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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.
Northrop Grumman intends to equip the U.S. Navy's fleet of E-2D Advanced Hawkeye early warning aircraft with a new Leonardo-made high-frequency radio designed for protected voice and data communications and stable information transfer.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has adopted a CGI-made enterprise platform as part of a program intended to modernize the department's procurement and financial operations. VA implemented CGI's Momentum, a system designed to help agencies manage procurement, budgeting, assets and finances, in support of the department's Financial Management Business Transformation program, CGI said Wednesday.
Xerox has provided a liquid metal 3D printer to Naval Postgraduate School under a cooperative research and development agreement to explore the potential use of such technology in developing systems for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Students and faculty members at NPS can use the Xerox ElemX additive manufacturing system for hands-on learning and dissertation work, the company said Wednesday.
Zscaler has been prioritized by the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program's Joint Authorization Board to pursue high-impact level certification for a network security technology offering to handle sensitive and unclassified government data in cloud environments.
Northrop Grumman used a surrogate unmanned aircraft system fitted with technology from U.K.-based Ultra to demonstrate anti-submarine warfare capability in October. The company said Tuesday it tested Ultra's ASW sonobuoys, processor and receiver on a crewed Bell 407 vertical lift aircraft modified to serve as a surrogate to the MQ-8C Fire Scout UAS.
The Department of Defense is investing $30.4 million in an effort led by Lynas Rare Earths to establish a processing facility for light rare earth elements in Hondo, Texas. DOD issued the award under the Defense Production Act Title III program that aims to ensure the domestic availability of resources essential to national security, the department said Monday.
The U.S. Coast Guard has launched a full and open competition for follow-on projects to design and build up to 11 offshore patrol cutters to complement the maritime law enforcement service's national security and fast response cutters. USCG said Friday it will accept responses to the new OPC solicitation through May 28 and aims to name the winning contractor in the second quarter of fiscal 2022.
Indiana Innovation Institute will prototype and prepare a business system in an effort to accelerate and simplify how the Department of Defense procures and develops artificial intelligence technology. The DOD's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center and the U.S. Army awarded IN3 an other transaction agreement for the development of the Tradewind online business environment, JAIC said Monday.
Lockheed Martin has received a $64.3 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to update F-16 mission planning software used by foreign military sales customers. The company will develop, integrate, test and deliver software updates for the F-16 aircraft's Mission Planning System Unique Planning Component/Mission Planning Environment, the Department of Defense said Friday.
Raytheon Technologies used digital engineering methods to accelerate the development of the U.S. Air Force's next fighter jet that would succeed F-35 and F-22 aircraft. The company said Jan. 22 its intelligence and space business allowed the aircraft – currently still concealed from the public – to perform a maiden flight with the help of digital engineering. USAF announced the maiden flight's completion in September 2020.
Analytical Space Inc. will use network assets of Inmarsat and Addvalue Innovation to deliver new imagery transport services from low Earth orbit satellites. ASI's Fast Pixel Network will use network systems of the two partner companies to transport satellite-based data across nodes to commercial and government entities, Inmarsat said Friday.
An L3Harris Technologies-built very small aperture terminal has been certified for military and commercial use on Inmarsat’s Global Xpress satellite broadband connectivity network. Inmarsat granted Category 1 and Category 4 approval for the DarkWing VSAT offering to help customers gain high-speed internet access, connect to virtual private networks and transmit videos, L3Harris said Monday.
