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  • Leidos Positioned for Rapid Black Arrow Missile Deployment, Official Says - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Positioned for Rapid Black Arrow Missile Deployment, Official Says

    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

  • Austal USA Readies First Delivery of T-ATS Vessel to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Austal USA Readies First Delivery of T-ATS Vessel to Navy

    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

  • Chenega Subsidiary Receives SOCSOUTH Security Administration Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chenega Subsidiary Receives SOCSOUTH Security Administration Services Contract

    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

  • System High Appoints Christopher George as Strategic Growth VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    System High Appoints Christopher George as Strategic Growth VP

    Christopher George, former Rigil Corporation business development and capture lead, has been appointed as vice president of strategic growth at System High, a security engineering services firm under cyber technology company Ridgeline International. In his new role, George will support and implement System High’s business development programs and initiatives, the company said in announcing its […] More

  • General Dynamics Units Form Partnership on Battlefield Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Units Form Partnership on Battlefield Software

    Three General Dynamics business units are collaborating on advanced software for battlefield applications to ensure that each of their product portfolios remain apace with technology advances. General Dynamics Land Systems, which initiated the partnerships, also engaged three other firms in the effort, according to a company statement released Wednesday. Under the GDLS initiative, the company […] More

  • Maxar Offers New Software Sensor for GPS-Denied Environments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maxar Offers New Software Sensor for GPS-Denied Environments

    Maxar Intelligence is introducing for commercial and military use a new software suite called Raptor designed for drone navigation in GPS-denied locations. In a company announcement Tuesday, Peter Wilczynski, Maxar chief product officer, described Raptor as a game-changer for customers, using the company’s 3D global terrain data ensuring autonomous systems functionality even with much GPS […] More

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    Rise8 Secures STRATFI Funding for Warp Core Initiative

    Software developer Rise8 has been selected for the first cycle of program year 2025 of SpaceWERX’s Strategic Funding Increase, or STRATFI, along with seven other small businesses. The Tampa, Florida-based company said its STRATFI award calls for providing the Space Systems Command with a third-party applications pipeline for continuous authorization to operate, or cATO, on […] More

  • Air Force Awards Next-Generation Fighter Aircraft Contract to Boeing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Awards Next-Generation Fighter Aircraft Contract to Boeing

    Boeing has secured the engineering and manufacturing development contract for the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation fighter aircraft. The Next-Generation Air Dominance, or NGAD, platform, also known as the F-47, is expected to feature superior range and better survivability, lethality and adaptability, Boeing said in an announcement Friday. Steve Parker, Boeing Defense, Space & Security interim […] More

  • Darktrace Cybersecurity Platform Gains FedRAMP High ATO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Darktrace Cybersecurity Platform Gains FedRAMP High ATO

    Darktrace Federal has received high authority to operate under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its artificial intelligence-based cybersecurity tool for government customers’ information and operational technologies, including e-mail.  Bolstering federal government cybersecurity has grown “more urgent,” with the increased use of AI in cyberattacks, said Marcus Fowler, Darktrace Federal CEO in the […] More

  • Vertosoft to Serve as Public Sector Distributor of MongoDB Data Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vertosoft to Serve as Public Sector Distributor of MongoDB Data Platform

    MongoDB has partnered with Vertosoft for the public sector distribution of its Atlas for Government data platform designed to help government users keep abreast of private technology innovations while remaining compliant with federal regulations. Jay Colavita, Vertosoft president, cited in a statement on Tuesday the versatility advantage of MongoDB’s offering as an exciting addition to […] More

  • RGS Launches New Intelligence Community Cloud Support Tool for Kubernetes Management - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    RGS Launches New Intelligence Community Cloud Support Tool for Kubernetes Management

    Rancher Government Solutions is providing new technical support to customers working in classified cloud regions, including Intelligence Community users. The IC Cloud Support that it now offers makes managing Kubernetes in classified environments less complicated and not as labor-intensive as typical processes, RGS said Tuesday. The core of the new Rancher Government platform’s support tool […] More

  • BAE Lands New $188M Navy Contract for Amphibious Combat Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Lands New $188M Navy Contract for Amphibious Combat Vehicles

    BAE Systems’ business unit Land & Armaments has secured a firm-fixed-price contract modification valued about $188.5 million from the U.S. Navy for the production of 30 medium caliber cannons mission variants of the Marine Corps’ amphibious combat vehicles, or ACVs. The contract’s deliverables also include equipment fielding and support to the Marines, according to a […] More