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  • QinetiQ Presents Latest Banshee Jet 80+ Version to Support Army Training - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QinetiQ Presents Latest Banshee Jet 80+ Version to Support Army Training

    QinetiQ is set to deliver the latest version of its Banshee Jet 80+ aerial target to the U.S. Army’s Threat Systems Management Office. MQM-185B has a maximum altitude of 30,000 ft and is suitable for performing terrain following and low-level sea skimming, QinetiQ said Wednesday. The Banshee variant is designed as a hyper-realistic threat target […] More

  • SBA Recognizes KBR's Small Business Management, Utilization Initiatives; Byron Bright Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SBA Recognizes KBR’s Small Business Management, Utilization Initiatives; Byron Bright Quoted

    KBR‘s science and space division has won the Dwight D. Eisenhower Award for Excellence in the research and development category from the Small Business Administration.  The award recognizes the company’s small business management and utilization program and commitment to providing small businesses with opportunities to serve as subcontractors and suppliers, KBR said Tuesday. “This award […] More

  • Aware to Exhibit Biometrics Tools for Law Enforcement at IACP Tech Conference; Craig Herman Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aware to Exhibit Biometrics Tools for Law Enforcement at IACP Tech Conference; Craig Herman Quoted

    Identity verification services provider Aware is set to demonstrate its portfolio of biometric identification tools for law enforcement at the forthcoming IACP Tech Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. Among the products to be exhibited is AFIX Tracker, a single multimodal platform designed to provide automated facial recognition, fingerprint and latent print identification capabilities, Aware […] More

  • Former BlueVoyant Exec Amy Williams Named VP of CMMC at Coalfire Federal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former BlueVoyant Exec Amy Williams Named VP of CMMC at Coalfire Federal

    Amy Williams, formerly senior director of proactive services at BlueVoyant, has joined cybersecurity services provider Coalfire Federal as vice president of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification. Williams, who brings to the role over a decade of industry experience in cybersecurity management and compliance, will be responsible for building a team to provide advisory services to customers […] More

  • Lockheed, IFS Launch Collaboration on Aerospace & Defense Tech Innovation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, IFS Launch Collaboration on Aerospace & Defense Tech Innovation

    Lockheed Martin and cloud enterprise software provider IFS have entered into a partnership to broaden their technology and digital transformation offerings for defense and aerospace customers. Under the agreement, Lockheed will add IFS’ software offering to its Innovation Demonstration Center, an immersive environment that demonstrates a portfolio of simulation, training and logistics tools for military […] More

  • BAE Equips US Platforms With Next-Generation Cyber Resilience System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Equips US Platforms With Next-Generation Cyber Resilience System

    BAE Systems seeks to continue addressing cybersecurity requirements of U.S. military platforms with its next-generation cyber detection and mitigation tool developed by the company’s FAST Labs research and development team. Fox Shield is a platform-agnostic cyber protection and resilience suite that has been deployed on more than 45 multi-domain platforms to detect, respond and mitigate […] More

  • Aware Exhibits Biometric Authentication Offering at Border Security Expo; Craig Herman Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aware Exhibits Biometric Authentication Offering at Border Security Expo; Craig Herman Quoted

    Biometrics software provider Aware is presenting its digital identity authentication offering for federal, state and local government agencies at the ongoing Border Security Expo in El Paso, Texas. Aware said Wednesday it provides biometric authentication tools and services to domestic and international public sector customers in support of border management and security operations. “As we […] More

  • Microsoft Azure Advances Development of Cloud-Based Chip Design Capabilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Azure Advances Development of Cloud-Based Chip Design Capabilities

    BAE Systems and Raytheon Technologies have developed chip design capabilities on Microsoft‘s Azure cloud service as part of a Department of Defense program that aims to accelerate and secure the U.S. microelectronics industrial base. Three new chips were created using the secure design capabilities of the Rapid Assured Microelectronics Prototypes using Advanced Commercial Capabilities project, […] More

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    State Department Clears Potential $125M Sale of Lockheed-Built Targeting Pods to Poland

    Lockheed Martin will deliver Sniper advanced targeting pods to the government of Poland under a potential $124.7 million foreign military sales deal recently approved by the State Department. Poland asked to buy 34 AN/AAQ-33 targeting pods with shipping containers, spares and related equipment to equip its upcoming FA-50 fighter aircraft fleet with enhanced target tracking […] More

  • Carahsoft to Give Public Sector Access to Nyriad Data Storage Technology; Michael Adams Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Give Public Sector Access to Nyriad Data Storage Technology; Michael Adams Quoted

    Carahsoft Technology has agreed to distribute Nyriad’s data storage system to public sector customers through its reseller partners and government contract vehicles. UltraIO is a GPU-accelerated storage technology that works to enable high-performance computing, active archiving, backup and recovery and video and image processing, Carahsoft and Nyriad said in a joint statement published Tuesday. The […] More

  • Antenna Research Associates Marks 60th Founding Anniversary; Logen Thiran Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Antenna Research Associates Marks 60th Founding Anniversary; Logen Thiran Quoted

    Antenna Research Associates highlighted its 60th anniversary of doing business as a manufacturer of antennas and radio frequency systems for military and civilian applications. Since its establishment in 1963, ARA has developed products and services for communication networks, unmanned air systems, satellite communications, RF surveillance and jamming for electronic warfare, border patrol and public safety […] More

  • Army Seeks Info on Strategies to Safeguard Military Data for AI Applications - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Seeks Info on Strategies to Safeguard Military Data for AI Applications

    The Department of the Army is requesting information on available technology and methods for testing, validating and protecting datasets for future artificial intelligence and machine learning applications. A notice posted Friday on SAM.gov states that Army Science Board seeks to study methodologies and techniques for dataset protection and security, including using cryptographic algorithms, data anonymization, […] More