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Naomi Cooper

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.

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  • Leidos Partnership Completes Latest MHS Genesis Deployment Wave; Liz Porter Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Healthcare IT, News

    Leidos Partnership Completes Latest MHS Genesis Deployment Wave; Liz Porter Quoted

    A defense health-focused partnership led by Leidos has deployed the U.S. military’s new electronic health record system to 18 Military Treatment Facility Commands across six states. The Leidos Partnership for Defense Health delivered the Military Health System Genesis system to 10,000 new users in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi and South Carolina as part of […] More

  • Pentagon Taps Dynetics-Led Team to Develop Hypersonics Flight Test Bed - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News

    Pentagon Taps Dynetics-Led Team to Develop Hypersonics Flight Test Bed

    An industry team led by Leidos subsidiary Dynetics has secured a contract to develop a hypersonics flight test bed envisioned to enable test payloads to ride along on multiple commercially-available launch vehicles. The Department of Defense said Thursday the test bed will serve as a national hypersonic testing capability to advance the development and deployment […] More

  • Sigma Defense Secures Spot on $950M Air Force Advanced Battle Management System Contract; Matt Jones Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News

    Sigma Defense Secures Spot on $950M Air Force Advanced Battle Management System Contract; Matt Jones Quoted

    Sigma Defense has landed a position on a $950 million multiple-award contract to help the U.S. Air Force develop, test, mature and demonstrate multi-domain warfighting capabilities for the Advanced Battle Management System. The company said Thursday it will bring its expertise in open systems design to enable an integrated command and control system for ground, […] More

  • General Dynamics, Epirus Test Stryker Leonidas Integrated Counter Drone Threat System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News

    General Dynamics, Epirus Test Stryker Leonidas Integrated Counter Drone Threat System

    General Dynamics’ land systems division and Epirus have field tested a Stryker ground combat vehicle equipped with a directed energy system and high-power microwave technology. During a demonstration at a U.S. government testing site, the integrated system, dubbed Stryker Leonidas, showcased its ability to disable enemy drones operating individually and in swarms, Epirus said Wednesday. […] More

  • Redhorse to Market GraphAware Analytics Platform to Government, Defense Customers; Vincent Bridgeman Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News

    Redhorse to Market GraphAware Analytics Platform to Government, Defense Customers; Vincent Bridgeman Quoted

    Redhorse has entered into a partnership with enterprise analytics provider GraphAware to offer knowledge graph capabilities to national security, defense and intelligence customers. The Arlington, Virginia-headquartered company said it will serve as the exclusive official reseller of GraphAware Hume analytics platform to the U.S. federal government sector. GraphAware Hume works to extract actionable insights from […] More

  • Amazon's Steve Schmidt on Building Cybersecurity Workforce Through Skills Training, Partnerships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Cybersecurity, News

    Amazon’s Steve Schmidt on Building Cybersecurity Workforce Through Skills Training, Partnerships

    Steve Schmidt, chief security officer at Amazon, said skills training and partnerships between the public and private sectors play a key role in developing the cybersecurity workforce of the future. In a blog post published Tuesday, Schmidt shared that the company hosted a roundtable discussion with Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security […] More

  • BAE Unveils New Electronics Engineering, Manufacturing Facility in Texas - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News

    BAE Unveils New Electronics Engineering, Manufacturing Facility in Texas

    BAE Systems has expanded its electronics manufacturing capabilities in Texas with the opening of an Austin-located, $150 million facility that provides space for engineering design, laboratory and offices. The company said Tuesday half of the 390,000-square-foot innovation facility will be dedicated to the manufacturing of technologies in areas including autonomy, cyber and sensor. It will […] More

  • Attabotics to Install 3D Robotics System at Marine Corps Smart Warehouse - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News

    Attabotics to Install 3D Robotics System at Marine Corps Smart Warehouse

    KPMG has selected Attabotics, the developer of a 3D robotics system focused on inventory management, to install an automated storage and retrieval system at a U.S. Marine Corps smart warehouse in Albany, Georgia. The KPMG team’s 5G-powered smart warehouse prototype will use the supply chain system to support logistics and inventory management and tracking activities […] More

  • Collins Aerospace, Army Collaborate on Airworthiness Certification Best Practices for Multicore Processors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Collins Aerospace, Army Collaborate on Airworthiness Certification Best Practices for Multicore Processors

    U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command has partnered with Collins Aerospace, a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, to develop best practices and methods for certifying the airworthiness of military avionic systems that use multicore processor architectures. Collins Aerospace said Monday it entered into a cooperative research and development agreement with Army CCDC Aviation and Missile Center […] More

  • Deloitte, IBA Secure $58M in DHA Program Management Support Contract Options - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News

    Deloitte, IBA Secure $58M in DHA Program Management Support Contract Options

    A contractor team consisting of Deloitte‘s consulting practice and Irving Burton Associates, now part of DLH Holdings, will continue to provide program management services to the Defense Health Agency’s Solution Delivery Division under two one-year contract options worth $58.3 million combined. The awards represent the third option year of the team’s blanket purchase agreements with […] More

  • Enlightenment Capital Pushes Into ID Software Market With Acquisition, Investment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Enlightenment Capital Pushes Into ID Software Market With Acquisition, Investment

    Enlightenment Capital has launched a new identity software company and invested in a biometric technology developer as part of its effort to establish its presence in the identity management market. The Vienna, Virginia-headquartered private equity firm said Monday Infinite ID will offer fingerprinting and background screening services to federal, state and local government customers. Tom […] More

  • IARPA Picks 4 Teams for Radiation Exposure Detection Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IARPA Picks 4 Teams for Radiation Exposure Detection Research

    The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has selected four teams for a new program to study low-dose ionizing radiation exposure and develop new methods and technologies for detecting it. Teams led by Arete Associates, Ohio State University, Signature Science and the University of Washington were awarded contracts to research the physical impact of low-dose radiation […] More