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  • Sidus Acquires Exo-Space to Advance AI-Enabled Space Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sidus Acquires Exo-Space to Advance AI-Enabled Space Services

    Sidus Space has acquired edge artificial intelligence company Exo-Space in an effort to expand its presence in the growing AI landscape and boost its Earth and space observations services portfolio. The Cape Canaveral, Florida-based satellite manufacturing and space services provider said Tuesday Exo-Space specializes in edge AI software and hardware for space applications, and brings […] More

  • Former CACI Exec John Macdonald Appointed Chief Growth Officer at Assured Space - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former CACI Exec John Macdonald Appointed Chief Growth Officer at Assured Space

    John Macdonald, former senior executive for business development and strategy at CACI International, was named chief growth officer at aviation and aerospace component manufacturer Assured Space Access Inc. He shared his appointment via LinkedIn post, where he also highlighted Assured Space’s radio frequency satellite communication and space domain awareness offerings for civil, defense and commercial […] More

  • Retired Army Materiel Command Leader Edward Daly to Join SkyWater Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Retired Army Materiel Command Leader Edward Daly to Join SkyWater Board

    Edward Daly, a retired four-star general in the U.S. Army, will join the board of directors of semiconductor manufacturer SkyWater Technology on Oct. 1. The former commanding general of the Army Materiel Command brings to SkyWater nearly four decades of experience in serving the military and most recently leading a command responsible for logistics, sustainment/materiel […] More

  • Blackwatch Awarded $97M Defense Microelectronics Activity Contract for Sustainment & Engineering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Blackwatch Awarded $97M Defense Microelectronics Activity Contract for Sustainment & Engineering

    Blackwatch International will provide Defense Microelectronics Activity laboratories with manufacturing sustainment and engineering support under a potential $96.9 million contract. The single award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract has a five year ordering period for task orders to support DMEA’s Advanced Reconfigurable Manufacturing for Semiconductors and Integrated Circuits Manufacturing Support Labs, the Department of Defense said Monday. […] More

  • Justin Litko Appointed VP of SOF Operations at BlueHalo - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Justin Litko Appointed VP of SOF Operations at BlueHalo

    Justin Litko was elevated to the role of vice president of SOF operations at BlueHalo where he previously served as chief of staff, according to his LinkedIn post Monday. Litko joined BlueHalo in November 2020 as director for SOF engagement and then transitioned to his most recent role, which he held for more than two […] More

  • Boeing to Begin MD-90 Airplane Modifications for NASA's Experimental X-66A Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Begin MD-90 Airplane Modifications for NASA’s Experimental X-66A Aircraft

    Boeing has marked a milestone in its development of an experimental plane as part of NASA’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project. The company said Thursday the MD-90 airplane is now at a Boeing facility where it will undergo modifications to enable the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing configuration testing in support of the X-66A aircraft development. NASA envisions […] More

  • Curtiss-Wright Modernizes IQ-Core Software for Tactical Comms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Curtiss-Wright Modernizes IQ-Core Software for Tactical Comms

    Curtiss-Wright’s defense solutions arm has modernized its suite of unified communications network management products to provide operators with more insight into network configuration and performance. The company said Tuesday IQ-Core Software v5.1.16 updates include installer enhancements for domain environments, a new custom URL monitor for service alerts, a configurable display for multiple interface viewing and […] More

  • Advancia Books $83M in DHA Awards for Comptroller Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Advancia Books $83M in DHA Awards for Comptroller Support Services

    The Defense Health Agency has awarded $82.5 million in contracts to procure financial and enterprise support services from Advancia‘s aeronautics and technologies businesses. Advancia Aeronautics will provide DHA’s Office of the Comptroller with accounting, budgeting, financial, property, system support, business process re-engineering and training support services under a $64 million firm-fixed-price contract, the Department of […] More

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    SAIC CTO Bob Ritchie, Other Execs Talk Cloud Cost Optimization

    Bob Ritchie, chief technology officer at Science Applications International Corp., and other industry executives shared insights on how organizations could optimize cloud costs, InformationWeek reported Monday. Ritchie advised users to adopt transparency and automation via a software-defined infrastructure as it provides the measurements to align the elastic utilization of cloud. “Rather than a single up-front […] More

  • Boeing Gets Airport Commission's OK for $1.8B Expansion Project in St. Louis - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Gets Airport Commission’s OK for $1.8B Expansion Project in St. Louis

    Boeing has secured the St. Louis Airport Commission’s approval to lease approximately 158 acres of land near Lambert International Airport for its planned $1.8 billion business expansion in the city, St. Louis Business Journal reported Wednesday. According to Boeing, the expansion project or “Operation Voyager” is aimed at enabling the aerospace company to further pursue […] More

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    Dedrone Appoints Sara Devitt as Chief People Officer, Adds 2 Execs to VP Roles

    Dedrone has named Sara Devitt, an executive with more than two decades of talent-focused experience, as chief people officer responsible for driving the smart airspace security company’s global people strategy. She will also lead Dedrone’s talent acquisition, development and retention efforts to ensure its workforce is equipped to support current hyper-growth phase, the Sterling, Virginia-based […] More

  • Army Acquisition Chief Doug Bush Receives 2023 Wash100 Award From Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Acquisition Chief Doug Bush Receives 2023 Wash100 Award From Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson

    Doug Bush, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, received his 2023 Wash100 Award from Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the elite recognition, during the Potomac Officers Club’s Army Summit. Wash100 Award is an annual selection of the top 100 leaders in the government contracting industry for their […] More