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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Virtual Support Tool Developer Espressive Announces Series B Funding Round; Pat Calhoun Quoted
Espressive, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based artificial intelligence software developer, has raised $30M in a round of Series B financing led by Insight Partners and supported by Wing Venture Capital and General Catalyst. Espressive said Wednesday it will use the investment to advance growth initiatives and product innovation and address its client base’s demands.
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Slingshot Aerospace Gets Air Force SBIR Contract, Venture Capital Funds for AI-Based Tech
Slingshot Aerospace has received a $1.5M Small Business Innovation Research contract from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center and another $1.5M in funds from venture capital firms ATX Venture Partners and Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund to accelerate the development and deployment of an artificial intelligence-based platform. Slingshot EDGE is designed to help warfighters glean insights from data using AI and provide them situational awareness capability in order to facilitate the decision-making process on the battlefield, the company said Thursday.
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Mitcham Industries Delivers Maritime Imagery Tool to Navy, DIU
Mitcham Industries has shipped a new maritime imaging product to the U.S. Navy for use with small unmanned undersea vehicles.
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Carahsoft to Offer Rhondos PowerConnect Tech Through SEWP V Contract
Carahsoft Technology and Rhondos have partnered to market the latter’s PowerConnect for SAP & Splunk offering through NASA’s Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V contract vehicle.
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AWS to Offer Outposts Services Through GovCloud (US) Regions
Amazon Web Services customers may now access a fully managed service designed to expand AWS infrastructure, offerings and tools through the AWS GovCloud (US) regions.
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Grant Thornton’s Robert Shea on Need for Technology in Response to Public Health Emergency
Robert Shea, a Grant Thornton principal, told Government Matters in an interview posted Tuesday about the challenges and the need for technology in response to the coronavirus pandemic. "One of the things I think we’ve learned is that we need to be pretty practised at what flexibilities agencies need to offer to their federal and contractor workforces,†he said. “Technology is a key enabler and will need to be in place in the future.â€
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PAR Government Brings Geospatial Imagery Tool to Commercial Market
PAR Government Systems has commercially released an updated version of the company’s GV3.0 geospatial imagery tool originally designed for intelligence and defense users.
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Citadel Defense Grows Operations in San Diego to Boost Production
Citadel Defense has pursued expansion in the San Diego area to accommodate more work under contracts with the departments of Homeland Security and Defense.
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Leonardo DRS’ William Lynn: Stable Defense Spending Could Help Industry Focus on DoD’s Priorities
Leonardo DRS CEO William Lynn told Government Matters in an interview posted Tuesday that one of the trends he sees in the defense sector is the Pentagon’s need for speed. He said the Department of Defense wants industry to deliver faster and companies should understand DoD’s priorities to know where to invest and meet the department’s requirements.
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ULA to Launch AEHF-6 Comms Satellite with Atlas V 551 Rocket
United Launch Alliance is set to lift off a Lockheed Martin-built military communications satellite aboard an Atlas V 551 rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Thursday, Satnews reported Monday.