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  • Northrop Completes Wind Tunnel Tests for Air Force’s Sentinel ICBM
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    Northrop Completes Wind Tunnel Tests for Air Force’s Sentinel ICBM

    Northrop Grumman has performed wind tunnel testing to demonstrate the design maturity of the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile system. Scaled models of the LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM underwent seven comprehensive test campaigns to measure how it would respond to conditions simulating missile launch procedures and various flight maneuvers, Northrop said Thursday. Sarah Willoughby, […] More

  • TSA to Use Leidos AI Algorithm for Airport Screening System Upgrade
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    TSA to Use Leidos AI Algorithm for Airport Screening System Upgrade

    Leidos will apply its artificial intelligence-based algorithm to on-person screening systems at airport security checkpoints under a recently awarded contract from the Transportation Security Administration. The contractor is tasked to upgrade TSA’s ProVision advanced imaging technology systems with its AI algorithm to reduce incidents of security false alarms, Leidos said Thursday. ProVision is a radiation-free […] More

  • Final Lockheed-Built GPS III Satellite Gets ‘Available for Launch’ Status
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    Final Lockheed-Built GPS III Satellite Gets ‘Available for Launch’ Status

    The 10th and final GPS III satellite that Lockheed Martin built for the U.S. Space Force received the “available for launch” designation from Space Systems Command on Dec. 8. The milestone marks the completion of GPS III satellite production and constellation modernization efforts, SSC said Tuesday. “The GPS III program contributions underpin U.S. national security […] More

  • General Dynamics Subsidiary to Provide Electromagnetic Services Under Navy IDIQ
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    General Dynamics Subsidiary to Provide Electromagnetic Services Under Navy IDIQ

    General Dynamics’ information technology business has booked a $16 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to deliver electromagnetic environmental effects services to the U.S. Navy. The contract covers testing, evaluation and range and is in support of the service branch’s command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems, the Department of Defense said Thursday. DOD noted that General […] More

  • SAIC’s Jayson Meil: AI Tech Has ‘Untapped Potential’ for Public Sector
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    SAIC’s Jayson Meil: AI Tech Has ‘Untapped Potential’ for Public Sector

    Jason Meil, chief data scientist and managing director of artificial intelligence at Science Applications International Corp., said the federal government should embrace AI as he believes the technology will become an integral part of future U.S. defense and national security missions. Meil wrote in a Federal Times opinion piece published Wednesday that AI offers use […] More

  • Dell Veteran Nav Singh Named Federal Sales VP at Fornetix
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    Dell Veteran Nav Singh Named Federal Sales VP at Fornetix

    Nav Singh, a more than 10-year Dell Technologies veteran, has joined zero trust cybersecurity platform developer Fornetix as vice president of federal sales, according to a LinkedIn post published Thursday. He joined the Maryland-headquartered company from real-time data platform provider Aerospike where he served as director. Before joining Aerospike, Singh was an account executive at […] More

  • Doug Wagoner, President and CEO of LMI, Named to 2023 Wash100 for Space Market Entry & Customer Innovation Vision
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    Doug Wagoner, President and CEO of LMI, Named to 2023 Wash100 for Space Market Entry & Customer Innovation Vision

    Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce Doug Wagoner, president and CEO of LMI, as a 2023 Wash100 Award winner for shepherding the government consulting firm through its expansion into the space market and innovation support to customers. This recognition is Wagoner’s fourth Wash100 win. “Doug Wagoner has shepherded the fundamental transformation of LMI into one […] More

  • Relativity Deploys Cloud-Based SaaS Service for EPA FOIA Requests
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    Relativity Deploys Cloud-Based SaaS Service for EPA FOIA Requests

    Legal technology company Relativity, with the support of Deloitte, has fielded a software-as-a-service platform to help the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency handle freedom of information act requests. The Illinois-based company said Wednesday EPA will use the RelativityOne Government platform to process several FOIA requests, litigation and investigations. RelativityOne is a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-approved cloud-based product […] More

  • DISA Approves Riverbed’s Network Analytics Tool Security Guide
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    DISA Approves Riverbed’s Network Analytics Tool Security Guide

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has cleared security hardening guidelines for a Riverbed technology platform designed to help information technology professionals monitor and analyze traffic flow within a network. DISA said Wednesday the NetProfiler Security Technical Implementation Guide is now available on the Department of Defense Cyber Exchange, a public website that offers cybersecurity guidance, […] More

  • Boeing, NASA Open Exploration Upper Stage Assembly Area in Louisiana
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    Boeing, NASA Open Exploration Upper Stage Assembly Area in Louisiana

    Boeing and NASA have jointly unveiled a new manufacturing area at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana, where it will accommodate the production of exploration upper stage for future flights of the Space Launch System rocket. The EUS Gray Box Assembly Area houses tools and equipment necessary to produce the second stage of […] More

  • Paperless Innovations on Integrating Commercial SaaS Platforms Into QSMO Marketplaces
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    Paperless Innovations on Integrating Commercial SaaS Platforms Into QSMO Marketplaces

    The Office of Management and Budget designated the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of the Treasury as quality service management offices for cybersecurity services, grant management and core financial management, respectively, as part of efforts to advance shared services modernization. Paperless Innovations said Thursday these QSMOs […] More