Government Technology
Hear about the latest product and service offerings from the government contracting industry’s leading providers. The Government Technology News section highlights developments in aerospace, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, defense, C4ISR, cloud, hypersonics, and space.
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Sagewind Capital Invests in Gov’t Tech Engineering Services Provider QuantiTech
Sagewind Capital has made an investment in QuantiTech, a Huntsville, Ala.-based provider of technical engineering and management services to defense and federal agencies.
Descartes Labs Wins SBIR Phase II Contract to Optimize USAF Data; Phil Fraher Quoted
Descartes Labs has been awarded an Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Direct to Phase II contract on Wednesday through AFWERX and the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate and Information Directorate to optimize data discovery of collected sensor data and the automation of multi-modal analytical processes.Â
Forcepoint’s George Kamis: Cross-Domain Tech-Backed ‘Code Low, Deploy High’ Approach Could Benefit DoD
George Kamis, chief technology officer for government markets at Forcepoint, wrote in a Nextgov article published Tuesday that using unclassified resources and cross-domain platforms to develop code for deployment in classified environments could bring tangible benefits to the Department of Defense.
Financial Intelligence Tech Developer Sayari Gets New Funding; Farley Mesko Quoted
Sayari Labs, a Washington, D.C.-based developer of financial intelligence platforms, has added $2.5M to its round of Series B financing after it secured investments from In-Q-Tel, TFX Capital and MissionOG.
NASA Posts Draft RFP for Follow-On CubeSat Launch Service Program
NASA has drafted a request for proposals to determine potential commercial sources of a launch service offering for small satellites known as CubeSats. The space agency said in a draft RFP notice posted Thursday it will accept input from prospective offerors for the Venture Class Launch Service Demo 2 effort through July 14.
AWS’ Jennifer Chronis: Cloud Migration Helps Navy Advance Analytics, Improve Security
Jennifer Chronis, general manager for the Department of Defense market at Amazon Web Services, told SiliconANGLE Media’s theCUBE in a video interview posted Tuesday that the migration of the U.S. Navy’s enterprise resource planning system to AWS GovCloud has enabled the service to facilitate analytics and improve the decision-making process.
Marc Bell, PredaSAR Chairman & Co-Founder, Discusses Plans to Build SAR Satellites
PredaSAR will build a constellation of 48 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites, and has projected that the Earth observation (EO) startup will begin commercial operations with satellites on-orbit by 2021, earliest, ViaSatellite reported Wednesday.
Carahsoft to Serve as Gov’t Aggregator for Anchore Container Security Product; Natalie Gregory Quoted
Carahsoft Technology has agreed to become the master government aggregator of a technology Anchore designed to help customers inspect the security of container image. The partnership will offer the security inspection platform through NASA's Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V vehicle and the state of Maryland's commercial off-the-shelf software acquisition contract.
Blue Origin Delivers First BE-4 Engine for New ULA Rocket
Blue Origin, an aerospace company founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, has shipped a development engine technology to a Decatur, Ala., facility where United Launch Alliance is building the Vulcan Centaur rocket, SpaceNews reported Wednesday. ULA intends to use a pair of BE-4 engines to power the rocket that the Boeing and Lockheed Martin joint venture will test-fly in early 2021.
L3Harris’ Nino DiCosmo on New Radio Offerings, Emergency Comms Partnerships
L3Harris Technologies has provided its LTE and land mobile radio offerings to support connectivity applications for healthcare agencies and first-responders amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Urgent Communications reported Wednesday.
Northrop-Built Galaxy 30 Comms Satellite, Mission Extension Vehicle Arrive at Launch Site
Northrop Grumman has shipped the first communications satellite in Intelsat's Galaxy fleet replacement program and a second mission extension vehicle to French Guiana in preparation for a launch mission scheduled to take place later this month.