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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.
A Northrop Grumman-made Cygnus spacecraft with 8,000 pounds of supplies and scientific investigations for NASA was launched for a resupply mission to the International Space Station. Cygnus, now on its way to ISS, carries projects on microgravity, astronaut sleep quality and technology for water supply, NASA said Sunday.
A Cofense-made phishing simulation and security tool has been approved for use in the U.S. government under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Cofense said Thursday its PhishMe product has received moderate authorization to operate under FedRAMP, with the sponsorship of the Department of Health and Human Services.
NATO's Alliance Ground Surveillance force has achieved initial operating capability of a Northrop Grumman-made unmanned aircraft system designed to perform intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations. Northrop said Thursday its RQ-4D Phoenix Global Hawk aircraft gained Supreme Allied Commander Europe's approval for the IOC, allowing NATO to use the aircraft year-round.
General Atomics' electromagnetic systems business has selected Firefly Aerospace to perform launch services for a GA-EMS satellite carrying an instrument that NASA will use to study how aerosols in the atmosphere affect human health. Firefly will use its Alpha rocket to launch the Orbital Test Bed satellite, equipped with the Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols instrument, in 2022 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, General Atomics said Thursday.
Carahsoft Technology has agreed to market mxHERO's cloud-based email automation technology across the public sector through contracts with NASA and the National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance. Carahsoft said Wednesday the mxHERO Mail2Cloud is designed to automate the receipt of email and corresponding attachments for transmission into protected cloud platform.
A test group from the U.S. Air Force has been working on a new directed energy weapon developed by Raytheon Technologies' intelligence and space business to deter enemy unmanned aircraft systems. The 704th Test Group started testing the High Energy Laser Weapon System 2 or H2 under an experimentation program that began in spring 2020, USAF said Wednesday.
The Department of Defense has awarded ExOne a $1.6 million contract to create a 3D printing facility capable of additively manufacturing replacement and spare parts from metal, ceramic or composite materials while operating in a shipping container. ExOne said Tuesday it will provide a self-contained 3D printing setup that would allow the military to produce parts based on digital files or 3D scanned equipment in less than 48 hours to cut manufacturing time and lessen costs.
Telos has received a contract option to provide the Social Security Administration a product suite for managing information technology security risks and compliance operations. This is the first option under a contract SSA awarded in September 2019 to procure company-made software for the agency's IT assessment, authorization and monitoring process modernization efforts, Telos said Tuesday.
Fairbanks Morse, a manufacturer of marine engines, has established and opened a new service center in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, to accommodate customers from Mayport Naval Station and other nearby operations of the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard.
Hughes Network Systems has agreed to integrate and distribute 4G emergency communications technology made by Virtual NetCom, a wireless network business owned by COMSovereign Holding. VNC's Rapid Access Independent Deployable 4G/LTE offering is a portable broadband system designed to virtualize network functions and deliver cloud native services, COMSovereign said Tuesday.
Aerojet Rocketdyne has secured a contract to provide the Department of Energy with two units of thermoelectric generators designed for deep space missions. The company said Friday it will fabricate, deliver and test a couple of Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators that would support possible missions to explore Saturn’s moon Titan and Neptune’s largest moon Triton.Â
Kevin Thomas, a cybersecurity expert who held roles at Science Applications International Corp. and Booz Allen Hamilton, has joined Alpha Omega Integration to serve as vice president of cybersecurity services. He assumed his new role at Alpha Omega in January, bringing over 17 years of experience in operational and consulting cybersecurity and in information technology and business management fields, the company said Friday.
