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Naomi Cooper

is a full-time writer for ArchIntel, a division of Executive Mosaic, and a contributor for ExecutiveBiz. She covers emerging technologies, technology innovation, contract awards, partnerships and market expansion stories in the government contracting industry.

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  • Serco Books $63M Army Contract for Broadband Data Network Logistics Sustainment; Tom Watson Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Serco Books $63M Army Contract for Broadband Data Network Logistics Sustainment; Tom Watson Quoted

    Serco‘s North American business arm has secured a potential $63 million contract to deliver data network installation and logistics sustainment support to the Integrated Fires Rapid Capabilities Office of the U.S. Army. The company said Wednesday it will install and maintain a satellite broadband voice and data network, provide logistics database administration support and conduct […] More

  • Carahsoft Adds Okta for US Military Identity Environment to ESI Offerings; Steve Jacyna Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Adds Okta for US Military Identity Environment to ESI Offerings; Steve Jacyna Quoted

    Carahsoft Technology has agreed to offer Okta‘s identity environment built exclusively for U.S. military customers through its blanket purchase agreement for the Department of Defense’s Enterprise Software Initiative. The Reston, Virginia-headquartered company said Tuesday it will serve as the distributor for Okta for US Military, a cloud-native identity-as-a-service platform designed to host controlled unclassified information […] More

  • SAP NS2 Secures DISA Provisional Authorization for Supply Chain Management Software; Lillian Chang Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP NS2 Secures DISA Provisional Authorization for Supply Chain Management Software; Lillian Chang Quoted

    SAP‘s National Security Services subsidiary has received provisional authority to operate from the Defense Information and Systems Agency for its cloud-based integrated business planning software for supply chain management and transformation. The authorization allows Department of Defense agencies to deploy the supply chain planning platform in a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-certified secure cloud […] More

  • Latest Raytheon Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile Variant Completes Functional Configuration Audit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Latest Raytheon Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile Variant Completes Functional Configuration Audit

    Raytheon Technologies is set to field the latest variant of its Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile weapon system for the U.S. Air Force and Navy following the completion of a functional configuration audit. The AMRAAM AIM-120D-3 variant completed the audit after undergoing captive carry and platform bench testing and conducting a series of live firings […] More

  • Hughes Rolls Out Smart Network Edge SD-WAN for Military Operations; Rick Lober Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hughes Rolls Out Smart Network Edge SD-WAN for Military Operations; Rick Lober Quoted

    Hughes Network Systems has unveiled a virtualized software-defined wide-area networking technology intended to orchestrate diverse satellite and terrestrial networks operated by the Department of Defense. The Smart Network Edge software optimizes 5G, cable, fiber, geostationary and low Earth orbit satellite networks to manage multi-transport modems remotely, enable autonomous routing path selection and distribute packetized data […] More

  • BWXT-Amentum-Fluor Team to Support Hanford Waste Management Ops via $45B Deal; John Heller Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BWXT-Amentum-Fluor Team to Support Hanford Waste Management Ops via $45B Deal; John Heller Quoted

    Amentum will support environmental waste cleanup operations at a decommissioned nuclear production complex in Washington state under a $45 billion contract awarded to Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure. H2C, a limited liability company comprising Amentum, Fluor and BWX Technologies, will oversee waste remediation, treatment and immobilization plant operations at the Hanford Site for the […] More

  • IBM, Red Hat Executives: Holistic Cybersecurity Framework Key to Advance Zero Trust Implementation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM, Red Hat Executives: Holistic Cybersecurity Framework Key to Advance Zero Trust Implementation

    Katharyn White, vice president of federal ecosystem at IBM, and Michael Epley, chief architect and security strategist at Red Hat, said agencies must take a holistic approach to cybersecurity to advance the implementation of zero trust architecture across the federal government, FedTech Magazine reported Thursday. Both executives agreed that a holistic cybersecurity framework is key […] More

  • HawkEye 360 Launches 7th RF Satellite Cluster to LEO; John Serafini Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HawkEye 360 Launches 7th RF Satellite Cluster to LEO; John Serafini Quoted

    HawkEye 360 has deployed its seventh cluster of next generation radio frequency sensing spacecraft to low Earth orbit to expand its constellation of RF signal mapping satellites. The Cluster 7 trio has established communications with HawkEye 360 operations team after launching aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California as part […] More

  • Raytheon Business Tapped to Manufacture Earth Observation Smallsats for NASA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Business Tapped to Manufacture Earth Observation Smallsats for NASA

    Blue Canyon Technologies has been selected to design and produce three small satellites for a NASA program aimed at assessing the behavior of tropical storms and thunderstorms and how they affect climate and weather models.  The Raytheon Technologies subsidiary will equip the microsatellites with a dynamic microwave radiometer and dynamic atmospheric radar to measure Earth’s […] More

  • Maxar Subsidiary Lands NRO Contract Extension for Commercial RF Data; Tony Frazier Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maxar Subsidiary Lands NRO Contract Extension for Commercial RF Data; Tony Frazier Quoted

    Aurora Insight, a subsidiary of Maxar Technologies, has secured a follow-on contract from the National Reconnaissance Office to assess the potential application of commercial radio frequency remote sensing technologies for government purposes. Under the Stage II Strategic Commercial Enhancements contract, Aurora Insight will showcase how its commercial RF constellation could enhance capabilities to meet government […] More

  • General Atomics Uses LEO Satcom Datalink to Support AI-Piloted MQ-20 Avenger Drone Flight - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Uses LEO Satcom Datalink to Support AI-Piloted MQ-20 Avenger Drone Flight

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has demonstrated the ability of its MQ-20 Avenger unmanned aircraft system to fly autonomously using artificial intelligence pilots controlled via a low Earth orbit satellite communication data link. GA-ASI said Tuesday the collaborative flight maneuvers were conducted through a collaborative combat aircraft ecosystem fused with live, virtual and constructive capabilities […] More

  • DISA Deploys HPE Aruba Network Security Platforms for Digital Transformation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DISA Deploys HPE Aruba Network Security Platforms for Digital Transformation

    The Defense Information Systems Agency is deploying a suite of cloud-based edge services platforms from Hewlett Packard Enterprise to modernize and secure its multi-class wireless networks as part of a broader digital transformation initiative. The effort includes the deployment of HPE Aruba Networking Wi-Fi 6 Access Points and HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass to enable secure […] More