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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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  • Northrop to Produce Handheld Laser Targeting Device for Marine Corps - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Produce Handheld Laser Targeting Device for Marine Corps

    Northrop Grumman will manufacture a laser-based man-portable targeting system to enable U.S. Marine Corps personnel operating in GPS-denied environments to identify and locate extended-range targets. The company said Tuesday it received an initial production and operations contract for the Next Generation Handheld Targeting System, a single handheld device intended to help Marines conduct laser guidance […] More

  • Inmarsat's 2nd Dual-Band Satcom Spacecraft Launches Aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket; Rajeev Suri Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat’s 2nd Dual-Band Satcom Spacecraft Launches Aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket; Rajeev Suri Quoted

    Inmarsat‘s latest commercial communications spacecraft launched Friday aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to provide global coverage to customers starting in 2024. The Inmarsat-6 F2 satellite is a dual-band network infrastructure that is intended to provide satcom capabilities to both U.S. government and commercial customers through the […] More

  • Navy Eyes Ground-Launched Version of Extended-Range Missile System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Eyes Ground-Launched Version of Extended-Range Missile System

    The U.S. Navy has tapped Northrop Grumman to explore the feasibility of firing a guided air-launched missile from a ground-based launcher and integrating the weapon system onto the P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft, The Drive reported Friday. Northrop is expected to demonstrate a ground-based variant of the AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended […] More

  • BAE, Lockheed Unit Demonstrate Reconnaissance Capabilities for Amphibious Combat Vehicle Variant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE, Lockheed Unit Demonstrate Reconnaissance Capabilities for Amphibious Combat Vehicle Variant

    BAE Systems has tested small unmanned aerial systems from Lockheed Martin‘s Skunk Works division on a variant of the Amphibious Combat Vehicle designed to support U.S. Marine Corps reconnaissance missions.  The Stalker and Indago platforms were part of verification tests aimed to demonstrate the ACV’s potential to carry out command, control, communication and computers/UAS missions, […] More

  • Northrop Completes Wind Tunnel Tests for Air Force's Sentinel ICBM - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Completes Wind Tunnel Tests for Air Force’s Sentinel ICBM

    Northrop Grumman has performed wind tunnel testing to demonstrate the design maturity of the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile system. Scaled models of the LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM underwent seven comprehensive test campaigns to measure how it would respond to conditions simulating missile launch procedures and various flight maneuvers, Northrop said Thursday. Sarah Willoughby, […] More

  • Dell Veteran Nav Singh Named Federal Sales VP at Fornetix - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell Veteran Nav Singh Named Federal Sales VP at Fornetix

    Nav Singh, a more than 10-year Dell Technologies veteran, has joined zero trust cybersecurity platform developer Fornetix as vice president of federal sales, according to a LinkedIn post published Thursday. He joined the Maryland-headquartered company from real-time data platform provider Aerospike where he served as director. Before joining Aerospike, Singh was an account executive at […] More

  • Boeing, NASA Open Exploration Upper Stage Assembly Area in Louisiana - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, NASA Open Exploration Upper Stage Assembly Area in Louisiana

    Boeing and NASA have jointly unveiled a new manufacturing area at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana, where it will accommodate the production of exploration upper stage for future flights of the Space Launch System rocket. The EUS Gray Box Assembly Area houses tools and equipment necessary to produce the second stage of […] More

  • Centerra to Maintain Army Europe's Prepositioned Training Fleet in Germany - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Centerra to Maintain Army Europe’s Prepositioned Training Fleet in Germany

    Constellis’ Centerra Group business has secured an $11 million contract to help U.S. Army Europe maintain military vehicles used to support live training exercises at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany. Under the three-year contract, Centerra will provide administrative, logistics and maintenance services in support of the prepositioned training fleet located at the […] More

  • Accenture to Deliver Additional Cerner EHR Training to VA Clinicians - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture to Deliver Additional Cerner EHR Training to VA Clinicians

    Oracle has selected consultancy firm Accenture to help train Department of Veterans Affairs clinicians on the Cerner-built electronic health record platform, FedScoop reported Tuesday. Under the recently signed contract, Accenture will provide additional training to VA clinicians in support of the next rollout of the Cerner EHR system, according to Ken Glueck, executive vice president […] More

  • Parsons Establishes Center to Support Space Ops for Government, Commercial Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Establishes Center to Support Space Ops for Government, Commercial Sector

    Parsons‘ space-focused integrated center is working to unify government and commercial technologies and services designed to support spacecraft operations. The Parsons Space Operations Center aims to address the demand for integrated and automated capabilities including telemetry processing, data delivery, mission planning, command and control and testing, the company said Tuesday. “PSOC is providing operational support […] More

  • Raytheon to Deliver Aircraft Carrier Landing System to Japanese Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Deliver Aircraft Carrier Landing System to Japanese Navy

    A subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies has won a contract from the U.S. Navy to deliver a software-based GPS navigation and precision approach landing system to the Japanese navy. Under the foreign military sales contract from Naval Air Traffic Management Systems Program Office, Raytheon Intelligence & Space said Monday it will deploy the Joint Precision Approach […] More

  • Northrop, Partners Demo Airborne Gateway Aboard MQ-4C Triton Test Bed - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop, Partners Demo Airborne Gateway Aboard MQ-4C Triton Test Bed

    Northrop Grumman has partnered with the U.S. Navy and BAE Systems to test its airborne gateway technology aboard an unmanned aerial system to provide interoperability among disconnected maritime assets. During the flight test, the gateway was installed into the MQ-4C Triton flying test bed to distribute fifth-generation sensor data to ground-based simulators representing various platforms […] More