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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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  • Report: DoD Requires JEDI Contract Bidders to Hand-Deliver Proposals - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Cloud, News

    Report: DoD Requires JEDI Contract Bidders to Hand-Deliver Proposals

    The Defense Department has again extended the deadline of bidding for a $10B cloud services contract and asked vendors to submit proposals in person, Nextgov reported Tuesday. Interested parties may contact procurement officials to arrange submission details through Oct. 10, and deliver their responses to the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure solicitation on DVDs by Oct. 12. Bidders […] More

  • Lockheed Opens New Orlando-Based Innovation Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Lockheed Opens New Orlando-Based Innovation Center

    Lockheed Martin has opened a 6.5K-square-foot center designed to house at least 5K personnel and equipped with platforms meant to aid innovation efforts. The center is located at Lockheed’s Missiles and Fire Control facility in Orlando and has five laboratories that seek to address business challenges with technology., the company said Tuesday. The Application Research Experimentation & […] More

  • IAP Supports Army, FEMA in Hurricane Florence Disaster Response; Rob Hargis Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IAP Supports Army, FEMA in Hurricane Florence Disaster Response; Rob Hargis Quoted

    IAP Worldwide Services has provided more than 125 workers, 286 generators and heavy construction equipment to support disaster response operations during the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. The company said Tuesday it deployed teams and supplies across Fort Bragg, N.C.; Kinston, N.C. and Columbia, S.C. in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Federal […] More

  • Knowesis-General Dynamics Team to Support Army Public Health Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Knowesis-General Dynamics Team to Support Army Public Health Center

    A partnership between Knowesis and General Dynamics‘ information technology business has been selected to provide administrative, scientific and technical support services to the Army Public Health Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. Knowesis said Tuesday its team will help APHC facilitate health surveillance, epidemiology, prevention and awareness, health promotion, laboratory and veterinary research efforts. The contract consolidates support […] More

  • National Science Foundation, Boeing Form STEM Training Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Education, News

    National Science Foundation, Boeing Form STEM Training Partnership

    Boeing has partnered with the National Science Foundation to train students and the company’s employees in the science, technology, engineering and math skill areas. The company said Monday it will invest $10M to help NSF and its learning institution partners develop online training courses about model-based engineering, systems engineering, mechatronics, robotics, data science, sensor analytics, […] More

  • Dell EMC, HPE Support Air Force's IT Infrastructure Development Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Technology, News

    Dell EMC, HPE Support Air Force’s IT Infrastructure Development Efforts

    Dell EMC and Hewlett Packard Enterprise are helping the U.S. Air Force‘s Space and Missile Systems Center develop information technology infrastructure platforms built on supply chain risk management. The two firms will provide the center with SCRM systems that employ commercial, government and open source technologies, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base said Monday. The center would […] More

  • Intel Takes Part in White House's Quantum Computing Summit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Intel Takes Part in White House’s Quantum Computing Summit

      Intel joined other commercial, government and academic organizations at a White House-hosted event that aimed to spur collaboration and research on quantum information sciences. The White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy held the summit Monday to facilitate discussions about quantum innovation and workforce development, Intel said Monday. According to the company, quantum computing […] More

  • DigitalGlobe to Help DARPA Build Cloud-Based Geospatial Data Analytics Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Big Data & Analytics News, News

    DigitalGlobe to Help DARPA Build Cloud-Based Geospatial Data Analytics Platform

    Maxar Technologies‘ DigitalGlobe business has secured a $3.2M contract from the the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to build a technology platform for military and intelligence agencies to access unclassified geospatial data. The Geospatial Cloud Analytics Hub platform is intended to help users obtain insights and make decisions with cloud-based machine learning, Maxar said Monday. DigitalGlobe will […] More

  • Hoverfly Intros UAS Product Line for Military Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hoverfly Intros UAS Product Line for Military Customers

    Hoverfly Technologies has unveiled a suite of unmanned aircraft systems intended for use in military operations in any weather condition. The company said Monday its LiveSky SENTRY product line includes three system configurations designed to comply with the IP54 enclosure and MIL-STD-810 environmental test standards. Rob Topping, Hoverfly CEO, said that compliance to these standards would allow military, public safety […] More

  • Raytheon Gets Foreign Gov't Cyber Support Contract; Dave Wajsgras Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Cybersecurity News, Featured, General, News

    Raytheon Gets Foreign Gov’t Cyber Support Contract; Dave Wajsgras Quoted

    Raytheon has landed a multiyear contract to provide cybersecurity services and associated support to an unnamed government client in the Middle East and North Africa region. The company said Monday it will also conduct training, operational, sustainment and knowledge transfer efforts under the contract. “We are honored to have been selected as a trusted cybersecurity […] More

  • MDA Plans Fiscal 2019 Missile Production Contract Award to Raytheon - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MDA Plans Fiscal 2019 Missile Production Contract Award to Raytheon

    The Missile Defense Agency intends to award Raytheon a five-year contract to produce Standard Missile-3 Block IIA all-up-rounds for U.S. and foreign military customers beginning in fiscal 2019. MDA said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice the possible contract action is contingent upon the approval of initial SM-3 BLK IIA production and the agency may issue additional orders […] More