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Nichols Martin

a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, produces articles on the federal government's technology and business interests. The coverage of these articles include government contracting, cybersecurity, information technology, health care and national security.

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  • FEMA to Continue Using Geospark Analytics Models to Support Disaster Response - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FEMA to Continue Using Geospark Analytics Models to Support Disaster Response

    Geospark Analytics has received a four-year contract to continue providing the Federal Emergency Management Agency with geospatial models that help gather insight into counties struck by disaster. FEMA will use the custom models to determine how community lifelines affect counties before and after a disaster, the Herndon, Virginia-based applied artificial intelligence company said Wednesday. The […] More

  • Carillon to Develop Optical Satcom Tech Prototype for DARPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carillon to Develop Optical Satcom Tech Prototype for DARPA

    Carillon Technologies has secured a contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop a system for free space optical communication between satellites. The DARPA-backed effort will focus on the development of a satellite-to-satellite communication prototype that incorporates Holographic Optical Beam Steering technology, which Lumotive is developing for automotive light detection and ranging applications, […] More

  • Kaman Intros New Autonomous System for Expeditionary Logistics - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kaman Intros New Autonomous System for Expeditionary Logistics

    Kaman has expanded its portfolio of autonomous systems with the launch of the KARGO unmanned aerial vehicle designed to support expeditionary logistics missions of the armed forces. The new Kaman platform underwent a six-month demonstration and will enter full-scale autonomous testing in 2022, the company said Tuesday. Near Earth Autonomy, a Kaman partner, will equip […] More

  • Sierra Nevada Wraps Up 2-Year Medium Earth Orbit Research Mission for AFRL - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sierra Nevada Wraps Up 2-Year Medium Earth Orbit Research Mission for AFRL

    Sierra Nevada Corp. has completed its two-year mission to perform three space research projects in medium Earth Orbit for the Air Force Research Laboratory. The Demonstration and Science Experiments spacecraft, now handled by SNC’s Sierra Space subsidiary, deployed 13 payloads for the research areas meant to advance the Department of Defense’s capability to send spacecraft […] More

  • Boeing to Open MQ-25 UAS Production Facility in Illinois - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Open MQ-25 UAS Production Facility in Illinois

    Boeing has announced a future Illinois-based facility that, upon completion in 2024, will house the production of carrier-based unmanned aircraft systems for the U.S. Navy. The company said Friday the 300,000-square-foot facility within the MidAmerica St. Louis Airport will implement robotic automation, advanced assembly approaches and other manufacturing processes and tools to produce the MQ-25 […] More

  • Navy Issues $85M Multi-Award Contract Modification for Southeast Construction Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Issues $85M Multi-Award Contract Modification for Southeast Construction Work

    The U.S. Navy has awarded an $85 million modification to indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts with five companies for construction work in the U.S. Southeast region. The companies build, modify, renovate, repair and demolish facilities including training spaces, dormitories, airfield, hangars and aircraft traffic control stations under the multiple award contracts, the Department of Defense said Friday. Work […] More

  • Carahsoft to Offer New Customizable Cloud Services Stack - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Offer New Customizable Cloud Services Stack

    Carahsoft Technology will distribute a new cloud services stack designed to facilitate data management, migration and security across cloud, on-premise, hybrid and edge environments. CloudStack uses an open architecture that allows government agencies to customize cloud service components including data protection, infrastructure monitoring, zero-trust security and data protection, Carahsoft said Thursday. The software distributor’s customers […] More

  • GigaIO Raises Funds to Boost Sales of Company's AI/HPC Architecture - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GigaIO Raises Funds to Boost Sales of Company’s AI/HPC Architecture

    GigaIO, a provider of data center architecture for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing applications, gathered $14.7 million from a Series B financing round led by Impact Venture Capital. The company said Thursday it will use the investment to expand the company’s market and grow its partner network. GigaIO will further invest in customer development and […] More

  • General Dynamics Receives $66M USAF Contract Modification for Work on US BICES-X Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Receives $66M USAF Contract Modification for Work on US BICES-X Network

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded General Dynamics‘ mission systems business a $66 million contract modification to further develop, maintain, sustain and expand a network infrastructure for battlefield information. The company will continue its work on the U.S. Battlefield Information Collection and Exploitation System Extended or US BICES-X infrastructure under the Air Force contract with […] More

  • CloudBees Teams Up With CACI to Accelerate Government Software Delivery; Rob Warren Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Technology, News

    CloudBees Teams Up With CACI to Accelerate Government Software Delivery; Rob Warren Quoted

    CloudBees has partnered with CACI International to jointly help government customers accelerate software delivery, fielding and implementation. CloudBees said Wednesday it will combine its software delivery automation and DevSecOps offerings with CACI’s expertise in enterprise-wide implementation. CACI’s Agile Solution Factory and DevSecOps Community of Practice will lead the partnership, which aims to speed up the […] More