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  • Cybersecurity Company Cycuity Books $99M DOD Phase III Award to Enhance Microelectronics Security - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cybersecurity Company Cycuity Books $99M DOD Phase III Award to Enhance Microelectronics Security

    Cycuity, formerly Tortuga Logic, has received a potential seven-year, $99 million contract under Phase III of the Department of Defense’s Small Business Innovation Research program to develop its core microelectronics security assurance offering. The California-based company said Wednesday it will collaborate with defense and commercial entities on the research and development effort to ensure the security of […] More

  • DIU Seeks Mitigation Tech to Reduce 5G Co-Channel Interference - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DIU Seeks Mitigation Tech to Reduce 5G Co-Channel Interference

    The Defense Innovation Unit has issued a commercial solutions opening seeking technologies to minimize C-band co-­channel interference between satellite communications and 5G systems. DIU said it is looking to prototype a mitigation system that will work to isolate received satcom signals in the presence of 5G radio frequency interference to produce sustainable, high-quality satcom signal […] More

  • Air Force Seeks Potential Wargaming Analysis Tech Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Seeks Potential Wargaming Analysis Tech Sources

    The U.S. Air Force has released a sources sought notice to identify potential tools capable of enhancing analytics capabilities of the service branch and the Department of Defense for wargaming, training and other efforts to ensure operational effectiveness across combat systems. USAF is seeking a contractor that can provide hardware and subject matter expertise in […] More

  • Google Cloud Looks to Automate Security Assessments Through OSCAL Adoption - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Google Cloud Looks to Automate Security Assessments Through OSCAL Adoption

    Google Cloud has submitted its security package for Department of Defense Impact Level 5 in a machine-readable format, called Open Security Control Assessment Language, via the government’s web-based application eMass. OSCAL represents security control assessments developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and is meant to automate security assessments and facilitate the sharing […] More

  • Pyramid Decision Intelligence Platform Now Available on DOD Digital Marketplace - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pyramid Decision Intelligence Platform Now Available on DOD Digital Marketplace

    Pyramid Analytics’ artificial intelligence and machine learning-powered technology was made available on a Department of Defense digital marketplace of offerings designed to accelerate AI/ML adoption and procurement across DOD. The Pyramid Decision Intelligence Platform received an “Awardable” rating on the Tradewind Solutions Marketplace after undergoing competitive processes in line with federal requirements, the software developer said […] More

  • ManTech Supports DOD Zero Trust Gov Lab With Reference Architecture; David Hathaway Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech Supports DOD Zero Trust Gov Lab With Reference Architecture; David Hathaway Quoted

    ManTech has developed the zero trust reference architecture for the Department of Defense’s government laboratory designed to test zero trust platforms for agencies reporting to DOD. “ManTech’s Zero Trust Architecture is designed to improve the enterprise security posture as agencies undergo digital transformation and cloud migration,” David Hathaway, executive vice president and general manager of […] More

  • SES Subsidiary Provides Satellite Services to Support AWS Modular Data Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SES Subsidiary Provides Satellite Services to Support AWS Modular Data Center

    SES‘ wholly-owned, government-focused unit made its satellite-powered network connectivity available for Amazon Web Services‘ Modular Data Center in support of the Department of Defense’s deployment of AWS-managed data centers in locations with limited infrastructure.  SES Space & Defense will use its cloud direct offering and facilitate connectivity between field-deployed AWS Modular Data Centers and AWS […] More

  • Viasat to Provide AFRL Program With On-Orbit Space Relay Connectivity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Viasat to Provide AFRL Program With On-Orbit Space Relay Connectivity

    Viasat will contribute on-orbit space relay communications to an Air Force Research Laboratory program aimed at demonstrating connectivity between military spacecraft on low Earth orbit and commercial geostationary platforms. The global communications company said Wednesday it will provide a Ka-band space relay payload for an AFRL mission spacecraft in support of the ARBALEST program. Viasat […] More

  • Federated Wireless Completes Demo of DOD's Private 5G Smart Warehousing Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Federated Wireless Completes Demo of DOD’s Private 5G Smart Warehousing Network

    Federated Wireless held live demonstrations of a prototype 5G wireless network exclusive to the Department of Defense in support of the agency’s smart warehousing plan for the U.S. Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany, Georgia. The technology uses Internet of Things applications to automate the facility, including real-time robotics, smart security cameras and IoT-enabled equipment, the […] More

  • Maxar EVP Tony Frazier on Army's One World Terrain Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maxar EVP Tony Frazier on Army’s One World Terrain Program

    Tony Frazier, executive vice president and general manager of public sector Earth intelligence at Maxar Technologies, said the company’s work on the U.S. Army’s One World Terrain program, a key component of the Synthetic Training Environment, seeks to modernize soldier training using geospecific data, C4ISRNET reported Monday. In February, Maxar secured the Phase 3b award […] More

  • Cloudera's Rob Carey on Advancing Government Missions Through Data Commoditization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cloudera’s Rob Carey on Advancing Government Missions Through Data Commoditization

    Rob Carey, president of Cloudera Government Solutions, said federal agencies looking to leverage data to achieve missions faster should push for the commoditization of data. “Providing everyone the ability to sort and analyze data regardless of their role within the organization will provide great success for government objectives,” Carey, a previous Wash100 awardee, wrote in […] More

  • DIU Soliciting Proposals for Unmanned Vehicle Common Operational Database Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DIU Soliciting Proposals for Unmanned Vehicle Common Operational Database Development

    The Defense Innovation Unit is seeking industry proposals to develop a common operational database to enable unmanned vehicles to operate and exchange information in a denied or limited communications environment. The commercial solutions opening calls for technologies capable of augmenting the ability of autonomous platforms to sense the UxV environment and coordinate among themselves to […] More