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  • NOAA Handpicks MyRadar to Develop Wildfire Hazard Alerting Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NOAA Handpicks MyRadar to Develop Wildfire Hazard Alerting Tool

    Weather application developer MyRadar has secured a research grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to demonstrate a platform for processing wildfire risk data and disseminating hazard alerts. As part of the project, MyRadar aims to integrate the technology with an Earth observation sensor to be implemented in its future satellite constellation, the company […] More

  • Intelligent Artifacts Adds Former NSA Exec Jon Darby to Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intelligent Artifacts Adds Former NSA Exec Jon Darby to Advisory Board

    Jon Darby, former director of operations at the National Security Agency, has joined the advisory board of machine intelligence company Intelligent Artifacts.  The retired government official has close to four decades of experience in the U.S. intelligence community and brings with him expertise in analysis, operations and cybersecurity, the company said Thursday.  During his tenure […] More

  • Trust Lab, In-Q-Tel Join Hands to Flag Harmful Online Content - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Trust Lab, In-Q-Tel Join Hands to Flag Harmful Online Content

    Trust Lab, a web security platform developer, and In-Q-Tel, the U.S. intelligence community’s venture capital arm, will work together to advance the detection of harmful online content to combat cyber risks such as misinformation and strengthen internet security overall.  Under the long-term partnership, the two entities will utilize Trust Lab’s machine learning-based rule engines and […] More

  • Collins Aerospace Books Air Force Contract for Comm System Production - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Collins Aerospace Books Air Force Contract for Comm System Production

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Collins Aerospace a $42 million contract to work on the production of a modern communication system meant for the anticipated Survivable Airborne Operations Center.  Collins Aerospace’s development of the Common Very Low Frequency Receiver Increment 2 under the 30-month award is envisioned to aid the SAOC weapon system in […] More

  • Intelligent Waves Secures CMMI Level 3 Appraisal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intelligent Waves Secures CMMI Level 3 Appraisal

    Intelligent Waves has achieved Maturity Level 3 appraisal under ISACA’s Capability Maturity Model Integration program that certified its established and enhanced set of standard processes. The CMMI appraisal underscored the company’s operation at a “defined” level in terms of its set standards, processes, procedures, tools and methods, the information technology integrator said Tuesday.  James Howell, […] More

  • Raytheon to Perform Radar System Maintenance Work for Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Perform Radar System Maintenance Work for Air Force

    Raytheon Technologies‘ intelligence and space business will support the operations and maintenance of the U.S. Air Force’s Cobra King mobile radar system under a $12.1 million firm-fixed-price contract.  Raytheon Intelligence and Space will provide non-personal and non-commercial services in support of the maritime radar system over a one-year period, the Defense Department said Tuesday.  Work […] More

  • Sara Abiusi to Chair Inclusion, Diversity Advisory Council at Accenture's Federal Arm - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sara Abiusi to Chair Inclusion, Diversity Advisory Council at Accenture’s Federal Arm

    Accenture’s federal business has appointed 26-year company veteran Sara Abiusi as chairwoman of its Inclusion and Diversity Advisory Council, effective immediately. Accenture Federal Services said Wednesday she succeeds Bean Peavy, who has completed his two-year term as the council’s chair, and will be responsible for driving initiatives to promote a diverse and inclusive workplace. “From […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne to Build Propulsion Tech for Navy Torpedo Development Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne to Build Propulsion Tech for Navy Torpedo Development Program

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has been selected to produce a propulsion system and other components that Raytheon Technologies will integrate with a torpedo being built for the U.S. Navy. Both companies will work as part of an industry team led by Raytheon’s missiles and defense business that supports the branch’s Compact Rapid Attack Weapon program, Aerojet Rocketdyne […] More

  • RIVA, JMA Wireless Team Lands Air Force 5G Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    RIVA, JMA Wireless Team Lands Air Force 5G Contract

    A partnership between wireless network engineering specialists RIVA Networks and JMA Wireless will assist in network modernization initiatives of the Department of Defense by adding 5G mobile services to aging cellular networks used by an Air Force Research Laboratory site in Rome, New York. Work under the contract will cover equipping AFRL Rome Research Site […] More

  • HII to Move Some Employees to New National Landing Office - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HII to Move Some Employees to New National Landing Office

    HII has signed an 11.5-year lease agreement with real estate investment trust JBG Smith for a new office on the National Landing mixed-use property in Arlington, Virginia. The military shipbuilder said Thursday some personnel will relocate to the leased space in the summer of 2023 from an existing company facility in the Navy Yard. Under […] More

  • BIT Systems Exec Susan Indermill Named Strategic National Initiatives Director at CACI - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BIT Systems Exec Susan Indermill Named Strategic National Initiatives Director at CACI

    Susan Indermill, who has been with BIT Systems since 2004, was appointed as director for strategic national initiatives at CACI International, the executive announced via a LinkedIn post on Saturday. Indermill has been serving as the national tactical coordinator and capture executive at BIT Systems, a CACI International business unit, since 2015. She also worked […] More

  • DARPA Taps Northrop to Build High Energy Laser Tile - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps Northrop to Build High Energy Laser Tile

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Northrop Grumman a $7.8 million contract to work on a scalable laser weapon system under the Modular Efficient Laser Technology program.  The aerospace and defense company bested eight other bidders for the award, the Department of Defense said Friday.  The MELT program aims to build a modular […] More