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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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  • WidePoint Achieves FedRAMP Ready Status for Telecom Management Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Technology, News

    WidePoint Achieves FedRAMP Ready Status for Telecom Management Platform

    WidePoint‘s cloud-based telecommunications lifecycle management platform has obtained Ready status under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The designation makes WidePoint a Ready vendor on the FedRAMP Marketplace for government agencies and moves its Intelligent Telecommunications Management System closer to achieving full authorization, the Fairfax, Virginia-headquartered company said Monday. ITMS is a customizable web […] More

  • Air Force Taps Blue Canyon to Develop, Test Micro-Satellite for Deep Space Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, Space News

    Air Force Taps Blue Canyon to Develop, Test Micro-Satellite for Deep Space Missions

    Blue Canyon Technologies, a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, has secured a $14.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop and demonstrate a small satellite bus for operations beyond geosynchronous Earth orbit. The contractor will build a satellite capable of operating and maneuvering for up to three years in orbits beyond GEO under the […] More

  • BlackSky Launches Earth Imaging Satellites to Expand Geospatial Monitoring Constellation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Space News

    BlackSky Launches Earth Imaging Satellites to Expand Geospatial Monitoring Constellation

    BlackSky has expanded its constellation of real-time geospatial monitoring satellites with the launch of two spacecraft into orbit to meet global customers’ requirements for Earth imaging and global intelligence services. The company said Thursday the satellites are operational and, within 14 hours of launch, have collected and transferred their first imagery into the Spectra AI […] More

  • Iceye, Army Sign Collaborative R&D Agreement on Synthetic Aperture Radar Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Technology, News

    Iceye, Army Sign Collaborative R&D Agreement on Synthetic Aperture Radar Tech

    Iceye has signed a cooperative research and development agreement with the U.S. Army to explore the potential applications of synthetic aperture radar imagery and data in military missions. The satellite operator said Thursday it will work with the Army’s Space and Missile Defense Technical Center to examine low-cost SAR systems including satellite tasking, data downlink, […] More

  • Planet, New Light Technologies Partner to Deliver Satellite Imagery to FEMA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Technology, News

    Planet, New Light Technologies Partner to Deliver Satellite Imagery to FEMA

    Planet has teamed up with New Light Technologies to deliver satellite imagery to the federal government in support of its disaster risk mitigation, response and recovery initiatives. The Earth observation services provider said Wednesday it will combine its PlanetScope imagery collection with the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster response program to assess areas damaged by […] More

  • Northrop to Mature Satcom-Based Network Radio for DOD's Multi-Domain Strategy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Technology, News

    Northrop to Mature Satcom-Based Network Radio for DOD’s Multi-Domain Strategy

    Northrop Grumman will advance the development of a satellite communications-enabled networking radio designed to allow the joint forces to communicate across land, sea, air and space domains. The defense technology company said Wednesday it received an expanded scope of work contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to mature the capabilities of its Freedom Radio […] More

  • Cubic Developing Aerial Layer Network Communication Platform for Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, Government Technology, News

    Cubic Developing Aerial Layer Network Communication Platform for Air Force

    Cubic’s mission and performance solutions business will continue developing a high-capacity backbone prototype intended to enable joint forces to communicate across the aerial layer. The company said Tuesday it secured a follow-on research and development contract from the U.S. Air Force to create an advanced networking capability and a unified user experience tool that will […] More

  • VA's Community Care-Focused Website Logs 10M Referrals; Cognosante's Philip Dietz Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News

    VA’s Community Care-Focused Website Logs 10M Referrals; Cognosante’s Philip Dietz Quoted

    Cognosante has announced that the Department of Veterans Affairs’ web-based system for community care referrals and authorizations has reached 10 million referrals. The VA HealthShare Referral Manager is an enterprise-wide technology implemented by a Cognosante-led team under a $149 million contract awarded in 2019 and is used across all 155 VA Medical Centers and processes […] More

  • Enlightenment Capital Launches Investment Effort to Back Minority-Led Companies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News

    Enlightenment Capital Launches Investment Effort to Back Minority-Led Companies

    Enlightenment Capital is setting aside up to $50 million to invest in companies that offer products and services to the aerospace, defense, government and technology sectors. The Washington, D.C.-based investment firm said Monday the NextGen Leaders of GovTech investment initiative will back minority or women-led companies that are working to help the U.S. government address […] More

  • Paradigm Announces $2.5B Crypto-Focused Venture Fund - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Technology, News

    Paradigm Announces $2.5B Crypto-Focused Venture Fund

    Matt Huang and Fred Ehrsam, co-founders and managing directors of Paradigm, said the cryptocurrency-focused investment company seeks to broaden its presence in the virtual asset space with the launch of its first venture capital fund. In a blog post posted Monday, Huang and Ehrsam said the $2.5 billion VC fund will back early-stage and established […] More

  • SpaceX Deploys Additional 53 Satellites to Join Starlink Internet Constellation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX Deploys Additional 53 Satellites to Join Starlink Internet Constellation

    SpaceX has sent a new set of 53 satellites to low-Earth orbit for its Starlink constellation that is established to deliver global broadband internet service to underserved areas, ABC News reported Sunday. The company’s Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and positioned the additional Starlink internet satellites into orbit […] More

  • B&A, Nutanix Partner to Help Government Clients Adopt Cloud Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    B&A, Nutanix Partner to Help Government Clients Adopt Cloud Tech

    Bart & Associates has partnered with Nutanix to offer a hybrid multi-cloud platform in the federal sector as both companies aim to help agencies modernize information technology environments. B&A said Monday it will help bring the Nutanix Cloud Platform, along with automation and self-service offerings, to the government through the latter’s Elevate Reseller Partner Program. […] More