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  • QuSecure Books SBIR Phase II Army Contract to Further Develop Post-Quantum Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QuSecure Books SBIR Phase II Army Contract to Further Develop Post-Quantum Tech

    Software developer QuSecure has landed its second phase award from the U.S. Army under the Small Business Innovation Research program to continue researching and developing post-quantum cybersecurity technologies for the U.S. government. Phase II will involve creating quantum-resilient software and encryption tools for tactical edge and tactical internet of military things, the California-based PQC company said Thursday. […] More

  • DOE Opens Partnership Opportunity for Tech Development to Flag AI-Generated Text - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE Opens Partnership Opportunity for Tech Development to Flag AI-Generated Text

    The Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is seeking industry partners to develop and commercialize its new system that uses public key cryptography to detect artificial intelligence-generated text. According to a notice on SAM.gov, LLNL’s new invention can be used to validate human-generated content by producing an anonymized digital signature attached to the text […] More

  • Stacie Ohler Named Strategic Business Development Senior Director at Ultra I&C - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Stacie Ohler Named Strategic Business Development Senior Director at Ultra I&C

    Stacie Ohler, a defense industry veteran, has joined Ultra Intelligence & Communications as senior director of strategic business development, she announced in a LinkedIn post. She brings to the role over 15 years of defense and national security experience in program management, business development, research and development, acquisitions, operational planning, wargaming, campaign design and intelligence. […] More

  • PickNik Robotics Wins NASA Contracts for Advanced Robotics in Space Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PickNik Robotics Wins NASA Contracts for Advanced Robotics in Space Operations

    PickNik Robotics will develop autonomous fault detection and maintenance technologies for space assets in support of NASA under two contracts. The robotics company said Thursday work under the Small Business Innovation Research program seeks to advance its services for autonomous manipulation, utilization and mission planning in space operations. The first SBIR contract covers the development […] More

  • Merlin Appoints Former Defense Leaders Kyle Kremer & Preston Dunlap to Federal Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Merlin Appoints Former Defense Leaders Kyle Kremer & Preston Dunlap to Federal Advisory Board

    Autonomous flight technology developer Merlin has added former defense officials Kyle Kremer and Preston Dunlap to its federal advisory board, a move that follows several recent company milestones. These appointments align with the organization’s efforts to drive Merlin Pilot, a dual-use integrated hardware and software product, further into the federal market, the Boston, Massachusetts-based organization said Friday. “Merlin is […] More

  • Peraton Books Naval Research Lab Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Peraton Books Naval Research Lab Support Contract

    Peraton will help the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory develop oceanographic tools under a potential $45.7 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The company will conduct research and development efforts for NRL’s ocean sciences division to better understand geophysical phenomena and the natural marine environment, the Department of Defense said Thursday. NRL expects contract work to conclude by June […] More

  • Northrop to Deliver AN/WSN-12 Maritime Navigation Sensor to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Deliver AN/WSN-12 Maritime Navigation Sensor to Navy

    Northrop Grumman was awarded a production contract to supply the U.S. Navy with a new inertial sensor module meant to enhance sensor capability of naval surface ships and submarines in Global Positioning System-denied environments. The next generation AN/WSN-12 ISM is part of the Navy’s AN-WSN inertial navigator system, which is set to replace the AN-WSN-7 […] More

  • ManTech Supports DOD Zero Trust Gov Lab With Reference Architecture; David Hathaway Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech Supports DOD Zero Trust Gov Lab With Reference Architecture; David Hathaway Quoted

    ManTech has developed the zero trust reference architecture for the Department of Defense’s government laboratory designed to test zero trust platforms for agencies reporting to DOD. “ManTech’s Zero Trust Architecture is designed to improve the enterprise security posture as agencies undergo digital transformation and cloud migration,” David Hathaway, executive vice president and general manager of […] More

  • HawkEye 360's Cluster 7 Satellites Begin Operations; Alex Fox Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HawkEye 360’s Cluster 7 Satellites Begin Operations; Alex Fox Quoted

    HawkEye 360 has commenced operations of its seventh satellite cluster used for geolocating radio frequency signals supporting government and commercial activities. The Cluster 7 satellites have higher data gathering capacity on account of a new 300 MHz whip antenna with a coverage range of 270 MHz to 330 MHz, the company said Thursday. HawkEye has […] More

  • Infleqtion-Backed Research Team Demos Quantum-Enabled Accelerometer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Infleqtion-Backed Research Team Demos Quantum-Enabled Accelerometer

    A team of researchers supported by quantum information company Infleqtion at the University of Colorado has made an advancement in quantum navigation by combining quantum sensing with machine learning to demonstrate a quantum-enabled accelerometer designed for use in positioning, navigation and timing. The software-configured accelerator exhibited a reduction in sensor volume greater than a factor […] More

  • Stellar Solutions' Celeste Ford Named to SpiderOak Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Stellar Solutions’ Celeste Ford Named to SpiderOak Advisory Board

    SpiderOak has expanded its advisory board with the addition of Celeste Ford, board chair of Stellar Solutions and managing director of the latter’s venture capital arm Stellar Ventures. As an adviser, Ford will work to guide SpiderOak’s strategic direction and contribute insights gained from being an aerospace engineering industry veteran, the software company said Wednesday. Dave Pearah, CEO of […] More

  • SES Subsidiary Provides Satellite Services to Support AWS Modular Data Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SES Subsidiary Provides Satellite Services to Support AWS Modular Data Center

    SES‘ wholly-owned, government-focused unit made its satellite-powered network connectivity available for Amazon Web Services‘ Modular Data Center in support of the Department of Defense’s deployment of AWS-managed data centers in locations with limited infrastructure.  SES Space & Defense will use its cloud direct offering and facilitate connectivity between field-deployed AWS Modular Data Centers and AWS […] More