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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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  • Intermap Lands Task Order for US Govt Geospatial Infrastructure Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intermap Lands Task Order for US Govt Geospatial Infrastructure Services

    Intermap Technologies has secured a $3.3 million task order modification to provide geospatial three-dimensional infrastructure services to the U.S. government. The company said Monday it will update a digital elevation model to help government users collect, edit and provision elevation and image layers into a high-resolution geospatial database. Intermap will use its proprietary airborne sensor and processing […] More

  • Homeland Security Solutions Awarded Marine Program Mgmt, HR, Training Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Homeland Security Solutions Awarded Marine Program Mgmt, HR, Training Support Contract

    Homeland Security Solutions Inc. has received a $17.1 million contract for program management, human resources and training services to the U.S. Marine Corps. HSSI will also provide non-guard security support to the military branch and is scheduled to complete work under the sole-source contract by March 10, 2018, the Defense Department said Monday. DoD noted that USMC will […] More

  • Kratos-Vencore JV to Help Army Design High Energy Laser - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos-Vencore JV to Help Army Design High Energy Laser

    A joint venture of Kratos Defense and Security Solutions‘ Digital Fusion Solutions subsidiary and Vencore has received a task order to help the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command design a laser system for target acquisition, tracking and engagement. QWK Integrated Solutions will support design work on the Army’s future High Energy Laser Tactical Vehicle Demonstrator system under […] More

  • Thales Announces New NATO-Compatible Assault Rifle; Chris Jenkins Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales Announces New NATO-Compatible Assault Rifle; Chris Jenkins Comments

    Thales has unveiled an updated version of its F90 Assault Rifle that is designed to be compatible and interoperable with NATO weapons. The F90MBR Modular Bullpup Rifle, which is currently servicing the Australian defense force, weighs 7.17 pounds and is equipped with ambidextrous controls to facilitate accelerated user reaction and targeting, the company announced Monday. Chris […] More

  • Boeing to Supply Additional Parts for Air Force B-1B Integrated Battle Station - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Supply Additional Parts for Air Force B-1B Integrated Battle Station

    Boeing has secured a potential $23.8 million contract modification to provide diminishing manufacturing source life-of-type parts for the U.S. Air Force‘s Integrated Battle Station. The Defense Department said Friday Boeing’s defense, space and security unit will supply additional DMS LoT parts in support of the B-1B fleet. The service branch received its first B-1 bomber aircraft equipped with a company-built Integrated […] More

  • Leidos to Help Falkland Islands Gov't Implement Legislation Database System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos to Help Falkland Islands Gov’t Implement Legislation Database System

    Leidos‘ Australian subsidiary has secured an export deal with the government of Falkland Islands to provide a set of technology products designed to support legislation content drafting and publishing processes. The company said Friday it will deploy the TeraText product suite to make Falkland Island laws available for public access. TeraText technology was originally developed at RMIT […] More

  • KeyW's Sotera Business to Provide Software Engineering Services to Army CECOM - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KeyW’s Sotera Business to Provide Software Engineering Services to Army CECOM

    A KeyW subsidiary has secured an $18 million task order to provide software engineering and sustainment, business consulting, information technology infrastructure and procurement management support for the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command. The three-year task order awarded to Sotera Defense Solutions is part of a $7 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract designated for software and systems engineering services, KeyW reported Thursday. Sotera […] More

  • Elbit Systems Debuts RF-Based Force Tracking System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Elbit Systems Debuts RF-Based Force Tracking System

    Elbit Systems has released a tracking system for dismounted soldiers, first responders and special forces to gain situational awareness in places with poor or no access to GPS signal. SmarTrack is built with radio frequency technology that will work to help commanders locate and track force members in GPS-denied indoor, underground or urban areas, Elbit Systems said Thursday. The […] More

  • Space Nation, NASA to Collaborate on App-Based Astronaut Training Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space Nation, NASA to Collaborate on App-Based Astronaut Training Program

    Space Nation and NASA have entered into a Space Act Agreement to administer a training program that will allow participants to experience space training through a smartphone application. The Astronaut Experience Program will feature an educational documentary and make use of multiple media platforms such as active experience training and app games in which users can compete for a chance […] More

  • BAE Unit to Modernize USS Bataan Amphibious Assault Ship - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Unit to Modernize USS Bataan Amphibious Assault Ship

    BAE Systems‘ Norfolk Ship Repair business has secured a potential $45.8 delivery order to maintain, repair and modernize the U.S. Navy‘s amphibious assault ship USS Bataan. Norfolk Ship Repair will execute phased maintenance availability of the vessel also called LHD 5 at a facility in Virginia and is scheduled to complete work in July 2018, the Defense Department said Thursday . The Navy […] More

  • Drone USA Exhibits UAS Tech for Law Enforcement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Drone USA Exhibits UAS Tech for Law Enforcement

    Drone USA has performed a demonstration of its Cyclops and Shadow police drone models in Connecticut, which was attended by several law enforcement agencies within the state. The company reported Wednesday the fixed-wing Cyclops drone was deployed to capture video of a sunken yacht’s wreckage, while Shadow used a thermal camera to inspect the swimming areas along Jennings […] More