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  • Spire Global Joins 4th Phase of NGA's Magnetic Field Mapping Competition; Chuck Cash Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Spire Global Joins 4th Phase of NGA’s Magnetic Field Mapping Competition; Chuck Cash Quoted

    Spire Global will participate in the fourth phase of a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency competition that aims to advance novel geomagnetic data collection methodologies to measure Earth’s magnetic field. The company said Wednesday it will work on the design, development and launch of a satellite with a diamond quantum magnetometer system from SBQuantum to gather geomagnetic […] More

  • Northrop Books $83M Navy Order for Triton UAS Retrofitting Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Books $83M Navy Order for Triton UAS Retrofitting Work

    Northrop Grumman will provide retrofitting services in support of U.S. Navy and Australian MQ-4C Tritons and the unmanned aerial system’s operating platform under an $83.1 million cost-plus-fixed-fee order. The award covers the modification of two MQ-4Cs and one main operating base to an Integrated Functional Capability Four, multiple-intelligence configuration, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. Majority […] More

  • Constellis Subsidiary to Perform Background Check Services for USCIS; Terry Ryan Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Constellis Subsidiary to Perform Background Check Services for USCIS; Terry Ryan Quoted

    A Constellis business has received a contract from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for background investigative services. Constellis said Wednesday its Omniplex subsidiary will support the Department of Homeland Security’s background investigations program under the $8.3 million contract awarded on May 4. In April 2021, Omniplex was named among recipients of the DHS a multiple-award blank purchase […] More

  • Leidos' Srini Iyer: Robust Security Needed to Protect Federal Health Care Data in the Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos’ Srini Iyer: Robust Security Needed to Protect Federal Health Care Data in the Cloud

    Srini Iyer, senior vice president and chief technology officer for the health group at Leidos, said government health providers looking to adopt cloud technologies to improve patient outcomes should strengthen security to protect health care data. “Security in the cloud environment is a shared responsibility,” Iyer told Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman in a video […] More

  • SpyCloud Aiming to Drive Identity Threat Protection Tech Adoption With $110M Funding Round - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpyCloud Aiming to Drive Identity Threat Protection Tech Adoption With $110M Funding Round

    SpyCloud has raised $110 million in a funding round led by technology-focused private equity firm Riverwood Capital.  The new capital will support SpyCloud’s plans to innovate its identity threat protection platform and grow its go-to-market teams across the globe, the Texas-based cyber analytics company said Wednesday. Venture capital firm Silverton Partners participated in the financing […] More

  • Amida Patents AI-Based Chip Security Method - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Amida Patents AI-Based Chip Security Method

    Washington, D.C.-based software provider Amida Technology Solutions has obtained a patent for an artificial intelligence-based approach to discovering a cybersecurity breach on microelectronic systems. The invention with patent number 11736501 involves a novel method to apply AI and graph theory for integrated circuit breach detection and characterization, the company said Wednesday. Amida, which developed its […] More

  • Scott Goldstein Named Parsons SVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Scott Goldstein Named Parsons SVP

    Scott Goldstein, a retired U.S. Air Force major general, has joined Parsons as a senior vice president, G2Xchange Defense reported Thursday. He brings to the Centreville, Virginia-based technology company his leadership and research and development experience in engineering, space, cybersecurity, electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance areas. Goldstein most recently served as chief scientist […] More

  • MAG Aerospace, L3Harris Tapped to Build Army Aircraft With ISR Capabilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MAG Aerospace, L3Harris Tapped to Build Army Aircraft With ISR Capabilities

    MAG Aerospace and L3Harris Technologies have won a U.S. Army competition to develop and deliver a pair of high-altitude aircraft with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities. The team will equip two Bombardier Global 6500 aircraft with ISR payloads to support the service branch’s mission to advance long-range precision fires under the Theater-Level, High-Altitude Expeditionary Next […] More

  • Elastic Named Leidos Technology Alliance Partner; Chris Townsend Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Elastic Named Leidos Technology Alliance Partner; Chris Townsend Quoted

    Leidos has added search and analytics engine provider Elastic to its network of partner companies that deliver new technologies to federal and commercial customers in support of their mission needs. Elastic is now part of the technology alliance tier of the Leidos Alliance Partner Network in recognition of its efforts to offer cloud computing products […] More

  • Valiant Books $51M DLA Chemical Management Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Valiant Books $51M DLA Chemical Management Support Contract

    Valiant will help the Defense Logistics Agency manage chemical materials at two military aviation maintenance facilities in Corpus Christi, Texas, under a $50.8 million contract. The award covers chemical management support to the DLA Distribution Corpus Christi, which handles wholesale component distribution for helicopter repair operations, and the Corpus Christi Army Depot, the company said […] More

  • Hannah Kelley Elevated to Finance VP Role at Chugach Government Solutions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hannah Kelley Elevated to Finance VP Role at Chugach Government Solutions

    Hannah Kelley, former senior director at Chugach Government Solutions, has been promoted to the role of vice president of finance at the federal contracting company. She is tasked to drive financial strategies and resource management and to contribute executive leadership to meet CGS’ objectives, the Anchorage, Alaska-based contractor said Tuesday. Kelley started her career CGS […] More

  • CDAO's Diane Staheli Says Responsible AI is 'Important Step Forward' for DOD - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CDAO’s Diane Staheli Says Responsible AI is ‘Important Step Forward’ for DOD

    Recognized by the Department of Defense for its transformative potential, artificial intelligence has become a key focus area in the department’s efforts to adapt to the evolving, digitally-driven modern battlefield. Though AI offers a wide array of benefits across many use cases, its successful deployment cannot be achieved without careful consideration of the ethics involved in […] More