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  • Mitre's Scott Lee on Need for New C2 Architecture for All-Domain Situational Awareness - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mitre’s Scott Lee on Need for New C2 Architecture for All-Domain Situational Awareness

    Scott Lee, cross-cutting priority co-lead for JADC2 at Mitre, said the U.S. needs a new command and control infrastructure to speed up decision-making processes across all domains and keep ahead of near-peer competitors. “We must shift from domain-centric to mission-centric effects, planning and execution. And that has to start with rethinking our C2 from the […] More

  • Microsoft, HPE Demo Edge-to-Cloud Compute Workflow on ISS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft, HPE Demo Edge-to-Cloud Compute Workflow on ISS

    Microsoft and Hewlett Packard Enterprise conducted an experiment involving genomics testing to demonstrate how an edge-to-cloud computational workflow could help overcome bandwidth and computing limitations between the International Space Station and Earth. The Azure Space team at Microsoft launched an experiment that involved monitoring astronauts’ health and sequencing their genomes aboard the ISS, Gabe Monroy, […] More

  • SAIC Reports $664M in Q2 FY22 Intelligence, Space Contract Wins; Michael LaRouche Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC Reports $664M in Q2 FY22 Intelligence, Space Contract Wins; Michael LaRouche Quoted

    Science Applications International Corp. booked space and intelligence contracts worth approximately $664 million combined during the second quarter of fiscal year 2022. SAIC said Thursday most of the contracts cover services in digital engineering, cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, information technology modernization, mission operations and technology integration areas in support of classified space and intelligence community […] More

  • Brian McMahon: ManTech Demos Secure Tactical Edge Platform in Denied Environments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Brian McMahon: ManTech Demos Secure Tactical Edge Platform in Denied Environments

    Brian McMahon, director of cloud architecture at ManTech International, said the company secured a contract via the Defense Commercial Solutions Opening Pilot program after demonstrating its Secure Tactical Edge Platform in a denied, disrupted, intermittent and limited environment during a U.S. Navy demonstration in late 2020. McMahon wrote in an article published Tuesday that ST3P […] More

  • Booz Allen's Kevin Coggins: Space Sector Should Adopt Zero Trust to Protect Space-Based Assets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen’s Kevin Coggins: Space Sector Should Adopt Zero Trust to Protect Space-Based Assets

    Kevin Coggins, vice president for positioning, navigation and timing at Booz Allen Hamilton, said he believes the space industry should implement zero-trust architectures to safeguard space-enabled networks from cyberthreats, Breaking Defense reported Monday. “The architectures of government systems are inherently trusting,” Coggins said. “If we continue to have these open, trusted links, we’re going to […] More

  • Army Gets Approval to Pursue Competition for Future Tactical UAS Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Gets Approval to Pursue Competition for Future Tactical UAS Program

    The U.S. Army has received approval to transition the Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System program to a competitive prototyping phase as part of efforts to replace its Shadow UAS, Defense News reported Monday. The Army Requirements Oversight Council cleared the requirements for the FTUAS program through an abbreviated capabilities development document after evaluating improved and […] More

  • FBI Seeks Industry Input on Agile Services Blanket Purchase Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FBI Seeks Industry Input on Agile Services Blanket Purchase Agreement

    The FBI has asked industry for insights on how to design and execute a multiple-award blanket purchase agreement to acquire contractor Agile teams to meet mission requirements. The bureau plans to use Scaled Agile Framework methodologies and principles for the FBI Agile Services Teams acquisition effort, according to a request for information posted Friday on […] More

  • Tom Keane: Microsoft Gets Accreditation for Azure Government Top Secret Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tom Keane: Microsoft Gets Accreditation for Azure Government Top Secret Cloud

    Tom Keane, corporate vice president for Azure global at Microsoft, said the company has secured authorization to operate for its Azure Government Top Secret cloud platform, enabling it to support national security agency clients with data workloads classified at the Top Secret level. Keane wrote in a blog post published Tuesday that Microsoft achieved the […] More

  • Doug Philippone on Palantir’s Work on SOCOM Contract, Army’s TITAN Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Doug Philippone on Palantir’s Work on SOCOM Contract, Army’s TITAN Program

    Palantir Technologies announced in May that it secured a potential $111 million contract from U.S. Special Operations Command for enterprise data management support and Doug Philippone, the company’s global defense lead, said the contract with SOCOM marks the transition from the intelligence space to the mission command space, C4ISRNET reported Thursday. Philippone told the publication […] More

  • Palo Alto Networks Gets FedRAMP OK for Cloud-Based Security Offering; Dana Barnes Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Palo Alto Networks Gets FedRAMP OK for Cloud-Based Security Offering; Dana Barnes Quoted

    Palo Alto Networks has received moderate-level certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its cloud-based security platform. The company’s Prima Access is meant to help government agencies protect their remote employees and branch offices from cyberthreats by providing secure connectivity while ensuring compliance with the Trusted Internet Connection 3.0 program, Palo Alto […] More

  • AirBorn CEO Cindy Lewis Joins AeroVironment Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AirBorn CEO Cindy Lewis Joins AeroVironment Board

    Cindy Lewis, chairperson, president and CEO of AirBorn Consolidated Holdings since 1998, has been named to the board of directors of AeroVironment. Lewis’ “experience in technology development and commercialization, high reliability manufacturing, and capital deployment will be especially relevant as we leverage our future-defining capabilities to penetrate new markets and achieve solid financial results,” Wahid […] More

  • UH-60V Helicopter With Northrop’s Avionics Package Achieves First Unit Equipped Status - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UH-60V Helicopter With Northrop’s Avionics Package Achieves First Unit Equipped Status

    The UH-60V Black Hawk helicopter with Northrop Grumman’s open architecture-based integrated avionics suite has reached the First Unit Equipped designation, enabling the aircraft to enter into service with the Pennsylvania National Guard’s unit at Fort Indiantown Gap. The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation Missile Center has certified the aircraft to operate under visual […] More