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  • Rivada Forms Subsidiary to Meet Government, Defense Customer Needs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rivada Forms Subsidiary to Meet Government, Defense Customer Needs

    Rivada Networks has established Rivada Secure Services to serve as the proxy organization that will meet the unique mission requirements of U.S. government and defense customers. The new subsidiary will operate from Washington, D.C., for closer coordination with clients and reseller network, Rivada said Wednesday, adding that Michael Abad-Santos, an executive with extensive government and […] More

  • CGI Federal's Victor Foulk: Government GenAI Adoption Requires Change in Acquisition Practices - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI Federal’s Victor Foulk: Government GenAI Adoption Requires Change in Acquisition Practices

    The government must change the way it acquires technology in order for agencies to accelerate their adoption of generative artificial intelligence, which can bring about digital and business process transformation that would result in optimal mission outcomes, according to CGI Federal‘s Victor Foulk. Assessing Vendors Based on Past Performance Traditional acquisition practices involve the assessment […] More

  • Carnegie Robotics Unveils New Body-Worn AI Computing System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carnegie Robotics Unveils New Body-Worn AI Computing System

    Carnegie Robotics has launched a body-worn computing system called CardShark, which is designed to provide real-time artificial intelligence processing to warfighters in the field. Booz Allen Hamilton is among the defense industry operators that have already processed multiple AI workloads on CardShark, Carnegie Robotics said Tuesday. Randy Yamada, Booz Allen vice president, said the portable […] More

  • Northrop Activates Space Force EPS-R Payloads on Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Activates Space Force EPS-R Payloads on Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission

    Northrop Grumman has completed activation of the Space Systems Command’s two Enhanced Polar System-Recapitalization, or EPS-R, payloads hosted aboard two satellites for Space Norway’s Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission, or ASBM. The company said Tuesday the two GEOStar-3 satellites – ASBM 1 and 2 — launched in August aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg […] More

  • Palantir Receives FedRAMP High Baseline Status for Cloud Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Palantir Receives FedRAMP High Baseline Status for Cloud Services

    Palantir Technologies has secured high baseline authorization under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its two cloud-hosted offerings. The company said Tuesday the designation enables U.S. government agencies to handle the most sensitive unclassified workloads through the Palantir Federal Cloud Service and PFCS – Supporting Services. The accreditation extends across Palantir’s entire product suite, […] More

  • Parsons & Globalstar Partner for Satcom Development Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons & Globalstar Partner for Satcom Development Initiative

    Parsons and telecommunications company Globalstar are partnering to strengthen satellite communication resilience for the public, government and defense sectors.  Under the partnership, Globalstar’s LEO satellite constellation will be used to showcase Parsons’ software-defined satellite communication service, Parsons said Tuesday. The demonstration enables mission-critical services in radio frequency-congested environments. Following the successful initiation of a proof of concept […] More

  • James Geurts, John Murray Named Venture Partners for Anzu-Green Critical Technologies Fund - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    James Geurts, John Murray Named Venture Partners for Anzu-Green Critical Technologies Fund

    Anzu Partners, an investment firm focused on industrial and life sciences technology companies, and J.A. Green & Company, a full-service, bipartisan government relations firm, announced appointing James “Hondo” Geurts and retired U.S. Army Gen. John “Mike” Murray as venture partners for the Anzu-Green Critical Technologies Fund. In a press release Tuesday, Jeff Green, co-managing partner […] More

  • Raytheon Awarded Potential $904M Navy Contract for Weapon System Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Awarded Potential $904M Navy Contract for Weapon System Services

    Raytheon has been awarded a firm-fixed-price contract valued at $34 million by the U.S. Navy to provide support services for a major weapon system. Raytheon Contract Details The Department of Defense said Monday the cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost only contract covers services for the design agent and engineering support efforts to the Cooperative Engagement Capabilities. Raytheon […] More

  • Kevin Steen Leaving EACOWT, Ian Canning Named Acting CEO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kevin Steen Leaving EACOWT, Ian Canning Named Acting CEO

    Kevin Steen is leaving his post as president and CEO of Eutelsat America Corp. and OneWeb Technologies, or EACOWT, effective Dec. 20. OneWeb Technologies said Steen, named OWT CEO in 2022, was instrumental in the company’s growth and expansion in the U.S. government and commercial sectors. The executive retained his role after the merger of the two commercial […] More

  • Axellio Launches New Data Intelligence Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Axellio Launches New Data Intelligence Platform

    Axellio has unveiled the Xpress Platform, a company-developed scalable and software-based platform that streamlines data workflows for military, enterprises and service provider applications. The new offering is optimized for military and intelligence operations, supporting forward-deployed missions with limited bandwidth and strict size, weight and power constraints, Axellio said Monday. Xpress integrates the company’s two other platforms, […] More

  • NIH Awards 11 Spots on $100M Conference & Travel Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIH Awards 11 Spots on $100M Conference & Travel Support Contract

    The National Institutes of Health has awarded 11 companies positions on the fourth iteration of the potential $100 million NIH Conference, Administrative and Travel Services contract, or NIHCATS IV. According to award notices published on the Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation, the NIH Office of Logistics and Acquisitions Operations issued a solicitation in October 2023 […] More

  • General Atomics Receives Navy OTA Contract to Mature Long Range Maneuvering Projectile Common Round Prototype - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Receives Navy OTA Contract to Mature Long Range Maneuvering Projectile Common Round Prototype

    The U.S. Navy has awarded General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems Group a contract under the Naval Surface Technology Innovation Consortium other transaction authority vehicle. Contract Goals General Atomics said Monday that under the award, GA-EMS will work to mature its Long Range Maneuvering Projectile Common Round prototype system. The company will also work to demonstrate the […] More