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  • Pratt & Whitney Seeks to Expand Sustainment Work on Military Engines Via New Facility in Oklahoma City - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pratt & Whitney Seeks to Expand Sustainment Work on Military Engines Via New Facility in Oklahoma City

    Raytheon Technologies subsidiary Pratt & Whitney intends to invest $255 million over five years in a new 845,000-square-foot facility in Oklahoma City that will support depot operations for engines used to power several military aircraft, including F-35, F-15, F-16, F-22 and C-17. Pratt & Whitney said Friday the new Oklahoma City Sustainment Center near Tinker […] More

  • ABL Space to Further Develop Responsive Launch Capabilities Under $60M Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ABL Space to Further Develop Responsive Launch Capabilities Under $60M Contract

    ABL Space Systems has secured a $60 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to further develop and demonstrate operational flexibility for low-cost launches that support tactically responsive space missions. The service’s AFWERX innovation arm awarded the contract under the Strategic Funding Increase program, ABL said Friday. “This award will help us in further developing […] More

  • Experts Highlight Need for Collaboration to Manage Space Traffic, Debris; Inmarsat Government's Rebecca Cowen-Hirsh Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Experts Highlight Need for Collaboration to Manage Space Traffic, Debris; Inmarsat Government’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsh Quoted

    Space domain awareness experts cited the need for the satellite industry to work with governments and other stakeholders to manage space traffic and mitigate orbital debris during a panel discussion at a conference, Via Satellite reported Thursday. Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat Government, mentioned the increasing number of […] More

  • Northrop Tests Open Architecture-Based Radio Terminal Under Air Force Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Tests Open Architecture-Based Radio Terminal Under Air Force Contract

    Northrop Grumman conducted a flight test to demonstrate the capability of a radio terminal to provide multifunction communications support to the U.S. Air Force. The Northrop-built Software Programmable Open Mission Systems Compliant terminal aboard the company’s flying test bed established connectivity with a ground station using advanced data links during the test flight, the defense […] More

  • Airbus US to Advance Mission-Critical Communications Delivery Via Partnerships; Robert Geckle Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus US to Advance Mission-Critical Communications Delivery Via Partnerships; Robert Geckle Quoted

    Airbus U.S. Space & Defense has partnered with Blueforce Development, Exacom, Common Objects and Catalyst Communications Technologies to further advance the delivery of mission-critical communications capabilities to customers in public safety, national security and enterprise markets. “These new partnerships offer a universe of customizable solutions for a wide variety of customers to turn data into […] More

  • Quantum Computing Company Strangeworks Completes Series A Funding Round - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Quantum Computing Company Strangeworks Completes Series A Funding Round

    Strangeworks, an Austin, Texas-based software company focused on quantum computing, has closed a round of Series A financing led by Hitachi Ventures and will use the investment to support efforts to offer quantum-inspired technologies, high-performance computing, artificial intelligence and other tech platforms. IBM and Raytheon Technologies participated in the Series A round, which raised $24 […] More

  • SAP NS2 Gets FedRAMP Certification for Cloud-Based ERP Platform; Lillian Chang Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP NS2 Gets FedRAMP Certification for Cloud-Based ERP Platform; Lillian Chang Quoted

    SAP National Security Services has received certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its cloud-based enterprise resource planning platform that could enable government customers to manage their digital transformation efforts. The SAP S/4HANA Cloud, PCE private cloud edition achieved the certification from the FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board, allowing government clients to deploy […] More

  • NVIDIA's Anthony Robbins: AI-Based Tech Could Help Agencies Transform Wildfire Response - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NVIDIA’s Anthony Robbins: AI-Based Tech Could Help Agencies Transform Wildfire Response

    Anthony Robbins, vice president of federal at NVIDIA, said autonomous systems, weather prediction models, simulators and other artificial intelligence-based technologies could enable fire departments and first responders to predict and prevent wildfires. “Drones and other autonomous systems will increase the efficacy of the nation’s overall wildfire response and provide a new way to protect firefighters […] More

  • SysNet Gets ISO/IEC Certification for Info Security Management - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SysNet Gets ISO/IEC Certification for Info Security Management

    SysNet Technologies has received certification under the ISO/IEC 27001 standard for maintaining best practices related to information security management, the company announced in a LinkedIn post Monday. The company secured the certification after completing an audit conducted by BSI. The ISO/IEC 27001 standard serves as a guide for organizations to manage and protect intellectual property […] More

  • FiscalNote, Peraton Seek to Support Information Warfare Missions Through Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FiscalNote, Peraton Seek to Support Information Warfare Missions Through Partnership

    FiscalNote and Peraton have partnered to combine their platforms and capabilities to help public and private sector customers detect, analyze and address disinformation and other threats in the information environment. FiscalNote said Monday it will merge its Predata platform with Peraton’s methodologies and team of experts in the information domain through the partnership to enable […] More

  • ICF's Kyle Tuberson on 3 Strategies Agencies Should Consider to Keep Digital Modernization Efforts on Track - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ICF’s Kyle Tuberson on 3 Strategies Agencies Should Consider to Keep Digital Modernization Efforts on Track

    Kyle Tuberson, chief technology officer at ICF, said government agency leaders should earn employee buy-in, establish focused and frequent communication across the organization and prioritize upskilling of staff to prevent digital modernization efforts from stalling out. Tuberson wrote in a commentary published Friday on Federal News Network that agencies should implement a “crawl, walk, run” […] More