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  • Air Force Research Lab Taps Collins Aerospace for F-16 Ventral Fin Design Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Research Lab Taps Collins Aerospace for F-16 Ventral Fin Design Project

    The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded Collins Aerospace a three-year contract to design a lighter version of the F-16 fighter jet’s ventral fin with the use of thermoplastic welding technology. The project seeks to apply best practices from the development of an F-16 composite aircraft horizontal stabilizer and other similar efforts, the Raytheon Technologies […] More

  • Christopher Eastman Promoted to C6ISR Advanced Concepts Director Role at Lockheed - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Christopher Eastman Promoted to C6ISR Advanced Concepts Director Role at Lockheed

    Christopher Eastman, who has been with Lockheed Martin for almost two decades now, was promoted to a director role focused on command, control, communications, computers, cyber-defense and combat systems and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance advanced concepts, according to a LinkedIn post on Saturday. Prior to the promotion, Eastman worked as senior manager for C6ISR advanced […] More

  • Executive Spotlight: Gary Harmon, EVP & General Manager of Convergint Federal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Spotlight: Gary Harmon, EVP & General Manager of Convergint Federal

    Gary Harmon, executive vice president and general manager of Convergint Federal, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding how the company is advancing improvements into the contract bidding process for government contractors as well as how industry and the government can improve greater collaboration and innovative solutions during the latest Executive Spotlight interview. You can read the full interview with Gary Harmon below. […] More

  • A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Former QinetiQ North America CEO Duane Andrews - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Former QinetiQ North America CEO Duane Andrews

    Duane Andrews, former CEO of QinetiQ’s North American business arm, was presented with the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America’s 2009 Technology Good Scout Award in recognition of his drive to advance the technology sector while exemplifying the organization’s values. He worked as QinetiQ North America CEO from June 2006 to […] More

  • Databricks Cloud Service Platform Achieves FedRAMP Authorization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Databricks Cloud Service Platform Achieves FedRAMP Authorization

    Enterprise software company Databricks has secured an authorized designation under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its Lakehouse cloud service platform. The FedRAMP Program Management Office gave the Databricks offerings a moderate impact level designation, allowing contractors and federal agencies to utilize the cloud platform for data, analytics and artificial intelligence consolidation, the […] More

  • GSA Adds Verizon's Fleet Management Software to Multiple Award Schedule Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Adds Verizon’s Fleet Management Software to Multiple Award Schedule Program

    The General Services Administration has made Verizon‘s fleet management software platform available to government agencies through its Multiple Award Schedule program. Verizon Connect Reveal is designed to help organizations track and analyze fleet data such as fuel consumption, drivers’ behavior and vehicle location and maintenance, the company announced Thursday. “Whether it’s more efficient routes, driver […] More

  • Orion Team to Help Build Digital Twin System for NOAA Earth Observations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orion Team to Help Build Digital Twin System for NOAA Earth Observations

    Orion Space Solutions will collaborate with Booz Allen Hamilton and the National Center for Atmospheric Research on a project to develop an Earth observation data processing technology platform for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The partnership will apply digital twin and artificial intelligence approaches in an effort to create a one-stop system for the […] More

  • CTC Secures State Funding for Tech Development; Ed Sheehan Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC Secures State Funding for Tech Development; Ed Sheehan Quoted

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. will work on developing advanced manufacturing technologies under a Pennsylvania state agency funding worth $1.9 million, which aims to benefit the state’s economy and national security. The grant will support CTC’s efforts to validate the feasibility of utilizing patented high-temperature technology for the extraction of rare earth elements from coal-based sources.  The […] More

  • Lockheed's Robert Lightfoot on Promoting Partnerships With Smaller Space Companies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed’s Robert Lightfoot on Promoting Partnerships With Smaller Space Companies

    Robert Lightfoot, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin‘s space division, said the aerospace and defense company aims to enter into partnerships with smaller space technology developers to speed up engineering and manufacturing efforts, SpaceNews reported Tuesday. Speaking at the Satellite Innovation conference in California, the former NASA acting administrator said Lockheed partners and invests in […] More

  • 8 Teams to Develop Computer Security Tools Under DARPA Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    8 Teams to Develop Computer Security Tools Under DARPA Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected eight teams for a new program that aims to develop practical tools and approaches to anticipate and mitigate emergent behaviors of modern computer systems that can pose vulnerabilities to cyber attacks. DARPA said Thursday the three-phase Hardening Development Toolchains Against Emergent Execution Engines program seeks to enhance […] More

  • Nokia, ESnet Unveil DOE's Next-Gen Network for Scientific Research; Mike Loomis Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Nokia, ESnet Unveil DOE’s Next-Gen Network for Scientific Research; Mike Loomis Quoted

    Nokia and the Energy Sciences Network of the Department of Energy have launched a next-generation internet protocol network, dubbed ESnet6, designed to enable U.S. and international research institutions to process and share large volumes of research data produced by experiments and simulations. ESnet6 uses Nokia’s 7750 Service Router platforms to provide up to 400 Gigabytes […] More

  • Radisys Takes 2 Prizes in Federal 5G Challenge's Final Phase - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Radisys Takes 2 Prizes in Federal 5G Challenge’s Final Phase

    An interoperable open radio access network system developed by Radisys has won top prizes in the third and final stage of the Federal 5G Challenge. Radisys’ technology received the Best Software Bill of Materials award and Network Integration Prize for its distributed unit, the company said Thursday. The competition is an initiative of the National […] More