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  • Clint Crosier: 14 Global Startups Selected for 2023 AWS Space Accelerator - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Clint Crosier: 14 Global Startups Selected for 2023 AWS Space Accelerator

    Amazon Web Services has announced the selection of 14 global startups for a four-week mentorship, technical and business program that seeks to help the companies leverage cloud computing to further develop their space platforms and advance growth initiatives. AWS and TechConnect experts selected the startups for the 2023 AWS Space Accelerator program based on the […] More

  • In-Space Refueling Services Provider Orbit Fab Completes Series A Funding Round - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    In-Space Refueling Services Provider Orbit Fab Completes Series A Funding Round

    Orbit Fab has closed a round of Series A financing led by 8090 Industries and will use the investment to accelerate the deployment of fuel delivery and storage platforms in geostationary and low-Earth orbits. Lockheed Martin’s venture arm, Stride Capital, Industrious Ventures, Tribe Capital, Massive Capital Partners and Good Growth Capital also participated in the […] More

  • Parsons, Ensco Highlight Space Capabilities, Services at Symposium; James Lackey, Jeff Stevens Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons, Ensco Highlight Space Capabilities, Services at Symposium; James Lackey, Jeff Stevens Quoted

    Parsons and Ensco are showcasing their products and services designed to support national security missions at the four-day Space Symposium that will run through Thursday, April 20, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Parsons said Monday some of the capabilities on display at the event are its Ground Operations Center as a Service, Parsons Digital Engineering Framework […] More

  • Verizon Unveils Innovation Lab; Lockheed’s Dan Rice Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Verizon Unveils Innovation Lab; Lockheed’s Dan Rice Quoted

    Verizon has opened a new innovation laboratory in San Francisco and lab personnel demonstrated to attendees how 5G technology and mobile edge computing infrastructure could support drone-based radio frequency sensing and precise positioning for defense and aerospace applications, RCR Wireless News reported Thursday. Dan Rice, vice president of 5G.MIL programs at Lockheed Martin, attended the […] More

  • Austal Looks to Hire 1K More Workers to Back Nuclear Submarine Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Austal Looks to Hire 1K More Workers to Back Nuclear Submarine Work

    Austal plans to employ about 1,000 additional workers to staff a new facility that will be established at its shipyard in Alabama as part of efforts to accommodate work on nuclear-powered submarines, Defense News reported Friday. The Australia-based company is producing key components for Virginia- and Columbia-class submarines. “We’re putting a new building in that’s […] More

  • Military, Industry Leaders Highlight Need for Talent; Carahsoft's Michael McCalip Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Military, Industry Leaders Highlight Need for Talent; Carahsoft’s Michael McCalip Quoted

    Defense industry leaders and military and government officials who attended a three-day conference in Maryland discussed their need for talent and the importance of developing and retaining the workforce. Industry executives cited how companies could support the armed forces and agencies in their workforce development efforts amid defense budget cuts, Francis Rose of Fed Gov […] More

  • Systecon’s Justin Woulfe Cites Capacity Issue With Rapid Weapons Production - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Systecon’s Justin Woulfe Cites Capacity Issue With Rapid Weapons Production

    Justin Woulfe, chief technology officer at Systecon’s North American arm, and other panelists at a symposium discussed the capacity problem facing the U.S. when it comes to producing and delivering weapons systems in a quick timeline, USNI News reported Monday. Woulfe cited the lack of capability to quickly manufacture artillery, radar and other weapons platforms […] More

  • Ball Aerospace Names Microsoft, Loft Federal as Partners on SDA’s 'NExT' Experimental Testbed Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ball Aerospace Names Microsoft, Loft Federal as Partners on SDA’s ‘NExT’ Experimental Testbed Program

    Ball Aerospace will work with Microsoft and Loft Federal on a Space Development Agency program to build and launch into orbit a set of 10 satellites with experimental payloads. Ball Aerospace said Tuesday it will lead spacecraft and payload integration for SDA’s NExT experimental testbed program under a $176 million other transaction prototype agreement awarded […] More

  • Inmarsat Government Teams Up With 4 Companies to Demonstrate L-Band Tactical Radio Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat Government Teams Up With 4 Companies to Demonstrate L-Band Tactical Radio Service

    Inmarsat’s government business arm concluded cross-country demonstrations of its L-band Tactical Radio service for U.S. government customers at its headquarters in Reston, Virginia, and in two other locations in Colorado and North Carolina. Inmarsat Government said Tuesday it worked with L3Harris Technologies, Collins Aerospace, Thales Defense and Security and Spectra Group to demonstrate the interoperability […] More

  • Carahsoft's Robert Moore: Agencies Eye Unified Endpoint Management, Zero Trust to Combat Cyberthreats - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft’s Robert Moore: Agencies Eye Unified Endpoint Management, Zero Trust to Combat Cyberthreats

    Robert Moore, state and local government market executive at Carahsoft Technology, highlighted key takeaways from a digital transformation roadshow held in Tallahassee, Florida, and one of the discussions at the event centered on the efforts of federal, state and local government agencies to counter cyberthreats. Moore wrote in a blog post published Monday that agencies […] More

  • Carahsoft's Michael McCalip: Tech Industry, Agencies Could Help USMC Improve Cybersecurity, Meet Other Goals - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft’s Michael McCalip: Tech Industry, Agencies Could Help USMC Improve Cybersecurity, Meet Other Goals

    Michael McCalip, Navy relationship executive at Carahsoft Technology, said information technology professionals from government and industry could support the U.S. Marine Corps as the service branch moves to achieve its goals this year, such as improving cybersecurity, advancing expeditionary contracting and prepositioning and acquiring a minimum of 31 amphibious combat ships. “For example, transforming cybersecurity […] More