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  • General Atomics Conducts Flight Tests for Army Gray Eagle UAS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Conducts Flight Tests for Army Gray Eagle UAS

    General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. has conducted flight tests for the U.S. Army’s Gray Eagle Extended Range, or GE-ER, unmanned aircraft system using a proliferated low Earth orbit satellite constellation for communications. The GE-ER flights tested the aircraft’s critical operations, such as core control functions and sensor and communications systems, GA-ASI said Wednesday. More tests […] More

  • Anduril Autonomous Air Vehicle Advances to Next Enterprise Test Vehicle Phase - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Anduril Autonomous Air Vehicle Advances to Next Enterprise Test Vehicle Phase

    Anduril’s Barracuda-500 autonomous air vehicle has been selected by the Air Force Armament Directorate and the Defense Innovation Unit to proceed to the next stage of the Enterprise Test Vehicle, or ETV, prototype program. Evaluating the Barracuda-500 AAV The company said Tuesday the simple and modular design of the Barraccuda-500 enabled it to conduct a demonstration […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Conducts LRASM Flight Test on F-35 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Conducts LRASM Flight Test on F-35

    Lockheed Martin, in collaboration with the F-35 Pax River Integrated Test Force, has completed the initial flight test of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile, or LRASM, weapon system on the F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter jet. The company said Tuesday the test builds on the demonstration of the LRASM integration on the F-35C aircraft conducted in […] More

  • TechnoMile Offers New WinIt CRM Software to Small Government Contractors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TechnoMile Offers New WinIt CRM Software to Small Government Contractors

    TechnoMile has launched WinIt, an artificial intelligence-based customer relationship management software designed for small government contractors. Mick Fox, TechnoMile’s chief operating officer, said in a statement Tuesday that the new tool adopts the best practices and learnings from the company’s over 10 years of providing services to federal contractors. “WinIt makes it easier than ever […] More

  • Raft's Shubhi Mishra: Excessive AI Regulation Could Slow Innovation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raft’s Shubhi Mishra: Excessive AI Regulation Could Slow Innovation

    Shubhi Mishra, founder and CEO of defense technology company Raft and a two-time Wash100 awardee, discussed the need to promote innovation in artificial intelligence without implementing unnecessary regulations to enable the U.S. to better compete with China and ensure its leadership in AI. “It’s our job to ensure that American AI models don’t become the […] More

  • Raft Unveils AI Platform to Accelerate Customer Decision-Making - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raft Unveils AI Platform to Accelerate Customer Decision-Making

    Raft, provider of artificial intelligence capabilities, has introduced AI Mission System, or AIMS, a platform that combines data, AI agents and language models to expedite government customers’ decision-making process. AIMS will accelerate activities, integrate with security systems and support secure deployment for tactical edge and enterprise operations, Raft said Monday. The system is designed to […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Partners With Nokia & Verizon on 5G for DOD Use - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Partners With Nokia & Verizon on 5G for DOD Use

    Nokia’s 5G technologies and Verizon network management capabilities have been integrated into Lockheed Martin’s 5G.MIL hybrid base station in demonstrations of commercial 5G interoperability with military communication networks. Open systems architecture and commercial standards were integrated in traditional tactical communication tools during the demonstrations, Lockheed Martin said. The open standards approach enables the rapid integration […] More

  • Open RAN Embrace in Trump Admin Is a Bellwether - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Open RAN Embrace in Trump Admin Is a Bellwether

    Open radio access networks, a.k.a. open RAN, are communications network standards that allow for more interoperability and customization as well as participation from a variety of vendors rather than a single, dominating provider. They are a point of passion for telecom enthusiasts, who are feeling validated that open RAN seems to be a top concern […] More

  • PsiQuantum Develops New Chipset for Quantum Computing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PsiQuantum Develops New Chipset for Quantum Computing

    PsiQuantum will deploy Omega, a photonic chipset designed specifically for the utility-scale quantum computers it is developing in the United States and Australia under partnership agreements. The company presented the chipset’s advanced components and features vital to the development of million-cubit-scale quantum computers in a paper Nature published Wednesday. The paper discussed the high-fidelity qubit […] More

  • Equus Compute Solutions' Yazz Krdzalic on Innovation as a Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Equus Compute Solutions’ Yazz Krdzalic on Innovation as a Service

    Yazz Krdzalic, vice president of market development at Equus Compute Solutions, discussed the concept of innovation as a service during the Let’s Get Digital podcast and how the model could enable customers to focus on their operations and missions without worrying about the digital infrastructure. “Take whatever device you may need, whatever use case scenario deployment. … […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Demos New System Against Small Drones - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Demos New System Against Small Drones

    Lockheed Martin announced it had completed the first in a series of field demonstrations for a new counter-unmanned aerial system designed to deter small drones.  The new tool uses a command and control platform to integrate various sensors to collect data for conversion into actionable information through Lockheed’s complementary technologies, Tyler Griffin, Lockheed Martin’s C-UAS […] More

  • SAIC's Bob Ritchie on Mission Integration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC’s Bob Ritchie on Mission Integration

    Bob Ritchie, chief technology officer at SAIC, said during the Federal Tech Podcast that while systems integration deals with integrating cyberphysical systems, software and other technologies to achieve a better outcome, mission integration is focused on achieving mission outcomes by adapting to technological advancements and learning iteratively. “And the role of a mission integrator is to keep tabs […] More