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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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  • Concepts Communications, DOL Partner on PWD Employment Efforts; Karen Herson Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Concepts Communications, DOL Partner on PWD Employment Efforts; Karen Herson Quoted

    Concepts Communications has received a five-year blanket purchase agreement to continue helping the Department of Labor manage outreach efforts in support of people with disabilities. The company said Wednesday it will assist DOL’s Office of Disability Employment Policy in executing both existing and future outreach initiatives. The BPA continues Concepts Communications’ work under four initiatives, […] More

  • Motiv-Blue Origin Team to Develop Space Robotics Tech for DOD - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Motiv-Blue Origin Team to Develop Space Robotics Tech for DOD

    Motiv Space Systems has teamed up with Blue Origin in an effort to help the Department of Defense develop a robotic system to repair, update or modify deployed satellites. The team will offer the ModuLink system composed of interfaces, sensors and a pair of robotic arms to a prototyping initiative managed by the Defense Innovation […] More

  • Navy Announces Competition for AI-Powered CUI Document Marking Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Announces Competition for AI-Powered CUI Document Marking Tool

    Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division has launched a prize challenge aimed at identifying providers of a capability that would automate document and data assessment for the controlled unclassified information content using artificial intelligence and/or machine learning. The CUI Tool Automation Challenge will gather participants to prototype a system that automatically ingests a range of […] More

  • Advisory Firm BGS Names Suzette Kent Senior Adviser, Appoints VPs to National Security Tech Practice - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Advisory Firm BGS Names Suzette Kent Senior Adviser, Appoints VPs to National Security Tech Practice

    Beacon Global Strategies has hired Suzette Kent, former federal chief information officer and two-time Wash100 Award recipient, as senior adviser to the company’s national security technology practice. Kent, who held the federal CIO role from February 2018 to July 2020, spent nearly three decades in various financial service business leadership positions before she joined the […] More

  • Northrop Uses Digital Tools for Mission-Critical Sustainment Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Uses Digital Tools for Mission-Critical Sustainment Operations

    Northrop Grumman has embraced digital sustainment tools and engineering methods in efforts to help defense customers maintain systems that support critical missions. The company said Monday it uses a digital logistics environment that integrates tools, practices and applications needed to manage key sustainment elements of mission systems. DLE is intended to generate real-time information that […] More

  • Booz Allen Team Explores Quantum-Based Information Processing Applications - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen Team Explores Quantum-Based Information Processing Applications

    Two quantum specialists at Booz Allen Hamilton have listed computing, sensing and communications as possible applications of the emerging computing technology. Jordan Kenyon, a Booz Allen senior lead scientist, and JD Dulny, firmwide lead for quantum information sciences, wrote in a Nextgov guest piece published Thursday the quantum information sciences discipline offers multiple approaches to […] More

  • Space Force Seeks Market Info on Space Awareness Management Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space Force Seeks Market Info on Space Awareness Management Support Services

    The U.S. Space Force seeks market information on services that could meet the business and financial management, executive, information technology and civil engineering needs of Hawaii-based space awareness management activities. USSF said Friday in a SAM.gov sources sought notice it may eventually launch either a small business set-aside, a partial small business set-aside or a […] More

  • USMC 's Precision-Guided Missile Attains Initial Operational Capability - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USMC ‘s Precision-Guided Missile Attains Initial Operational Capability

    Bell-made AH-1Z Viper helicopters of the U.S. Marine Corps can now use the AGM-179A Joint Air-to-Ground Missile after the weapon achieved initial operating capability under the service branch. JAGM, which achieved the milestone on March 1, uses millimeter-wave radar and semi-active laser guidance to boost accuracy against targets on land and water, Naval Air Systems […] More

  • Karen Douglas Appointed Federal Director – Civilian at New Relic - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Karen Douglas Appointed Federal Director – Civilian at New Relic

    Karen Douglas, formerly an executive of Oracle, was tapped by cloud-based software developer New Relic to serve as its federal director for civilian, FedHealthIT reported Friday. According to her LinkedIn profile, she most recently served as director of federal sales at DevonWay, where she supported sales team members and defined a vision for government contract […] More

  • Maxar, NASA Pass Critical Design Review for On-Orbit Refueling Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maxar, NASA Pass Critical Design Review for On-Orbit Refueling Mission

    Maxar Technologies and NASA have completed the critical design review phase of a mission intended to demonstrate robotic satellite refueling and in-space manufacturing and assembly. The space agency said Friday its On-orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing 1 or OSAM-1 achieved mission CDR completion in February, less than a year following the CDR milestone for the […] More

  • AFRL Taps Pratt & Whitney to Develop, Demo New Engine Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AFRL Taps Pratt & Whitney to Develop, Demo New Engine Tech

    Raytheon Technologies‘ Pratt & Whitney business has secured a contract to demonstrate a rotating engine detonation concept for the Air Force Research Laboratory in an effort to create an engine capable of supporting higher-Mach flight speeds. Pratt & Whitney said Thursday it will work with Raytheon’s missiles and defense business and the Raytheon Technologies Research […] More