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Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
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.
Raytheon demonstrated the search, detection and tracking functions of its new air and missile defense radar during a recent test at the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii, the company said Tuesday. Raytheon began developing the radar in January 2014.
The Defense Science Board has appointed Joan Hoffmann, a physicist of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, to DSB's Task Force on Applications of Quantum Technologies.
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions subsidiary Kratos RT Logic has developed a prototype network management system called the Enterprise Management and Control system, which allows military users to switch or "roam" from one satellite communications network to another. Kratos said in a press release on Monday that the demo featured a satcom terminal commonly deployed by the U.S. government as well as other hardware configured in a way that mirrors the typical government setup.
Applied Visions' Secure Decisions business has released a technology designed to automate the process of identifying exploitable vulnerabilities in a web-based application.
Air Force Materiel Command plans to award a total of $24.9M under a broad agency announcement for research, development, demonstration, integration, testing and delivery of technologies that facilitate processing of space situational awareness data. The U.S. Air Force said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice it seeks to use new sensor technologies, computational SSA and multidomain intelligence expertise to gather, process, analyze and spread SSA information and data.
NASA's Glenn Research Center seeks market information regarding facility construction efforts at Lewis Field and Plum Brook Station facilities. Contractors would provide architectural, civil, structural, mechanical, plumbing, heat ventilation, air conditioning, electrical, instrumentation and demolition services at the facilities located in Cleveland and Sandusky, Ohio, NASA said Monday in a FedBizOpps notice.
Kirk Shawhan, who joined Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in 2004, has been appointed executive for APL's precision strike mission area.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency invites industry firms to submit proposals on artificial intelligence applications in the area of neurotechnology. DARPA said Thursday in a FedBizOpps notice it will task teams to address issues concerning central and peripheral neural interfaces.
The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a $71.8M contract to Public Health Vaccines for research and development of medical applications that address various diseases and health threats, HHS said in a FedBizOpps posted Friday. The company will focus on multiple health and disease prevention topics including antibacterials, influenza therapeutics and vaccines, respiratory protection and countermeasures for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear agents.
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A joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky subsidiary has completed the initial ground testing of a new compound helicopter in West Palm Beach, Fla., Rotor & Wing International reported Thursday. The SB>1 Defiant helicopter spun its coaxial rigid rotors at slow speeds while remaining on the ground, as seen in a video posted Thursday.
The Department of Homeland Security is soliciting for a number of small business innovation research projects in support of its Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office and Science and Technology Directorate. Interested small businesses may submit proposals over the solicitation period that will run through Feb. 12, 2019, DHS said Friday.
