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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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  • Raytheon, Charles River Analytics Partner for Military Planning Tool Development Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Charles River Analytics Partner for Military Planning Tool Development Project

    Charles River Analytics and Raytheon‘s BBN Technologies subsidiary will collaborate on a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-funded effort to develop modeling tools for military planners to comprehend potential causes of a conflict. The industry team aims to produce military planning tools using artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques as part of DARPA’s Causal Exploration of Complex Operational Environments program, Charles […] More

  • FAA Clears Virgin Orbit Rocket for Launch Test With Boeing Carrier Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FAA Clears Virgin Orbit Rocket for Launch Test With Boeing Carrier Aircraft

    Virgin Orbit has obtained authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration to test-fly the company’s rocket system through what the agency calls a reusable launch vehicle mission. FAA issued Friday a commercial space transportation license that says Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne platform can launch from a Boeing 747-400 carrier aircraft as part of the test slated to occur at Mojave Air and Space […] More

  • Army Network CFT to Host Industry Forum on Distributed Computing Technologies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Network CFT to Host Industry Forum on Distributed Computing Technologies

    The U.S. Army Network-Cross Functional Team plans to host an industry event to discuss requirements for distributed computing technologies, such as the use of the cloud to support tactical formations. The Technical Industry Forum will be held August 1 at the Marriott Raleigh City Center in North Carolina, the Army said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday. The two-day […] More

  • Boeing Gets $81M MH-47G Special Operations Helicopter Delivery Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Gets $81M MH-47G Special Operations Helicopter Delivery Order

    Boeing has received an $80.7 million order to build and deliver four MH-47G Chinook  rotary-wing helicopters to the U.S. Special Operations Command. SOCOM issued the delivery order to address an “urgent” requirement to sustain special operations forces’ heavy-assault, rotary-wing platform and address impacts of an increased SOF operational demand, the Defense Department said Thursday. The command will obligate $33.7 million […] More

  • Navy Secretary Richard Spencer Tours Lockheed Team's LCS Production Line - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Secretary Richard Spencer Tours Lockheed Team’s LCS Production Line

    U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer has visited a shipyard in Marinette, Wis., where  a Lockheed Martin-led industry team is building a Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship. Lockheed said Thursday it leads a team consisting of Fincantieri Marinette Marine, Gibbs & Cox and at least 800 suppliers from across 42 states to support the service branch’s LCS program. Spencer, a 2018 Wash100 recipient, […] More

  • John Heller: PAE Aims to Help Counter CBNRE Threats via DTRA Contract Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Heller: PAE Aims to Help Counter CBNRE Threats via DTRA Contract Vehicle

    PAE has secured a position on a potential eight-year, $970 million contract to support the Defense Threat Reduction Agency‘s Cooperative Threat Reduction program that aims to counter weapons of mass destruction. The company said Thursday it will vie for task orders to facilitate transportation, storage and destruction of WMD threats through the contract vehicle. “PAE’s CTRIC III […] More

  • Sierra Technical Services Completes Critical Design Review of New Target Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sierra Technical Services Completes Critical Design Review of New Target Aircraft

    Sierra Technical Services has concluded the critical design review of an upcoming unmanned target aircraft. The company said Wednesday the 5th Generation Aerial Target is being designed for use in air-to-air and ground-to-air weapons evaluation, as well as in training for pilots and ground forces. The 5GAT generates propulsion through two afterburning jet engines housed in […] More

  • IRS Eyes AI-Based Analytical Platform for Cybersecurity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IRS Eyes AI-Based Analytical Platform for Cybersecurity

    The Internal Revenue Service has asked industry to submit information on artificial intelligence, cognitive computing, data analytics and machine learning algorithms or methods intended to counter cyber and insider threats. IRS said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday it seeks an analytical platform that can support local and global settings, constantly learn about environments, triage alerts, provide investigation […] More

  • DARPA Taps Charles River Analytics to Develop Swarm Tactics System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps Charles River Analytics to Develop Swarm Tactics System

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected Charles River Analytics to develop and evaluate swarm tactics, primitives, and algorithms that would aid troops deployed in urban environments. The company said Wednesday its Swarm Algorithms and Tactics for Urban Reconnaissance and Isolation effort supports the Offensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics program that aims to provide over 100 swarm tactics for use with groups of unmanned […] More

  • Army-Boeing Chinook Block II Program Enters Final Assembly Phase - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army-Boeing Chinook Block II Program Enters Final Assembly Phase

    The U.S. Army and Boeing have moved the first Block II CH-47F Chinook unit produced under an engineering and manufacturing development contract into the final assembly phase. The helicopter is equipped with updated rotor blade, fuselage, fuel and drivetrain built to help increase the lift capacity and commonality between the Army and its allied forces, Boeing said Wednesday. The Chicago-based defense […] More

  • Eric Shander: Red Hat Eyes Back-End Support in DoD Cloud Procurement Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Eric Shander: Red Hat Eyes Back-End Support in DoD Cloud Procurement Contract

    Eric Shander, an executive vice president and chief financial officer of Red Hat, has said the company is in talks with Defense Department officials regarding the company’s back-end cloud software and service offerings, News Observer reported Tuesday. DoD reportedly intends to award a $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract that may potentially go to a major cloud service […] More

  • Army to Use Uptake AI Software in Bradley Fighting Vehicle Maintenance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army to Use Uptake AI Software in Bradley Fighting Vehicle Maintenance

    The U.S. Army has selected Uptake to provide an artificial intelligence tool for the service branch to monitor the condition of Bradley Fighting Vehicles. Uptake said Tuesday it aims to help the Army predict technical failures, reduce occurrences of unscheduled maintenance and manage repairs with the Asset Performance Management application. The software will work to aid tactical commanders in monitoring, managing […] More