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J&J Worldwide Services to Support $23B VHA Integrated Critical Staffing Program

J&J Worldwide Services has been named a subcontractor on the Veterans Health Administration Integrated Critical Staffing Program contract awarded to service-disabled veteran-owned small business Titan-Auxo. J&J said Wednesday in a press release received by Executive Mosaic that, under the 10-year, $23 billion, multiple-award, indefinite-delivery / indefinite-quantity contract, it will support Titan-Auxo in providing the VHA […] More

January 24, 2024, 2:55 am
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CBP Places Additional Orders for Auterion Unmanned ISR Systems Under Commercial Solutions Opening Pilot Program

The government solutions business of open architecture drone software developer Auterion will provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection with additional unmanned vertical take-off and landing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems under the Commercial Solutions Opening Pilot Program. Auterion Government Solutions said Friday that it had already delivered an initial batch of unmanned ISR systems to CBP in 2023 for operational evaluation and assessment as part of CSOP and that the new systems are to be delivered as part of an option under the same program, which CBP exercised following a successful pilot testing.

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January 23, 2024, 9:17 am
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SaaS Version of Permuta HR Management Platform Now Available on Microsoft Azure for Government

Software manufacturer Permuta Technologies has released the software-as-a-service version of its DefenseReady human resources management solution on Microsoft's Azure cloud service for federal agencies, including the Department of Defense. DefenseReady Cloud is an artificial intelligence and machine learning-powered platform authorized to operate in a DOD Impact Level 5 environment, Permuta said Thursday.

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January 22, 2024, 7:16 am
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JE Dunn, SmithGroup to Build New Research Facility at NREL Campus

JE Dunn Construction and SmithGroup, which worked with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory a decade ago for the construction of its Energy Systems Integration Facility, has once again partnered with the Department of Energy organization to design and build the Energy Materials and Processing at Scale laboratory. EMAP will, like ESIF, be situated at the South Table Mountain Campus in Golden, Colorado, and will house research capabilities meant to bring about materials and process innovations in numerous fields, including advanced manufacturing, energy storage, net-zero chemicals and industrial decarbonization, NREL said Tuesday.

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January 19, 2024, 8:05 am
in Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, News

Parsons Unveils New AI-Powered Offering for Critical Infrastructure Network Cyber Protection

Parsons Corporation has launched Cyberzcape Tracker, an artificial intelligence and machine learning-powered cybersecurity offering meant to protect critical infrastructure networks by combining passive monitoring and active threat neutralization capabilities. Parsons said Thursday that Cyberzcape Tracker had been subjected to pilot testing by a pair of utility providers in the Midwest, during which the cybersecurity solution analyzed their network threat environments then identified and neutralized malicious activity.

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January 18, 2024, 7:52 am
in Contract Awards, DOD, Government Technology

CACI Receives DIA Task Order for Enterprise Network Modernization Support; John Mengucci Quoted

CACI International will provide the Defense Intelligence Agency with enterprise network modernization support under the eight-year, single award Enterprise Communications Services task order. Work will be carried out in support of the DIA's office of the chief information officer to meet a variety of network infrastructure requirements, including system design, implementation, operation and maintenance, CACI said Tuesday.

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January 17, 2024, 7:22 am
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Avenger UCAV Flight Test Showcases Autonomy Capabilities From General Atomics & Partners

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. and two partners conducted in November a flight test to demonstrate the ability of the MQ-20 Avenger to carry out a multi-objective collaborative combat mission and close the find, fix, track, target, engage and assess engagement chain using various autonomy technologies. GA-ASI said Tuesday it had provided its weapon-target pairing and electronic warfare autonomy skills for the flight test, which took place at the company's Desert Horizon Flight Operations Facility in California.

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January 12, 2024, 10:05 am
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SkyWater, Florida County Awarded $120M DOD Contract to Enhance Domestic Semiconductor Production Using Deca Technologies

The Department of Defense has awarded SkyWater Technology's subsidiary in Florida and the state's Osceola County a contract that would fund the tooling of the Center for Neovation semiconductor manufacturing facility. Work under the contract involves the acquisition and installation of equipment that would enable to use of Deca Technologies' fan-out wafer level packaging technology and the implementation of Deca's Adaptive Patterning design-during-manufacturing capability at the Florida fab, SkyWater said Wednesday.

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January 12, 2024, 10:03 am
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Iridium Seeks to Enable Direct-to-Device Communication via Project Stardust; Matt Desch Quoted

Iridium Communications is developing a narrowband-internet of things non-terrestrial network service based on 3GPP 5G standards that would enable direct-to-device capabilities like 5G NTN messaging and emergency SOS on mobile. Iridium said Wednesday that the NB-NTN service, called Project Stardust, will be deployed on its existing constellation of low-Earth orbit satellites, which are already undergoing early-stage programming to accommodate the requirements of partner companies like smartphone makers, mobile network operators and chipmakers.

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January 11, 2024, 10:34 am
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Mattermost, goTenna to Enhance Air Force Tactical ChatOps Under Small Business Innovation Contract

The government solutions business of secure collaboration platform developer Mattermost will partner with mobile mesh networking platform maker goTenna under a Phase II U.S. Air Force Small Business Innovation Research contract to enhance the service's tactical ChatOps functions. Mattermost said Tuesday that work under the SBIR award includes the development of a plugin for its platform that would work across Tactical Assault Kit servers, and the creation of transmission layer integrations within TAK with the use of goTenna's mesh radios.

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January 10, 2024, 8:44 am
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VivSoft to Enhance DOD Shared Military Cyber Operations Platform via STRATFI Award; Navin Gunalan Quoted

VivSoft Technologies has received a Strategic Fund Increase award to modernize the U.S. Air Force Unified Platform, which serves as a shared system for military cyber operations. Under the $15 million award, VivSoft said in a press release received by Executive Mosaic that it would develop and implement a set of UP capabilities — collectively referred to as UPV1 — that would containerize the UP data platform and provide Department of Defense users with zero trust access.

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January 8, 2024, 8:11 am
in Executive Moves, News

Amyx Announces Retirement of Chief Operating Officer & Industry Veteran John Selman; William Schaefer Quoted

John Selman, the chief operating officer at management and technical solutions provider Amyx, is retiring. Amyx, which was acquired by Tetra Tech last year, said Thursday in a press release received by Executive Mosaic, that since joining the company in 2021, Selman had led more than 600 professionals in a variety of fields, including cybersecurity, information technology and program management.

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January 5, 2024, 10:45 am