Northrop Grumman conducted a flight test to demonstrate the capability of a radio terminal to provide multifunction communications support to the U.S. Air Force. The Northrop-built Software Programmable Open Mission Systems Compliant terminal aboard the company’s flying test bed established connectivity with a ground station using advanced data links during the test flight, the defense […] More

ManTech will migrate its workforce to Google Workspace, becoming the first government contractor to make the cloud platform transition, said David Hathaway, executive vice president and general manager of defense at the company. The Department of the Army and other ManTech clients have adopted the platform, and moving company employees to the Google offering is […] More

An industry team led by Battelle has requested funding from the Department of Energy to advance the commercialization of technologies designed to extract and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Battelle said Wednesday it partnered with direct air capture technology providers Climeworks and Heirloom and geologic storage company Gulf Coast Sequestration to establish and operate […] More

The General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service has begun seeking feedback from industry sources on a potential 10-year governmentwide multiple-award blanket purchase agreement to procure supply chain risk visibility tools. A notice posted Friday on SAM.gov states that the Supply Chain Risk Illumination Professional Tools and Services BPA will be awarded against GSA Multiple Award […] More

Science Applications International Corp. has made a strategic investment in cloud automation platforms provider Morpheus Data. Founded in 2015, Morpheus Data provides a platform that offers a unified approach to hybrid cloud management and operations and enables the integration of third-party tools into a self-service framework in support of public sector organizations and companies, SAIC […] More

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has begun seeking information on a potential contract that covers cybersecurity risk management services for the Cybersecurity Division, Vulnerability Management Insights Branch. A notice posted on SAM.gov states that the branch requires support in program and product management, data integration and analysis, risk insights, vulnerability mitigation planning and performance […] More

Neural Propulsion System received a strategic investment from Raytheon Technologies‘ venture capital arm RTX Ventures via a series B funding.  Through the investment, Neural Propulsion Systems will develop a radar technology equipped with enhanced resolution and longer range for mobile and defense applications, the artificial intelligence company said Thursday. The amount of the investment was […] More

The Department of Homeland Security intends to award the third iteration of the FirstSource small business contract for software and information technology products in 2023 and Paul Courtney, chief procurement officer at DHS, cited the agency’s plan to conduct on-ramps for the FirstSource III contract, Federal News Network reported Monday. “If we put together a […] More

Northrop Grumman has performed wind tunnel testing to demonstrate the design maturity of the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile system. Scaled models of the LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM underwent seven comprehensive test campaigns to measure how it would respond to conditions simulating missile launch procedures and various flight maneuvers, Northrop said Thursday. Sarah Willoughby, […] More

Legal technology company Relativity, with the support of Deloitte, has fielded a software-as-a-service platform to help the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency handle freedom of information act requests. The Illinois-based company said Wednesday EPA will use the RelativityOne Government platform to process several FOIA requests, litigation and investigations. RelativityOne is a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-approved cloud-based product […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency completed the first flight tests of artificial intelligence algorithms on a Lockheed Martin-built modified F-16 fighter jet, dubbed X-62A Variable In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft, in December. The AI algorithms developed through DARPA’s Air Combat Evolution program were uploaded into VISTA at the Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards […] More

The National Institutes of Health is requesting industry input on a draft solicitation for a potential $500 million contract vehicle for acquiring advisory and assistance services in support of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health. The Strategic Technical ARPA-H Talent Support indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is planned to cover technical, financial, administrative, procurement and business management […] More