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  • Paperless Innovations on Integrating Commercial SaaS Platforms Into QSMO Marketplaces - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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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

  • DARPA Names Research Teams for Reimagining Protein Manufacturing Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Names Research Teams for Reimagining Protein Manufacturing Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected research teams from Ginkgo Bioworks, Leidos and Northwestern University for the Reimagining Protein Manufacturing program that seeks to build tools to help accelerate on-demand production of protein-based drugs. “The current process for producing protein-based therapeutics requires more than a year to establish, while still requiring purification and […] More

  • Quantum Tech Startup SandboxAQ Secures $500M in Funding - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Quantum Tech Startup SandboxAQ Secures $500M in Funding

    SandboxAQ, a quantum computing technology startup that spun off from Alphabet in 2022, has raised $500 million in a round of funding from several investors to advance quantum and cybersecurity work, Reuters reported Tuesday. Investors include former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who serves as chairman of SandboxAQ, T. Rowe Price funds, Breyer Capital and Time […] More

  • Northrop, Partners Demo Airborne Gateway Aboard MQ-4C Triton Test Bed - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop, Partners Demo Airborne Gateway Aboard MQ-4C Triton Test Bed

    Northrop Grumman has partnered with the U.S. Navy and BAE Systems to test its airborne gateway technology aboard an unmanned aerial system to provide interoperability among disconnected maritime assets. During the flight test, the gateway was installed into the MQ-4C Triton flying test bed to distribute fifth-generation sensor data to ground-based simulators representing various platforms […] More

  • AWS Launches Modular Data Center for Defense Customers; Liz Martin Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS Launches Modular Data Center for Defense Customers; Liz Martin Quoted

    Amazon Web Services has unveiled a modular data center designed to help Department of Defense customers field storage and compute capabilities to manage large workloads in disconnected, disrupted, intermittent or limited environments.  AWS Modular Data Center is supported in AWS GovCloud US-West and US-East regions and seeks to support government customers that are eligible for […] More

  • MongoDB Gains FedRAMP Certification for Managed Cloud Database Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MongoDB Gains FedRAMP Certification for Managed Cloud Database Platform

    MongoDB‘s managed database offering has been certified under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program after the company demonstrated compliance with the government’s cloud security requirements and other standards. Atlas for Government achieved FedRAMP Moderate certification and completed an independent audit of the platform’s adherence to the security policy set forth by the Criminal Justice […] More

  • Galois to Create Qualified Parser Generator Under DARPA SafeDocs Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Galois to Create Qualified Parser Generator Under DARPA SafeDocs Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected Galois to advance to the final phase of the Safe Documents program under which the software company will develop new methods of enhancing the cybersecurity of electronic data formats. Galois said Friday it will partner with Verocel and Real-Time Innovations to create a code generator meant to […] More

  • Navy Installs Raytheon Surveillance Radar on San Antonio-Class Amphibious Transport Dock - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Installs Raytheon Surveillance Radar on San Antonio-Class Amphibious Transport Dock

    The U.S. Navy has installed the Raytheon Technologies-developed Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar on a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, marking the completion of EASR system deliveries for the ship. The antenna’s SPY-6(V)2 rotating variant was specifically installed on the future USS Richard McCool Jr. and was designed to provide carrier and amphibious ships with hardware and software commonality as […] More

  • GSA Announces Competition for AI-Powered Medical Care Technologies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Announces Competition for AI-Powered Medical Care Technologies

    The General Services Administration’s technology transformation services unit has kicked off a prize challenge to identify artificial intelligence-based technologies capable of enhancing the government’s medical care quality. GSA said Thursday the Applied AI Healthcare Challenge will focus on improving health outcomes in five areas: cancer, mental health, addiction, equity, supply chain and safety. Large and small enterprises […] More

  • LexisNexis’ Haywood Talcove: Government Should Have Tech in Place to Detect, Stop Public Sector Fraud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LexisNexis’ Haywood Talcove: Government Should Have Tech in Place to Detect, Stop Public Sector Fraud

    Haywood Talcove, CEO of the government business at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, said money lost to fraud represents taxpayer dollars that are being directed to domestic and foreign cybercriminal groups and the U.S. government should act now by adopting best practices and technologies the private sector implements to counter fraud in the public sector. “It is […] More

  • Northrop-Built Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure System Attains IOC Status - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop-Built Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure System Attains IOC Status

    The U.S. Army has declared initial operational capability status for Northrop Grumman’s Common Infrared Countermeasures technology that is designed to provide protection from shoulder-fired and vehicle-launched anti-aircraft missile threats. CIRCM is now available for installation on more than 1,500 Army aircraft and has met the IOC requirements for four helicopter variants: the UH-60M, HH-60M, CH-47F and AH-64E, the […] More

  • Jim Brinker: Intel's Ohio Site to Help Address Demand for US-Made Chips - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jim Brinker: Intel’s Ohio Site to Help Address Demand for US-Made Chips

    Jim Brinker, president and general manager of Intel’s federal arm and a previous Wash100 awardee, said the development of the company’s $20 billion semiconductor chip manufacturing site in Columbus, Ohio, is a key step to addressing the growing demands for U.S.-manufactured computer chips, Journal-News reported Thursday. “We are big advocates of made in the U.S.A., […] More