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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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  • Raytheon Unit's Flight Operations System Supports James Webb Space Telescope - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Unit’s Flight Operations System Supports James Webb Space Telescope

    NASA’s recently launched James Webb Space Telescope leverages ground control and flight operation systems built by Raytheon Technologies’ intelligence and space business unit to perform its solar system exploration and observation mission. Raytheon Intelligence & Space said Tuesday its ground control software works to monitor the condition and performance of the Hubble telescope’s successor and […] More

  • Boeing Uses 3D Printing, Rapid Prototyping to Produce 11th WGS Satellite System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Uses 3D Printing, Rapid Prototyping to Produce 11th WGS Satellite System

    Boeing is employing 3D printing, rapid prototyping and other advanced techniques in the production of a new satellite for the military’s Wideband Global Satcom system that recently passed a critical design review performed by the U.S. Space Force. WGS-11+ is based on Boeing’s 702X software-defined satellite payload and features more advanced anti-jamming and interference features […] More

  • GA-ASI Demos MQ-9 Drone at Army Military Free-Fall Training - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GA-ASI Demos MQ-9 Drone at Army Military Free-Fall Training

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business demonstrated its MQ-9 remotely piloted aircraft during a military free-fall high-altitude training exercise of the U.S. Army’s 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) held in January. The company said Thursday the MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicle conducted remote monitoring of the exercise, tracked the jumps and offered critical overwatch capabilities for the […] More

  • Silvus Secures 2nd DOD Purchase Order for StreamCaster MANET Radios - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Silvus Secures 2nd DOD Purchase Order for StreamCaster MANET Radios

    The Department of Defense has purchased additional tactical radio systems from Silvus Technologies to help warfighters communicate in spectrum contested environments. The Los Angeles-based technology developer said Monday it received a second purchase order to deliver another batch of StreamCaster Mobile Ad Hoc Network radio systems to U.S. troops in an effort to enhance connectivity […] More

  • Gerry Fasano, Leidos Defense Group President, Named to 2022 Wash100 for Defense Portfolio Differentiation and Market Focus Leadership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gerry Fasano, Leidos Defense Group President, Named to 2022 Wash100 for Defense Portfolio Differentiation and Market Focus Leadership

    Gerry Fasano, president of the defense group at Leidos, has been selected to receive a Wash100 Award for 2022, the third consecutive year he’s been inducted into Executive Mosaic’s annual list of the most significant contributors to government contracting industry activity. Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson noted Fasano’s selection to the Wash100 last year as a recognition […] More

  • CISA, US & International Agencies Warn of Growing Global Ransomware Threat - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CISA, US & International Agencies Warn of Growing Global Ransomware Threat

    The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the FBI and National Security Agency have released a joint advisory with international partners in the U.K. and Australia, warning of the growing threat of ransomware globally. In the 2021 Trends Show Increased Globalized Threat of Ransomware report, the national security authorities revealed that ransomware groups use phishing attacks, […] More

  • EcoSUB Robotics Adopts 3D Printing Tech for Underwater Vehicle Production - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    EcoSUB Robotics Adopts 3D Printing Tech for Underwater Vehicle Production

    U.K.-based autonomous underwater vehicle maker ecoSUB Robotics has partnered with an additive manufacturing service provider to develop components of a submarine intended for deep-sea monitoring missions, 3D Printing Industry reported Wednesday. The ecoSUB-3DPRINTUK partnership aims to produce submarine parts that can operate approximately 2,500 meters below sea level to meet the evolving marine technology requirements […] More

  • Northrop's Anti-Radiation, Extended-Range Missile Undergoes 2nd Live Fire; Mary Petryszyn Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop’s Anti-Radiation, Extended-Range Missile Undergoes 2nd Live Fire; Mary Petryszyn Quoted

    The U.S. Navy has performed the second live-fire test of a Northrop Grumman-developed air-to-surface missile system designed to detect, locate and target land-based air defense radar systems at extended ranges. Northrop said Monday the AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range was launched from F/A-18 Super Hornet jet at the Point Mugu Sea Range in […] More

  • Rocket Lab to Open Space Tech Production, Mission Complex in Colorado - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rocket Lab to Open Space Tech Production, Mission Complex in Colorado

    Rocket Lab expects to complete a new Littleton, Colorado facility later this year for space technology production and mission operations later this year as part of expansion initiatives. The Space Systems Complex has 40,000 square feet of office, laboratory and manufacturing space and is close to an existing 15,000-square-foot company facility, Rocket Lab said Wednesday. […] More

  • Oracle Receives FedRAMP High Provisional Authority for 9 Cloud Offerings - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oracle Receives FedRAMP High Provisional Authority for 9 Cloud Offerings

    Nine cloud service offerings from Oracle have secured provisional authority to operate at the high level under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The company said the FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board authorized the latest batch of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services designed for government agencies to enable them to review log data, monitor updates and […] More

  • USRA-Rigetti Team to Continue Work on DARPA Quantum Tech Development Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USRA-Rigetti Team to Continue Work on DARPA Quantum Tech Development Program

    NASA, Rigetti Computing and the Universities Space Research Association will continue to collaborate on the second phase of a quantum technology research and development initiative funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. USRA said Thursday it was awarded a grant to extend work on DARPA’s Optimization with Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum devices program, which […] More

  • MDA Launches Mentor-Protege Program for Radar, Anti-Ballistic Missile Defense Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MDA Launches Mentor-Protege Program for Radar, Anti-Ballistic Missile Defense Development

    The Missile Defense Agency has initiated a mentor-protege program and is looking to expand the participation of small businesses in the research and development of advanced technologies meant to expand the U.S. military’s radar and ballistic missile defense systems. According to a broad agency announcement posted Monday on Sam.gov, the MDA Office of Small Business […] More