Marine Corps Demos Leidos-Designed LPV Prototypes at Project Convergence Capstone 4

The U.S. Marine Corps demonstrated two uncrewed low-profile vessel prototypes, designed by Leidos, during Project Convergence Capstone 4, a joint and multinational military exercise hosted by the U.S. Army. Leidos said Friday the LPV prototypes were delivered to the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory in 2023 for testing and technical assessment and their participation in the exercise marks the next stage of experimentation for the autonomous-capable vessels.

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Peraton Expands Presence in Texas With New San Antonio Office; Tom Afferton Quoted

Peraton has opened a new office in San Antonio, Texas, as part of its efforts to expand its presence in the state's technology community and strengthen collaboration with federal agencies, academia and local industry partners. "Peraton is thrilled to be a member of the San Antonio tech community where we can bring our experience as a mission capability integrator and long-time mission partner to further support the U.S. Air Force and the Intelligence Community," Tom Afferton, president of the cyber mission sector at Peraton, said in a statement published Friday.

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DHS to Release Solicitation for FEMA Enterprise Acquisition Support Services Contract

The Department of Homeland Security is planning to release a request for proposal for a small business set-aside contract worth approximately $50 million to $100 million to provide enterprise-wide acquisition support services to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA requires expert contractor acquisition, programmatic and technical support services to help improve procurement operations and expand mission support capabilities across the agency, according to a notice posted on the Acquisition Planning Forecast System.

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Hitachi Vantara Federal Joins IBIA to Advance Identity Management Tools; Gary Hix Quoted

Hitachi Vantara Federal has joined the International Biometrics + Identity Association as a member in the technology and solutions providers category as part of its efforts to help advance the secure deployment and use of biometrics and identity management technologies across the public and private sectors. "Our journey in this field has been driven by a relentless pursuit of ethical innovation. Joining IBIA amplifies our commitment to shaping a future where security and integrity are paramount in every interaction and we’re looking forward to what we'll accomplish together," Gary Hix, chief technology officer at Hitachi Vantara Federal, said in a statement published Wednesday.

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Parsons Secures Air Force Task Order for GARDEM Software Baseline Development

Parsons has secured a three-year, $28 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance command and control and space software baselines for the Global Application Research, Development, Engineering and Maintenance toolset. The company said Tuesday it will help AFRL continuously research, develop, prototype, integrate, test, demonstrate, deploy and maintain technologies and concepts throughout the contract life cycle.

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SDA Posts Solicitation for Tranche 2 Transport Layer Gamma Constellation

The Space Development Agency has released a request for proposals for the procurement of 20 Gamma variant satellites for the second tranche of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture’s transport layer. The Tranche 2 Transport Layer Gamma constellation will include a warlock mission payload, a unique capability designed to close future kill chains through the PWSA, according to a notice posted on SAM.gov Tuesday.

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Booz Allen’s Judi Dotson Wins 2024 Wash100 Award for Digital Transformation, Innovation Leadership

Judi Dotson, president of the global defense sector at Booz Allen Hamilton, has been named a 2024 Wash100 Award recipient for her continued leadership and drive to advance digital transformation initiatives across the defense, civilian and intelligence sectors. This marks the second time Dotson has been inducted into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 list of the most influential agency officials and company leaders working on government contracting.

Vote for Dotson as your favorite GovCon leader as part of the 2024 Wash100 popular vote competition! Voting closes on April 30, so visit Wash100.com to cast your ten votes today.

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Carahsoft to Distribute Armada’s Edge Computing Platform to Public Sector; Steve Jacyna Quoted

Carahsoft Technology has agreed to distribute a full-stack edge computing platform from Armada to the public sector through its reseller partner network and government procurement vehicles. Under the agreement, Carahsoft said Wednesday it will serve as the public sector distributor for Armada's Commander software suite, which is designed to enable government customers to monitor and manage their Starlink terminals and edge computing applications.

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Heather Gray Takes on VP of Business Development Role at QinetiQ US

Heather Gray, formerly senior vice president of business development at Science Applications International Corp., has joined QinetiQ's U.S. subsidiary as VP of business development for the defense technologies and solutions business unit, according to a LinkedIn post. She brings to the role over two decades of experience in overseeing business development and capture and proposal management functions for defense, civilian and intelligence communities.

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Intelsat to Buy $250M in LEO Capacity From Eutelsat’s OneWeb Constellation; Dave Wajsgras Quoted

Intelsat has agreed to purchase $250 million worth of services from Eutelsat Group's OneWeb low Earth orbit constellation over six years to expand the former's multi-orbit satellite connectivity offering. The agreement also includes an option to buy additional OneWeb LEO constellation service for another $250 million to increase the global coverage and capacity of Intelsat's network connectivity, the telecommunications service provider said Tuesday.

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Apple Eyes Google’s Gemini AI Engine for New iPhone Software Features

Apple is reportedly in discussion with Google to license and build the latter's Gemini engine, a set of generative artificial intelligence models, into new iPhone software features. The negotiations come as Apple prepares new generative AI capabilities for the next version of the iPhone operating system, iOS 18, including functions for writing essays and creating images based on simple prompts.

Join the Potomac Officers Club’s 5th Annual Artificial Intelligence Summit on March 21. Register here.

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Raft CEO Shubhi Mishra Wins 1st Wash100 Award for Digital Transformation & Innovation Stewardship

Executive Mosaic is honored to name Shubhi Mishra, founder and CEO of Raft, a 2024 Wash100 Award recipient in recognition of her continued dedication to drive digital transformation and innovation across the government contracting sector. This marks her first time receiving the highly coveted award in the GovCon space, joining the annual list of the 100 most influential and impactful leaders who have contributed to the growth of the federal government marketplace.

Vote for Shubhi Mishra as your favorite GovCon leader as part of the 2024 Wash100 popular vote competition! Voting closes on April 30, so visit Wash100.com to cast your ten votes today.

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Marine Corps Demos Leidos-Designed LPV Prototypes at Project Convergence Capstone 4

Peraton Expands Presence in Texas With New San Antonio Office; Tom Afferton Quoted

DHS to Release Solicitation for FEMA Enterprise Acquisition Support Services Contract

Hitachi Vantara Federal Joins IBIA to Advance Identity Management Tools; Gary Hix Quoted

Parsons Secures Air Force Task Order for GARDEM Software Baseline Development

SDA Posts Solicitation for Tranche 2 Transport Layer Gamma Constellation

Booz Allen’s Judi Dotson Wins 2024 Wash100 Award for Digital Transformation, Innovation Leadership

Carahsoft to Distribute Armada’s Edge Computing Platform to Public Sector; Steve Jacyna Quoted

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Intelsat to Buy $250M in LEO Capacity From Eutelsat’s OneWeb Constellation; Dave Wajsgras Quoted

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Raft CEO Shubhi Mishra Wins 1st Wash100 Award for Digital Transformation & Innovation Stewardship