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in Artificial Intelligence, News

7 Small Businesses Selected for DARPA AI Cyber Challenge

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has chosen seven companies for the small business track of the Artificial Intelligence Cyber Challenge. The competing small businesses were evaluated by the Air Force Research Laboratory, the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, DARPA said Monday.

DARPA will be represented by Kathleen Fisher, director of the Information Innovation Office, at the Potomac Officers Club's 5th Annual Artificial Intelligence Summit on March 21. Register now!

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by Jamie Bennet March 12, 2024, 2:18 am
in News, Wash100

Jane Rathbun’s Disruptive Technology Leadership as Navy CIO Earns 2024 Wash100 Award

Executive Mosaic is pleased to confer the Wash100 honor upon Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer Jane Rathbun in recognition of her shrewd, conscientious technology leadership of the service branch. The Wash100 Award is EM’s annual commendation of the most influential senior executives, military leaders and government officials shaping the government contracting industry.

Hear distinguished CIOs speak at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 CIO Summit on April 17. Register here now!

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by Charles Lyons-Burt March 11, 2024, 11:44 am
in Financial Reports, News

GovCon Index Maintained Positive Trend Last Week

Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index grew by 1.91% last week, lifting the weekly average to $4,938.26. GovCon Index is an aggregate index that tracks real-time data from 30 key players in the government contracting industry. With the information it provides, users are able to get a glimpse into the performance of each individual company and the current financial trends influencing the field, allowing them to evaluate the overall state of the GovCon market.

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by Ireland Degges March 11, 2024, 11:37 am
in Acquisition & Procurement, Contract Awards, News

GSA Awards Aleut Subsidiary Spot on Multiple Award Schedule Vehicle for IT Services

Certified Small Disadvantaged Business Aleut Management Services, a subsidiary of Aleut Federal, has been awarded a spot on the General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule contract vehicle for special item number 54151S, which covers IT professional services. Aleut Federal said Saturday on LinkedIn that its subsidiary's inclusion in GSA MAS highlights the company's commitment to IT innovation and excellence and will facilitate opportunities to provide various IT services to the government, including network services, database planning and design and programming.

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by Jerry Petersen March 11, 2024, 11:25 am
in DOD, News

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Receives DPAI Award to Increase PCBA Production for Hypersonic Weapons

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense will work to increase its capacity to produce printed circuit board assemblies for use in hypersonic weapons after being awarded $11.7 million by the Department of Defense. The award is the latest issued within fiscal year 2024 by the Defense Production Act Investment Program, the Department of Defense said Friday.

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by Jerry Petersen March 11, 2024, 11:22 am
in Executive Moves, News

Tiffanny Gates Named Virtru Board Member

Tiffanny Gates, a more than two-decade federal cybersecurity executive and a three-time Wash100 awardee, has joined the board of directors of Washington, D.C.-based data-centric security platforms provider Virtru. “As the Department of Defense modernizes its digital infrastructure to a zero trust architecture, innovative data security tools like Virtru enable our service members to securely collaborate and share sensitive information across domains,” Gates said in a statement published Thursday.

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by Jane Edwards March 11, 2024, 11:18 am
in Contract Awards, News

Aerojet to Produce Stinger Motors in Support of Raytheon US Military Stockpile Replenishment Effort

L3Harris Technologies subsidiary Aerojet Rocketdyne has secured a contract to manufacture launch and flight motors for FIM-92 Stinger missiles to help RTX business Raytheon replenish the U.S. Army’s inventory of the anti-aircraft missiles. The replenishment contract awarded to Aerojet marks the first time in nearly two decades the company will manufacture new missiles for the U.S. military, L3Harris said Thursday.

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by Jane Edwards March 11, 2024, 11:08 am
in Foreign Military Sales, News

State Department Clears $111M Sale of Joint Light Tactical Vehicles to North Macedonia

The Department of State has approved North Macedonia’s request to procure Joint Light Tactical Vehicles and associated program and logistics support services from the U.S. government under a potential foreign military sales agreement worth $111 million. Oshkosh Defense, AM General, Leonardo DRS and L3Harris Technologies will serve as principal contractors in the proposed FMS deal, which includes the procurement of 18 additional M1278A1/A2 JLTV heavy gun carriers and seven JLTV general purpose vehicles, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday.

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by Jane Edwards March 11, 2024, 10:43 am
in News

NASA Posts Solicitation for Space Weather Next L1 Series Coronagraph Instruments

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has released a solicitation for the development of flight instruments for the Space Weather Next Lagrange 1 Series Coronagraph program. A notice posted Friday on SAM.gov states that NASA will launch a full and open competition to design, analyze, develop and fabricate three flight coronagraph instruments for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program.

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by Naomi Cooper March 11, 2024, 5:56 am
in Executive Moves, News

Mary Robinson Named VP of Business Development at Advanced IT Concepts

Mary Robinson, formerly senior director of business development at Concurrent Technologies Corporation, announced on LinkedIn Friday her appointment as vice president of BD at Advanced IT Concepts. Before her tenure at CTC, Robinson held key roles in business development, serving as chief of staff of BD at Navistar Defense and executive director of planning and strategy at Technology Service Corporation.

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by Kacey Roberts March 11, 2024, 4:21 am
in Contract Awards, News

Leidos, RTX Subsidiary Win Contracts to Support DARPA’s Quantum Augmented Network

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded contracts to Leidos and Raytheon BBN, an RTX company, for services related to the Quantum Augmented Network program. The cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts, valued at $8.5 million for Leidos and $7.5 million for BBN, is for the development of a hybrid quantum-based communication network specifically for critical infrastructure security, the Department of Defense said Friday.

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by Jamie Bennet March 11, 2024, 4:04 am
in Cloud, Cybersecurity, News

AWS Secures FedRAMP High Authorization for Wickr Communications Encryption Service

Amazon Web Services has secured High authorization under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its end-to-end encrypted service available for AWS GovCloud customers in the U.S. West region. AWS Wickr is an encrypted communications service that uses a 256-bit encryption technique to enable government and commercial customers to secure group messaging, voice and video calling, screen sharing and file sharing, AWS said Thursday.

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by Naomi Cooper March 11, 2024, 3:47 am