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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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  • NASA Concludes Navigation Clock Demo Aboard General Atomics' Orbital Test Bed - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Concludes Navigation Clock Demo Aboard General Atomics’ Orbital Test Bed

    A spacecraft built by General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business has completed a NASA-sponsored in-orbit demonstration of miniature atomic clock technology. The company said Tuesday its Orbital Test Bed satellite hosted the Deep Space Atomic Clock to test the payload’s ability to consistently track time for long-duration space exploration. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory produced DSAC and […] More

  • Deloitte, ServiceNow Extend Partnership to Update IT Operations Platform; Sam Kapreilian Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte, ServiceNow Extend Partnership to Update IT Operations Platform; Sam Kapreilian Quoted

    Deloitte has expanded a partnership with cloud computing software provider ServiceNow to update a platform designed to help government customers automate enterprise technology management processes. The alliance will apply artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities to Deloitte’s OperateEdge platform in an effort to expand predictive service management and insight generation for critical missions, the company […] More

  • Leonardo DRS to Produce Automatic Targeting System for Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo DRS to Produce Automatic Targeting System for Army

    Leonardo DRS has secured an $18.9 million contract from the U.S. Army to manufacture ballistic computer-based aiming devices that work to help machine gunners identify and reach a target. The company said Monday it will conduct low-rate initial production efforts for the Army’s Family of Weapon Sight-Crew Served program at a Melbourne, Florida, facility. FWS-CS’s […] More

  • IBM, Raytheon Enter Tech Collaboration for Aerospace, Defense and Intell Programs; Mark Russell Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM, Raytheon Enter Tech Collaboration for Aerospace, Defense and Intell Programs; Mark Russell Quoted

    IBM and Raytheon Technologies have partnered to incorporate emerging technology into aerospace, defense and intelligence platforms to support customers such as the federal government. The two companies agreed to develop artificial intelligence, quantum computing and cryptographic tools to help public and private sector clients protect networks and make decisions, Raytheon said Monday. A joint team […] More

  • DOE Taps PNW to Demo Clean Hydrogen Production Tech; David Turk Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE Taps PNW to Demo Clean Hydrogen Production Tech; David Turk Quoted

    The Department of Energy has awarded PNW Hydrogen $20 million for a technology demonstration effort intended to generate clean hydrogen energy from nuclear power. DOE said Thursday it wants to explore how clean hydrogen can function as carbon-free electricity through the project, which will take place at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in Arizona. […] More

  • General Atomics Developing Modular Open Systems Approach for Gray Eagle Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Developing Modular Open Systems Approach for Gray Eagle Aircraft

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business is applying a modular open-systems approach to an unmanned aircraft system for multi-domain operations in support of the U.S. Army. The company said Thursday its Gray Eagle Extended Range UAS will undergo a system-wide MOSA implementation that will also cover command and control software. The MOSA implementation on GE-ER Increment […] More

  • Serco Gets Cigna Recognition for Employee Wellness Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Serco Gets Cigna Recognition for Employee Wellness Efforts

    Health care company Cigna has recognized Serco for implementing a workplace wellness program that seeks to promote employee health and well-being during the pandemic. Serco said Tuesday it received one of Cigna’s 2021 Well-Being Awards in recognition of company efforts to ensure emotional, physical, financial and social health of its workforce. The company hosted its […] More

  • AeroVironment Awarded Army Contract Option for Raven UAS Accessories - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AeroVironment Awarded Army Contract Option for Raven UAS Accessories

    The U.S. Army has exercised an $11.7 million contract option to order AeroVironment-made ground control stations, flight control system kits and tail booms for Raven small unmanned aircraft systems. The company said Wednesday the third and final option brought the firm-fixed-price contract to its potential ceiling value of $54.6 million. AeroVironment will deliver the equipment […] More

  • John Beieler: ODNI Prepares to Declassify Science, Tech Priorities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Beieler: ODNI Prepares to Declassify Science, Tech Priorities

    John Beieler, director of science and technology at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, said the agency wants to share unclassified versions of intelligence community priorities in the S&T area with partners in the commercial and academic sectors, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. “These are the IC’s S&T Strategic Plan, the Strategic Investment Landscape, […] More

  • New ATI Resource Hub to Support Non-Traditional Defense Contractors; Chris Van Metre Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    New ATI Resource Hub to Support Non-Traditional Defense Contractors; Chris Van Metre Quoted

    Advanced Technology International has launched a hub that seeks to provide resources needed by non-traditional defense contractors to conduct research and development for federal projects. ATI said Tuesday its Innovation Resource Hub will give government contractors access to capital, cybersecurity, infrastructure support, intellectual property rights and other resources. The hub also allows ATI-managed consortia to […] More

  • Jacobs, NASA Equip Orion Spacecraft With Secondary Payloads for Artemis I Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs, NASA Equip Orion Spacecraft With Secondary Payloads for Artemis I Mission

    Jacobs and NASA have installed 10 CubeSat payloads on the Space Launch System rocket’s Orion stage adapter for the Artemis exploration program’s first flight mission. The secondary payloads will deploy from the Orion spacecraft’s stage adapter after separation from SLS to perform their individual science and technology missions, Jennifer Harbaugh, a senior social media communications […] More