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The results of the recent guided flight test that Leidos undertook for the small cruise missile, or SCM, called Black Arrow puts the company in a “strong position” to rapidly field the weapon if needed, said Mark Miller, the company’s senior vice president for missile and aviation systems. The SCM test, performed from a U.S. […] More
Artificial intelligence tech provider Socure has secured a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program moderate authorization for its Socure For Government, or SocureGov, platform. With the FedRAMP certification, government agencies can access advanced digital identity proofing and fraud prevention capabilities to deliver a secure verification process for the American public, Socure said Thursday. The platform’s […] More
General Dynamics subsidiary NASSCO has secured a potential $66.5 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Navy to maintain, modernize and repair the USS Harpers Ferry. Contract Award The contract includes labor, supervision, equipment, production, testing, facilities and quality assurance for the landing ship dock to support the Chief of Naval Operations Availability program, the Department of Defense […] More
Retired U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Colin Kilrain has been appointed to the board of directors at Constellis, a risk management and mission support provider. Kilrain’s appointment follows the recent addition of Kurt Takahashi, CEO of Netwatch Group, to the company’s board of directors. Constellis CEO’s Remarks Terry Ryan, CEO of Constellis and a Wash100 winner, said in a […] More
Austal USA is preparing for delivery the first towing, salvage and rescue ship, or T-ATS, it built under the U.S. Navy’s Navajo-class shipbuilding program. In a christening ceremony, the T-ATS 11 vessel was named as the future USNS Billy Frank Jr. to honor its namesake, a Nisqually Indian and Marine Corps veteran in the Korean […] More
Mitchell Sutika-Sipus, chief solutions architect at AutogenAI, has called for changes to the U.S. tax code to support research and development work on large language models and other artificial intelligence tools. In a blog post published on AutogenAI’s website, Sutika-Sipus wrote that the Internal Revenue Service Tax Code 174 does not permit small companies to […] More
Kevin Thompkins, an executive with leadership experience in the defense contracting sector, has joined Advanced IT Concepts as senior vice president of corporate strategy. In his new role, he will develop and implement strategies to capture new business opportunities, foster innovation and expand Advanced IT’s market position, the company said. Who is Kevin Thompkins? Thompkins joins […] More
SpaceX has secured a contract modification from NASA to integrate its Starship launch system into the NASA Launch Services II program. The Texas-headquartered company said the modification, under the NLS II contract, expands its launch service offerings beyond the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy. NLS II Contracts to Aid NASA Space Missions The multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity […] More
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has added an algorithm co-invented by SandboxAQ to its suite of post-quantum cryptographic, or PQC, standards. Hamming Quasi-Cyclic, or HQC, ML-KEM will be used to safeguard the confidentiality of communications across the internet, cellular networks and payment systems, SandboxAQ said Thursday. HQC is SandboxAQ’s second contribution to NIST’s […] More
Google Agentspace, a platform that provides artificial intelligence-enabled search capabilities and agents to enterprise customers, has received high authorization from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The FedRAMP certification makes Agentspace available to public sector organizations, Google said Friday. The service is currently offered on Google Cloud’s Assured Workloads on a per-user arrangement. AI […] More
Chenega Naswik International, a subsidiary of Alaska native organization Chenega Corporation, has secured a five-year contract valued an estimated $6 million. The competitive set-aside procurement calls for security administration and access control support to Special Operations Command South, the Chantilly, Virginia-based Chenega told ExecutiveGov Thursday. Florida Work Performance CNI will extend its protective security […] More
HawkEye 360 has announced its participation in the U.S. Space Force’s Commercial Integration Cell, or CIC, a public-private collaborative effort aiming to enhance space situational awareness. HawkEye 360 said Thursday that it will contribute to the CIC by supporting mission-critical areas, such as detecting radio frequency interference and intelligence threats. The partnership underscores the company’s […] More
