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Nichols Martin

a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, produces articles on the federal government's technology and business interests. The coverage of these articles include government contracting, cybersecurity, information technology, health care and national security.

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  • Former Presidio Exec Lee Tanner Named Blackwatch's Strategic Growth SVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Presidio Exec Lee Tanner Named Blackwatch’s Strategic Growth SVP

    Lee Tanner, formerly a senior vice president at Presidio Government Solutions, has returned to Blackwatch International as SVP of strategic growth. He holds over three decades of experience in federal information technology, having built and led sales, proposal, contract capture and partner management teams, Blackwatch said Monday. His career includes executive-level work at General Electric, […] More

  • Southwest Research Institute Lands $58M Navy Contract for R&D - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Southwest Research Institute Lands $58M Navy Contract for R&D

    Southwest Research Institute has secured a five-year, $58.4 million contract to perform research, development, engineering and technical support services for the U.S. Navy. The San Antonio-based awardee won the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract through a competitive online solicitation held by Naval Surface Warfare Center that gathered two proposals, the Department of Defense said Monday. Work under the […] More

  • In-Q-Tel Participates in Hermeus' $100M Funding Round - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    In-Q-Tel Participates in Hermeus’ $100M Funding Round

    Hermeus, a startup company that aims to build hypersonic aircraft, has raised $100 million in a Series B funding round from intelligence community investment organization In-Q-Tel and several other investors. Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of artificial intelligence research company OpenAI, led the venture round to support Hemeus’ aircraft development work, the Atlanta-based startup said […] More

  • General Atomics Test Fires Defensive Projectile Interceptor Design - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Test Fires Defensive Projectile Interceptor Design

    General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business has concluded the testing of two gun-launched, hypersonic interceptors under partnerships with the U.S. Army and Navy. The company said Thursday it test fired the projectiles with integrated, gun-hardened guidance electronics to evaluate how well they can sustain trajectory and data links while being subjected to intense G-forces. New Mexico-based […] More

  • Northrop Awarded In-Service Support Contract for British Submarine Management Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Awarded In-Service Support Contract for British Submarine Management Systems

    Northrop Grumman has secured a contract with the U.K.’s submarine delivery agency to support the platform management systems of the country’s Astute-class submarines, whose prime contractor is BAE Systems. The company will perform in-service support for the systems, which it supplied to BAE, to maximize the country’s availability of the seven-vessel Astute class, Northrop said […] More

  • C3 AI-Enabled Air Force Maintenance Program Granted ATO at Impact Level 5 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    C3 AI-Enabled Air Force Maintenance Program Granted ATO at Impact Level 5

    A data-driven maintenance program led by the U.S. Air Force’s Rapid Sustainment Office and enabled by C3 AI was granted a continuous authority to operate at impact level 5 by the service branch. C3 AI said Friday its Predictive Analytics and Decision Assistant is employed to help RSO maintain USAF’s fleet, boost aircraft availability and […] More

  • Defense Industry Vet David Beltran Appointed Senior Director at Valiant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Defense Industry Vet David Beltran Appointed Senior Director at Valiant

    David Beltran, a defense industry veteran with more than four decades of experience, has joined Valiant Integrated Services as senior director of programs for training and readiness. Beltran, who was with the former Raytheon company serving as its program management director, will now help Valiant maintain service quality and drive project completion at its training […] More

  • Raytheon Invests in Canadian Company Gastops to Fund R&D Collaboration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Invests in Canadian Company Gastops to Fund R&D Collaboration

    Raytheon Technologies‘ intelligence and space unit has invested in Canada-based Gastops to support the latter’s research and development collaboration with Pratt & Whitney, which is also a Raytheon business. Gastops said Thursday it expects the investment, which was awarded through Canada’s Industrial and Technological Benefits program, to support the development of products envisioned to provide […] More

  • Skillsoft Aims to Help Agencies Train Workforce With FedRAMP-Compliant Digital Learning Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Skillsoft Aims to Help Agencies Train Workforce With FedRAMP-Compliant Digital Learning Platform

    Skillsoft can now help federal agencies implement a cloud-based digital learning product after the company received security clearance under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The company said Thursday it offers on-demand and instructor-led approaches for government employees to learn technical skills and over 170 certification opportunities through the FedRAMP authorized Percipio platform. Percipio […] More

  • Cyber Policy Professor Kevin Powers Named to CyberSaint Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cyber Policy Professor Kevin Powers Named to CyberSaint Advisory Board

    Kevin Powers, a cybersecurity policy professor at Boston College, will bring his experience as a researcher and lawyer to the growth advisory board of CyberSaint, where he will serve as a strategic adviser. He will be responsible for helping CyberSaint secure its market position while increasing its customers and product capabilities, the information technology service […] More

  • Health Care Vets Eric Kammer, John McLean Join Guidehouse as Partners - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Health Care Vets Eric Kammer, John McLean Join Guidehouse as Partners

    Eric Kammer, formerly a General Electric executive, and John McLean, who was a vice president at health care company Premier, have joined Guidehouse as partners based in Chicago and Atlanta, respectively. The newly appointed executives will work on efforts to help Guidehouse customers including government and commercial health care organizations pursue growth and transformation, the […] More