Processing....
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.
Seven startups each won $90,000 in awards to develop technologies that can support small satellite science missions for NASA. The space agency said Saturday it held a two-round competition to select the winners from a pool of 44 participants in the Entrepreneur’s Challenge. The competition sought sensors, electronic systems and autonomous detection technologies for smallsats; […] More
A top avionics company official has cited lack of space industry investment as one of the causes of supply chain challenges and said the COVID-19 pandemic aggravated existing industry issues and intensified the impact of supply chain shocks, SpaceNews reported Sunday. “Relative to other industries, there’s a massive underinvestment in the supply chain… The supply […] More
General Motors‘ defense arm will prototype a military vehicle based on the new electric variant of the company’s Hummer, CNBC reported Thursday. Steve duMont, president of GM Defense, said the company may offer a Hummer EV-based electric light reconnaissance vehicle or eLRV to the U.S. Army. GM holds $222.9 million in contracts to produce infantry […] More
Idemia‘s identity and security business has secured a potential eight-year contract to continue helping Indiana adopt modern ID technologies across the state’s enrollment services. The company said Wednesday it will provide fingerprint capture and backend processing technologies to all state government agencies and police offices of Indiana. The contractor will update livescan, appointment registration and […] More
Two Guidehouse executives advise the Department of Defense to assess resiliency investments and implement mobility to reduce the impacts of natural disasters and extreme climate events on DOD’s energy infrastructure, Breaking Defense reported Thursday. Hector Artze, a partner with Guidehouse’s energy, sustainability and infrastructure segment, said understanding existing vulnerabilities can help military installations boost climate […] More
Pierce Aerospace has partnered with Prudent American Technologies to combine manufacturing and internet of things capabilities in support of Naval Sea Systems Command under a U.S. Navy contract. The Prudent American-led team including small business Guardian Systems has landed a spot on the Navy’s SeaPort Next Generation contract encompassing 23 functional areas, the Lexington, Kentucky-based […] More
NASA launched SpaceX‘s third crewed mission to the International Space Station, sending four astronauts aboard the Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft, which was lifted off by the Falcon 9 rocket from the space agency’s Florida-based Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday Crew Dragon Endurance carried NASA’s Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron as well as the […] More
Ball Aerospace has shipped a new observatory spacecraft to Cape Canaveral, Florida, for an upcoming NASA mission that will measure cosmic X-ray polarization while in orbit. The company said Wednesday it built the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer under a collaboration with NASA and the Italian Space Agency. IXPE will launch in December from Kennedy Space […] More
Woolpert will perform a wide range of geospatial services in support of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration office under a new award from the agency. The company said Wednesday the Coastal Geospatial Services Contract provides for data acquisition, photogrammetric and cadastral mapping, topographic and bathymetric products, survey and control services, geospatial training and geographic […] More
Space Systems Command has completed the critical design review of a new Lockheed Martin-made infrared-based satellite intended for use in geosynchronous Earth orbit. SSC said Tuesday it held the Block 0 GEO system CDR of the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared program from Oct. 26 to 28. Lockheed designed Next-Gen OPIR to globally deliver missile warning […] More
Capella Space is looking to demonstrate satellite interoperability with the Space Development Agency‘s new space architecture through a laser communications technology. Capella said Tuesday it will attempt to achieve optical inter-satellite link compatibility between its commercial synthetic aperture radar satellites and the National Defense Space Architecture. The company’s new SAR offering will use technology designed […] More
Michelle Williams, dean of Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, has been appointed to serve on the board of directors at ICF starting Dec. 1. Her professional experience includes management of large-scale epidemiological research projects and publication of peer-reviewed public health studies, ICF said Monday. An internationally recognized epidemiologist, Williams authored more than […] More
