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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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  • BAE Gets DARPA Contract to Develop Tactical Comms Security Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Gets DARPA Contract to Develop Tactical Comms Security Platform

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded a $4.4 million contract to BAE Systems to design and develop an integrated system that would help military users secure communications during tactical operations. BAE’s information and electronic systems integration business will perform work under DARPA’s Protected Forward Communications program, according to a FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday. The company will work to build […] More

  • Austal USA Authenticates Keel of 11th Spearhead-Class Expeditionary Fast Transport - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Austal USA Authenticates Keel of 11th Spearhead-Class Expeditionary Fast Transport

    Austal USA has authenticated the keel of the 11th Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship at the company’s shipyard in Mobile, Ala. EPF 11 or the future USNS Puerto Rico is set to enter construction following the ceremony, and will be the third U.S. Navy ship to carry the island’s name, Naval Sea Systems Command said Thursday. Expeditionary fast transport […] More

  • Former Cybercom, NSA Head Michael Rogers Joins CyberCube Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Cybercom, NSA Head Michael Rogers Joins CyberCube Board

    Michael Rogers, former director of the National Security Agency and commander of U.S. Cyber Command, has joined CyberCube‘s board of directors. The company said Friday the appointment is Rogers’ first stint in the private sector since he retired from the military after 37 years of service. San Francisco-based CyberCube spun out of Symantec five months ago and offers cyber risk […] More

  • General Dynamics Launches Enterprise-Level Encryptor Manager - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Launches Enterprise-Level Encryptor Manager

    General Dynamics‘ mission systems business has launched a new remote platform built to help customers manage encryption devices on an enterprise level. The company said Thursday the GEM One R1.1 works to facilitate the management of health, status and connectivity in enterprise networks containing dispersed encryption devices. The platform is also designed to help users […] More

  • USAID Seeks Info on Correspondence Tracking Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USAID Seeks Info on Correspondence Tracking Systems

    The U.S. Agency for International Development has submitted a request for information on systems used to track correspondence documents. USAID is in need of a system that would automatically receive and categorize solicited and unsolicited correspondence, and notify officials for feedback and approval, the agency said Wednesday in a FedBizOpps notice. The agency currently manages correspondence […] More

  • Capture2 Helps Va.-Based Consulting Firm Secure Contracts With Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Capture2 Helps Va.-Based Consulting Firm Secure Contracts With Tech

    Line has adopted a Capture2-built software platform in a move to simplify the consulting services provider’s capture and proposal management process. Capture2 said Tuesday its technology helped Line win up to $44 million in contracts over a three-month period. Capture2Proposal is designed to integrate opportunity identification, capture management and secure proposal collaboration functions into one unified system. The […] More

  • CIA, Army Vet John Mulholland Joins Klas Telecom Government as Special Board Adviser - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CIA, Army Vet John Mulholland Joins Klas Telecom Government as Special Board Adviser

    John Mulholland, former associate director of military affairs at the CIA, has joined Klas Telecom Government to guide the company’s board of directors as a special adviser. He will provide the company’s board strategic guidance built on experience in leading the country’s elite military forces, the communications firm said Thursday. Mulholland is a retired U.S. Army […] More

  • Ball Aerospace Helps NASA Review Astrophysics Observatory Design - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ball Aerospace Helps NASA Review Astrophysics Observatory Design

    Ball Aerospace has helped NASA complete the preliminary design review of a space-based astrophysics observatory designed to measure cosmic X-ray polarization. NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center collaborated with Ball, the Italian space agency and other industry partners on the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer PDR effort at a facility in Boulder, Colo., the company said Wednesday. IXPE is scheduled for 2021 launch […] More

  • DTSI to Extend Air Force HR IT Support Under $84M Task Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DTSI to Extend Air Force HR IT Support Under $84M Task Order

    Diversified Technical Services Inc. has received a potential $84 million task order to continue to provide information technology support for the U.S. Air Force‘s human resources division. The follow-on task order was awarded under the Small-Business Network-Centric-Solutions-2 Application Services contract vehicle, USAF said Monday in a FedBizOpps notice. DTSI said Wednesday it will extend the provision of IT […] More

  • Air Force Issues RFI on Enterprise Service Desk, End User Devices - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Issues RFI on Enterprise Service Desk, End User Devices

    The U.S. Air Force has posted a request for information on enterprise service desk and end user devices as the service branch aims to increase mission effectiveness with the use of commercial technology platforms. USAF said Aug. 2 in a FedBizOpps notice it will explore organizational, business and technical process tools that can support the service branch’s […] More

  • Army Taps Leonardo DRS to Demonstrate Electrical Power System for Air Defense - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Taps Leonardo DRS to Demonstrate Electrical Power System for Air Defense

    The U.S. Army has selected Leonardo DRS to demonstrate an electrical energy system designed to help the service branch meet vehicle power requirements. The company said Tuesday it will test the On-Board Vehicle Power system on the Army’s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense vehicles designed for launcher vehicles and missile battery command and control. Leonardo […] More

  • BAE to Help DARPA Automate Cyber Enterprise Threat Analysis, Detection; Sam Hamilton Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Help DARPA Automate Cyber Enterprise Threat Analysis, Detection; Sam Hamilton Comments

    BAE Systems has received a potential $5.2 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop automated tools for the analysis and detection of cybersecurity risks to large-scale enterprise networks. The company said Tuesday it will help DARPA create, evaluate and demonstrate platforms that can help organizations defend against sophisticated threats as part of the agency’s Cyber-Hunting […] More