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  • Access Opens to Amazon Bedrock ML Platform on AWS Top Secret Cloud - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Access Opens to Amazon Bedrock ML Platform on AWS Top Secret Cloud

    Amazon Web Services has announced that U.S. government customers can now generally access the machine learning service Amazon Bedrock from its Top Secret cloud. The classified AWS environment provides users with secure access to Bedrock’s generative artificial intelligence and foundation models, including the Claude 3.5 Sonnet of AI company Anthropic, AWS said in a blog […] More

  • Auria Bares CAASI NDR Cybersecurity Tool Upgrade - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Auria Bares CAASI NDR Cybersecurity Tool Upgrade

    Space systems and software company Auria has announced the integration of a network detection and response, or NDR, capability to its cybersecurity platform CAASI, short for Cognitive Autonomous Artificial System Intelligence. Advanced artificial intelligence and unsupervised machine learning have been incorporated into the next-generation CAASI NDR for increased threat detection in the increasingly complex cloud […] More

  • C3 AI Names Jason Rahimitabar as Federal Business Strategy and Development VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    C3 AI Names Jason Rahimitabar as Federal Business Strategy and Development VP

    C3 AI has appointed former CAE USA executive Jason Rahimitabar as vice president of strategy and business development of its federal business. Rahimitabar announced his move to the California-based technology company in a LinkedIn post. He noted that his new role supports C3 AI’s goal of empowering government agencies with capabilities in artificial intelligence and […] More

  • Redwire Navigation System to Support Blue Ghost Lunar Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Redwire Navigation System to Support Blue Ghost Lunar Mission

    Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 will come equipped with 12 cameras, a vision processor and two floodlights from Redwire to support the lunar lander autonomously touchdown on the moon’s surface. The mission’s launch is scheduled around mid-January at the Kennedy Space Center, Redwire said Thursday. The Jacksonville, Florida-based company noted that the mission is […] More

  • NASA Adds Rocket Lab's Neutron Rocket to VADR Launch Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Adds Rocket Lab’s Neutron Rocket to VADR Launch Contract

    Rocket Lab has announced the addition of its new Neutron rocket to NASA’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare, or VADR, contract. Its small orbital launch vehicle Electron is already under VADR contract and demonstrated capabilities in the NASA PREFIRE and TROPICS missions, the company said Thursday. Rocket Lab described Neutron as a medium-lift reusable […] More

  • York Space Demo Tests Inter-Vendor Laser Communication Link - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    York Space Demo Tests Inter-Vendor Laser Communication Link

    Low Earth orbit satellites of York Space Systems and SpaceX have completed a laser communication link test involving the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. The test demonstrated the first laser communication connection between two PWSA satellites, advancing space-based communication, York said Thursday. The test linked a data transport satellite deployed by York to […] More

  • Appgate Appoints John Zangardi as Federal Advisory Board Member - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Appgate Appoints John Zangardi as Federal Advisory Board Member

    Cybersecurity company Appgate has announced the appointment of John Zangardi, Mirtillo Consulting’s CEO and a past Wash100 awardee, as member of its federal advisory board. Zangardi, former Redhorse Corporation CEO and president, is also bringing in key leadership experience in the public sector, including past roles as chief information officer for the Department of Homeland […] More

  • Leidos Names Megan Block as VP, National Security Capture Excellence Lead - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Names Megan Block as VP, National Security Capture Excellence Lead

    Leidos has appointed Megan Block as vice president and national security capture excellence head. In this capacity, Block will handle planning and proposal development on business opportunities in defense, intelligence and homeland security, the company said Tuesday. Block will also manage Leidos’ national security sector growth office and support company proposals and bids through collaboration with […] More

  • State Department Seeks Global Advisory Services Contractor - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Department Seeks Global Advisory Services Contractor

    The Department of State has issued a request for proposals for a multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract on administrative and general management consulting services for offices under the department’s African and political-military affairs bureaus. The contract has a potential value of $250 million and a five year period of performance, according to the RFP posted Monday on […] More

  • Leidos QTC Health Services Secures New VBA Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos QTC Health Services Secures New VBA Services Contract

    Leidos QTC Health Services will provide medical disability examination, or MDE, services for the Veterans Benefits Administration’s U.S. regions 1 to 4 under a new contract that parent company Leidos announced on Monday. Liz Porter, Leidos health and civil sector president, noted that the company’s unit delivered over 1 million medical examinations to the VBA […] More

  • Army Seeks Analytical Support for TRADOC G-2 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Seeks Analytical Support for TRADOC G-2

    The Department of the Army has posted a request for proposals from small vendors interested in providing support services to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, known as G-2, of the Army Training and Doctrine Command, or TRADOC. The service requirements include analytical support to the TRADOC G-2 operational environment and core options, with […] More