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  • Government Technology Provider AINS Rebrands as OPEXUS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Government Technology Provider AINS Rebrands as OPEXUS

    AINS, a developer of process management software for government customers, has changed its name to OPEXUS and relocated its headquarters to Washington, D.C. to mark the company’s expansion in the public sector. The rebranded business said Tuesday it also unveiled an updated logo and website as part of the effort that seeks to expand the […] More

  • Air Force Taps Raytheon to Create Rocket Cargo Mission Planning, C2 Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps Raytheon to Create Rocket Cargo Mission Planning, C2 Software

    The research and development arm of Raytheon Technologies has secured a contract to develop mission planning and command and control software for the U.S. Air Force’s rocket cargo initiative.  Raytheon BBN team will design and create collaborative planning and C2 processes and tools in support of the project that aims to use commercial technologies to […] More

  • GSA Posts Draft Solicitation for Defense HR Activity Analytical Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Posts Draft Solicitation for Defense HR Activity Analytical Services

    The General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service has posted a draft request for proposals for a potential $134.5 million contract covering analytical services for the Defense Human Resources Activity’s Office of People Analytics. A notice posted Friday on SAM.gov states that the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has an ordering period of five years and will support the […] More

  • Carahsoft Receives Okta's Americas Distributor of the Year Award; Steve Jacyna Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Receives Okta’s Americas Distributor of the Year Award; Steve Jacyna Quoted

    Okta has recognized its strategic business partner Carahsoft Technology for helping the identity and access management company expand its presence in the U.S. government sector.  Carahsoft said Tuesday it received the Americas (AMER) Distributor of the Year during the 2022 Okta Partner Awards in recognition of its efforts to offer zero trust, fraud mitigation and […] More

  • Gabe Camarillo: Army Plans Multi-Vendor Approach for Vantage Recompete Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gabe Camarillo: Army Plans Multi-Vendor Approach for Vantage Recompete Contract

    Gabe Camarillo, undersecretary of the U.S. Army, said the service branch is working on a multi-vendor approach for its cloud-based data analytics platform, with plans to award contracts by the end of 2023, Breaking Defense reported Friday. According to him, the Army is planning to release a request for information to gather industry comments and […] More

  • Aware's Craig Herman: Federal Government Expands Use of Secure Biometric Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aware’s Craig Herman: Federal Government Expands Use of Secure Biometric Software

    Craig Herman, chief revenue officer at biometrics software provider Aware, said the company has seen an increased demand for authentication technologies from federal government customers to prevent unauthorized access to physical and digital assets. Aware said Thursday its biometric authentication offerings are being used by agencies across the three branches of the U.S. federal government […] More

  • SentinelOne Joins CISA's Public-Private Cyber Defense Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SentinelOne Joins CISA’s Public-Private Cyber Defense Initiative

    SentinelOne has joined the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, an initiative to drive the development of cyber defense operations planning and guidance. The company said Thursday it will offer its autonomous cybersecurity platform to help members of the collaborative enhance cyber threat information sharing. SentinelOne’s team of security researchers will provide […] More

  • NTT Joins CISA's Public-Private Initiative to Protect Critical Infrastructure - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NTT Joins CISA’s Public-Private Initiative to Protect Critical Infrastructure

    The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added NTT to a public-private partnership aimed at strengthening the nation’s cybersecurity posture. Akira Shimada, president and CEO of NTT, said in a statement published Wednesday that the company will build on its experience in the global cybersecurity landscape to support the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative‘s mission and […] More

  • Rocket Lab Targets New Launch Date for 1st Electron Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rocket Lab Targets New Launch Date for 1st Electron Mission

    The launch window for Rocket Lab USA’s Electron mission will open on Jan. 23 after it was delayed in December due to unfavorable weather conditions and additional time required to complete regulatory documentation.  Rocket Lab USA said Wednesday the mission will launch from Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility to deploy […] More

  • Duality Technologies Tapped to Advance Encrypted Data Protection Under DARPA Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Duality Technologies Tapped to Advance Encrypted Data Protection Under DARPA Program

    Duality Technologies, a developer of secure data collaboration tools, has been selected to participate in the second phase of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program that seeks to protect and preserve sensitive information in virtual environments.  The company said Tuesday it will continue to lead an industry team in developing a hardware accelerator for […] More

  • Northrop, NRL Demo Scaled Electronic Attack Capability for Smaller Ships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop, NRL Demo Scaled Electronic Attack Capability for Smaller Ships

    Northrop Grumman and the Naval Research Laboratory have conducted an at-sea demonstration of key components of an electronic attack prototype system designed to equip smaller naval vessels with anti-ship missile defense capabilities. The Ultra-Lite Electronic Attack system is a size, weight and power-optimized platform designed to integrate Northrop’s transceiver technology into NRL’s expeditionary EA antenna, […] More

  • Fairbanks Morse Defense Unveils High-Speed Engine for Navy's Unmanned Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fairbanks Morse Defense Unveils High-Speed Engine for Navy’s Unmanned Platforms

    Fairbanks Morse Defense has unveiled a new high-speed engine designed to power the U.S. Navy’s unmanned programs. FMD said Monday the nForcer FM 175D engine has 12, 16 or 20 cylinders with a bore measuring 175 mm and will be available for integration into naval fleets within the next two years. The new engine runs […] More