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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.
The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is looking to award a sole-source contract to General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business for the Block 5 production of the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft system covering fiscal 2019. The company is the only designer and maker of the MQ-9 and is the sole party to possess the […] More
QTS Realty Trust has chosen Cohesity to power cloud-based managed backup services intended to help clients simplify data security processes. The QTS Managed Backup offering uses hyperconverged technology to protect and recover files and applications through a single web-scale platform, the company said Wednesday. QTS engineers will monitor and track security issues for customers of the backup platform designed […] More
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration seeks input from industry, academia and the general public on the advantages of open access to data through NOAA’s Big Data Project collaborators. A FedBizOpps notice posted Monday says NOAA will collect and use feedback to determine end user needs as well as the impact of agency data across the marketplace. […] More
Viasat has released a cybersecurity software geared to securely facilitate the transmission of critical data between ships at sea and onshore facilities. The integrated Mobile Dynamic Defense software uses a Defense in Depth model that combines multiple layers of security functions to constantly monitor and protect information in end-user devices, the company said Tuesday. MDD […] More
Lockheed Martin will examine the potential applications of machine learning and robotic technology to an additive manufacturing process under a two-year, $5.8M contract with the U.S. Navy‘s Office of Naval Research. The company said Monday its Advanced Technology Center will develop software models and modify sensors for multi-axis robots designed to inject material via laser […] More
James F. Palmer, former corporate vice president and chief financial officer at Northrop Grumman, has been appointed as a member of Vector‘s board of directors. He holds over 45 years of financial expertise in the aerospace industry, having formerly held executive roles at Boeing and Visteon in addition to Northrop, Vector said Monday. As a […] More
Carahsoft will distribute AppGuard‘s zero trust endpoint protection software under a new partnership leveraging the former’s Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement contract with NASA. The contract allows federal and state agencies to directly access the software via Carahsoft’s public and partner reseller network, Appguard said Monday. AppGuard’s autonomous endpoint security technology uses a zero-trust approach to […] More
Blue Cedar has partnered with four other technology companies to update a cryptographic module designed to secure data transfer across web servers and connected devices. San Francisco-based Blue Cedar said Thursday it will collaborate with Open SSL, Akamai, NetApp and VMware develop a new Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 140-2 module for the OpenSSL software library. The alliance seeks to help organizations […] More
Ben Liptak, former chief of project planning and programming at the U.S. Air Force, has been named project manager for Woolpert‘s military market area. The company said Tuesday Liptak brings civil engineering and project management experience to Woolpert’s projects that are in line with his past military work. He previously supervised a team composed of 33 engineers and […] More
Jacobs Engineering Group and NASA have concluded tests of a parachute system that would support re-entry activities of the Orion spacecraft. The team conducted the Capsule Parachute Assembly System‘s final qualification test at the U.S. Army‘s Yuma Proving Ground facility in Arizona, the company said Thursday. During the test, a C-17 aircraft dropped the Orion capsule from […] More
Harris has been selected to develop an integrated core processor for the F-35 aircraft through a partnership with Lockheed Martin. ICP will work to process data from the fighter aircraft’s communications, sensors, electronic warfare, control, guidance and avionics systems, Lockheed said Thursday. The F-35 prime contractor expects Harris to deliver the processors beginning in 2023 for […] More
Northrop Grumman has secured a position on a $500M contract vehicle covering technical services to the Defense Intelligence Agency‘s science and technology missions. The company said Wednesday it is among the nine awardees on the HELIOS indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that encompasses the research and development; intelligence; strategic warning; acquisition; and operational areas. Ginger Wierzbanowski, vice president […] More
