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  • Gartner: 2023 Global IT Spending at Government Agencies to Reach $590B - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gartner: 2023 Global IT Spending at Government Agencies to Reach $590B

    Gartner forecasts that government spending on information technology products and services across the globe will climb by 7.6 percent year-over-year to $589.79 billion in 2023 as more agencies are prioritizing digital transformation projects. The software segment is projected to maintain its position as the IT market’s highest-spending area for agencies worldwide with an estimated 13.5 […] More

  • Alpha Omega Named Among Virginia’s Best Places to Work; Gautam Ijoor Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Alpha Omega Named Among Virginia’s Best Places to Work; Gautam Ijoor Quoted

    Alpha Omega Integration has been included in the 2023 Best Places to Work in Virginia list by Virginia Business Magazine and Best Companies Group, landing on the 11th spot in the large employer category. The government information technology integrator said Thursday the Best Places to Work in Virginia program involves an evaluation of company practices, […] More

  • BAE Receives DARPA Contract to Support Target Monitoring Tech Development Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Receives DARPA Contract to Support Target Monitoring Tech Development Program

    BAE Systems‘ FAST Labs division received a $7 million contract to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency develop an autonomous space-based system for military personnel to track key objects of interest across satellite constellations. FAST Labs teamed up with artificial intelligence technology developers AIMdyn and OmniTeq to carry out software development work under the […] More

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    Bechtel SVP Brian Hartman to Lead Waste Treatment, Immobilization Plant Project at Hanford Site

    Bechtel executive Brian Hartman will serve as project director for its Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant project in support of the Department of Energy. Hartman, who currently serves as Bechtel’s senior vice president and corporate engineering and technology manager, assumes the post from the late Valerie McCain, Bechtel said Thursday. In his new role, Hartman […] More

  • Inmarsat Government, Sofant Technologies Collaborating on Antenna Development for Airborne Comms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat Government, Sofant Technologies Collaborating on Antenna Development for Airborne Comms

    Inmarsat‘s U.S. government business arm has partnered with Scottish satellite terminal developer Sofant Technologies to engineer a lightweight and low-power phased array antenna for expanded airborne communications. Through the collaboration, a compact terminal will be built on Sofant technology and will use Inmarsat’s Global Xpress wideband network to support high-speed global coverage on a broader […] More

  • Lawrence Livermore National Lab, SambaNova Extend Collaboration on AI-Powered Computing Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lawrence Livermore National Lab, SambaNova Extend Collaboration on AI-Powered Computing Tech

    SambaNova Systems and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have entered the next phase of a project to equip the federal research institution’s computing infrastructure with artificial intelligence-based data processing architecture. The latest effort builds on SambaNova’s work with LLNL for the past three years to help scientific researchers run cognitive simulations and manage large amounts of […] More

  • AFRL Taps Ursa Major to Test Hypersonic Engine Prototype, Advance Space Launch Capabilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AFRL Taps Ursa Major to Test Hypersonic Engine Prototype, Advance Space Launch Capabilities

    Ursa Major will work to advance the development of its Draper and Arroway engines to support government programs on hypersonics defense and space launch under a contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory.  The rocket propulsion company said it was tasked with creating and testing the prototype of its 4000-pound-thrust closed cycle hydrogen peroxide engine […] More

  • Former Cubic Exec Michael Knowles to Take Helm at One Stop Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Cubic Exec Michael Knowles to Take Helm at One Stop Systems

    Michael Knowles, former president and general manager of Cubic‘s mission and performance solutions division, will assume the president and CEO roles at computer storage device manufacturing company One Stop Systems on June 5. OSS said Monday Knowles will take over David Raun, who is set to step down on the same day. Knowles will bring […] More

  • Cypress CEO David Halverson Joins APUS Board of Trustees - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cypress CEO David Halverson Joins APUS Board of Trustees

    David Halverson, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, has joined the board of trustees of American Public University System, replacing Lucie Lapovsky, who stepped down from the board after nearly two decades of service. Halverson currently serves as CEO and chairman of Cypress International, a defense and homeland security-focused consulting firm, the West Virginia-based private […] More

  • General Dynamics IT VP Garrett Yee Takes on Expanded Role - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics IT VP Garrett Yee Takes on Expanded Role

    Garrett Yee, vice president and general manager for the Army sector at General Dynamics‘ information technology business, has assumed additional responsibilities to support other defense customers. He shared his expanded role in a LinkedIn post published Monday. Yee is a retired Army major general who joined General Dynamics in August 2022 after concluding his 35th […] More

  • Owlstone Medical, Detect-ION to Develop Breath Diagnostic Prototypes Under DOD Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Owlstone Medical, Detect-ION to Develop Breath Diagnostic Prototypes Under DOD Program

    The Department of Defense has tapped Owlstone Medical and Detect-ION to support its plan to develop a handheld device capable of detecting early infections by analyzing components of exhaled breath. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency and Defense Innovation Unit have established the EXHALE Program aimed at prototyping analytics devices to non-invasively detect and help alleviate […] More

  • ASRC Federal Business Awarded $57M Contract for Air Combat Command Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ASRC Federal Business Awarded $57M Contract for Air Combat Command Support

    Broadleaf, an information technology services provider recently acquired by ASRC Federal, has secured a contract from the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service to provide an Air Combat Command directorate with analytical support and products. Under the $56.6 million contract, ASRC Federal will handle concept development, planning and programming, weapon system management, wargaming and total […] More