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  • Microsoft Partners With Vana Solutions on $9B DOD Cloud Procurement Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Partners With Vana Solutions on $9B DOD Cloud Procurement Contract

    Microsoft has teamed up with Beavercreek, Ohio-headquartered information technology services company Vana Solutions to provide the Department of Defense with commercial cloud services under the $9 billion Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability contract vehicle, Dayton Business Journal reported Wednesday. Vana Solutions has experience in delivering cloud capability to defense customers. It previously created a dual cloud […] More

  • Google Unveils Additional Cloud Services Available for IL5 Workloads - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Google Unveils Additional Cloud Services Available for IL5 Workloads

    Google has announced the availability of 10 additional Google Cloud services capable of handling Department of Defense workloads at Impact Level 5. The IL5-accredited services are available to DOD and public sector institutions through Google Assured Workloads and are designed to provide support in areas such as digital transformation, data security and identity and access […] More

  • DARPA Seeks Research Proposals for Forward-Looking Experimentation Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Seeks Research Proposals for Forward-Looking Experimentation Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Microsystems Technology Office is inviting the industry to submit research ideas to address existing and future challenges in information and communication technologies. A notice posted Wednesday on SAM.gov states that the Forward-Looking Experimentation program aims to identify ICT innovations in seven topics: cognition; communications and connectivity; intelligent sensing; distributed […] More

  • Kratos, Hypersonix Enter Partnership to Offer Hypersonic Demonstrator to US Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos, Hypersonix Enter Partnership to Offer Hypersonic Demonstrator to US Market

    Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has partnered with Australian start-up Hypersonix Launch Systems to offer the latter’s hypersonic technology demonstrator to the U.S. defense market. The San Diego, California-headquartered company said Wednesday it will procure 20 Hypersonix DART AE Hypersonic Systems and integrate the technology with its Zeus line of solid rocket propulsion systems. The […] More

  • Textron to Provide UAS Operations Support for Navy Littoral Combat Ships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron to Provide UAS Operations Support for Navy Littoral Combat Ships

    A Textron subsidiary has received a potential $19.5 million contract from Naval Air Systems Command to provide uncrewed aerial system operation support for three U.S. Navy littoral combat ships. Textron Systems said Wednesday it will use its Aerosonde UAS to deliver extended-range intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services to two Independence-class vessels and one Freedom-class ship. […] More

  • SandboxAQ Intros Open-Source Quantum Encryption Library for Software Developers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SandboxAQ Intros Open-Source Quantum Encryption Library for Software Developers

    Quantum software company SandboxAQ has unveiled an open-source encryption library that works to enable software developers to use cryptographic algorithms to create more secure applications. Sandwich provides tools designed to embed post-quantum cryptography algorithms directly into software applications and swap cryptographic elements without rewriting code, SandboxAQ said Tuesday. The meta-library works with open-source cryptographic libraries […] More

  • Booz Allen Marks 1st Year Milestone for Venture Capital Arm; Susan Penfield Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen Marks 1st Year Milestone for Venture Capital Arm; Susan Penfield Quoted

    Booz Allen Hamilton has marked the first founding anniversary of its corporate venture capital arm focused on developing and deploying emerging technologies for defense and national security applications. Since its launch in 2022, Booz Allen Ventures has expanded its portfolio to six start-ups spanning artificial intelligence, machine learning, edge computing deep technology and cybersecurity sectors, […] More

  • Army Requests Info on IT Enterprise Solutions-4 Services Contract Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Requests Info on IT Enterprise Solutions-4 Services Contract Vehicle

    The U.S. Army has begun seeking information on a follow-on multiple-award contract vehicle covering operational support for the service branch’s enterprise information technology operations. Army Contracting Command and the Computer Hardware Enterprise Software and Solutions under the Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems are conducting market research to develop the scope and structure of […] More

  • Parsons, Army Kick Off Energetic Waste Incinerator Development at Radford - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons, Army Kick Off Energetic Waste Incinerator Development at Radford

    Parsons and the U.S. Army have broken ground on a new facility to treat hazardous energetic waste streams at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant in Virginia. The groundbreaking marks the construction of the incinerator that will replace the open burning of waste at RFAAP to support the Army’s efforts to improve the facility’s environmental impact, […] More

  • General Motors, Mitre Promote Use of Telemetry Data for Automotive Safety Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Motors, Mitre Promote Use of Telemetry Data for Automotive Safety Research

    General Motors and Mitre have jointly released a paper on how vehicle telemetry data can be used to generate insights on advancing automotive safety. The paper focuses on enabling automakers, fleet operators, city planners, transportation safety researchers and other members of the global transportation sector to collect, process and analyze telemetry data to support automotive […] More

  • L3Harris Receives DOD Awards for Advancing Industry Security, Counterintelligence Capabilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3Harris Receives DOD Awards for Advancing Industry Security, Counterintelligence Capabilities

    L3Harris Technologies has received recognition from the Department of Defense for its commitment to maintaining industrial security excellence and strengthening U.S. counterintelligence capabilities. The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency selected L3Harris’ Space & Airborne Systems facility as one of 19 recipients of the James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award, the company said Thursday. […] More