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  • Morgan Roth Appointed SOSi Marketing & Communications VP; Julian Setian Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Morgan Roth Appointed SOSi Marketing & Communications VP; Julian Setian Quoted

    Morgan Roth, former chief strategy officer and vice president of strategic communications at the Association of Fundraising Professionals, has joined SOS International as VP for marketing and communications. She has spearheaded campaigns and message strategies for international organizations such as The American University in Cairo and the American University of Beirut, SOSi said Wednesday. Julian […] More

  • DISA Seeks AI-Based Endpoint Protection Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DISA Seeks AI-Based Endpoint Protection Tech

    The Defense Information Systems Agency seeks information on potential industry sources of a signatureless endpoint protection technology designed to prevent and detect malicious software using an artificial intelligence or a machine learning method. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday DISA looks for an SEP system that can analyze malware at micro levels, operate on air gapped networks and predict […] More

  • Descartes Labs to Help DARPA Build Geospatial Data Repository - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Descartes Labs to Help DARPA Build Geospatial Data Repository

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has chosen Descartes Labs to build a technology platform designed to store geospatial imagery and machine learning tools for data analysis. Descartes Labs said Wednesday it will provide the cloud-based infrastructure for the agency to create  applications as part of the Geospatial Cloud Analytics program and offer the apps to data scientists via a […] More

  • Heidi Magnelia Named CFO of CMU's Software Engineering Institute - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Heidi Magnelia Named CFO of CMU’s Software Engineering Institute

    Heidi Magnelia, a finance veteran of multiple government contracting firms, has joined Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute as chief financial officer. She succeeds Peter Menniti and oversees the institute’s financial, business and central administrative functions in her new role, SEI said Tuesday. Magnelia gained more than three decades of financial management experience from her career […] More

  • Matt Desch: Iridium to Deorbit Remaining First-Gen Satellites in Q1 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matt Desch: Iridium to Deorbit Remaining First-Gen Satellites in Q1 2019

    Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch has said the company intends to deboost the last batch of its legacy satellites in the first quarter of 2019 as it plans to transition all network functions to the Iridium NEXT constellation, SpaceNews reported Wednesday. Desch, a four-time Wash100 recipient, told reporters Monday at World Satellite Business Week in Paris the company has […] More

  • Army Evaluates Detection Capabilities of Northrop Battle Command System in Live Air Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Evaluates Detection Capabilities of Northrop Battle Command System in Live Air Test

    The U.S. Army has assessed the detection and tracking capabilities of Northrop Grumman‘s Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System during a live air test conducted in New Mexico. Northrop said Wednesday the IBCS combined data from sensors and different sources of information during the three-week test to create virtual engagements of real and […] More

  • Altamira Expands Fairborn, Ohio Office to Support Defense Work; Ted Davies Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Altamira Expands Fairborn, Ohio Office to Support Defense Work; Ted Davies Comments

    Altamira Technologies has expanded its footprint in the Dayton, Ohio region to at least 30,000 square feet with the opening of a new office space in Fairborn, the Dayton Business Journal reported Wednesday. The launch of the third-floor office space at the company’s Fairborn, Ohio-based facility aims to accommodate work with the Defense Department through […] More

  • ULA Prepares for Final Delta II Launch With ICESat-2 Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA Prepares for Final Delta II Launch With ICESat-2 Mission

    United Launch Alliance has started preparing for the Sept. 15 launch of a Northrop Grumman-built spacecraft via the Delta II 7420-10, marking the rocket’s last launch into space. ULA said Wednesday the Delta II configuration rocket will carry NASA’s Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 to space, where it will monitor the changes in the ice […] More

  • Carahsoft to Resell Senzing's AI-Based Software via NASA SEWP Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Resell Senzing’s AI-Based Software via NASA SEWP Vehicle

    Senzing and Carahsoft Technology have partnered to offer public sector customers an artificial intelligence-based platform designed to search for identities across multiple data sources. Carahsoft serves as master government reseller of the Entity Resolution 2.0 software through NASA’s Solutions for Enterprise-wide Procurement vehicle, Senzing said Wednesday. The technology is built to help clients identify criminal and fraudulent activities, […] More

  • Bill Sullivan: Raytheon Eyes 2019 Completion for GPS OCX Software Dev’t - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bill Sullivan: Raytheon Eyes 2019 Completion for GPS OCX Software Dev’t

    Bill Sullivan, a vice president and OCX program manager at Raytheon, has said the company expects software development work on a ground-based operational control system for the U.S. Air Force’s GPS III satellites to conclude in 2019, SpaceNews reported Tuesday. Sullivan said the Raytheon-built OCX system, which is slated for completion in June 2021, adopts “layered security” […] More

  • L3 to Update Navy Towed Array Sonar Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 to Update Navy Towed Array Sonar Systems

    The U.S. Navy has awarded L3 Technologies a $49.4M contract to provide technical, logistics and inventory management support for the service branch’s sonar devices. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company’s ocean systems division will evaluate, repair and update TB-23/BQ towed array system modules and related test equipment under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Work will occur through December 2021 […] More