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BlueHalo Lands NIWC Pacific Contract for MESR Engineering Support

BlueHalo has secured a five-year, $30.7 million contract from the Naval Information Warfare Center, or NIWC, Pacific to deliver systems engineering and support services for BlueHalo’s Mission Specialist Defender systems. Advancing Undersea Operations With Robotic Technology The global defense company specializing in underwater robotic systems said Tuesday it will provide support services to the Maritime Expeditionary […] More

by Miles Jamison March 19, 2025, 11:23 am
in Artificial Intelligence, News

Booz Allen, Shield AI Seek to Enhance Uncrewed Military Systems

Booz Allen Hamilton and Shield AI will collaborate to advance artificial intelligence-powered autonomy for uncrewed military systems to allow faster deployment in threat situations. The team will combine Booz Allen’s mission engineering and Shield AI’s Hivemind Enterprise platform to bolster battlefield operations to give U.S. forces an advantage while protecting troops in complex environments and to support […] More

by Kacey Roberts March 19, 2025, 11:20 am
in Cloud, Defense And Intelligence, News

RGS Launches New Intelligence Community Cloud Support Tool for Kubernetes Management

Rancher Government Solutions is providing new technical support to customers working in classified cloud regions, including Intelligence Community users. The IC Cloud Support that it now offers makes managing Kubernetes in classified environments less complicated and not as labor-intensive as typical processes, RGS said Tuesday. The core of the new Rancher Government platform’s support tool […] More

by Arthur McMiler March 19, 2025, 11:18 am
in Artificial Intelligence, News

MuleSoft Survey Finds AI Integration Challenges in Public Sector

Salesforce company MuleSoft has published the results of its new survey, which found that 98 percent of public sector organizations have adopted autonomous agents or plan to use artificial intelligence tools in the next two years, but hurdles remain. David Egts, field chief technology officer for the public sector at MuleSoft, published a blog Monday […] More

by Elodie Collins March 19, 2025, 10:53 am
in News, Wash100

Peraton CEO Steve Schorer Receives 2025 Wash100 Award From Executive Mosaic

Steve Schorer, chairperson, president and CEO of Peraton, accepted the 2025 Wash100 Award during a recent visit from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. This is Schorer’s third Wash100 Award. Founded by Garrettson in 2014, the Wash100 Award recognizes the 100 most impactful government and government contracting leaders. “It’s with great pleasure that I welcome Steve back […] More

by Elodie Collins March 19, 2025, 8:19 am
in Executive Moves, News

Scott Feigenbaum Appointed Vice President of Solutions at Sierra7

Scott Feigenbaum has been named vice president of solutions at Sierra7, a government consulting and IT services provider. The McLean, Virginia-based company said Monday Feigenbaum will be deeply involved with Sierra7’s technology strategy by overseeing its development and implementation. The new VP will also be responsible for acquiring new government contracts and managing current government technology projects. […] More

by Miles Jamison March 18, 2025, 11:25 am
in Artificial Intelligence, Government Technology, News, Technology

Google’s Gemini GenAI Tools Gain FedRAMP High Certification

Gemini, Google’s family of multimodal artificial intelligence applications, has received “High” certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Google said in a blog Tuesday that the top security FedRAMP authorization for Gemini comes as the first for generative AI tools. The authorization, which covers Gemini in Workspace apps and the Gemini app, provides […] More

by Arthur McMiler March 18, 2025, 11:22 am
in Executive Moves, News

Dana Mehnert Named to Ultra I&C Board

Dana Mehnert, a former senior executive at L3Harris Technologies, will join Ultra Intelligence & Communications‘ board of directors this month. In a statement Monday, Jon Rucker, president and CEO of Ultra I&C and a two-time Wash100 awardee, said, “Throughout his career, Dana has demonstrated remarkable leadership in delivering mission-critical software defined communications solutions enabling transformative and rapid growth.” “His extensive […] More

by Kacey Roberts March 18, 2025, 11:20 am
in M&A Activity, News

Redhorse Corporation Seeks to Bolster Industry Position With Acquisition of The Mannakee Group

Redhorse Corporation, a provider of data science and digital transformation products and services, has acquired The Mannakee Group, a developer of software tools for government clients. Solving Tomorrow’s Challenges Redhorse Corporation President Noah Klemm said in a statement Tuesday that the move will bolster the ability of both organizations “to deliver cutting-edge technology and data […] More

by Jerry Petersen March 18, 2025, 11:15 am
in Artificial Intelligence, Contract Awards, News

Leidos Receives Contract to Help DARPA Address Mobile Device Vulnerabilities

Leidos has received an $8.8 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for development support of the Intelligent Generation of Tools for Security, or INGOTS, program. INGOTS aims to develop automated capabilities to detect and mitigate vulnerabilities in mobile devices, Leidos said Monday. The initiative is envisioned to safeguard mobile operating systems and […] More

by Derrick Henry March 18, 2025, 11:13 am
in Artificial Intelligence, DOD, News

GDIT Exec Sees Benefits of Adaptive RAG in DOD GenAI Use

Dave Vennergrund, the vice president of artificial intelligence and data insights at General Dynamics Information Technology, recommends that the Department of Defense and its partners enhance their retrieval augmented generation deployments of generative AI with adaptive approaches. Conventional RAG Conventional RAG deployments work to improve the relevance of GenAI outputs and reduce hallucinations by allowing […] More

by Jerry Petersen March 18, 2025, 11:09 am
in Artificial Intelligence, News, Technology

Palantir’s Warp Speed OS to Help Streamline SNC Operations

SNC will work with Palantir Technologies to streamline its operations using the latter’s Warp Speed operating system. The strategic partnership will accelerate the delivery of advanced technologies to support customers’ missions, SNC said Friday. The company will use the Palantir Foundry Ontology to modernize program execution by implementing artificial intelligence-enabled collaboration across engineering, supply chain […] More

by Derrick Henry March 18, 2025, 11:08 am