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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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  • John Lucio Named Senior Director for Government Relations at BWX Technologies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Lucio Named Senior Director for Government Relations at BWX Technologies

    John Lucio, formerly senior vice president at Ervin Graves Strategy Group, has been named senior director for government relations at BWX Technologies. In his new role, Lucio will focus on strengthening BWXT’s relationships with defense and civilian agencies and advancing support for various Department of Defense programs, including the production of naval nuclear reactors for […] More

  • Sashi Ravipati, Heather Scheuerman Take on VP Roles at Leidos - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sashi Ravipati, Heather Scheuerman Take on VP Roles at Leidos

    Leidos has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of Heather Scheuerman as vice president of strategic sourcing and Sashi Ravipati as VP of capability integration. Prior to her appointment, Scheuerman served as director of sourcing at the Reston, Virginia-headquartered information technology and engineering services company for five years, according to her LinkedIn profile. Meanwhile, […] More

  • SSC Requests Proposals for ESS Space Vehicle Development, Production Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SSC Requests Proposals for ESS Space Vehicle Development, Production Contract

    Space Systems Command has begun seeking proposals for the development and production of space vehicles for the U.S. Space Force’s Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications constellation. The ESS Space Development and Production contract will manufacture four space vehicles to form the space segment of the satellite constellation that will provide a jam-resistant satellite communications capability for […] More

  • Maxar Intelligence Deploys WorldView Legion Satellites Onboard SpaceX Falcon Rocket; Dan Smoot Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maxar Intelligence Deploys WorldView Legion Satellites Onboard SpaceX Falcon Rocket; Dan Smoot Quoted

    Maxar Intelligence has launched its first two high-resolution Earth imagery and mapping satellites with solar arrays onboard a SpaceX Falcon rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The company said Thursday the satellites deployed their solar arrays after launch and began receiving and transmitting signals, indicating that the spacecraft perform well in space where […] More

  • Thomas Falk Elected Independent Lead Director of Lockheed Board
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    Thomas Falk Elected Independent Lead Director of Lockheed Board

    Thomas Falk, formerly chairman and CEO of Kimberly-Clark, has been elected to join the board of directors at Lockheed Martin as independent lead director, succeeding Daniel Akerson, who retired after five years in the role. In his new role, Falk will preside over executive sessions of independent directors, approve agendas for board meetings and provide […] More

  • IBM’s Alice Fakir on Updated Version of NIST Cybersecurity Framework
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    IBM’s Alice Fakir on Updated Version of NIST Cybersecurity Framework

    Alice Fakir, a federal cybersecurity services partner at IBM, said the updated version of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Cybersecurity Framework puts a focus on timeliness and reporting and managing supply chain risks and third-party risks, FedTech reported Wednesday. “This updated framework is calling for better awareness and improvement of security controls around […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL Books $493M Space Force Systems Engineering Services Contract
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    Johns Hopkins APL Books $493M Space Force Systems Engineering Services Contract

    The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has secured a $493.2 million contract to provide space systems engineering services to the U.S. Space Force. Johns Hopkins APL will perform technical support tasks, systems engineering and specialized research and development under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. Space System Command awarded the contract […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL Books $493M Space Force Systems Engineering Services Contract
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    NASA Taps 9 Companies to Conduct Mars Exploration Commercial Services Studies

    NASA has selected nine companies to conduct a total of 12 studies on the feasibility of using commercial services, such as payload delivery, payload hosting, communications relay and surface imaging, to support future science missions to Mars. The Mars Exploration Commercial Services research program focuses on four categories: small payload delivery and hosting services, large […] More

  • Databricks on AWS GovCloud Secures FedRAMP High Authority to Operate; Aaron Kinworthy Quoted
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    Databricks on AWS GovCloud Secures FedRAMP High Authority to Operate; Aaron Kinworthy Quoted

    Databricks has secured authority to operate at the high level under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to offer its cloud-based data analytics tools to government customers. The authorization verifies that Databricks on AWS GovCloud complies with FedRAMP High baseline and other regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, Databricks said Tuesday. “As […] More

  • Booz Allen Unveils Open-Source Version of AI Software Development Toolkit
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    Booz Allen Unveils Open-Source Version of AI Software Development Toolkit

    Booz Allen Hamilton has released an open-source version of its software development toolkit meant to advance the design, development and fielding of artificial intelligence systems. The aiSSEMBLE Baseline is an AI development and management toolkit that includes foundational code and documentation publicly available to government, industry and academia, Booz Allen said Tuesday. With the open-source […] More

  • QinetiQ US Receives Contract to Provide Army C5ISR Center With Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QinetiQ US Receives Contract to Provide Army C5ISR Center With Support Services

    QinetiQ‘s U.S. subsidiary will help the U.S. Army’s C5ISR Center develop, demonstrate and field advanced threat detection technologies under a $41 million contract. The company said Friday it will support C5ISR Center’s Research & Technology Integration Directorate in areas such as software engineering, sensor development and optimization, prototype hardware development, development of detection algorithms and […] More

  • Mattermost, Parabol Partner to Integrate AI Capabilities for Agile Workflows; Ian Tien Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mattermost, Parabol Partner to Integrate AI Capabilities for Agile Workflows; Ian Tien Quoted

    Collaboration software developer Mattermost has partnered with Parabol to drive the integration of artificial intelligence capabilities to support agile workflows across Microsoft Azure AI and Atlassian tools. The partnership will integrate Parabol Agile Meetings and Atlassian Jira with Mattermost to provide an AI-enhanced platform designed to facilitate incident response, ChatOps and DevSecOps in highly secure […] More