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  • Ricardo Lorenzo: AI a 'Force-Multiplier’ Behind Parsons' Innovative Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ricardo Lorenzo: AI a ‘Force-Multiplier’ Behind Parsons’ Innovative Efforts

    Ricardo Lorenzo, chief technology officer at Parsons, said the company has integrated artificial intelligence into every aspect of its business platforms and culture and considers AI as a “force-multiplier” behind its innovative efforts and technology platforms across its federal and critical infrastructure segments. “We have embedded AI as a core pillar of our engineering approach: […] More

  • Maxar EVP Tony Frazier on Army's One World Terrain Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maxar EVP Tony Frazier on Army’s One World Terrain Program

    Tony Frazier, executive vice president and general manager of public sector Earth intelligence at Maxar Technologies, said the company’s work on the U.S. Army’s One World Terrain program, a key component of the Synthetic Training Environment, seeks to modernize soldier training using geospecific data, C4ISRNET reported Monday. In February, Maxar secured the Phase 3b award […] More

  • Cloudera's Rob Carey on Advancing Government Missions Through Data Commoditization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cloudera’s Rob Carey on Advancing Government Missions Through Data Commoditization

    Rob Carey, president of Cloudera Government Solutions, said federal agencies looking to leverage data to achieve missions faster should push for the commoditization of data. “Providing everyone the ability to sort and analyze data regardless of their role within the organization will provide great success for government objectives,” Carey, a previous Wash100 awardee, wrote in […] More

  • NTT DATA Services' Noel Hara on Use of AI in Law Enforcement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NTT DATA Services’ Noel Hara on Use of AI in Law Enforcement

    Noel Hara, vice president and chief technology officer for the public sector at NTT DATA Services, said artificial intelligence plays a key role in several law enforcement areas, including crowd management and school safety, InformationWeek reported Thursday. “AI will understand how many people are expected at a location and alert officials to a variance,” Hara […] More

  • NASA, Boeing Stand Down on Planned July Launch of Starliner Crew Flight Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Boeing Stand Down on Planned July Launch of Starliner Crew Flight Test

    NASA and Boeing have decided to delay the first crewed test flight of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station to take time to address the safety issues with the capsule’s wiring and parachutes. The space agency said Thursday Starliner was targeted to lift off in July on a United Launch Alliance Atlas […] More

  • Mendix Cloud for Government Receives FedRAMP 'In Process' Status; SGT's John Ustica Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mendix Cloud for Government Receives FedRAMP ‘In Process’ Status; SGT’s John Ustica Quoted

    Siemens‘ business Mendix has secured “In Process” designation under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its cloud-agnostic platform meant to help government agency customers develop low-code enterprise applications. Siemens Government Technologies manages the Mendix Cloud for Government platform, which runs on AWS GovCloud (US), Mendix said Thursday. The National Institute for Occupational Safety […] More

  • Albers Aerospace Selects Amarillo for New Facility; John Albers Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Albers Aerospace Selects Amarillo for New Facility; John Albers Quoted

    Albers Aerospace will open a new facility in Texas under an agreement with the Amarillo Economic Development Corporation, Amarillo Globe-News reported Wednesday. “This morning, we are excited to announce our formal acceptance of the incentive package to move the innovative technologies business unit to Amarillo,” said John Albers, CEO of Albers Aerospace. “My goal is […] More

  • Inmarsat Clears Get SAT’s Aero Terminal for Global Xpress Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat Clears Get SAT’s Aero Terminal for Global Xpress Network

    A Get SAT-built airborne terminal has received type approval from Inmarsat for use on the latter’s Global Xpress Ka-band network. Get SAT’s Milli SAT H LW GX is a portable satellite communications user terminal that comes with software and electronics and is designed to provide communications capabilities for military aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles, Inmarsat […] More

  • Jacobs Lands Digital Modernization Support Contract From Space Force, NORAD; Steve Arnette Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs Lands Digital Modernization Support Contract From Space Force, NORAD; Steve Arnette Quoted

    Jacobs has secured a contract from the U.S. Space Force and North American Aerospace Defense Command to provide digital transformation support services. The company said Friday it has advanced the adoption of the DevSecOps approach and data platforms as it helps NORAD and the Space Force transform legacy systems into a virtual environment that includes […] More

  • Boeing Unveils MQ-28 Ghost Bat Drone - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Unveils MQ-28 Ghost Bat Drone

    Boeing provided the public a first look at its MQ-28 Ghost Bat unmanned aerial system housed at the company’s Phantom Works facility outside St. Louis, Breaking Defense reported Thursday. The defense contractor unveiled Ghost Bat months after the U.S. Air Force announced that it was planning to begin flight experiments with the UAS to learn […] More

  • Redhorse's John Zangardi: Agencies Should Have Visibility Into IT Systems as They Adopt Zero Trust - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Redhorse’s John Zangardi: Agencies Should Have Visibility Into IT Systems as They Adopt Zero Trust

    John Zangardi, CEO of Redhorse and a 2023 Wash100 Award winner, said it is imperative for federal agencies looking to transition to zero trust architecture to develop complete visibility into their information technology systems. Zangardi wrote in a May 17 commentary published on Federal News Network that there are five steps agencies should consider when […] More