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  • Viasat Announces Multi-Mission Orchestrator System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Viasat Announces Multi-Mission Orchestrator System

    Viasat has unveiled a new automated constellation management and planning system that aims to support low earth orbit, or LEO, constellations. The company’s Multi-Mission Orchestrator, or MMO, system will generate functional schedules for satellites within a LEO constellation by implementing capabilities that support space vehicle orchestration, planning and mission execution, the global communications company announced Monday. […] More

  • Defcon AI Modeling & Simulation Tool Deployed to DOD IL 6 via Game Warden - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Defcon AI Modeling & Simulation Tool Deployed to DOD IL 6 via Game Warden

    The prototype version of Artiv, a modeling, simulation and analysis tool offered by Defcon AI, is now available at Department of Defense Impact Level 6 via Game Warden, a DevSecOps platform offered by Second Front Systems. In a joint statement released Friday, the companies noted that Artiv’s deployment enables more defense and intelligence agencies to […] More

  • Umbra Unveils Mission Solutions Business Line; David Langan Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Umbra Unveils Mission Solutions Business Line; David Langan Quoted

    Space technology company Umbra has launched a new business line to build and deliver synthetic aperture radar satellites to support government and commercial enterprise customers. The company said Wednesday its mission solutions line will use its remote sensing and vertical integration expertise to develop custom satellites for governments and multinational corporations. The new Umbra business […] More

  • Xage, Armis Offer Zero Trust Cybersecurity for Operational Technology, Sensitive Networks - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Xage, Armis Offer Zero Trust Cybersecurity for Operational Technology, Sensitive Networks

    Xage Security and Armis are offering a joint cybersecurity product for critical operational technology, industrial control system and cyber-physical system environments. Called Armis Secure Remote Access, the new offering provides any organization with zero trust identity and access management, remote privileged access management, vendor access management and asset protection to secure their most vital and […] More

  • BAE Systems Books $493M Army Contract to Produce Howitzers, Ammunition Carriers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Systems Books $493M Army Contract to Produce Howitzers, Ammunition Carriers

    BAE Systems has received a U.S. Army contract to continue developing howitzers and ammunition carriers for the service branch. Under the $493 million award, BAE will advance the production of M109A7 Self-Propelled Howitzer and M992A3 ammunition carriers, which allow for reliable and innovative capabilities for the Army’s Armored Brigade Combat Team, or ABCT, the aerospace and […] More

  • Booz Allen VP Cutter Brenton Says AI Is 'Huge Enabler' for Navy & CJADC2 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen VP Cutter Brenton Says AI Is ‘Huge Enabler’ for Navy & CJADC2

    The mission of the Department of Defense to create an interconnected mesh for communications across services and domains—dubbed Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control, or CJADC2—has run parallel to the rise of artificial intelligence. According to Booz Allen Hamilton’s Cutter Brenton, vice president of algorithmic warfare, AI can and will play a crucial role in achieving CJADC2. […] More

  • Alex Stamos Assumes SentinelOne CISO Post - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Alex Stamos Assumes SentinelOne CISO Post

    Alex Stamos, former chief trust officer at SentinelOne, was appointed as the company’s chief information security officer, responsible for managing its security engineering and operations teams.  The artificial intelligence-powered cybersecurity company said Thursday Stamos will focus primarily on the development and delivery of secure-by-design systems. According to Stamos’ LinkedIn profile, he joined the Mountain View, […] More

  • SES Subsidiary Lands Air Force Contract for Satellite Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SES Subsidiary Lands Air Force Contract for Satellite Services

    SES Space & Defense, a satellite network company, has won a $46.8 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide satellite services. The SES subsidiary said Wednesday it was awarded a multi-year contract to deliver end-to-end Geostationary Ku-band satellite services to the Air Combat Command. The managed service will be utilized by ACC’s remotely piloted aircraft, […] More

  • BlueHalo Completes Rocket Motor Testing Rounds for Next-Gen Counter-UAS Missile for Army; Jonathan Moneymaker Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BlueHalo Completes Rocket Motor Testing Rounds for Next-Gen Counter-UAS Missile for Army; Jonathan Moneymaker Quoted

    BlueHalo has finished multiple rounds of testing for the Next-Generation Counter-Uncrewed Aerial System: Freedom Eagle, which is designed to defeat large air threats for the U.S. Army. The company said Thursday the activity involved firing the drone’s dual-thrust, solid rocket motor. NGCM FE-1 is envisioned to enhance lethality and range against Group 3 UAS and larger […] More

  • Booz Allen Launches Generative AI Tech on Orbiting Lab; Chris Bogdan Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen Launches Generative AI Tech on Orbiting Lab; Chris Bogdan Quoted

    Booz Allen Hamilton has deployed a generative artificial intelligence tool onboard the International Space Station National Lab. The company said Thursday its large language model application uses Hewlett Packard Enterprise‘s Spaceborne Computer-2 platform to help ISS astronauts address complex issues by retrieving and analyzing information without relying on Earth-bound internet. The LLM application was developed […] More

  • SAIC Names Bernard Wille Height as Senior Capture Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC Names Bernard Wille Height as Senior Capture Director

    Science Applications International Corp. has appointed Bernard Wille Height as its new senior capture director. Height announced his new post at SAIC through a Linkedin post shared Wednesday. The veteran capture manager spent most of his career performing the said role for several government contractors. Before his most recent move, Height was the capture director […] More

  • Brett Surbey Appointed Contracts Director at Empower AI - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Brett Surbey Appointed Contracts Director at Empower AI

    Brett Surbey, a senior contract manager with over 20 years of experience, has joined Empower AI as director of contracts, according to his LinkedIn announcement. Most recently, Surbey worked as vice president of contracts and compliance at VSE. He initially served as the contracts director at the engineering services company. He will bring to Empower […] More