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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in Contract Awards, NewsCubic to Build Inflatable Satcom Terminals for SOCOM; Mike Twyman Quoted
Cubic's mission solutions unit will continue to supply inflatable terminals to support U.S. Special Operations Command satellite and baseband communications under a potential five-year, $172M contract.
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in Executive Moves, News
Former NASA, DoD Official Michael Griffin Named to Rocket Lab Board
Michael Griffin, former undersecretary for research and engineering at the Department of Defense and two-time Wash100 Award recipient, has joined the board of directors at small satellite launch service provider Rocket Lab. He brings more than 35 years of federal government and space industry experience to Rocket Lab, the company said Wednesday.
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in Executive Moves, NewsQuantum Tech Firm ColdQuanta Unveils Strategic Advisory Board Members
Five public and private sector veterans have been appointed to the strategic advisory board at Boulder, Colo.-based quantum technology developer ColdQuanta. Donald Kerr, former principal deputy director of national intelligence and current chairman of Mitre's board of trustees, will lead ColdQuanta's newly established board, the company said Tuesday.
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in Contract Awards, News
Cognosante to Support Pennsylvania Health Insurance Enrollment Process
Cognosante has secured a contract to help the Pennsylvania Health Insurance Exchange Authority manage the enrollment process for the state's new marketplace. The company said Tuesday it will assist families and individuals that want to purchase insurance plans through the state-run Pennie exchange.
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Travis Hartman: Maxar-AWS Partnership Helps NOAA Build Cloud-Based Computing Tech
Maxar Technologies collaborated with Amazon Web Services to build a cloud-based computing technology designed to accelerate processing of global weather data at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, SiliconANGLE reported Tuesday. “We knew NOAA had capabilities of weather prediction models in traditional on-premises, big beefy high-performance supercomputers, but we wanted to do it in the cloud; we wanted to use AWS as a key partner,†said Travis Hartman, director of analytics and weather at Maxar.
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in Executive Moves, NewsBeth Gomolka Promoted to Excella National Security VP
Beth Gomolka, former director of the national security practice at Excella, has been promoted to vice president of the same unit, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Tuesday.
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Johns Hopkins APL to Host DARPA’s AI Virtual Air Combat Finals
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory will live-stream an online event from Aug. 18 to 20 for the third and final round of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency competition that will showcase artificial intelligence algorithms in a simulated aerial combat environment.
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CDC Seeks Social Media Monitoring Web Service
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention facility is seeking information on the availability of a web service that combines artificial intelligence and thematic analysis to understand sentiment in certain digital conversations across social networks.
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in Contract Awards, News
EY Awarded Fourth Year Option Under DHA Audit Contract
The Defense Health Agency has exercised the fourth option of a potential five-year, $61.2M audit readiness support contract with Ernst & Young. The company will continue to support DHA's defense health program financial reporting and compliance division through Aug. 7 next year, the Department of Defense said Friday.
