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  • Lockheed Announces ModSTAR Digital Hardware Models Catalog - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Announces ModSTAR Digital Hardware Models Catalog

    Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new initiative that aims to accelerate the development of mission-critical technologies. The company said Monday that ModSTAR will build a digital hardware models catalog from different programs. Lockheed sees ModSTAR as a companion to ARISE, its digital engineering simulation environment launched in 2023. ARISE offers a fully integrated simulation and […] More

  • Intelsat Completes Army Managed Satcom Services Support Pilot - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intelsat Completes Army Managed Satcom Services Support Pilot

    Intelsat provided the U.S. Army with fully managed multi-orbit satellite communications support during a 12-month pilot program that was recently completed. The company said Monday that work under the Army SATCOM as a Managed Service Pilot included conducting pilots at 10 locations around the globe with varying conditions and terrain and ensuring that the managed […] More

  • Iridium Appoints Kalliroi Landry as Government Programs Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iridium Appoints Kalliroi Landry as Government Programs Director

    Iridium Communications has named Kalliroi Landry, a retired U.S. Space Force colonel, as government programs director, Fierce Network reported Monday. In this capacity, Landry will facilitate engagement with Department of Defense communities to advance data sharing, collaboration, transparency and adoption of commercial platforms. Scott Scheimreif, executive vice president of government programs at Iridium, said Landry […] More

  • Radiance & Ignite Fueling Innovation Form New Joint Venture - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Radiance & Ignite Fueling Innovation Form New Joint Venture

    Radiance Ignite Technologies, a new joint venture between Radiance Technologies and Ignite Fueling Innovation, will offer defense and intelligence communities with a suite of services focused on technical intelligence, directed energy, space operations, electromagnetic spectrum operations, artificial intelligence and machine learning and systems engineering. The joint venture’s capabilities can enable government customers to develop advanced […] More

  • Airbus US Space & Defense Demos UH-72B Aerial Logistics Ability - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus US Space & Defense Demos UH-72B Aerial Logistics Ability

    Airbus U.S. Space & Defense has showcased the UH-72B Lakota helicopter‘s ability to carry specialized cargo under its Aerial Logistics Connector rapid prototyping program contract, which aims to develop and test advanced aerial logistics for warfighters. The company said Monday ongoing demonstrations through 2025 will inform future acquisition decisions by assessing the modifications needed for the […] More

  • DARPA Awards Sikorsky Contract for UH-60M Flight Autonomy System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Awards Sikorsky Contract for UH-60M Flight Autonomy System

    Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, was awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency a $6 million contract to install its ALIAS/MATRIX flight autonomy system onto the U.S. Army’s experimental fly-by-wire UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter designated as MX. Once the aircraft is upgraded, the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command can test and evaluate various […] More

  • L3Harris-Palantir Partnership Demos AI-Powered Target Detection - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3Harris-Palantir Partnership Demos AI-Powered Target Detection

    Engineers from L3Harris Technologies and Palantir Technologies have optimized edge computing platforms using artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities in support of target detection and delineation advancement efforts. In a demonstration, L3Harris said Monday the team equipped a fixed-wing aircraft with L3Harris’ WESCAM MX-Series electro-optical/infrared imaging systems and Palantir’s Sensor Inference Platform. The demo highlighted how the integrated […] More

  • DCS Books $71M Army Contract for Ground Vehicle Simulation Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DCS Books $71M Army Contract for Ground Vehicle Simulation Services

    DCS Corporation has received a five-year, $70.7 million contract from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command to provide continued technical support to the Ground Vehicle Systems Center’s Simulation Directorate in Warren, Michigan. Under the award, DCS will deliver services related to the development, integration and execution of immersive simulations including ride motion and crew station/turret […] More

  • Anduril Industries, Impulse Space Join Forces for Advanced National Security Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Anduril Industries, Impulse Space Join Forces for Advanced National Security Missions

    Anduril Industries and Impulse Space have entered into a strategic partnership to combine their technologies in support of complex national security missions for the U.S. government and its allies. The team will focus on delivering integrated systems for operations like rendezvous maneuvers, space control and other space domain awareness applications in high-energy orbits, Anduril said Friday. Under […] More

  • GovCon Index Remained Positive for 4th Straight Week - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GovCon Index Remained Positive for 4th Straight Week

    Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed at $5,505.35 last week, a 0.65% increase from the previous week. These gains brought GovCon Index into its fourth consecutive week of growth. GovCon Index compiles stock market data from 30 key government contracting companies and presents this information in real time, allowing users to make their own assessments about the […] More

  • Keegan Caldwell: Strategic AI IP Management Needed to Maximize Exit Valuation, Funding Opportunities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Keegan Caldwell: Strategic AI IP Management Needed to Maximize Exit Valuation, Funding Opportunities

    Businesses should build up a comprehensive artificial intelligence intellectual property portfolio as part of a strategic IP management approach that aims to maximize exit valuations or funding opportunities, according to Keegan Caldwell, global managing partner at global law firm Caldwell. Such a portfolio should go beyond algorithms to encompass unique datasets, training methodologies and application-specific […] More

  • Carahsoft to Offer Sotera Digital Security’s Mobile Communication Protection Services to Public Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Offer Sotera Digital Security’s Mobile Communication Protection Services to Public Sector

    Sotera Digital Security, a secure communications provider, is collaborating with Carahsoft Technology to bring its mobile communication protection services to the public sector. Carahsoft said Thursday it will act as Sotera’s Master Government Aggregator and offer SecurePhone to government agencies through the government information technology services provider’s reseller partners and NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V, OMNIA […] More