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Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
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.
Lockheed Martin has made progress with its Next Generation Interceptor commitment after verifying the capability of the defense system’s communication technology to function through adverse environments while in flight. The defense and aerospace company completed a prototype testing of the interceptor’s communication radio technology, which can help raise in-flight situation awareness and therefore enable the […] More
The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division has received the first fleet representative test articles for the Raytheon Technologies-manufactured Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band electronic attack system. The AN/ALQ-249 NGJ-MB production representative pods will be used to complete the developmental test program and start the operational test for the new electronic jamming system meant for the […] More
Northrop Grumman and Firefly Aerospace have teamed up to build the first-stage Antares rocket upgrade and a medium launch vehicle to support customers in national security, civilian and commercial space launch markets. “Through our collaboration, we will first develop a fully domestic version of our Antares rocket, the Antares 330, for Cygnus space station commercial […] More
Companies looking to adopt private 5G can turn to five types of service providers and these are wireless carriers, systems integrators, private wireless network vendors, major cloud providers and original equipment manufacturers, Network World reported Monday. Global telecommunications companies such as AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, Orange and Telefonica are offering private 5G network services and enterprises […] More
When Timothy Grayson, special assistant to the secretary of the Air Force for mission-centered analysis and operational imperatives, considers how to best master and facilitate “system-of-systems” network technologies, he cautions that there is a ceiling to the intricacies people and organizations can grasp. “I don’t care if it’s human beings or computers. There’s a limit to […] More
Frank Kendall, secretary of the U.S. Air Force, received an update on the maintenance and modernization of the Pratt & Whitney-made F135 engines at the Tinker Air Force Base’s Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex. The Raytheon Technologies-owned engine manufacturer works with the OC-ALC leadership team to develop a framework for providing maintenance work on the […] More
GovCIO and the Food and Drug Administration have updated a data dashboard platform to support an agency program that seeks to have uniform standards and strengthen oversight of participating laboratories to enhance the accuracy and reliability of certain food testing efforts. The company said the GovCIO FDA Data Dashboard platform now has a new dashboard […] More
The U.S. Army has selected SpaceLink to participate in studies to enhance its space communications network. Through a cooperative research and development agreement, SpaceLink’s staff will team with the Army Space and Missile Defense Command Technical Center to enable a communications network that is durable and cuts down on lags between endpoints, the McLean, Virginia-based […] More
Paperless Innovations has started testing with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement to demonstrate the compliance of its Actus procurement management platform with cybersecurity standards under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The Fairfax, Virginia-based information technology company said Friday ICE granted it an authority to test Actus for the 104 security controls placed to […] More
Sierra Nevada Corp. has wrapped up a critical design review of a 35,000 lbf thrust upper stage engine its Sierra Space subsidiary co-developed with the Air Force Research Laboratory. The Vortex upper stage engine or VR35K-A demonstrated safe operation on the test stand, with Sierra Space also showcasing engine and equipment technical readiness, concept of […] More
Artificial intelligence software company Torch.AI has landed a five-year contract award from the U.S. Navy for the performance of AI and data infrastructure services. Through the contract, Torch.AI’s team will work to enhance and strengthen the information technology architecture of the Navy’s Digital Warfare Office, assisting its cloud compute, storage, hardware and cloud edge features while enabling […] More
Cloud software provider Kion and Booz Allen Hamilton have agreed to partner to provide government customers with cloud governance and management capabilities. “This partnership combines Booz Allen’s approach to technical transformation and acceleration with Kion’s best-in-class cloud enablement platform,” Dan Tucker, senior vice president at Booz Allen and leader of the firm’s cloud and data […] More
