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World Economic Forum Adds Mattermost to Global Innovators Community; Ian Tien Quoted

Secure collaboration platform developer Mattermost has joined the World Economic Forum's global community of growth-stage companies that facilitate innovation in their industries. As a member of the Global Innovation Community, Mattermost will collaborate with the WEF Centre for Cybersecurity to boost resiliency and address cybersecurity challenges across the critical infrastructure sector, the company said Tuesday.

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by Naomi Cooper November 30, 2023, 9:42 am
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BAE Systems Launches ADAPT Virtual Environment for Modeling JADC2 Scenarios

BAE Systems has introduced an integrated virtual environment designed to simulate real-world combined joint all domain command and control scenarios using its high-fidelity platform. The advanced digital analysis and prototyping testbed, or ADAPT, is intended to provide decision makers with comprehensive analysis of multiple warfighting domains.

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by Christine Thropp November 30, 2023, 9:15 am
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KPMG Secures Potential $53M Contract Modification for DFAS Audit Services

KPMG has received a potential $53 million labor-hour contract modification from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service to provide auditing services. Under the award, the company will conduct audits on the financial statements of the U.S. Army's general and working capital funds over a one-year period until Nov. 30, 2024, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.

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by Kacey Roberts November 30, 2023, 9:13 am
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Lockheed, Northrop Land OTA Deals for Army Launched Effects Program

Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman were selected by the U.S. Army for other transaction authority agreements with Project Director Sensors – Aerial Intelligence to advance the Launched Effects payload program. Northrop Grumman was awarded an OTA deal for two payloads while Lockheed received an order for one payload as part of the first LE development phase, the Army's Program Executive Office – Intelligence, Electronic Warfare & Sensors announced Wednesday.

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by Jamie Bennet November 30, 2023, 8:32 am
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Government Eyes Continued Collaboration With Pratt & Whitney on F-35 Engine Upgrade Program

The F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office plans to award multiple contract actions to RTX business Pratt & Whitney to continue the work started under the F135 Engine Enhancement Program, now called F135 Engine Core Upgrade. Pratt & Whitney had been working on the EEP as the sole-source awardee of the Engine Enhancement Preliminary Design contract, which was issued in 2022 and is set to conclude by February 2024, according to a notice posted Monday on SAM.gov.

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by Jerry Petersen November 30, 2023, 8:07 am
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DIU Posts Solicitation for Hybrid Space Architecture II Project

The Defense Innovation Unit has begun seeking proposals from industry sources capable of developing a hybrid architecture designed to integrate government and commercial networks to enable space-based communication capabilities. DIU said the second iteration of the Hybrid Space Architecture project will focus on four areas of interest: persistent sensing, resilient data transport, high-performance edge computing and data fusion.

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by Naomi Cooper November 30, 2023, 8:03 am
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Carahsoft to Market CodeLock’s Cybersecurity Software Offerings to Government Customers; Michael Shrader Quoted

Carahsoft Technology has agreed to utilize its reseller network and government procurement vehicles to offer CodeLock's compliance, accountability and security software to government and public sector customers. Carahsoft, as CodeLock's master government aggregator, will make the offerings available via its NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V, Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software 2, National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance and OMNIA Partners contracts.

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by Christine Thropp November 29, 2023, 11:03 am
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BlueHalo Expands Product Portfolio With Ipsolon Research Acquisition; Jonathan Moneymaker Quoted

BlueHalo, an Arlington Capital Partners portfolio company, has acquired Ipsolon Research, a provider of high-performance, ultra-small form factor software-defined radios, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition is intended to support BlueHalo's current strategic and technological priorities by accelerating rapid prototyping and product delivery and promoting quality within its supply chain.

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by Ireland Degges November 29, 2023, 10:41 am
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Second Front Systems Raises Fresh Funds in NEA-Led Series B

Second Front Systems has completed and raised $40 million from its Series B funding round, which was led by NEA and saw participation from current investors Moore Strategic Ventures and AE Industrial Partners HorizonX. The software company said the fresh funds will accelerate the delivery of mission-critical software solutions to the government.

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by Aidan Daly November 29, 2023, 10:08 am
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Noelle Russell Appointed Accenture Federal Services Data & AI Market Lead

Noelle Russell, an artificial intelligence executive with more than two decades of industry experience, has been named data and AI market lead at Accenture's federal services business arm. She will oversee go-to-market and innovation strategies to drive growth across Accenture Federal Services' data and AI practice in her new position, the company said in a media alert released Tuesday, of which Executive Mosaic has received a copy.

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by Naomi Cooper November 29, 2023, 9:17 am
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Aleut Secures $69M Air Force Contract for IT Modernization Support

Aleut Information Technology will provide the U.S. Air Force with enterprise and local operations support for the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communication System under a four-year, $69.3 million contract. Services to modernize IT infrastructure include operations, engineering and architecting support, associated software/hardware acquisition as well as asset management support.

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by Christine Thropp November 29, 2023, 9:04 am
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Leidos Autonomy Technology Demonstrated at Navy’s USV Deployment Exercise; Gerry Fasano Quoted

Four unmanned surface vessels outfitted with Leidos' autonomy technology have reached Sydney Harbor as part of the U.S. Navy's Integrated Battle Problem 23.2 multidomain exercise aimed at incorporating autonomous systems into fleet operations. Gerry Fasano, president of Leidos' defense group and a four-time Wash100 awardee, said in a company statement published Tuesday that the deployment will give "fleet commanders much-needed enhancements to maritime domain awareness, accelerating the speed and lethality of existing maritime kill chains."

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by Naomi Cooper November 29, 2023, 8:52 am