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  • Air Force Taps CTC to Develop Electric Generator for Modern, Legacy Aircraft; Ed Sheehan Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps CTC to Develop Electric Generator for Modern, Legacy Aircraft; Ed Sheehan Quoted

    Concurrent Technologies Corp. has secured a 27-month, $2.6 million contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory to design and develop an electric flightline generator that can power 5th generation fighter jets and older models. The effort aims to prototype a generator capable of reducing noise and emissions while still performing efficiently and with better quality […] More

  • IronNet CEO, Former NSA Director Keith Alexander Appointed to SolCyber Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IronNet CEO, Former NSA Director Keith Alexander Appointed to SolCyber Board

    Keith Alexander, a retired military general who previously led the National Security Agency, has joined SolCyber to serve as part of the enterprise security company’s board of directors. Alexander, who also serves as chairman and co-CEO of IronNet Cybersecurity, will use his decades of experience across commercial, government and cyber areas to support SolCyber, the […] More

  • AnChain.AI Gets $10M in SIG Asia Investments-Led Series A Financing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AnChain.AI Gets $10M in SIG Asia Investments-Led Series A Financing

    AnChain.AI has secured $10 million in a Series A financing round led by SIG Asia Investments and the blockchain security company will use it to advance product development and increase workforce recruitment. Amino Capital, Hard Yaka, Nima Capital and Fin VC also took part in the funding round for AnChain.AI, the company said Wednesday. AnChain.AI […] More

  • Space Industry Vet Patrick Loner Named CEO of Voyager's Altius Subsidiary - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space Industry Vet Patrick Loner Named CEO of Voyager’s Altius Subsidiary

    Patrick Loner, formerly the director of business development at SEAKR Engineering, has been appointed to succeed Jonathan Goff as CEO of Voyager Space Holdings‘ Altius Space Machines subsidiary. Voyager said Wednesday that Goff will join the company as vice president of on-orbit servicing while Loner will lead technology development efforts at Altius. Loner’s three-decade career […] More

  • Carahsoft to Offer Corelight Cybersecurity Products via DOD's Enterprise Software BPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Offer Corelight Cybersecurity Products via DOD’s Enterprise Software BPA

    Corelight can now offer its network detection and response product to the Department of Defense, the intelligence community and the U.S. Coast Guard through a blanket purchase agreement held by Carahsoft Technology. The partnership between the two companies provides DOD, IC and USCG with access Corelight’s cybersecurity and asset management software via the 10-year Enterprise […] More

  • BAE to Resume Development of Semi-Autonomous Mission Planning Software for DARPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Resume Development of Semi-Autonomous Mission Planning Software for DARPA

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded BAE Systems‘ U.S. business arm a contract to continue developing mission planning software that can operate semi-autonomously. The phase two contract extends BAE’s existing work with Uncharted Software and Carnegie Mellon University to develop the Multi-domain Adaptive Request Service under the Adapting Cross-Domain Kill-Webs program, BAE said Tuesday. […] More

  • ColdQuanta Names Former Luminar Exec Scott Faris as CEO, Announces Business Reorg - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ColdQuanta Names Former Luminar Exec Scott Faris as CEO, Announces Business Reorg

    Scott Faris, formerly chief business officer of Luminar Technologies, has joined ColdQuanta to serve as CEO in line with the quantum technology company’s business reorganization efforts. The company said Tuesday Faris has more than three decades of leadership experience, having held executive roles at Planar Energy, Panaceutics, Ocean Optics and Waveguide Solutions, where he served […] More

  • Rogue Transport Spacecraft to Launch Aboard Firefly Rocket; Jeromy Grimmett Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rogue Transport Spacecraft to Launch Aboard Firefly Rocket; Jeromy Grimmett Quoted

    Firefly Aerospace will lift off Rogue Space Systems‘ orbital transport vehicle in the third quarter of 2023 under a new launch service agreement signed between the two companies. Rogue Space said Monday it has secured the entire capacity aboard Firefly’s Alpha launch vehicle for the Fred OTV, which will carry satellites from Rogue Space customers. The agreement […] More

  • Ball Aerospace to Help NASA Study Architectures for Earth Imagery Satellites - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ball Aerospace to Help NASA Study Architectures for Earth Imagery Satellites

    NASA has tasked Ball Aerospace to study two architecture concepts designed to modernize instruments of Earth imagery satellites. The company said Monday it will assess how constellation and single satellite concepts can accommodate new spectral bands and orbit parameters as well as enhanced spatial resolution for the Landsat Next program.  Ball will seek to determine […] More

  • Palantir Awarded Space Force Contract Modification for Data-as-a-Service Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Palantir Awarded Space Force Contract Modification for Data-as-a-Service Platform

    Palantir USG has secured a $48.5 million contract modification to continue providing the U.S. Space Force with software licenses and cloud hosting for data-as-a-service platform offered by the company. The award also covers associated support and training services for each DaaS platform, the Department of Defense said Monday. Work under the modification will take place […] More

  • SpaceX Dragon Brings New Science Experiments to ISS in 23rd Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX Dragon Brings New Science Experiments to ISS in 23rd Resupply Mission

    SpaceX conducted its 23rd Commercial Resupply Services mission with the Sunday launch of Dragon spacecraft that will bring to the International Space Station over 4,800 pounds of payload, including space equipment, crew supplies and science experiments on bone protection and astronaut optometry. The spacecraft lifted off on a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Florida-based Kennedy […] More