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  • Bluescape's Virtual Collaboration Tool Granted IL5 DOD Authorization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bluescape’s Virtual Collaboration Tool Granted IL5 DOD Authorization

    Bluescape Software‘s virtual workspace platform has attained an impact level 5 authorization for use across the Department of Defense. The IL5 designation allows agencies, DOD personnel and contractors to leverage Bluescape virtual workspace and collaboration tools for sensitive, unclassified data,  the company said Wednesday. Federal integrator Bridge Core helped Bluescape achieve the IL5 authority to […] More

  • DOD, NTIA Launch Competition to Drive 5G Interoperability - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOD, NTIA Launch Competition to Drive 5G Interoperability

    The Department of Defense and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration have partnered to launch a challenge that seeks to speed up the development and implementation of open-system 5G interfaces and interoperable components. DOD said Wednesday the 5G Challenge Preliminary Event: RAN Subsystem Interoperability seeks hardware and software capable of advancing open ecosystem for 5G. […] More

  • Space Force Taps BAE to Build Data Management Framework - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space Force Taps BAE to Build Data Management Framework

    BAE Systems has secured a year-long contract from the U.S. Space Force to create a mission data framework that Space Systems Command can use to link separate, interoperable sources and enable data fusion and discovery. The company said Wednesday it will develop and test an integrated data management environment for SSC’s Enterprise Management and Control […] More

  • General Atomics Unveils New Targeting Radar for Gray Eagle ER Unmanned Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Unveils New Targeting Radar for Gray Eagle ER Unmanned Aircraft

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has increased its product line with the launch of a multi-mode drone radar designed to capture high-resolution imagery of targets in rain, fog, smoke, clouds and dust at long ranges. The new Eagle Eye radar of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. operates from the Gray Eagle Extended Range unmanned aircraft […] More

  • Lockheed, Aerojet Rocketdyne Support DOD's Air-Breathing Hypersonic Weapon Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Aerojet Rocketdyne Support DOD’s Air-Breathing Hypersonic Weapon Tests

    An industry and defense team consisting of Lockheed Martin, Aerojet Rocketdyne Air Force Research Laboratory and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has demonstrated the flight and speed of an air-breathing hypersonic rocket. The companies teamed up with Department of Defense organizations to test-fly the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept, which exhibited speeds over Mach 5 […] More

  • CFD Research to Further Develop AI-Driven Sensor Framework Under Air Force Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CFD Research to Further Develop AI-Driven Sensor Framework Under Air Force Contract

    CFD Research has secured a $42.6 million contract under the Small Business Innovative Research program to help the Air Force Research Laboratory integrate artificial intelligence into a range of sensor systems. The company said Tuesday it will implement and refine a framework that uses machine learning, deep learning, edge computing and other advanced technologies to […] More

  • General Atomics Installs Initial MDO Updates on Gray Eagle-ER Unmanned Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Installs Initial MDO Updates on Gray Eagle-ER Unmanned Aircraft

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has installed initial factory updates on the Gray Eagle-Extended Range unmanned aircraft system in an effort under a U.S. Army-funded program to better prepare the aircraft for multi-domain operations. The company said Monday it partnered with the Army to demonstrate MDO capabilities including internally mounted long-range sensors, computer-based and handheld […] More

  • Microsoft Azure Launches Partnerships for Space AI Applications - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Azure Launches Partnerships for Space AI Applications

    Microsoft Azure has announced several partnerships made to support the platform’s use for artificial intelligence and connectivity applications in space. Tom Keane, corporate vice president for mission engineering at Microsoft Azure, wrote in a blog post published Monday that the company partnered with NASA and Hewlett Packard Enterprise to test how AI can support astronaut […] More

  • HII Intros Autonomy Products Suite; Duane Fotheringham Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HII Intros Autonomy Products Suite; Duane Fotheringham Quoted

    Military shipbuilder HII has rolled out a suite of products designed to make vehicles operate autonomously.  The Odyssey offering has features from multiple platforms such as the company’s REMUS unmanned underwater vehicle and can support system health monitoring, perception, sensor fusion and collaborative autonomy between multiple vehicles, HII said Monday. Duane Fotheringham, president of the […] More

  • HawkEye 360 Expands Satellite Constellation With 3 Cluster 4 Spacecraft; John Serafini Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HawkEye 360 Expands Satellite Constellation With 3 Cluster 4 Spacecraft; John Serafini Quoted

    A new set of HawkEye 360 geolocation satellites have reached space and established communications with ground-based systems after launching aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral. The three Cluster 4 satellites carry a radio frequency payload each and expand HawkEye 360’s existing constellation of nine satellites, the company said Friday, the same day as […] More

  • Collins Aerospace to Equip Army With Secure Data Transfer Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Collins Aerospace to Equip Army With Secure Data Transfer Tech

    The U.S. Army has selected Raytheon Technologies‘ Collins Aerospace business to manufacture a small form factor platform capable of enabling secure, real-time data transfers between platforms from different domains. The company said Sunday it will deliver to Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office a cross-domain technology meant to disseminate data across different classification levels. […] More

  • Brillient to Help IRS Implement Robotic Automation Under $70M BPA; Richard Jacik Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Brillient to Help IRS Implement Robotic Automation Under $70M BPA; Richard Jacik Quoted

    Brillient has secured a potential five-year, $70 million blanket purchase agreement to provide the Internal Revenue Service with robotic process automation capability. The company said Thursday it will also develop and implement artificial intelligence, machine learning, intelligent automation and data analytics under the BPA, which has one base year and four one-year options. The effort […] More