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Angeline Leishman

is an Executive Mosaic staff writer covering broad topics in the federal government contracting industry.

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  • HealthVerity Adds Comcast's Michael Cavanagh, Viking's Raquel Bono to Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HealthVerity Adds Comcast’s Michael Cavanagh, Viking’s Raquel Bono to Board

    Michael Cavanagh, chief financial officer of Comcast, and Raquel Bono, chief health officer of cruise line Viking, have joined the board of directors of health care software company HealthVerity. Andrew Kress, CEO of HealthVerity, said in a statement published Thursday the two new directors will help enhance the company’s health-related offerings to pharmaceutical, manufacturer insurance […] More

  • Stratolaunch-Made Carrier Aircraft Wraps Up 4th Flight Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Stratolaunch-Made Carrier Aircraft Wraps Up 4th Flight Test

      Stratolaunch has finished the fourth flight test of its carrier aircraft that is intended to support the launch of a testbed vehicle capable of hypersonic travel for research and development missions. The company said Thursday its engineers assessed Roc‘s performance and handling characteristics and validated the functionality of the aircraft’s landing gears during the […] More

  • Lockheed Subsidiary to Help Sustain Army Black Hawk Helicopters - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Subsidiary to Help Sustain Army Black Hawk Helicopters

    Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has received a $42.15 million contract to help sustain the U.S. Army’s fleet of H-60 Black Hawk helicopters. Sikorsky will deliver non-personal technical services to the service branch at locations yet to be determined and must complete sustainment work by Dec. 31, 2026, the Department of Defense said Thursday. The Army […] More

  • HHS to Adopt Unqork Software Platform for Payroll Digitization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS to Adopt Unqork Software Platform for Payroll Digitization

    Unqork has secured a contract to help the Department of Health and Human Services implement no-code software to update payroll operations at HHS’ Public Health Service agency. The company said Thursday it is working with the department in efforts to complete the certification process for its enterprise no-code platform under the Federal Risk and Authorization […] More

  • Leidos Wins Air Force Contract for Microwave Counter-UAS Prototype Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Wins Air Force Contract for Microwave Counter-UAS Prototype Development

    Leidos has secured a $26.91 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to prototype a system that uses electromagnetic waves to knock out drones. The Reston, Virginia-headquartered company will create a mature prototype of a high-power microwave counter-unmanned aerial system in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the Department of Defense said Thursday. The development effort […] More

  • Lookout's Cloud Data Security Platform Receives FedRAMP Provisional Authority - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lookout’s Cloud Data Security Platform Receives FedRAMP Provisional Authority

    Lookout has secured a provisional authority-to-operate certification from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s Joint Advisory Board to market its endpoint-to-cloud data security technology to federal agencies. The Lookout Security Platform is now available for government clients looking to protect agency data that are being accessed from any location through on-premises applications, software-as-a-service and […] More

  • SDA Taps Space Micro to Develop Laser Comm Tech for LEO Constellations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SDA Taps Space Micro to Develop Laser Comm Tech for LEO Constellations

    Space Micro, a Voyager Space-backed company, has received a Space Development Agency contract to build a laser communications capability for sending data from one satellite to various receivers. The 24-month development contract calls for an advanced one-to-many optical system that uses managed optical communication array technology to enable point-to-multipoint communications from low-Earth orbit, the space […] More

  • NOAA's Weather Observation Satellite With L3Harris Video Imager to Launch March 1 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NOAA’s Weather Observation Satellite With L3Harris Video Imager to Launch March 1

    A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite that carries L3Harris Technologies’ high-resolution weather observation technology is set to launch on March 1. Once in space, the orbiting NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-T with the L3Harris-made Advanced Baseline Imager will support environmental monitoring and severe weather detection efforts of the U.S., the aerospace and defense company […] More

  • Space Domain Vet Robert Wright Appointed as Stellar Solutions' Intelligence Systems VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space Domain Vet Robert Wright Appointed as Stellar Solutions’ Intelligence Systems VP

    Robert Wright, a retired U.S. Air Force serviceman with three decades of experience in the space domain, has joined Stellar Solutions as its vice president of intelligence systems. The global aerospace engineering company said Wright held military leadership roles in various areas such as satellite communications and the Global Positioning System, and oversaw data strategy, […] More

  • Palantir to Expand Tiberius Data Software Use in Support of CDC's COVID-19 Response - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Palantir to Expand Tiberius Data Software Use in Support of CDC’s COVID-19 Response

    Palantir Technologies has received a $5.3 million contract with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to expand the use of its health data integration software beyond vaccine distribution support. CDC will use the Tiberius platform to support additional workflows related to the federal COVID-19 response such as distributing life-saving therapeutics and enhancing supply chain […] More

  • State Department OKs $122M FMS Deal With Australia for Northrop Aircraft Defense System Components - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Department OKs $122M FMS Deal With Australia for Northrop Aircraft Defense System Components

    The State Department has approved the Australian government’s purchase request for Northrop Grumman‘s infrared countermeasures components that are designed to protect large aircraft against threats. The proposed $122 million Foreign Military Sale covers 27 AN/AAQ 24(V)N Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures processor replacements and 30 Guardian laser turret assemblies for the Royal Australian Air Force’s air […] More

  • DOE to Allocate $150M for Clean Energy Research Projects; Jennifer Granholm Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE to Allocate $150M for Clean Energy Research Projects; Jennifer Granholm Quoted

    The Department of Energy plans to invest as much as $150 million in research projects that will focus on exploring methods to reduce carbon emissions from energy systems and manufacturing processes. DOE said Tuesday it will support studies that align with the objectives of the Energy Earthshots Initiative aimed at driving clean energy technology advancements, […] More