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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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  • Air Force Orders Rockwell Collins Receiver Tech for F-16s - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Orders Rockwell Collins Receiver Tech for F-16s

    The U.S. Air Force has chosen Rockwell Collins to equip the F-16 jets with an updated receiver technology designed to counter GPS threats. Rockwell Collins said Friday it will provide Digital GPS Anti-Jam Receivers for the Air Force Reserve’s and Air National Guard’s F-16 crews to navigate and operate in contested, electromagnetic environments. The company noted that DIGAR integration efforts does […] More

  • SPA Earns DOL Recognition for Hiring Military Vets; William Vantine Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SPA Earns DOL Recognition for Hiring Military Vets; William Vantine Quoted

    Systems Planning and Analysis has received a Labor Department award in recognition of the company’s efforts to recruit and retain former military personnel. SPA said Friday it is among the 239 firms DOL selected for this year’s HIRE Vets Medallion Program Demonstration Award program and has earned a platinum recognition. The department evaluated nominees criteria such as […] More

  • General Dynamics to Help CMS Develop Care Quality Measures; Kamal Narang Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Help CMS Develop Care Quality Measures; Kamal Narang Quoted

    General Dynamics‘ information technology business can vie for task orders to help the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services manage quality of the federal health care system under a potential 10-year, $1.6B contract awarded in August. The company said Friday it will continue to support CMS in the next decade as the agency looks to develop and implement health care […] More

  • Iridium, Icom Partner for Push-to-Talk Radio Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium, Icom Partner for Push-to-Talk Radio Development

    Japan-based company Icom has partnered with Iridium Communications to develop a handheld radio technology that will use push-to-talk method to help users communicate. The partnership intends for the device to support communications among first responders, military personnel, remote workers and nongovernmental organizations that operate in areas where ground infrastructure is limited, Iridium said Friday. Both companies expect to introduce […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Update Army CH-47F Chinook Avionics - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Update Army CH-47F Chinook Avionics

    Rockwell Collins has landed a potential five-year contract to update and repair components of the common avionics architecture systems equipped on the U.S. Army‘s CH-47F Chinook helicopters. The aircraft’s CAAS uses the Flight2 open systems architecture to combine communications, navigation and mission subsystems for integrated performance and situational awareness, the company said Thursday. The Army Aviation […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL Wins First Place at IARPA-Led Geopolitical Forecasting Challenge - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Johns Hopkins APL Wins First Place at IARPA-Led Geopolitical Forecasting Challenge

    Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory garnered first place in the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity‘s recent competition on geopolitical event prediction. JHU APL said Thursday it was among teams that competed to answer 165 geopolitical questions over a course of seven months for the Geopolitical Forecasting Challenge. Participants submitted predictions on various geopolitical topics such […] More

  • Army Seeks Potential CBRND Analytical Service Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Seeks Potential CBRND Analytical Service Sources

    The U.S. Army is sourcing for market information on analytical services needed to address various requirements of the Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense Program Analysis and Integration Office. CBRND PAIO is in need of analytical support services to provide recommendations for the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Enterprise, […] More

  • SparkCognition-HPE Partnership Augments AI Analytics Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SparkCognition-HPE Partnership Augments AI Analytics Platform

    SparkCognition will leverage an Hewlett Packard Enterprise-made rugged, converged system in an aim to boost the performance of the former’s industrial artificial intelligence platform, under a partnership between the two firms. SparkCognition said Wednesday its SparkPredict platform will perform at full potential when operating with HPE’s Edgeline Converged Edge System. SparkPredict uses category-leading and machine learning […] More

  • Cubic to Demonstrate C4ISR Products at Upcoming Australia Military Show; Mike Twyman Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic to Demonstrate C4ISR Products at Upcoming Australia Military Show; Mike Twyman Quoted

    Cubic‘s mission solutions business will demonstrate a range of command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technologies at the upcoming 2018 Military Communication and Information System Conference or MilCIS. The company said Wednesday it will demonstrate the Atlas Strike targeting system, DTECH M3X networking products and the GATR satellite communications system at the event […] More

  • BAE Develops Airspace Awareness Tech for Military Pilots - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Develops Airspace Awareness Tech for Military Pilots

    BAE Systems has built a system that works to help military aircraft pilots obtain situational awareness of general air traffic through satellite technology. The Web Enabled Data Links platform is designed to collect information on commercial aircraft to guide aviator decision-making during flights, the company said Wednesday. WEnDL can access data via automatic dependent surveillance broadcast technology that employs […] More

  • Navy Sources for Providers of NAVAIR IT Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Sources for Providers of NAVAIR IT Services

    The Naval Air Systems Command is sourcing for industry input on information technology support services for logistics competency, headquarters and depots of the Navy Fleet Readiness Center and customer IT. The contractor will define software requirements, develop and deploy software, provide IT engineering, and deliver training and maintenance efforts for NAVAIR and external customers, the U.S. […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Awarded Modification to Purchase Columbia Submarine Advance Construction Materials - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Awarded Modification to Purchase Columbia Submarine Advance Construction Materials

    General Dynamics Electric Boat has awarded a $197M contract modification to Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division for long-lead time materials and advance construction of the Columbia ballistic missile submarine. HII said Tuesday it will use funds to procure components and materials needed for advance construction of SSBN 826, the first vessel within the Columbia […] More