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  • Bill Anderson Joins Mattermost as Principal Product Manager; Ian Tien Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bill Anderson Joins Mattermost as Principal Product Manager; Ian Tien Quoted

    Secure collaboration platform developer Mattermost has named Bill Anderson as principal product manager who will lead the company’s innovations in advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence and quantum cryptography. Anderson, former CIS Secure president, is expected to bring in new partnerships with the Department of Defense and the intelligence community, Mattermost said Tuesday. Ian Tien, […] More

  • Northrop Grumman Demonstrates AI Capabilities of Counter-Drone System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Grumman Demonstrates AI Capabilities of Counter-Drone System

    Northrop Grumman has completed two tests on the new artificial intelligence capabilities of its Forward Area Air Defense, or FAAD, an advanced battle manager system designed for counter-drone operations. The tests on the counter-unmanned aerial system’s AI upgrade demonstrated streamlined decision-making to foil UAS swarm attacks through a single button command from a mobile tablet, […] More

  • SNC Building Dayton Innovation and Technology Hub to Support Air Force Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SNC Building Dayton Innovation and Technology Hub to Support Air Force Projects

    Sierra Nevada Corp. has started the construction of its Aviation Innovation and Technology Center, or AITC, to support the development of the U.S. Air Force’s Survivable Airborne Operations Center aircraft and other projects. Located at the company’s campus at the Dayton International Airport in Ohio, the AITC will employ artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics and […] More

  • ManTech to Modernize Navy Seaborne Resupply Systems Under $63M Contract; David Hathaway Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech to Modernize Navy Seaborne Resupply Systems Under $63M Contract; David Hathaway Quoted

    Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division has awarded ManTech a $63 million recompete contract for the systems design modernization of the U.S. Navy’s seaborne underway replenishment, or UNREP. The five-year contract calls for work on carrier and large deck amphibious UNREP platforms facilitating fuel and supply transfers between ships at sea, ManTech said Tuesday. […] More

  • Leidos Small Cruise Missile to Be Tested on AFSOC Aircraft This Fall - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Small Cruise Missile to Be Tested on AFSOC Aircraft This Fall

    Guided flight demonstrations are scheduled this fall for Leidos’ small cruise missile, dubbed “Black Arrow”, after the completion of its carry and store separation testing in an AC-130J aircraft. The forthcoming demos will be conducted from a U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command warplane, Leidos said Thursday. The company started working on the SCM’s design […] More

  • New HII Aerospace Tech Lab Opens to Support ISS, DOD Needs; Grant Hagen Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    New HII Aerospace Tech Lab Opens to Support ISS, DOD Needs; Grant Hagen Quoted

    The mission technologies division of HII has inaugurated its new advanced materials and coatings lab in Willowbrook, Illinois, which is geared at enhancing aerospace technology support to International Space Station missions. HII said Wednesday that the new facility will also expand its specialty coating research and production capability to applications and solutions for the Department […] More

  • Carahsoft to Offer Exxact’s Computing Products to Government Sector; Michael Adams Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Offer Exxact’s Computing Products to Government Sector; Michael Adams Quoted

    Computing solutions integrator Exxact has partnered with Carahsoft Technology to make its computing and data center solutions available to the public sector. Serving as Exxact’s Master Government Aggregator, Carahsoft said it will make the Fremont, California-based company’s offerings available through its reseller partners and NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement and OMNIA Partners contracts. Michael Adams, […] More

  • Raytheon Secures $737M Navy Contract for AIM-9X Sidewinders - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Secures $737M Navy Contract for AIM-9X Sidewinders

    RTX business Raytheon has booked a $736.5 million U.S. Navy contract to supply Air Intercept Missile-9X Sidewinders as part of Lot 24 production requirements for the Navy, Air Force and Army, as well as foreign military sales to unnamed buyers. The company will work on the contract at various continental U.S. locations, as well as […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Awarded $847M NOAA Contract for Hercules Aircraft Acquisition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Awarded $847M NOAA Contract for Hercules Aircraft Acquisition

    Lockheed Martin Aeronautics has secured a contract, valued at $847.2 million as per a SAM.gov post, to build two C-130J Hercules aircraft for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to replace its current WP-3D Orion hurricane hunter aircraft in service since the mid-1970s. The procurement is partly funded under the 2023 Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations […] More

  • Anduril’s Autonomous Surveillance Towers Boost Southern US Border Protection - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Anduril’s Autonomous Surveillance Towers Boost Southern US Border Protection

    Anduril Industries estimates that its Autonomous Surveillance Towers, or ASTs, now cover 30 percent of the U.S. southern land border. The company cited the estimate as it announced on Thursday the deployment of the 300th Anduril AST to support the homeland security functions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Anduril’s sentry tower offerings, including the […] More

  • Intelligent Waves Partners With SpiderOak to Secure DOD Communications in Contested Areas - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intelligent Waves Partners With SpiderOak to Secure DOD Communications in Contested Areas

    Technology integrator Intelligent Waves and software company SpiderOak have formed a partnership to meet the Department of Defense’s need to counter persistent adversarial threats to hinder terrestrial and satellite communications. The partnership will deliver a decentralized communication system that stays functional when traditional networks are disrupted or denied, Intelligent Waves said in a statement issued […] More

  • Former Elbit Systems of America Chief Raanan Horowitz Joins Parry Labs Board; John Parkes Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Elbit Systems of America Chief Raanan Horowitz Joins Parry Labs Board; John Parkes Quoted

    Defense technology company Parry Labs has appointed Raanan Horowitz, former president and CEO of Elbit Systems of America, as a member of its board of directors. The expertise that Horowitz is bringing in “will be invaluable” in the company’s continuing efforts to support national security, John Parkes, co-founder and CEO of Parry Labs, said in […] More