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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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  • Leonardo Receives $110M Contract Modification for Navy TH-73A Helicopter Production - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo Receives $110M Contract Modification for Navy TH-73A Helicopter Production

    A Leonardo subsidiary has secured a $110.5 million contract modification to produce 26 additional TH-73A training helicopters for the U.S. Navy.  The firm-fixed-price award exercises an option for the lot IV production of the AgustaWestland Philadelphia-built advanced helicopter training system, Leonardo said Saturday.  Eighty percent of contract work will take place in Philadelphia and the […] More

  • Zscaler Joins CISA's Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative; Stephen Kovac Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Zscaler Joins CISA’s Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative; Stephen Kovac Quoted

    Cloud security provider Zscaler has joined the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, a public-private collaboration aimed at strengthening the nation’s cybersecurity posture. Zscaler said Monday it will offer expertise from its ThreatLabz embedded research team and intelligence from its cloud security platform to support the JCDC as it seeks to develop […] More

  • Army Taps 24 Small Businesses to Develop Wearable Health Monitoring Devices - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Taps 24 Small Businesses to Develop Wearable Health Monitoring Devices

    The U.S. Army has selected 24 small businesses to develop advanced wearable technologies designed to address current and future warfighting needs.  The selected companies will receive Phase I Small Business Innovation Research contracts worth $150,000 each to produce a wearable device capable of sensing and monitoring real-time physiological data to assess a warfighter’s health and […] More

  • L3Harris Lands $93M Contract for Public Safety Communications Network Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3Harris Lands $93M Contract for Public Safety Communications Network Development

    L3Harris Technologies has secured a five-year, $93 million contract to help the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority upgrade its public safety communications network system. The company said Friday it will build a new platform compliant with the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials Project 25 standards to enhance response times and collaboration among conductors, station personnel […] More

  • Defcon AI Announces Members of Board of Directors & Advisers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Defcon AI Announces Members of Board of Directors & Advisers

    Defcon AI, a developer of modeling and simulation software for military logistics applications, has introduced the members to its board of directors and advisers. Mark Esper, the inaugural member of Defcon AI’s board of directors and a three-time Wash100 awardee, is joined by five new additions including the three executives who co-founded artificial intelligence-focused company […] More

  • Air Force Taps Black Sage-S3 Team to Study cUAS Lidar Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps Black Sage-S3 Team to Study cUAS Lidar Systems

    The Air Force Research Laboratory has selected a team up of Black Sage and Spectral Sensor Solutions to research novel lidar sensing systems eyed to boost the detection and discrimination capabilities of unmanned aerial vehicles. Black Sage said Wednesday the partnership will conduct work under the Lidar Unmanned Aerial System Detection and Discrimination program at […] More

  • Allison to Supply Abrams Tank Transmission Under $51M Army Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Allison to Supply Abrams Tank Transmission Under $51M Army Contract

    Allison Transmission has secured a $51 million contract to equip the Abrams main battle tank used by the U.S. Army and international military customers with transmission technology. The company said Wednesday it will deliver X1100-3B1 transmission and technical support to the service branch and foreign military sales clients beginning in January 2023. Deliveries and technical […] More

  • NGA Requests Info on Source Content Dissemination Services System Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NGA Requests Info on Source Content Dissemination Services System Development

    The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is seeking industry input on the development of a cloud-based architecture envisioned to automate the collection, dissemination and analysis of GEOINT data and products. NGA said in a notice SAM.gov posted Monday it wants information from companies capable of providing operations and maintenance support services to help maintain, operate and upgrade […] More

  • CloudBolt Expands Team in Push to Build Up Public Sector Presence - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CloudBolt Expands Team in Push to Build Up Public Sector Presence

    Platform developer CloudBolt Software has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of Shawn Petty, former multi-cloud management offering owner at IBM, as chief customer officer and Howard Levenson, former general manager at Databricks, as member of its board of advisors.  Both executives bring decades of government experience and will help guide the hybrid cloud […] More

  • Verizon, VA Partner to Develop, Test 5G Mobile Edge Compute, Drones; Maggie Hallbach Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Verizon, VA Partner to Develop, Test 5G Mobile Edge Compute, Drones; Maggie Hallbach Quoted

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has teamed up with Verizon‘s public sector business to develop and test 5G Mobile Edge Compute technologies and drones in an effort to boost safety, security and physical infrastructure monitoring across the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. The Veterans Health Administration and Verizon are evaluating the ability of 5G-enabled […] More

  • American Systems Lands $1B DISA Test, Evaluation Services Contract; Peter Smith Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    American Systems Lands $1B DISA Test, Evaluation Services Contract; Peter Smith Quoted

    American Systems will provide test, evaluation and certification services to the Defense Information Systems Agency under a potential 10-year, $1.01 billion contract. The company said Monday it will deliver a full spectrum of joint test and evaluation services to DOD’s Joint Interoperability Test Command at Fort Huachuca in Arizona and Fort George G. Meade in […] More

  • Northrop, Navy Complete 4th Extended-Range Missile Flight Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop, Navy Complete 4th Extended-Range Missile Flight Test

    Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have concluded the fourth flight test of a guided air-launched missile at the Point Mugu Sea Range off the coast of California, where the weapon demonstrated its target engagement capability. The AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range was launched from an F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft and engaged a […] More