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Everbridge Receives FedRAMP ATO From Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency; Mike Mostow Quoted

The Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency has granted Everbridge authority to operate under the federal government’s assessment and authorization process for cloud offerings. Everbridge said Monday it secured the software provider’s 16th ATO to lead the critical event management platform segment on the Federal Risk and Management Program Marketplace. The company intends to comply […] More

May 18, 2021, 3:05 am
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Jacobs Selected to Support GAO HQ Modernization Project; Tim Byers Quoted

Jacobs has secured a position on a five-year, $25 million contract to renovate and modernize the headquarters of the Government Accountability Office in Washington D.C. The multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers architectural and engineering services at the GAO's main office and field offices nationwide.

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May 14, 2021, 6:50 am
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Booz Allen Signs Up for Global Radio Network Access Consortium

Booz Allen Hamilton has become one of the industry members of the O-RAN Alliance, which promotes interoperability and openness in radio access network architectures. The company said Thursday it will support the RAN industry's efforts to integrate and secure networks through membership in the global consortium.

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May 14, 2021, 6:17 am
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Collins Aerospace Begins Construction of Ram Air Turbine Wind Tunnel

Collins Aerospace, a business unit of Raytheon Technologies, has invested $18 million to build a wind tunnel in Rockford, Illinois, as part of efforts to simplify the process for testing ram air turbine products. Work is underway on the test platform at Collins Aerospace's center of excellence for electric power systems and the new structure is scheduled to be operational in the summer of 2022, the aircraft technology supplier said Wednesday.

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May 13, 2021, 7:11 am
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SparkCognition, Intrinsic to Explore AI-Based Training Applications for Air Force

A team of SparkCognition's government services unit and Intrinsic Enterprises has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to explore the potential use of artificial intelligence in military pilot training programs. The partnership will aim to develop a qualitative standards-based approach to gauge airmen's skills mastery using AI and machine learning through the Air Force Research Laboratory's Small Business Innovation Research program, SparkCognition said Wednesday.

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May 13, 2021, 6:26 am
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HII Enters Fabrication Phase of ‘Friedman’ National Security Cutter

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ shipbuilding division has cut the first 100 tons of steel needed to build the U.S. Coast Guard’s national security cutter Friedman. This Legend-class vessel is designated as NSC 11 and named after Elizebeth Smith Friedman, a code breaker who solved coded messages for the Coast Guard during the Prohibition era, HII said Tuesday.

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May 12, 2021, 8:01 am
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Endeavour to Offer Capital Source for Defense, Aerospace Startups Through MassChallenge Partnership

Invoice factoring company Endeavour has partnered with nonprofit startup accelerator MassChallenge to help early-stage aerospace and defense technology developers gain access to a non-dilutive financing platform. Endeavour said Tuesday it will offer support to MassChallenge's network of entrepreneurs through an accounts receivable funding facility, called Escape Velocity.

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May 12, 2021, 7:37 am
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Navy Taps Northrop-ACSS Team for UAV Sense & Avoid System Prototyping Work

A team of Northrop Grumman and Aviation Communications & Surveillance Systems will collaborate to build a sense and avoid technology model for the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle as part of a contract from the U.S. Navy.

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May 11, 2021, 5:56 am
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Air Force Selects Eclypsium for Enterprise Device Security Research Project

Eclypsium has received a contract to examine the feasibility of using company-built technology to monitor and secure devices across the U.S. Air Force. The company said Friday it aims to show the potential use of an enterprise device security platform to the Department of Defense under a Small Business Innovation Research Phase 1 contract from the Air Force's AFWERX organization.

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May 10, 2021, 8:22 am
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Harris Miller Miller & Hanson to Support NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Demonstrator Flight Test

Massachusetts-based company Harris Miller Miller & Hanson has received a potential eight-year, $29 million contract to help NASA plan, implement and document community overflight tests of an experimental supersonic aircraft fitted with noise reduction technology.

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May 10, 2021, 7:56 am
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L3Harris, Air Tractor Partner to Build Aircraft Offering for ISR Strike Missions

L3Harris Technologies and Air Tractor have teamed up to produce an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance strike system intended to function in austere environments. The AT-802U Sky Warden is an integrated package of Air Tractor’s AT-802, a single-engine aircraft offering a large payload capacity, and the L3Harris’ sensors and ISR system supported by its extensive experience in combat and attack missions, the companies said in its announcement Thursday.

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May 7, 2021, 9:23 am
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HII to Begin USS John C. Stennis Carrier Modernization Work

Huntington Ingalls Industries is set to commence a four-year project to modernize the USS John C. Stennis nuclear powered aircraft carrier at the company's shipyard in Newport News, Virginia. The CVN 74 supercarrier will be the seventh ship of the U.S. Navy's Nimitz class to undergo a midlife refueling and complex overhaul process, HII said Thursday.

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May 7, 2021, 8:18 am