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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.
Logen Thiran, president and CEO of Antenna Research Associates (ARA), recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz for the publication’s latest Executive Spotlight interview detailing the company’s biggest growth areas, SATCOM capabilities and the work the company is doing to help its customers achieve their mission goals. “At the end of the day, the company isn’t just in the […] More
General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has introduced an unmanned aircraft system that offers short-takeoff and landing capabilities and can carry up to 16 Hellfire missiles in support of armed reconnaissance, attack and armed overwatch missions. Mojave has a 450-HP turboprop engine and enlarged wings with high-lift devices and is based on flight control and avionics […] More
Tom Keane, corporate vice president for Azure global at Microsoft, said the company has launched new Azure Space offerings and formed partnerships with Airbus, ST Engineering iDirect, Blackshark.ai, ESRI and Orbital Insight to deliver more cloud and space capabilities to customers worldwide. Keane wrote in a blog post published Thursday that one of new capabilities […] More
Clarksburg, Maryland-based Robotic Research has raised $228 million in a round of Series A financing and will use the investment to enable its RR.AI division to expand, drive innovation and deliver autonomous driving platforms for transportation and logistics markets. Alberto Lacaze, co-founder and president of Robotic Research, said in a statement published Thursday the investment […] More
K2 Integrity announced on Thursday that the company has appointed Neelam Sharma, formerly a key executive of PwC, as its global head of Business Development and Sales. In the new role, Sharma will be responsible for creating and shaping K2 Integrity’s suite of products and services to deliver cutting-edge digital solutions for the firm’s growing global […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has transitioned to five research teams from three service branches technologies such as adhesives and polymers with potential military applications that were developed using biologically produced molecules as part of the 1000 Molecules component of DARPA’s Living Foundries program. A team from the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division […] More
A new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has revealed that the number of U.S. businesses providing autonomous surface and underwater vehicles for marine observations and measurements rose 60 percent over a five-year period. The U.S. Ocean Enterprise Report showed there were a total of 814 companies offering critical ocean data and information […] More
Todd Gustafson, president of HP Federal and head of Public Sector business, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz for the publication’s latest Executive Spotlight interview detailing the challenges that federal agencies are facing as hybrid workforces drive the need for security hygiene and data protection. In addition, Gustafson also discussed the importance of endpoint threat detection and zero trust security […] More
Carahsoft Technology has begun offering Microsoft‘s cloud-based technology offerings and services to the government sector through a governmentwide information technology procurement vehicle managed by the General Services Administration. Agencies can purchase Azure and Modern Workplace products on Carahsoft’s GSA IT Schedule 70 contract, the company said Tuesday. The offerings include software-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service and infrastructure-as-a-service platforms […] More
The Capital Group, a subsidiary of insurance distributor BRP Group, has created a unit with the goal of helping government contracting companies implement health care plans and programs for employees. GovCon Health group seeks to work with vendors serving the federal market to help them simplify the delivery of medical insurance benefits to their workforce, […] More
Parsons has conducted roof inspections at the Department of Labor’s Job Corps facilities using drones. The company said Monday it is deploying drones equipped with visual and thermal sensors to help DOL assess roof conditions and perform facility maintenance and repairs. Jon Moretta, president of engineered systems at Parsons, said the company’s drone capabilities could […] More
Rocket propulsion company Ursa Major Technologies has raised $85 million in a round of Series C funding led by accounts and funds managed by BlackRock and will use the capital to ramp up the development and production of liquid rocket engines for hypersonic and launch applications. Ursa Major said Tuesday it intends to manufacture one […] More
