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  • ECS Receives CENTCOM Contract for Mission Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ECS Receives CENTCOM Contract for Mission Support Services

    ECS has secured a five-year, $36.7 million contract to support U.S. Central Command in mission areas such as command and control, information sharing, knowledge management and security cooperation. The Fairfax, Virginia-based company said Thursday it will provide supervision, subject matter expertise, personnel and support to the C2 division within CENTCOM’s operations directorate. Subject matter experts […] More

  • NASA Administrator Bill Nelson Highlights Agency's Aviation Sustainability Pursuits - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Administrator Bill Nelson Highlights Agency’s Aviation Sustainability Pursuits

    NASA is pursuing technology development efforts and partnerships with both private and public sectors to help the government boost aviation sustainability specifically through reduction of carbon emissions. The agency said Friday Bill Nelson, NASA administrator, spoke at a White House-led event and shared how aeronautics researchers are working on new, environment-friendly technologies for aircraft propulsion. […] More

  • Fortinet Makes Pledge to Globally Support Cybersecurity Training; Ken Xie Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fortinet Makes Pledge to Globally Support Cybersecurity Training; Ken Xie Quoted

    Fortinet aims to help bridge cyber skills gaps through a five-year commitment to support the cybersecurity training of a million individuals across the globe. The company said Wednesday it will deliver cyber education through a wide range of efforts under its Training Advancement Agenda and Network Security Experts training institute. Fortinet will offer an eight-level […] More

  • Northrop Tests Data Link for Aircraft Operations in Contested Airspace - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Tests Data Link for Aircraft Operations in Contested Airspace

    Northrop Grumman has tested an in-flight connectivity designed to enable long range command and control for aircraft in highly contested environments. The demonstration exhibited how an advanced line-of-sight data link can support multi-domain battle management by connecting aircraft through an open-architecture network, Northrop said Wednesday. The company integrated a new mission-specific military transceiver, open architecture […] More

  • VA Uses Nuance-Made Speech Platform to Document Patient Care - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Uses Nuance-Made Speech Platform to Document Patient Care

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has adopted Nuance Communications‘ speech recognition platform and microphone application to document patient care activities. The company said Wednesday VA now uses the Nuance Dragon Medical One platform, following the product’s approval under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program and receipt of authority to operate from the department. Physicians […] More

  • Space Systems Command Posts RFI for Development of Electronic Warfare Operating Location - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space Systems Command Posts RFI for Development of Electronic Warfare Operating Location

    The Space Systems Command wants to identify potential sources that can meet technical and logistical requirements for the development of a space electromagnetic warfare operating location. SEWOL will serve as consolidated operating facilities where the U.S. Space Force would plan and conduct space electromagnetic warfare operations, the ommand said Sept. 1 in a SAM.gov notice. […] More

  • Lockheed to Continue Blackjack Satellite Integration Work With DARPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Continue Blackjack Satellite Integration Work With DARPA

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Lockheed Martin a $25.4 million modification to a contract for the Blackjack satellite constellation. The company will contue integrating Blackjack surveillance satellites under the option 3 action, which raises the contract’s value from $40.5 million to $65.8 million, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. Eighty-two percent of […] More

  • Sikorsky-Boeing Team Submits Early Proposal for Army's New Long-Range Assault Helicopter Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky-Boeing Team Submits Early Proposal for Army’s New Long-Range Assault Helicopter Competition

    The partnership between Boeing and Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has submitted a proposal for the U.S. Army’s development program that seeks to replace the UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopter with a new assault aircraft. The Sikorsky-Boeing team has entered the service branch’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft competition with the partnership’s Defiant X helicopter bid, Lockheed […] More

  • Carahsoft Adds Wasabi Technologies' Cloud Storage to Government Offerings - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Adds Wasabi Technologies’ Cloud Storage to Government Offerings

    Federal, state and local government agencies may now avail Wasabi Technologies‘ cloud storage platform through several contracting vehicles held by the information technology service management company’s partner, Carahsoft Technology. Carahsoft is offering the Wasabi product through its National Association of State Procurement Officials ValuePoint, U.S. Army Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software 2, NASA Solution […] More

  • General Atomics Demos Manned-Unmanned Teaming via Autonomous C2 Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Demos Manned-Unmanned Teaming via Autonomous C2 Tech

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business used autonomous command and control technology to demonstrate aerial manned-unmanned teaming between a King Air 200 aircraft and its MQ-20 Avenger drone. The company said Friday it used a ruggedized tactical control tablet with Autonodyne’s RCU-1000 Advanced Human Machine Interface to inform Avenger’s behavior and provide situational awareness. A General […] More

  • Network Security Company Corelight Raises $75M in Series D Financing Round - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Network Security Company Corelight Raises $75M in Series D Financing Round

    Corelight has secured $75 million in a Series D investment that the San Francisco-based security company plans to use on its open network detection and response platform as well as on its efforts to globally expand market presence. Energy Impact Partners led the financing round, which marked the inclusion of H.I.G. Growth Partners as a […] More

  • Carahsoft Expands Public Sector Access to Veritone's AI Operating System via GSA Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Expands Public Sector Access to Veritone’s AI Operating System via GSA Contract

    Carahsoft Technology has agreed to distribute Veritone‘s artificial intelligence operating system across the public sector through a contract with the General Services Administration. Government agencies may now use Carahsoft’s GSA Information Technology Schedule 70 contract to avail aiWARE, an AI OS designed to absorb, analyze and process world information to produce actionable intelligence, Carahsoft said […] More