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Draper Laboratory Aims to Accelerate Microelectronics Integration With New Advanced Packaging Facility

Draper Laboratory announced the creation of the Draper Advanced Packaging Facility in St. Petersburg, Florida, which will enable faster designing and building of microelectronic components. Jerry Wohletz, president and CEO of Draper, said in a press release Tuesday, “In answering our customers’ call for secure, mission-unique microelectronics solutions, we’ve created an advanced packaging facility that […] More

by Aidan Daly July 10, 2024, 11:45 am
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GDMS Completes Delivery of 1000th Nose Radome for F-35

General Dynamics Mission Systems has completed the delivery of the 1000th F-35 nose radome, which protects the airplane’s radar antennas and enhances its navigation and communications capabilities. The radome also makes the F-35 a highly survivable and connected aircraft, GDMS said. The company added that the component is installed on F-35s operated by the Marines, […] More

by Derrick Henry July 10, 2024, 11:44 am
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Dataminr’s Geoff Gage Dives Into National Security Challenges & Company Culture

Geoff Gage, vice president of public sector customer success at Dataminr, came to the company following an extensive career with the U.S. Navy. He was drawn to the company for the opportunities it provided to continue supporting national security missions, work with “an amazing team of customer success experts” and learn more about artificial intelligence […] More

by Ireland Degges July 9, 2024, 12:23 pm
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Tyto Athene Finalizes Acquisition of MindPoint Group

Tyto Athene has completed its acquisition of managed cybersecurity services provider MindPoint Group, first announced last month. In light of the acquisition, MindPoint President Patti Chanthaphone will assume the position of Tyto’s federal civilian group president, where she will work to accelerate future cyber growth, the Arlington Capital Partners portfolio company said Tuesday. Dennis Kelly, CEO of Tyto, […] More

by Branson Brooks July 9, 2024, 12:22 pm
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Yulista Secures $219M Army Aviation Modernization & Maintenance Support IDIQ Contract

Yulista Support Services has received a potential $219.4 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide aviation modernization and maintenance support services. Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground competed the AMMSS indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract as a total 8(a) small business set-aside program, according to an award notice published Wednesday on SAM.gov. The single-award AMMSS IDIQ […] More

by Jane Edwards July 9, 2024, 12:21 pm
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Angel Davis Appointed Director of Federal Strategy and Capture at Presidio Federal

Angel Davis, a former contracts manager at Presidio, was named director of federal strategy and capture at the government-focused business of the information technology service management company. Davis announced via LinkedIn her move at Presidio Federal, where she most recently served as director of enterprise program management office. She has more than a decade of […] More

by Christine Thropp July 9, 2024, 12:20 pm
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Air Force Awards Leidos $51M Contract to Provide NORAD With Missile Warning Capability Enhancement

Leidos has won a $51.4 million cost-plus-incentive-fee contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide support for the North American Aerospace Defense Command Cheyenne Mountain Complex-Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment system. The Department of Defense said Monday that, under the contract, Leidos will work to enhance the missile warning capabilities of the Combatant Commanders […] More

by Jerry Petersen July 9, 2024, 12:20 pm
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Exiger Expands Supply Chain Management Platform Capabilities With Versed AI Acquisition

Exiger, a supply chain and third-party risk artificial intelligence company, has acquired University of Cambridge spin-out Versed AI in an effort to expand its AI-powered supply chain visibility, data and mapping capabilities. The company said Monday Versed AI’s product breakdown technology works to streamline multi-tier supplier network extraction and aggregation and integrating it to Exiger’s […] More

by Christine Thropp July 9, 2024, 12:19 pm
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Military Branches Achieve C2, Information Sharing Capability on SIPRNet Using Immersive Wisdom Software

Immersive Wisdom has provided two military branches with a distributed communications and operations center software platform to enable cross-service command and control and information sharing on the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network. The platform, which has achieved technology readiness level 9, provides a real-time quick response link between the military services to improve how they […] More

by Kristen Smith July 9, 2024, 12:19 pm
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Lockheed Martin Receives Contract to Develop Artificial Intelligence Tools for DARPA AIR Program

Lockheed Martin announced securing a $4.6 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop artificial intelligence tools. Lockheed said Monday that the award is part of DARPA’s Artificial Intelligence Reinforcements program, which aims to improve the speed and predictive performance of baseline Department of Defense system models to better reflect real-world performance […] More

by Aidan Daly July 9, 2024, 12:18 pm
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Rise8’s Bryon Kroger Discusses Keys to Effective Adoption of Continuous Authority to Operate Model

Hiring the right talent and eliminating bureaucracy are keys to building a culture of security awareness across one’s organization, which, in turn, is critical to the effective adoption of the continuous Authority to Operate model, according to Rise8 founder and CEO Bryon Kroger. “Traditional ATOs require a point-in-time check of security controls that can take […] More

by Jerry Petersen July 9, 2024, 12:17 pm
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Oddball Wins Contracts to Improve Veterans Access to Government Websites

Oddball has secured contracts from the Department of Veterans Affairs to improve and protect veteran access to two government websites. The federal IT modernization service provider said Wednesday it will work on the VA.gov and Login.gov websites. Under one of the contracts, the service-disabled veteran-owned small business will use veteran feedback and data from satisfaction […] More

by Elodie Collins July 9, 2024, 12:16 pm