task orders will continue […] More

  • Edgewater Books $50M DOE Contract for OSTI Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Edgewater Books $50M DOE Contract for OSTI Support Services

    Edgewater Federal Solutions has landed a prime position on an approximately $50 million contract from the Department of Energy to provide information science and technology support to the office responsible for research resources collection and distribution. The IT company said Thursday it will help ensure uninterrupted access to the systems and documents of the DOE’s Office […] More