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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.
A moon-orbiting spacecraft Terran Orbital built for NASA has completed its primary mission to navigate the Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit and has captured images of the moon. The company said CAPSTONE performed initial demonstration tests of the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System, an autonomous navigation software platform that helps the vehicle to determine its location without […] More
Northrop Grumman has trained military personnel in Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia to use a company-built system for managing counter-small unmanned aerial platform operations. The Forward Area Air Defense Command and Control system aligns the three Baltic states’ collective short-range air defense and C-sUAS capabilities with the U.S. European Command’s Integrated Air and Missile Defense Plan, […] More
The State Department has approved a potential $110 million foreign military sale of Lockheed Martin-built missile launchers and related equipment to the Dutch government. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday the Netherlands’ FMS request includes eight Baseline VII strike-length modules of the MK 41 Vertical Launch System, software, spare parts, test and support equipment, […] More
Amy Gilliland, president of General Dynamics‘ information technology business, has noted a 50 percent increase in the company’s investment in emerging technologies, research and development laboratories, strategic partnerships and workforce development programs, Breaking Defense reported Friday. She told the publication in an interview that GDIT spent the past year testing its tech investment strategy in […] More
The Defense Innovation Unit is seeking industry proposals to develop a common operational database to enable unmanned vehicles to operate and exchange information in a denied or limited communications environment. The commercial solutions opening calls for technologies capable of augmenting the ability of autonomous platforms to sense the UxV environment and coordinate among themselves to […] More
Alpha Omega has created a joint venture with service-disabled veteran-owned small business OneZero Solutions as part of the Small Business Administration’s Mentor-Protege Program. OneOmega will operate as an 8a-certified small business and support federal customers in DevSecOps, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, information technology and digital transformation areas, Alpha Omega said Wednesday. Alpha Omega, which has generated […] More
GlobalFoundries‘ advanced manufacturing facility in Malta, New York, has obtained accreditation from a Department of Defense organization to produce secure semiconductors for aerospace and defense applications. The Defense Microelectronics Activity Trusted Access Program Office has designated the manufacturing site as a Category 1A Trusted Supplier capable of facilitating the secure manufacturing of semiconductors for use […] More
Maxar Technologies is exploring potential use of its Earth observation satellites for other applications, including providing high-resolution imagery of objects and activity in orbit to boost space domain awareness, DefenseNews reported Wednesday. Tony Frazier, executive vice president and general manager for public sector Earth intelligence at Maxar, said the company has begun collecting non-Earth imagery […] More
Rocket Lab USA has deployed the second and final set of NASA’s low-Earth orbit small satellites designed for tropical cyclone and hurricane monitoring. The CubeSats were launched aboard an Electron rocket from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand to complete the agency’s four-piece TROPICS constellation or Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm […] More
General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary has secured a $48.6 million contract modification to research, develop and transition enabling technologies for the U.S. Navy’s nuclear-powered attack submarines. The award covers five additional option periods to the Next Generation Submarine Science and Technology Research contract awarded in October 2018 to provide technology options for the service’s Virginia […] More
Andrew Makridis, former chief operating officer of the CIA, has been added to the federal advisory board of active defense technology provider Acalvio Technologies. As an inaugural member of the newly established advisory board, he will provide guidance to Acalvio leadership on addressing government cybersecurity requirements, the company said Thursday. Makridis retired from the CIA […] More
Northrop Grumman has secured a $45.5 million task order to provide orbital launch services for the U.S. Space Force’s electro-optical infrared weather system prototype. The service expects to launch the EWS prototype spacecraft to low-Earth orbit aboard Northrop’s Minotaur IV space launch vehicle in May 2025, Space Systems Command said Thursday. The EO/IR satellite will […] More
