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Jane Edwards

is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.

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  • Palantir Receives Prototype OTA From DOD Chief Digital & AI Office; Akash Jain Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Palantir Receives Prototype OTA From DOD Chief Digital & AI Office; Akash Jain Quoted

    A Palantir Technologies subsidiary has secured a potential $33 million prototype other transaction agreement from the Department of Defense’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office to transition government and third-party vendor capabilities into a data environment to help combatant commands meet priority digital requirements. Palantir USG will integrate commercial AI platforms into the Combined Joint […] More

  • VA Selects Sierra7, Booz Allen for Legislative Implementation Team Professional Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Selects Sierra7, Booz Allen for Legislative Implementation Team Professional Services Contract

    Sierra7 and Booz Allen Hamilton have received a contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide professional support services for the Office of Healthcare Transformation’s legislative implementation team. The OHT legislative implementation team requires agile program management support services across several capability areas to support initiatives related to health care legislation, Sierra7 said Wednesday. […] More

  • quantum computing in carbon capture
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    Capgemini, DARPA to Collaborate on Carbon Capture Application of Quantum Computing

    Capgemini Government Solutions will collaborate with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on a project aimed at exploring the use of quantum computing in carbon capture as part of DARPA’s Advanced Research Concept initiative. Under DARPA’s ARC topic IMPAQT, which stands for Imagining Practical Applications for a Quantum Tomorrow, the company said Wednesday it will […] More

  • BCS, Allegient Defense Form New Entity to Support Energy, Defense Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BCS, Allegient Defense Form New Entity to Support Energy, Defense Missions

    BCS and Allegient Defense have merged and established a new entity that will deliver technology platforms and services to support the missions of energy and defense agency customers. BCS CEO Alain Williams will lead the new entity, which will operate as BCS Allegient. “Our combined energy- and defense-heavy portfolios put us at the intersection of […] More

  • Maximus Appoints Garrett Smiley as Digital Infrastructure & Tech Strategy VP, Chief of Staff to CDIO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maximus Appoints Garrett Smiley as Digital Infrastructure & Tech Strategy VP, Chief of Staff to CDIO

    Garrett Smiley, a federal information technology industry executive, has joined Maximus as vice president of digital infrastructure and technology strategy and chief of staff to the chief digital and information officer. He announced his move to Maximus in a LinkedIn post published Tuesday. In this capacity, Smiley will provide operational oversight, executive and decision support, […] More

  • BCS Acquires Allegient Defense From NowVertical Group - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BCS Acquires Allegient Defense From NowVertical Group

    A BCS subsidiary has acquired Allegient Defense, an Arlington, Virginia-based systems engineering and technical assistance provider, from Canada-based data analytics and artificial intelligence company NowVertical Group. NOW said Monday the divestment will help reduce debt and enable the company to make strategic investments in core areas. “This transaction allows us to streamline our integration operations, […] More

  • AWS' Clint Crosier on Advancing Generative AI in Space - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS’ Clint Crosier on Advancing Generative AI in Space

    Clint Crosier, director of aerospace and satellite at Amazon Web Services, said geospatial analytics, spacecraft design and constellation management are the three key areas where generative artificial intelligence could be used in the space domain, SpaceNews reported Friday. “Whether you’re designing a satellite, rocket or spacecraft, you’re letting the generative AI go out and do […] More

  • NASA Uses CACI-Built Optical Tech to Send Data From Space to Ground; John Mengucci Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Uses CACI-Built Optical Tech to Send Data From Space to Ground; John Mengucci Quoted

    NASA transmitted data from space to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California using a CACI International-built optical communications terminal on the Psyche spacecraft that was deployed as part of the Deep Space Optical Communications experiment. CACI said Thursday the space agency sent the space-based data to JPL at a distance of more than 200 kilometers […] More

  • Raytheon Books $227M Navy Contract to Support AIM-9X Missile Sustainment Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Books $227M Navy Contract to Support AIM-9X Missile Sustainment Efforts

    RTX business Raytheon has received a potential five-year, $227.3 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide depot-level repairs, logistics and sustainment engineering support for AIM-9X and AIM-9X Block II missiles. The Department of Defense said Thursday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract also covers integration, software, configuration management, failure analysis, training, spares prediction, field support, material shortage […] More

  • Space Force Taps 6 Vendors for ASTRO-E Study Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space Force Taps 6 Vendors for ASTRO-E Study Contracts

    The U.S. Space Force has awarded contracts to six companies to perform studies to support the development of ground infrastructure and on-orbit subjects for electronic warfare test and training environments as part of the Advanced Space Technology for Range Operations – Electromagnetic Range program. Space Systems Command and Space Training and Readiness Command awarded the […] More

  • NASA, IBM Research Build AI Model to Back Weather, Climate Applications; Karen St. Germain Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, IBM Research Build AI Model to Back Weather, Climate Applications; Karen St. Germain Quoted

    IBM Research and NASA have developed an artificial intelligence model that could help detect and predict natural disasters and severe weather patterns, improve spatial resolution on global climate simulations and create targeted forecasts using localized observations, among other applications. NASA said Wednesday the AI model, called the Privthi-weather-climate foundational model, will be unveiled later this […] More

  • Army Awards 7 Spots on $464M Environmental Remediation Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Awards 7 Spots on $464M Environmental Remediation Services Contract

    The U.S. Army has awarded seven companies positions on a potential five-year, $464 million contract to provide environmental remediation support services. The Department of Defense said Tuesday the Army Field Directorate Office at Fort Sam Houston in Texas received 12 bids for the firm-fixed-price contract and will obligate funding and determine work locations upon award […] More