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Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
is a full-time writer for ArchIntel, a division of Executive Mosaic, and a contributor for ExecutiveBiz. She covers emerging technologies, technology innovation, contract awards, partnerships and market expansion stories in the government contracting industry.
Sigma Defense Systems has launched a development, security and operations platform designed to help defense and government agencies accelerate their digital transformation and software modernization initiatives. Sigma Software Studio is a DevSecOps platform authorized to operate across the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and the Department of the Navy enterprise, the company said Monday.
Calibre Systems has secured a prime contract from the U.S. Army to maintain and update the service branch's web-based cost estimation and analysis models and database tools. The company said Friday it will assist the deputy assistant secretary of the Army for costs and economics in maintaining the Army Force Organization Cost Estimating System and developing the Installation Status Report – Infrastructure cost factors for construction, renovation and sustainment projects.
Northrop Grumman has received a $28.9 million contract to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency develop tactical autonomy capabilities for multi-ship, beyond visual range defensive and offensive air combat missions. A notice posted on SAM.gov states that Northrop will build an AI air combat capability that could work with existing sensors, electronic warfare and weapons within dynamic and operationally representative environments.
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RTX has secured a $75 million contract from the U.S. Army to produce and deliver interceptors designed to enable the U.S. military to neutralize enemy drones. The contract covers the provision of 600 Coyote 2C anti-drone interceptors to support the service branch's counter-unmanned aircraft systems mission, the Army said Friday.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected five companies to develop autonomous capabilities to enable military and commercial drones to carry out predefined operations without operator connection. DARPA said Thursday the Rapid Experimental Missionized Autonomy program is an 18-month, single-phase program that aims to develop drone autonomy adapter and mission-specific autonomy software.
Parsons has secured a potential three-year, $48 million task order to provide software development life cycle services for the U.S. Army's command and control applications. The task order was awarded under the Army's Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and has a one-year base period with two option years, Parsons said Thursday.
L3Harris Technologies has concluded a three-month demonstration of a multi-band, multi-mission digital beamforming phased array antenna system prototype in support of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's satellite data management efforts. During the test, the DPAAS prototype technology handled an average of more than 300 daily satellite contacts and showcased its ability to support multiple simultaneous contacts with near-zero downtime amid the harsh weather conditions in Alaska, L3Harris said Friday.
Finnish hyperspectral imaging company Kuva Space has entered the U.S. government market by establishing a new business arm headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, to provide Earth observation data and services to federal customers. Jerry Welsh, former CEO of the U.S. arm of satellite technology provider ICEYE, has been appointed to the board of directors of Kuva Space U.S. and will oversee the company's expansion efforts in the U.S. public sector, Kuva Space said Wednesday.
NASA is seeking information on industry sources capable of providing information technology and professional support services under the third iteration of the NASA Research and Education Support Services contract vehicle. NRESS-III is an 8(a) small business set-aside indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that provides support services for NASA's peer review life cycle processes consisting of the development and solicitation of proposals, proposal review and disposition of proposals prior to award, according to a notice posted Tuesday on SAM.gov.
Deltek has launched new time-tracking and professional services automation tools designed to help government contractors streamline their business operations while maintaining regulatory compliance. The Replicon Time Tracking for Government Contracting uses artificial intelligence to capture worktime data automatically from workforce collaboration applications for accurate billing and payroll, Deltek said Tuesday.
Cubic's defense arm has secured a contract from Science Applications International Corp. to deliver software-defined radio-based data links to the U.S. Army. The company said Monday it will design, develop and deliver full-duplex data terminals using the Bandwidth-Efficient Common Data Link technology to support SAIC's engineering work for the Army's hardware-in-the-loop simulation effort.
Ultra Intelligence & Communications has showcased the capability of its Orion multi-mission tactical line-of-sight radios and deployable satellite communications terminal to defense and civilian customers. During a technical demonstration, UI&C showed prototypes of the single-channel Orion X610 and the dual-channel Orion X630 radios and exhibited the GigaSat Ultralight VSAT, FA-100 and FA-180 satcom terminals, the company said Monday.
