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  • DLH to Provide Expanded IT Services to NIH Organization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLH to Provide Expanded IT Services to NIH Organization

    DLH will expand digital transformation efforts in support of a National Institutes of Health organization through an $18.6 million contract.  Under the potential five-year award, DLH will assist the National Institute on Aging in its Intramural Research Program to enable DevSecOps and multi-cloud capabilities for computing and data science efforts, the Atlanta, Georgia-headquartered systems engineering and […] More

  • Google Releases AI-Based Tools to Support Biotech Drug Discovery, Public Health Initiatives - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Google Releases AI-Based Tools to Support Biotech Drug Discovery, Public Health Initiatives

    Google‘s cloud business created a pair of artificial intelligence technology suites in a bid to provide life sciences and public sector organizations with secure online tools to shorten time-to-market of drug development. The Target and Lead Identification Suite uses AI to predict antibody structures and identify the function of amino acid mutagenesis, Google said Tuesday. […] More

  • Former BlueVoyant Exec Amy Williams Named VP of CMMC at Coalfire Federal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former BlueVoyant Exec Amy Williams Named VP of CMMC at Coalfire Federal

    Amy Williams, formerly senior director of proactive services at BlueVoyant, has joined cybersecurity services provider Coalfire Federal as vice president of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification. Williams, who brings to the role over a decade of industry experience in cybersecurity management and compliance, will be responsible for building a team to provide advisory services to customers […] More

  • DARPA Eyes Microelectronic Sensors Capable of Extreme Temperature Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Eyes Microelectronic Sensors Capable of Extreme Temperature Operations

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched a sensor development program aimed at advancing the said technology’s capabilities to enable high-bandwidth, expanded-dynamic-range sensing operations at extreme temperatures. DARPA said Friday the High Operational Temperature Sensors initiative looks to address possible thermal limitations of microelectronic sensor technologies for next generation turbine engines or high-speed flight. […] More

  • Navy Receives Future USS Augusta Littoral Combat Ship From Austal USA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Receives Future USS Augusta Littoral Combat Ship From Austal USA

    Austal USA has wrapped up the acceptance trials for the future USS Augusta (LCS 34) and handed over the 17th Independence-variant littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy.  Following the delivery, the pre-commissioning unit of the vessel will prepare for integration into the naval fleet, the Mobile, Alabama-based shipbuilding company said Friday.  Rusty Murdaugh, president of Austal USA, commented […] More

  • DOD 'Point-of-Need' Manufacturing Initiative Picks 6 Projects to Advance Warfighter Tech Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOD ‘Point-of-Need’ Manufacturing Initiative Picks 6 Projects to Advance Warfighter Tech Development

    Six projects were selected by the Department of Defense to continue developing technologies aimed at providing forward-deployed forces with assistance in addressing various challenges in austere environments. The Office of the Secretary of Defense Manufacturing Technology Program conducted a two-day Point of Need Challenge Pitch Event where members of the DOD Manufacturing Innovation Institutes presented […] More

  • Amyx Among 2023 Moxie Award Finalists; William Schaefer Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Amyx Among 2023 Moxie Award Finalists; William Schaefer Quoted

    Amyx has been named a finalist for a yearly award that honors Washington, D.C. businesses, nonprofits and associations that have grown using bold and innovative strategies. In a statement, William Schaefer, president and CEO of the Reston, Virginia-based cybersecurity and systems integrator, congratulated the Amyx team responsible for the 2023 Moxie Award nomination. “This year’s finalists truly […] More

  • Parsons' James Lackey: Assured Positioning System Could Help Avoid Threats to GPS Receivers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons’ James Lackey: Assured Positioning System Could Help Avoid Threats to GPS Receivers

    James Lackey, senior vice president for mission solutions at Parsons, said GPS is key to delivering precision navigation data and guidance and the U.S. military should protect GPS receivers from spoofing, jamming and other attacks by adopting a technology that negates GPS reliance. Lackey wrote in a blog post published Thursday that Assured Positioning System […] More

  • GTY Technology Highlights Public Sector Push With New Euna Solutions Brand - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GTY Technology Highlights Public Sector Push With New Euna Solutions Brand

    GTY Technology has changed its brand and will operate under the name Euna Solutions in an effort to strengthen its presence in the public sector market for cloud-based services. The company said Tuesday it rebranded its product portfolio, including budget software businesses Questica and Sherpa, and grants management platform eCivis. Under the new corporate identity, […] More

  • Lockheed Reaches 60-Year Hunstville, Alabama Milestone in Support of Government Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Reaches 60-Year Hunstville, Alabama Milestone in Support of Government Missions

    Lockheed Martin has marked its sixth decade of providing mission support to the Department of Defense and other federal agencies through company-run facilities in Huntsville Alabama. The company said Friday its workforce in the city has increased from 50 to 1,800 employees since the establishment of its 57-acre campus on Bradford Drive in May 1963. […] More

  • Jacqueline Yeaney Appointed to Iridium’s Board of Directors; Matt Desch Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacqueline Yeaney Appointed to Iridium’s Board of Directors; Matt Desch Quoted

    Recently retired marketing and technology executive Jacqueline Yeaney has been selected as a member of Iridium’s board of directors, a role she assumed earlier this month. In this position, Yeaney is responsible for collaborating with her colleagues on the board to guide Iridium’s business strategy, the McLean, Virginia-headquartered company said Monday. “As Iridium continues our strong growth and […] More