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  • CGI Eyes AI Capability Expansion With $758M Investment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI Eyes AI Capability Expansion With $758M Investment

    CGI plans to invest approximately $757.9 million in efforts to further advance the development of artificial intelligence platforms and services over the next three years. The company said Monday the planned investment includes the expansion of AI-related consulting services, employee recruitment and training, intellectual property AI-enablement and ethical-use delivery platforms and accelerators. “As the next […] More

  • Anduril to Support Rheinmetall in Army Infantry Combat Vehicle Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Anduril to Support Rheinmetall in Army Infantry Combat Vehicle Competition

    Anduril Industries and industry partners will support American Rheinmetall Vehicles in the next phases of a competition to design and manufacture a next-generation combat vehicle for the U.S. Army.  The team will advance its digitally engineered and open-architecture design concept for the XM30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle, formerly known as the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle, […] More

  • DOD’s Dev Shenoy: Access to Leading-Edge Technology Driving Pentagon Microelectronics Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOD’s Dev Shenoy: Access to Leading-Edge Technology Driving Pentagon Microelectronics Efforts

    The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 is authorized to allocate a generous $280 billion to stimulate the semiconductor industry in the U.S. Building on its momentum, agencies across the federal government are initiating efforts to reinforce and magnify developments in the microelectronics field. The Department of Defense’s Office of the Under Secretary for Research […] More

  • CISA to Host Industry Day on Cyber Response and Recovery Act Requirements - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CISA to Host Industry Day on Cyber Response and Recovery Act Requirements

    The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Chief of Contracting Office is hosting a virtual industry day on Aug. 17 to discuss CISA’s requirements for cyber incident response and recovery services. CISA seeks to gather industry feedback and recommendations on its draft requirements for the Cyber Response and Recovery Act initiative for fiscal year 2023, according […] More

  • Raytheon, Node.Digital Ink DHS-Backed Mentor-Protege Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Node.Digital Ink DHS-Backed Mentor-Protege Partnership

    Raytheon will help digital automation company Node.Digital enhance cybersecurity capability, business development strategy and other practices as part of the Department of Homeland Security’s Mentor-Protege Program. The RTX business will provide Node.Digital with mentorship and technical assistance to allow both parties to bid as prime and support DHS’ program risk mitigation efforts, the aerospace and […] More

  • Maxar 300 Small Satellite Bus Series Clears Critical Design Review - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maxar 300 Small Satellite Bus Series Clears Critical Design Review

    Maxar Technologies is set to begin production of its new small satellite bus series purchased by L3Harris Technologies for the Space Development Agency’s missile-tracking satellite constellation after completing the critical design review phase of the program. The review validates the structural design, power, attitude control and command and data handling functions of the Maxar 300 […] More

  • USPTO Grants Trademark Registration for Hexagon US Federal's Geospatial Platform; Tammer Olibah Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USPTO Grants Trademark Registration for Hexagon US Federal’s Geospatial Platform; Tammer Olibah Quoted

    Hexagon‘s U.S. government subsidiary has secured its trademark registration from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its geospatial platform, dubbed Aerial Reconnaissance Tactical Edge Mapping Imagery System. ARTEMIS is a content management platform from Hexagon US Federal that uses sensors and small unmanned aircraft systems to facilitate the collection and use of tactical imagery […] More

  • Lockheed's Dry Combat Submersible Achieves Initial Operational Capability - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed’s Dry Combat Submersible Achieves Initial Operational Capability

    Lockheed Martin obtained initial operational capability declaration from the U.S. Special Operations Command for its Dry Combat Submersible. The IOC affirms the safety of the vehicle for Special Operations Forces needing to get in and out undetected while the vessel is entirely submerged at sea, Lockheed said Monday. The Dry Combat Submersible, which was built […] More

  • Dell, Intel Help University of Texas Build Supercomputer With NSF Grant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell, Intel Help University of Texas Build Supercomputer With NSF Grant

    Dell Technologies, Intel and a University of Texas computational center have developed the third iteration of a supercomputer designed to support science and engineering research efforts nationwide under a federal grant.  The Stampede3 machine is funded by a $10 million National Science Foundation award and is scheduled to be fully operational at the Texas Advanced […] More

  • Ball Aerospace, NCAR Collaborating on Next-Gen Weather Radar Antenna Design - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ball Aerospace, NCAR Collaborating on Next-Gen Weather Radar Antenna Design

    The National Center of Atmospheric Research has tapped Ball Aerospace to design a radio frequency front end system under a program aimed at developing next-generation weather data gathering tool. NCAR’s Airborne Phased Array Radar is meant to boost capability for high-impact weather event data capture to enhance forecasting models, the company said Monday. Both parties […] More

  • Michelle Rodrigues Joins MRIGlobal as Government Business Development VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michelle Rodrigues Joins MRIGlobal as Government Business Development VP

    Michelle Rodrigues, a federal technology industry executive, has been appointed vice president for government business development at research and development services provider MRIGlobal. She will become part of the company’s executive leadership team as she oversees business development initiatives for both defense and civil health customers, including the departments of Defense, Agriculture and Health and […] More

  • Teledyne FLIR Unit Books $94M Army Nanodrone Supply Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Teledyne FLIR Unit Books $94M Army Nanodrone Supply Contract

    A Teledyne FLIR business will provide nano-unmanned aerial systems, control equipment and spare parts to the U.S. Army under a five-year, $93.9 million contract. The service branch is procuring 33-gram Black Hornet 3 drones with training services from Teledyne FLIR Defense through the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the company said Monday. Black Hornet 3 is a personal […] More