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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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  • DHS S&T Invites Parties to Apply for Second Biometric Technology Rally - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS S&T Invites Parties to Apply for Second Biometric Technology Rally

    The Department of Homeland Security‘s Science and Technology Directorate is seeking participants for an upcoming technology rally focusing on biometric systems. Entrants to the 2019 Biometric Technology Rally will work to develop systems sufficient to support identity verification operations, DHS said Wednesday. The department will conduct scenario-based tests of proposed technologies at the directorate’s Maryland […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Picks Triumph to Supply Navy Carrier Remote Valve Actuator - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Picks Triumph to Supply Navy Carrier Remote Valve Actuator

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has selected Triumph Group to manufacture remote valve actuation systems required for the modernization of a U.S. Navy Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Triumph said Wednesday its integrated systems business will supply 165 actuators from the company’s mechanical solutions facility in Shelbyville, Ind., for installation on the USS George Washington, or CVN-73. HII will modernize […] More

  • Leidos Announces Education Support Efforts; Roger Krone Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Announces Education Support Efforts; Roger Krone Quoted

    Leidos is providing education and training services to help students and workers develop their skills and empower the country’s workforce in support of the White House’s Pledge to America’s Workers program. The company said Wednesday it will develop learning programs encompassing apprenticeships, continuing education, reskilling, on-the-job training and work-based education for more than 2.1K recipients […] More

  • SAP NS2 Adopts Drone Aviation's Video Technology for Analysis Uses - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP NS2 Adopts Drone Aviation’s Video Technology for Analysis Uses

    SAP National Security Service is integrating Drone Aviation Holding‘s drone-based video footage application into the former’s portfolio of cloud-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technologies. The video technology integrates with SAP NS2’s machine learning application to generate real-time data analyses for security missions, Drone Aviation said Tuesday. SAP NS2’s seventh annual solutions summit will feature drone-based video […] More

  • Raytheon-Made Air Control System Demonstrates Ship-Aircraft Connection - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon-Made Air Control System Demonstrates Ship-Aircraft Connection

    The U.S. Navy has used a Raytheon-made ship self defense system to digitally connect with a flying U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Joint Strike Fighter aircraft during a demonstration in Massachusetts. The company said Wednesday its Link 16 Digital Air Control technology works to facilitate wireless joint operation between vessels and aircraft for boosted interoperability and […] More

  • By Light to Offer 'Highly Adaptive' Cybersecurity Services Under Three GSA Schedule SINs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Cybersecurity News, News

    By Light to Offer ‘Highly Adaptive’ Cybersecurity Services Under Three GSA Schedule SINs

    The General Services Administration has selected By Light Professional IT Services to offer cybersecurity services under three special item numbers on the GSA IT Schedule 70 contract. By Light said Tuesday it secured positions on the penetration testing, incident response and risk and vulnerability assessment SINs. “These SINs provide an opportunity for timely, enterprise wide […] More

  • DSA Wins Army IT Enterprise Services IDIQ Spot; Fran Pierce Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DSA Wins Army IT Enterprise Services IDIQ Spot; Fran Pierce Quoted

    Data Systems Analysts has won a spot on a potential nine-year, $12.1B contract vehicle to support the U.S. Army‘s enterprise infrastructure and information systems worldwide. The Information Technology Enterprise Solutions Services contract covers command, control, communications, computers and information management services as well as efforts to maintain and manage IT legacy platforms and equipment, DSA said. DSA is among […] More

  • Virginia DOT Taps Woolpert to Collect, Analyze Highway Asset Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Virginia DOT Taps Woolpert to Collect, Analyze Highway Asset Data

    Virginia’s transportation department has selected Woolpert to gather and process data of highway condition assets from roads across the state. The company said Tuesday it will assess over 40 types of these assets such as guardrails and fences based on the department’s standard criteria and submit processed data to Leidos for a final examination. Woolpert […] More

  • DoD Awards Four Grants for Manufacturing Engineering Education Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Education, News

    DoD Awards Four Grants for Manufacturing Engineering Education Support

    Battelle Education, Clemson University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining have received grants with a combined total of $5.7M under a Defense Department engineering education effort. The recipients will use the funds to administer educational programs in the manufacturing engineering area under the three-year Manufacturing Engineering Education […] More

  • Mark Santamaria Joins Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions Business as CFO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Executive Moves, News

    Mark Santamaria Joins Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions Business as CFO

    Mark Santamaria, former chief financial officer of Mission Essential, has been appointed as senior vice president and CFO of Cobham‘s advanced electronic solutions sector. He will oversee the sector’s legal organization, contracts and compliance efforts and will also serve on the board of Cobham subsidiary AES Holdings, the company said Monday. Santamaria previously worked in finance leadership roles […] More

  • Leonardo DRS Vet Shawn Black Named Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions Group COO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo DRS Vet Shawn Black Named Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions Group COO

    Shawn Black, former vice president and general manager of Leonardo DRS‘ electro-optical and infrared systems business, has joined Cobham as the first chief operating officer of its advanced electronic solutions business. Jill Kale, president of Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions, said in a statement released Monday that Black will oversee profit-and-loss accounts and operational strategies at CAES’ 16 facilities. […] More

  • Enlighten, US Military Academy Sign Cyber Analytics Research Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Enlighten, US Military Academy Sign Cyber Analytics Research Agreement

    Alion Science and Technology‘s Enlighten IT Consulting business and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point have partnered to study the potential use of data analytics in cyber mission planning and decision-making processes. Both parties will aim to create a model for commanders and their staff members to make decisions about battlefield missions that are supported […] More