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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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  • ACT I Gets CMMI Level 3 Appraisal for Services; Claudio Monticelli Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ACT I Gets CMMI Level 3 Appraisal for Services; Claudio Monticelli Quoted

    Advanced Concepts & Technologies International‘s business operations unit has received a level 3 Capability Maturity Model Integration rating for services. ACTI I said Tuesday said Acme Process Group conducted the CMMI appraisal process, which uses an industry benchmark to measure organizational performance and capability. “We are extremely proud to receive this third-party validation for our work and processes, […] More

  • Army Reserve Officer Danny Pickens Appointed Fidelis Threat Research Head - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Reserve Officer Danny Pickens Appointed Fidelis Threat Research Head

    Danny Pickens, a noncommissioned officer in charge of an intelligence team at U.S. Army Reserve, has been named director of Fidelis Cybersecurity‘s threat research group. He brings more than 10 years of military intelligence, cybersecurity and counterterrorism experience to Fidelis and will lead the team that incorporates data and insight into the Elevate threat detection platform, […] More

  • Raytheon to Help Air Force Develop Target ID Sensor - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Help Air Force Develop Target ID Sensor

    Raytheon has won a potential $16.6M contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop combat identification technologies. The company will focus on radar-based ID sensors designed to help reconnaissance and tactical aircraft identify ground and aerial targets under the Precision Real-Time Engagement Combat Identification Sensor Exploitation program, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. Tasks under the PRECISE program […] More

  • Lockheed Delivers Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles to Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Delivers Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles to Air Force

    Lockheed Martin has shipped an initial batch of long range anti-ship missiles to the U.S. Air Force after completing integration, flight test, simulation and modeling requirements. The company said Tuesday its LRASM system reached an early operational capability status on the military service’s B-1B bomber aircraft ahead of schedule. The missile is built to detect and counter target ships in […] More

  • Carahsoft Now Authorized as AWS Public Sector Distributor; Craig Abod Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Now Authorized as AWS Public Sector Distributor; Craig Abod Quoted

    Amazon Web Services has authorized Carahsoft Technology to distribute AWS offerings across the public sector, building on the existing reseller agreement between the two companies. Carahsoft said Tuesday it can now provide a full range of AWS offerings for the government under the AWS Public Sector Distribution Program and help resellers and service providers distribute VMware Cloud products. […] More

  • AbleVets to Help Secure DHA IT Network; Wyatt Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AbleVets to Help Secure DHA IT Network; Wyatt Smith Comments

    AbleVets has received a potential three-year, $64.5M task order to provide life cycle network protection services to the Defense Health Agency. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center awarded the order, which contains one base year and two one-year options, under the U.S. Navy‘s SeaPort-e contract vehicle, AbleVets said Tuesday. The company will assess cyber risks, analyze […] More

  • AIA Launches New Cybersecurity Standard for Aerospace, Defense Industries; Eric Fanning Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AIA Launches New Cybersecurity Standard for Aerospace, Defense Industries; Eric Fanning Quoted

    The Aerospace Industries Association has released a standard aimed at maintaining cybersecurity resilience in the aerospace and defense industries. The risk-based standard complements the Department of Defense‘s existing cybersecurity guidelines and are made to help companies regularly update cyber defenses amid evolving threats, AIA said Thursday. “With aggressive state and non-state cyber actors targeting the United States, it […] More

  • Northrop Demos Mine Warfare at Australia-Sponsored Event - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Demos Mine Warfare at Australia-Sponsored Event

    Northrop Grumman has performed a demonstration of its mine hunting system on an unmanned surface vehicle during the Australian navy’s Autonomous Warrior 2018 exercise. The company said Monday its AQS-24B system installed on the mine hunting unmanned surface vessel reduced time spent for mine clearance, delivered accurate undersea detection, and kept sailors away from the minefield. The system […] More

  • Rocket Lab Sends NASA Small Research Satellites Into Orbit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rocket Lab Sends NASA Small Research Satellites Into Orbit

    Rocket Lab launched 10 cubesats into space on Sunday morning as part of its Venture Class Launch Services agreement with NASA. The company said Sunday its Electron rocket lifted off with the small research satellites at 1:33 a.m. Eastern time in Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. Three NASA centers, one middle school and seven universities built the cubesats through the Educational […] More

  • AT&T's Jill Singer Delivers Commencement Speech at University of West Florida - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T’s Jill Singer Delivers Commencement Speech at University of West Florida

    Jill Singer, vice president of national security for AT&T‘s global public sector business, spoke at the University of West Florida’s fall 2018 commencement ceremony held Saturday. She earned both her bachelor’s degree in computer science and master’s degree in systems analysis from the university, UWF said Friday. Singer also serves as a trustee there. “UWF’s ongoing commitment to […] More

  • Report: Army Eyes Northrop-Designed VTOL Drone as Potential RQ-7 Replacement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Army Eyes Northrop-Designed VTOL Drone as Potential RQ-7 Replacement

    The U.S. Army is evaluating a vertical takeoff and landing drone Northrop Grumman designed with MartinUAV as the military service considers replacing its RQ-7 Shadow fleet, C4ISRnet reported Sunday. Both companies developed the V-BAT unmanned aerial system to perform reconnaissance missions without the use of special equipment. A single controller can operate the drone using a tablet, software and a waypoint […] More

  • Peraton to Provide Technical Support for USAF Cross-Domain Tech Under $66M Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Peraton to Provide Technical Support for USAF Cross-Domain Tech Under $66M Order

    Peraton has secured a potential five-year, $65.6M order from the U.S. Air Force to provide programmatic, engineering and technical support for a cross-domain information platform. Tasks include research, requirements analysis and definition, systems and software integration, interoperability testing, configuration management, lab-based security evaluation and other support services for Xdomain technology, the Department of Defense said Friday. The […] More