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  • Valiant Books 2-Year DTRA Task Order for Advanced Cyber Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Valiant Books 2-Year DTRA Task Order for Advanced Cyber Support

    The Defense Threat Reduction Agency awarded Valiant an $18 million task order to perform a range of cyber-related support services over a two-year period. The award is part of the Mission Assurance program of DTRA’s Nuclear Enterprise Support Directorate, the Herndon, Virginia-based contractor said Wednesday. Valiant’s responsibilities will include threat-emulative cyber assessments, planning and coordination […] More

  • Collins Aerospace Awarded Air Force Contract for Satcom Pod Development, Demo - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Collins Aerospace Awarded Air Force Contract for Satcom Pod Development, Demo

    Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, will build and test a satellite communications pod under a $36 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. The objective is to produce and demonstrate a pod capable of functioning beyond the line of sight and compatible with civilian and military satellites across diverse orbital ranges, RTX said Wednesday. Ryan […] More

  • Textron to Provide UAS Operations Support for Navy Littoral Combat Ships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron to Provide UAS Operations Support for Navy Littoral Combat Ships

    A Textron subsidiary has received a potential $19.5 million contract from Naval Air Systems Command to provide uncrewed aerial system operation support for three U.S. Navy littoral combat ships. Textron Systems said Wednesday it will use its Aerosonde UAS to deliver extended-range intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services to two Independence-class vessels and one Freedom-class ship. […] More

  • Army Acquisition Chief Doug Bush Receives 2023 Wash100 Award From Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Acquisition Chief Doug Bush Receives 2023 Wash100 Award From Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson

    Doug Bush, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, received his 2023 Wash100 Award from Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the elite recognition, during the Potomac Officers Club’s Army Summit. Wash100 Award is an annual selection of the top 100 leaders in the government contracting industry for their […] More

  • NASA Extends Smallsat Data Collection Contract With Spire; Chuck Cash Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Extends Smallsat Data Collection Contract With Spire; Chuck Cash Quoted

    NASA issued a 12-month extension on Spire Global’s contract to support the Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition Program. The $6.5 million award for contract renewal involves collection and sharing of global navigation satellite system data to enhance weather forecasting, the company said Wednesday. Since 2018, Spire has been delivering comprehensive Earth observation data, ancillary information and […] More

  • Air Force, Northrop Demonstrate B-2 Airborne Mission Transfer With Digital Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force, Northrop Demonstrate B-2 Airborne Mission Transfer With Digital Tech

    Northrop Grumman has demonstrated the use of digital communications technology to facilitate mission data transmission between the U.S. Air Force’s B-2 Spirit bomber aircrew and a ground station. A B-2 plane, nicknamed Spirit of Kitty Hawk, was fitted with a Northrop-built multimission domain open architecture to support the communications process during the two-day integrated airborne […] More

  • Mercury Delivers Army Radar Processing Hardware to Raytheon - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mercury Delivers Army Radar Processing Hardware to Raytheon

    Mercury Systems has supplied the final radar processing hardware that Raytheon, an RTX business, will integrate into an initial production batch of Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor systems for the U.S. Army. More than 160 processors have been delivered to support the first six sensors under a proof of manufacturing contract between the […] More

  • DARPA, 4 Companies to Work on AI Cyber Challenge - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA, 4 Companies to Work on AI Cyber Challenge

    Microsoft, Google, Anthropic and OpenAI will collaborate with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on a two-year competition to advance the development of artificial intelligence-based cybersecurity systems that could be used to detect and address software vulnerabilities and protect critical infrastructure from cyberattacks. The AI companies will share their technologies and expertise with DARPA’s AI […] More

  • Amentum, Beast Code Forge Digital Tech Partnership for Federal Clients; Jill Bruning Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Amentum, Beast Code Forge Digital Tech Partnership for Federal Clients; Jill Bruning Quoted

    Amentum and software developer Beast Code have signed a partnership agreement with the goal of helping federal civilian and defense agencies adopt digital twin technology. The strategic alliance will apply a web-based software offering Beast Code designed to extract and present data from disparate sources via a 3D digital twin, Amentum said Tuesday. Users can implement […] More

  • Firefly Aerospace-Xtenti Team to Perform Responsive Space Demo for NRO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Firefly Aerospace-Xtenti Team to Perform Responsive Space Demo for NRO

    Firefly Aerospace will collaborate with space technology developer Xtenti on a National Reconnaissance Office-led responsive space demonstration using the former’s Elytra orbital vehicle and the latter’s FANTM-RiDE small satellite dispenser. Xtenti is under a follow-on study contract with NRO to showcase the rapid payload reconfiguration capabilities of FANTM-RiDE or Flight Agnostic Non-interfering, Tunable Mass Rideshare […] More

  • Dun & Bradstreet Unveils Cloud-based Supply Chain Risk Tool for Public Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dun & Bradstreet Unveils Cloud-based Supply Chain Risk Tool for Public Sector

    Dun & Bradstreet launched a cloud-based platform to help public sector procurement officials conduct due diligence on their suppliers. D&B Protect aims to reduce the risk of supply chain fraud and exploitation among North American government agencies, the market analytics firm said Tuesday. The online tool uses machine learning to map data on suppliers and […] More

  • SandboxAQ Intros Open-Source Quantum Encryption Library for Software Developers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SandboxAQ Intros Open-Source Quantum Encryption Library for Software Developers

    Quantum software company SandboxAQ has unveiled an open-source encryption library that works to enable software developers to use cryptographic algorithms to create more secure applications. Sandwich provides tools designed to embed post-quantum cryptography algorithms directly into software applications and swap cryptographic elements without rewriting code, SandboxAQ said Tuesday. The meta-library works with open-source cryptographic libraries […] More