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  • Fortem’s Drone Tech Intercepts Threat UAS During Army’s Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fortem’s Drone Tech Intercepts Threat UAS During Army’s Test

    Fortem Technologies has entered its artificial intelligence-enabled and radar-guided drone in a recent U.S. Army test and demonstrated its ability to intercept and capture threat drones autonomously and deposited the seized aircraft to a designated drop zone and landing. The company said Thursday its DroneHunter technology, which was integrated with a Forward Area Air Defense […] More

  • NASA, Advanced Space Complete CubeSat Simulations for CAPSTONE Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Advanced Space Complete CubeSat Simulations for CAPSTONE Mission

    Advanced Space, in collaboration with NASA, completed a series of simulations for a technology demonstration mission aimed at testing the dynamics of a unique lunar orbit that have not been tested in spaceflight yet. The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment team worked on the virtually simulated flights of a microwave-oven sized […] More

  • Boeing to Establish Drone Assembly Facility in Australia; ​​Scott Carpendale Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Establish Drone Assembly Facility in Australia; ​​Scott Carpendale Quoted

    Boeing will build its first aircraft assembly facility outside of North America in Toowoomba, Queensland, where the company intends to hold the development and manufacturing of a military combat aircraft. The facility will be built in the Wellcamp Aerospace and Defence Precinct at Wellcamp Airport and will serve as the venue for production and assembly […] More

  • Former DOD Official Essye Miller Named to Millennium’s Board of Advisers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former DOD Official Essye Miller Named to Millennium’s Board of Advisers

    Essye Miller, former principal deputy chief information officer at the Department of Defense, has joined the board of advisers of Millennium, a strategic management, cybersecurity and systems engineering firm. She will offer strategic guidance to the firm’s executive team and bring in 35 years of experience in information technology and business transformation from her service […] More

  • KBR Secures $50M USAF Contract to Continue PNT System Research, Prototyping - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    KBR Secures $50M USAF Contract to Continue PNT System Research, Prototyping

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded KBR a potential $49.7 million contract to continue the research and development of an alternate position, navigation and timing system intended for environments that deny global positioning systems. The award will also cover the production of the PNT system’s first prototype for commercialization under the third phase of the […] More

  • MarshallAI Secures Top Spot on DOD's Global AI Tech Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MarshallAI Secures Top Spot on DOD’s Global AI Tech Competition

    Finland-based MarshallAI bagged the top spot on the Department of Defense’s first international tri-service competition, which was aimed at recognizing the most advanced artificial intelligence technologies to be used for rapid decision making in the service. The company, which received $70,000, was followed by LatticeFlow at second place with $50,000, and Cyber Defense Service at […] More

  • Lockheed, USAF Complete Palletized Strike Mission Demo; Scott Callaway Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, USAF Complete Palletized Strike Mission Demo; Scott Callaway Quoted

    Lockheed Martin deployed Rapid Dragon munition pallets from two aircraft and released surrogate cruise missiles over the New Mexico desert, completing an end-to-end demonstration of a palletized strike mission. In collaboration with the U.S. Air Force, the Rapid Dragon team airdropped the pallets from C17 and EC-130 aircraft positioned high above White Sands Missile Range […] More

  • Raytheon to Upgrade ATNAVICS Capabilities Under USAF Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Upgrade ATNAVICS Capabilities Under USAF Contract

    Raytheon Technologies’ intelligence and space business has received an award from the U.S. Air Force to enhance two Air Traffic Navigation, Integration and Coordination Systems, which currently have a primary surveillance radar range of 25 nautical miles. Under the lightweight deployable-ground controlled approach contract, Raytheon Intelligence and Space will extend the PSR range of ATNAVICS […] More

  • MRL Materials Resources Wins $72M Air Force IDIQ for Metal Processing Tech R&D - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MRL Materials Resources Wins $72M Air Force IDIQ for Metal Processing Tech R&D

    MRL Materials Resources will research, develop and test new alloys and metallic materials-processing technologies under a seven-year, $72 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Air Force. The Department of Defense said Monday the technologies are for aerospace applications and the Dayton, Ohio-based additive manufacturing company will conduct the R&D efforts through September 2028 at the […] More

  • CrowdStrike’s Falcon Forensics Platform Receives FedRAMP Authorization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CrowdStrike’s Falcon Forensics Platform Receives FedRAMP Authorization

    CrowdStrike’s Falcon Forensics platform, intended for improved security visibility and automated analysis of attack incidents, is now available for government agencies after receiving authorization from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Falcon Forensics is hosted on GovCloud and is designed to help hasten the response time and remediation of security incidents and deliver in-depth […] More

  • ABL Space to Serve as Launch Provider for NASA Cryogenic Demo; Dan Piermont Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ABL Space to Serve as Launch Provider for NASA Cryogenic Demo; Dan Piermont Quoted

    ABL Space Systems has been tapped to serve as the launch provider for NASA’s Cryogenic Demonstration Mission scheduled to launch in 2023 to showcase the in-space transfer of cryogenic liquid hydrogen. The El Segundo, California-based company said Friday the functionality of its GS0 deployable launch infrastructure, designed to activate new launch sites, will be expanded […] More