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Nichols Martin

a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, produces articles on the federal government's technology and business interests. The coverage of these articles include government contracting, cybersecurity, information technology, health care and national security.

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  • Former NASA Exec Robert Braun Named Head of Johns Hopkins APL's Space Exploration Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former NASA Exec Robert Braun Named Head of Johns Hopkins APL’s Space Exploration Sector

    Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory has appointed Robert Braun, formerly director for planetary science at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to head APL’s space exploration sector, effective March 28. He will succeed retiring Michael Ryschkewitsch and guide APL’s efforts in the areas of civilian space exploration and national security, the institutional laboratory said Thursday. Braun […] More

  • DCS Receives $77M Air Force Contract to Support Fighter Testing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DCS Receives $77M Air Force Contract to Support Fighter Testing

    DCS Corporation has secured a five-year, $77 million contract to help the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center plan testing activities. The company said Thursday it will draft and edit test plans, manage data and plan analysis activities to support operational test capabilities under AFOTEC’s Fighter Test Services program. Work under the contract will […] More

  • Marine Corps Launches Solicitation for $249M Tactical Systems Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marine Corps Launches Solicitation for $249M Tactical Systems Support Contract

    Marine Corps Systems Command plans to award a potential 10-year, $249 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support analysis, troubleshooting and fielding of tactical systems. According to the SAM.gov solicitation notice, the Tactical Systems Support-3 contract will provide for technical expertise, help desk services and other related support required by the Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity. […] More

  • NetAbstraction Establishes New Georgia-Based Office to Bolster Cyber Workforce - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NetAbstraction Establishes New Georgia-Based Office to Bolster Cyber Workforce

    NetAbstraction has opened a new office in Augusta, Georgia, to capitalize on the area’s large talent pool of military cybersecurity veterans. The office is strategically located near Fort Gordon and the Georgia Cyber Center, and will accommodate more personnel as NetAbstraction plans to hire over 20 new Augusta-based employees in 2022, the company said Wednesday. […] More

  • HawkEye 360 Adopts BitRipple Network Tech to Accommodate Large Data Deliveries - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HawkEye 360 Adopts BitRipple Network Tech to Accommodate Large Data Deliveries

    HawkEye 360 is using BitRipple‘s networking technology to allow for large data deliveries from low Earth orbit satellites to ground units. BitRipple said Tuesday its Liquid Networking technology works to enable HawkEye 360’s geospatial satellites to send large volumes of data without requiring a backchannel. The technology converts data into a digital “liquid” form intended […] More

  • ULA Nears Launch of 2 Situational Awareness Satellites for Space Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA Nears Launch of 2 Situational Awareness Satellites for Space Force

    United Launch Alliance is preparing to launch an Atlas V rocket with two U.S. Space Force satellites designed to support orbital situational awareness and national safety. The USSF-8 mission’s GSSAP-5 and GSSAP-6 satellites will fly to space and then operate from a near-geosynchronous orbit to inform orbital predictions under the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program, […] More

  • Raytheon Test Fires Excalibur Projectile With French Howitzer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Test Fires Excalibur Projectile With French Howitzer

    Raytheon Technologies‘ missiles and defense business has collaborated with the U.S. Army and Nexter to demonstrate the compatibility between Excalibur artillery projectiles and the French company’s self-propelled howitzer. A CAESAR self-propelled howitzer fired the projectiles at two targets over 28.5 miles away as part of the test involving Excalibur, the French artillery equipment and the […] More

  • Kim Harrington Joins Belcan as Digital Solutions SVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kim Harrington Joins Belcan as Digital Solutions SVP

    Kim Harrington, formerly vice president and head of digital engineering at Bayer AG, has joined Ohio-based engineering services provider Belcan to serve as senior VP of digital solutions. She will spearhead digitally focused value creation efforts that support Belcan and its customers, the company said Tuesday. Harrington holds almost two decades of professional experience in […] More

  • Lyten Secures DOD Award to Boost Lithium-Sulfur Battery Production - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lyten Secures DOD Award to Boost Lithium-Sulfur Battery Production

    The Department of Defense has awarded Lyten a contract to boost the production capacity of the company’s LytCell lithium-sulfur batteries. Lyten said Tuesday it will use the multi-million award to increase the yearly production count of battery cells at a pilot facility under construction in San Jose, California. DOD issued the award under the National […] More

  • SpaceX Launches New Planet Satellites in Transporter-3 Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX Launches New Planet Satellites in Transporter-3 Mission

    SpaceX‘s Transporter-3 rideshare mission has launched a new set of 44 satellites made by Planet Labs for Earth observation. Planet said Thursday its Flock 4x batch of SuperDove satellites flew aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket under a multi-launch rideshare agreement between the two companies. Flock 4x raises the count of Planet’s Earth observation satellites to […] More

  • Navy Taps Georgia Tech's Research Arm to Help Study Swarm Heterogeneity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps Georgia Tech’s Research Arm to Help Study Swarm Heterogeneity

    Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp. has landed a $35.2 million contract to help the U.S. Navy study the feasibility of heterogeneous sensor swarms for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. GTARC will work under the Heterogeneous Autonomy Prototyping Evolution effort and investigate how a multi-modal, heterogeneous swarm architecture can support target detection and ISR activities through […] More

  • Riverside Research Added to NSF-led Consortium for Hardware Security - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Riverside Research Added to NSF-led Consortium for Hardware Security

    Riverside Research was added to a National Science Foundation-led consortium that works to drive hardware security development through cross-sector partnerships. The not-for-profit organization said Wednesday its membership in the Center for Hardware and Embedded Systems Security and Trust or CHEST Consortium allows it to support programs of the Air Force Research Laboratory, whose work spans […] More