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  • HeroX to Host 4th Phase of NGA's Magnetic Field Mapping Challenge - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HeroX to Host 4th Phase of NGA’s Magnetic Field Mapping Challenge

    The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has partnered with crowdsourcing platform operator HeroX to conduct the next phase of a prize competition that seeks data collection methods for a geomagnetic reference model widely used in navigation systems. HeroX said Tuesday it will host the MagQuest Challenge‘s Phase 4a, where three teams will aim to demonstrate the instruments […] More

  • CISA Rolls Out Insider Threat Risk Assessment Tool for Public, Private Sectors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CISA Rolls Out Insider Threat Risk Assessment Tool for Public, Private Sectors

    The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has rolled out a tool for agencies and companies to assess insider threat vulnerabilities. CISA said Tuesday its Insider Risk Mitigation Self-Assessment Tool features a set of questions that organizations can answer to determine security risk posture in the workplace. The questionnaire is designed to also help government and […] More

  • Boeing to Deliver 5 P-8A Poseidon Patrol Aircraft to Germany - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Deliver 5 P-8A Poseidon Patrol Aircraft to Germany

    Boeing has secured a contract with the U.S. Navy to produce five P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft for Germany‘s defense force in support of its maritime surveillance operations. The company said Tuesday it will commence deliveries in 2024 as the client country seeks to replace an old fleet of P-3C Orion units. The contract will […] More

  • Raytheon, Northrop Flight Test Scramjet-Powered Hypersonic Weapon Concept for DARPA, USAF - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Northrop Flight Test Scramjet-Powered Hypersonic Weapon Concept for DARPA, USAF

    Raytheon Technologies‘ missiles and defense business and Northrop Grumman have jointly demonstrated the flight of a Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept powered by a scramjet engine. The companies are prototyping the scramjet-powered HAWC for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the U.S. Air Force, Raytheon said Monday. HAWC, was carried and released by an aircraft, […] More

  • Curtiss-Wright to Supply Open-Systems Processor Tech for Raytheon Aircraft Project; Lynn Bamford Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Curtiss-Wright to Supply Open-Systems Processor Tech for Raytheon Aircraft Project; Lynn Bamford Quoted

    Raytheon Technologies has selected Curtiss-Wright to supply a modular open-systems approach processor and networking modules for what would be the central processing component of a special operations aircraft. Curtiss-Wright said Monday its MOSA technology will support the Next Generation Special Mission Processor for the U.S. Air Force’s AC/MC-130J platforms. NextGen SMP builds on an open-computing […] More

  • State Department Vet Dana Linnet Joins Lilt as Public Sector VP, GM - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Department Vet Dana Linnet Joins Lilt as Public Sector VP, GM

    Dana Linnet, formerly a career foreign service officer at the State Department, has been named general manager and vice president for the public sector business at San Francisco-based translation company Lilt. She will be responsible for bringing Lilt’s modern language service and technology offerings to the government market, the company said Thursday. “As a linguist, […] More

  • ULA Prepares for NASA Landsat 9 Satellite Launch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA Prepares for NASA Landsat 9 Satellite Launch

    United Launch Alliance will lift off a new satellite for an existing program that helps NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey observe changes on planet Earth’s land. The company said Saturday its Atlas V 401 rocket will launch on Monday from Vandenberg Space Force Base with the Landsat 9 satellite and CubeSats deployed from the […] More

  • Carahsoft Named Public Sector Distributor of Coupa's Spend Management Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Named Public Sector Distributor of Coupa’s Spend Management Platform

    Carahsoft Technology will distribute Coupa’s budgeting platform across the public sector through the former’s existing contracts with federal, state and local governments and industry partners. Coupa’s Spend Management offering is designed to help users oversee expenses, reduce associated risks and address unique public sector requirements through a unified platform, Carahsoft said Thursday. The distributor will […] More

  • Northrop Conducts Virtual Air Mobility Exercise for USAF, International Partners; Terri Malone Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Conducts Virtual Air Mobility Exercise for USAF, International Partners; Terri Malone Quoted

    Northrop Grumman conducted a virtual training event that gathered air mobility forces from the U.S. Air Force, Canada, Australia and New Zealand for a synthetic exercise that included training opportunities for tactical maneuver against adversary threats. The Coalition Virtual Guardian 2021 event was executed to provide USAF Air Mobility Command with a fully virtual environment […] More

  • Sysorex Government Services Books Security, Tech Orders From DOJ, USDA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sysorex Government Services Books Security, Tech Orders From DOJ, USDA

    The government-focused subsidiary of Ethereum blockchain technology provider Sysorex has booked over $16 million in new contracts for product and services in support of the departments of Agriculture and Justice. Sysorex Government Services received the awards in the third quarter of 2021 from DOJ’s Bureau of Prisons and USDA’s U.S. Forest Service and Food Safety […] More

  • Hughes, SES Test Multi-Orbit Satcom for General Atomics Unmanned Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hughes, SES Test Multi-Orbit Satcom for General Atomics Unmanned Aircraft

    Hughes Network Systems and SES have tested the performance of multi-orbit satellite communications that General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business intends to use on its unmanned aerial vehicle to support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations. Hughes said Wednesday its HM series software-defined modems and resource management system work with SES’ geosynchronous and medium earth orbit satellites […] More