QRC Technologies, a Parsons subsidiary, has introduced a lightweight user-defined signal tagging technology that is designed to employ artificial intelligence, machine learning and digital signal processing approaches to provide warfighters with radio frequency spectrum awareness.
Read More »AWS Gains USGIF Strategic-Level Membership
Amazon Web Services has joined the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation as a strategic-level member and will bring insight to the nonprofit as it works to promote the GEOINT tradecraft through collaboration with academia, government, individuals, industry and professional organizations.
Read More »Booz Allen’s Christopher Bogdan, Saurin Shah: AI Could Help Enhance US Space Missions
Booz Allen Hamilton officials Christopher Bogdan and Saurin Shah said Friday artificial intelligence presents opportunities for the U.S. to enhance and safeguard its space missions and to maintain dominance in the said domain. They added that AI could help strengthen the resiliency of satellites and satellite networks by enabling operators to launch data scans to identify vulnerabilities.
Read More »ICF Launches CO2Sight Platform for Decarbonization Planning
ICF has introduced a platform that is equipped with analytics and data visualization capabilities and is designed to assist utilities and government agencies in planning efforts to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide in their respective organizations.
Read More »Bell Moves Closer to Opening of Manufacturing Technology Center
Bell Textron, a Textron company, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its Manufacturing Technology Center in Texas on Friday and announced a summer 2021 anticipated date when the new aircraft technology test and demonstration facility will be fully operational.
Read More »DCS to Help Build Navy Air Traffic Control Tech
The U.S. Navy tasked DCS to develop air traffic control and landing systems for the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division's Webster Outlying Field organization as part of a five-year, $29 million contract. The company said Wednesday it started working with WOLF personnel under the Technical, Engineering Products and Software Services contract in December and the team will develop, integrate, test, manage and maintain air traffic control systems over the duration of the award.
Read More »CBP Orders Additional Textron Turboprop Aircraft
Textron's aviation business has received a contract from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to manufacture two additional multirole enforcement aircraft that would support agency efforts to secure the country's borders.
Read More »ASRC Federal Wins NASA Support Services Contract for Space Comm, Navigation Division; Jennifer Felix Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 23, 2021 “” ASRC Federal's Agile Decision Sciences subsidiary has won a potential five-year, $74.8 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from NASA for spectrum and resource management, engineering and programmatic support services, GovCon Wire reported March 15.
Read More »NASA, SpaceX Agree to Share Data on Space Asset Safety
SpaceX will provide NASA with space asset and debris location data that will be gathered through the global navigation satellite service receivers of the Starlink spacecraft to address conjunction and collision risks. NASA said Friday its partnership with SpaceX is aimed at ensuring that the company's Starlink satellites and the agency's spacecraft are coordinated to avoid a collision or prevent a close approach between the assets.
Read More »Chugach Technical Solutions Secures $94M Army Contract for Towed Artillery Program Management Support
Chugach Technical Solutions has received a $94.2 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army for services in support of its joint program office with the Marine Corps that manages the service branches' towed artillery systems. Contract work is expected to be completed by Jan. 31, 2026, and locations and funding will depend on each order.
Read More »Sev1Tech Names Tim Hays as Health IT VP; Robert Lohfeld Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 17, 2021 “” Sev1Tech has appointed Tim Hays, former president of consulting firm Health Sciences Group, as vice president of health information technology, responsible for leading the segment's business development, proposal and strategic efforts, GovCon Wire reported Thursday.
Read More »SPA Receives DOD Contract for Acquisition & Sustainment Support Services
Systems Planning and Analysis will provide services to the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment in support of its acquisition policy and organizational planning as well as portfolio and program management activities under a five-year $33 million contract.
Read More »Tiffanny Gates, Three Other Execs Join Two Six Technologies Board
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 15, 2021 “” Tiffanny Gates, president and CEO of Novetta and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, and three other government and industry leaders have joined the board of directors of Two Six Technologies to help the company pursue its strategic goals and further develop national security offerings to clients, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday.
Read More »Matice Wright-Springer Rejoins Booz Allen as Global Defense Group SVP
Matice Wright-Springer, former vice president of government and corporate responsibility at ManTech International, has returned to Booz Allen Hamilton as a partner and senior VP for the global defense group under its aerospace account. “I was drawn back to Booz Allen because I want to help solve some of the complex challenges that our customers face," said Wright-Springer.
Read More »Elbit Systems to Help Maintain Helmet Display Tech for Army Helicopter Pilots
The U.S. arm of Israel-based defense electronics company Elbit Systems has been tapped by the U.S. Army to sustain a helmet mounted display system being used by AH-64 Apache military helicopter pilots.
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