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  • Microsoft Execs on How Industry Can Help Agencies Implement Cybersecurity EO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Execs on How Industry Can Help Agencies Implement Cybersecurity EO

    Top technology executives from Microsoft‘s federal arm have outlined how the industry can help government agencies realize President Joe Biden’s executive order on cybersecurity, Federal News Network reported Friday. Steve Faehl, chief technology officer of security at Microsoft Federal, said the government has many areas of improvement essential to achieving modernized cybersecurity. These areas include […] More

  • Space Force Selects 19 Small Business Projects for SBIR Phase 2 Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space Force Selects 19 Small Business Projects for SBIR Phase 2 Effort

    Nineteen out of 24 small business participants during the Space Force Pitch Day will each receive a $1.7 million contract to further develop their existing projects for the U.S. Space Force, SpaceNews reported Friday. The selected companies will move their projects to the second phase of development under the Space Force’s Small Business Innovation Research […] More

  • General Atomics to Develop Motor, Power Integration Concept for Navy Unmanned Underwater Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics to Develop Motor, Power Integration Concept for Navy Unmanned Underwater Vehicle

    The Office of Naval Research has tasked General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business to determine how to integrate propulsion and power storage systems into large-displacement unmanned underwater vehicles. Under the concept design contract, the company will work on a motor and an energy system that could meet the performance requirements of future LDUUVs, GA said Friday. […] More

  • Boeing's MQ-25 T1 Test Asset Completes Second Refueling Demo With Navy Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing’s MQ-25 T1 Test Asset Completes Second Refueling Demo With Navy Aircraft

    A Boeing-made unmanned aircraft test asset has refueled a U.S. Navy-owned command and control aircraft, marking the refueler’s second completed flight test mission. Boeing said Thursday its MQ-25 T1 test asset flew from MidAmerica St. Louis Airport, passed a wake survey to validate its performance and stability then aerially refueled the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye early […] More

  • Redwire's Space Simulation Laboratory Now Operational - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Redwire’s Space Simulation Laboratory Now Operational

    Redwire has attained the initial operational capability status for its platform that is designed to accommodate digital engineering and simulation-based tests of space technologies. The Hyperion Operational Space Simulation Laboratory uses in-the-loop hardware and software to simulate artificial intelligence, cyber and other technologies designed for space architectures, Redwire said Thursday. National security and commercial space […] More

  • Robotic Research Awarded SBIR Phase 2 Contract to Develop, Test Hybrid Unmanned System for DTRA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Robotic Research Awarded SBIR Phase 2 Contract to Develop, Test Hybrid Unmanned System for DTRA

    Robotic Research has received a two-year contract to further develop its transforming robot system for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency under the Small Business Innovation Research program. The company said Wednesday it will update the computing and sensing systems, airframe and battery of the Pegasus Mini hybrid unmanned system as part of its SBIR Phase […] More

  • Nutanix Opens Partnership-Based Laboratory for Government Cloud Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Nutanix Opens Partnership-Based Laboratory for Government Cloud Projects

    Nutanix has launched its own laboratory that combines the company’s cloud platform and Cyxtera’s rapid connectivity, colocation and intelligent automation capabilities to offer a collaborative space for federal government projects pursued by the company’s industry partners. The company said Tuesday it partnered with Intel and other industry entities to establish the Nutanix Federal Innovation Lab, […] More

  • Raytheon's Sensor Model for Future Space Force Satellite Completes Critical Design Review; Paul Meyer Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon’s Sensor Model for Future Space Force Satellite Completes Critical Design Review; Paul Meyer Quoted

    The infrared sensor payload design made by Raytheon Technologies‘ intelligence and space business has concluded its critical design review as part of a prototyping effort in support of the future missile warning satellite constellation of the U.S. Space Force. The CDR completion allows Raytheon, one of the two companies tapped to create digital sensor models, […] More

  • Halvik Awarded $62M Contract to Support Army's Supply Chain Integration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Halvik Awarded $62M Contract to Support Army’s Supply Chain Integration

    Halvik will assist a U.S. Army office in integrating logistical programs, policies and procedures to enhance the service branch’s supply chain under a five-year contract that has an estimated value of $62 million. The company said Tuesday it will help the Army’s Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff G-4 augment commodities and sustainment functional […] More

  • Army Seeks Endpoint Security Service to Enhance Network VIsibility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Seeks Endpoint Security Service to Enhance Network VIsibility

    Army Cyber Command has released a sources sought announcement detailing its need for endpoint security services from small businesses to support military network visibility. The U.S. Army said Monday in the SAM.gov notice it seeks an endpoint security solution-as-a-service to bolster the security of the service branch’s endpoints across all operational domains and to monitor […] More

  • CACI Rolls Out New Compact, Multi-Sensor Imaging System for ISR Missions; John Mengucci Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI Rolls Out New Compact, Multi-Sensor Imaging System for ISR Missions; John Mengucci Quoted

    CACI International has introduced a compact multi-sensor imaging system that uses both electro-optical and long-wave infrared technology to generate imagery for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations. The company said Monday its low-power CM62 Micro Gimbal weighs 260 grams and is designed to support ISR missions of small unmanned aerial systems. According to CACI, existing platforms […] More

  • Sarcos, BAE Systems to Jointly Develop Perception-Boosting Sensors for AFRL - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sarcos, BAE Systems to Jointly Develop Perception-Boosting Sensors for AFRL

    A defense-focused subsidiary of Sarcos Robotics has partnered with BAE Systems under a contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop sensors meant to facilitate collaboration between autonomous platforms. Sarcos Defense said Monday it will work with BAE’s FAST Labs team on the development and demonstration of the Collaborative Sensing platform, which is aimed […] More