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ECS Federal has secured a three-year, $68.9 million contract from the U.S. Army for the design and development of new ways to approach artificial intelligence algorithms. Work under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract will take place in Fairfax, Virginia, through June 30, 2024, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. The Army’s contracting arm held an online, competitive […] More
Alameda, California-based Astra Space has begun trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “ASTR” following the completion of its merger with special purpose acquisition company Holicity. Shareholders in Holicity on Wednesday gave their approval of the deal, and Astra said it will use the $500 million raised from the transaction to further develop its […] More
Christopher Kubasik, CEO of L3Harris Technologies and a three-time Wash100 Award winner, said he expects to broaden the defense technology company’s focus on international partnerships as part of a push to build up its global presence, launch new technologies and meet clients’ demands for end-to-end platforms. “I look forward to travelling again to develop new […] More
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 30, 2021 — Huntington Ingalls Industries has tapped Ashutosh Gokhale, former senior vice president at Maximus, to join its technical solutions division and serve as vice president of business management and chief financial officer, GovCon Wire reported June 16. Andy Green, executive vice president of HII and president of its technical […] More
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 30, 2021 — Forcepoint aims to expand its cybersecurity portfolio with its planned acquisition of U.K.-based platform security vendor Deep Secure, which is expected to close in August, pending regulatory review and other customary closing conditions, GovCon Wire reported June 16. The content, disarm and reconstruction capabilities of Deep Secure will […] More
RapidDeploy has deployed its cloud-based emergency dispatch platform at a Lockheed Martin-owned military aircraft production facility in Fort Worth, Texas, to support factory crisis response operations. The Nimbus software will work to provide Lockheed’s security and emergency service personnel with real-time information such as incident feeds and emergency vehicle and vehicle location, RapidDeploy said Tuesday. […] More
NASA has released to the public several new computational software designed for space applications meant to support various U.S. sectors. The agency said Wednesday the software is now available to public, businesses and government agencies for free as part of a repository of over 800 computer programs covering system testing, aeronautics, data and image processing […] More
Carahsoft Technology has agreed to help NightDragon market the latter’s portfolio of cyber products across local, state and federal governments, as well as educational institutions. NightDragon invests in a portfolio of startup companies that provide cybersecurity, safety and privacy technologies, Carahsoft said Tuesday. Carahsoft will work to streamline contracting processes that grant public sector entities […] More
Persistent Systems has finished deliveries under a $5.4M contract to develop secured communications for the U.S. Army’s manned-unmanned teams. The company said Tuesday it helped the Army’s Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center fortify an existing mobile ad hoc networking firmware. The 18-month effort aimed to boost the firmware’s resiliency against […] More
By Light Professional IT Services has received a Capability Maturity Model Integration for Development appraisal at Level 3 for its efforts in support of customer satisfaction and services as well as continuous process and performance improvement. The capability improvement framework gives organizations “essential elements of effective processes” aimed at boosting their performances, the McLean, Virginia-based […] More
A Northrop Grumman cargo resupply spacecraft departed the International Space Station on Tuesday after a four-month stay to deploy five miniature satellites for the vehicle’s secondary mission. The company said Tuesday it expects the NG-15 Cygnus, nicknamed S.S. Katherine Johnson, to perform cubesat deployments while in orbit over a three-day period before the spacecraft returns […] More
Stellar Science was selected to conduct studies under a potential $48 million Redefining the Basic Analytical and Simulation Environment contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory. The Albuquerque, New Mexico-based computer software company will research, develop and expand a modular and object-oriented framework for modeling, simulation and analysis of multi-domain operations, the Department of Defense […] More
