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  • Mattermost's Barry Duplantis: Unified Platform to Help Organizations Maximize Benefits of Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mattermost’s Barry Duplantis: Unified Platform to Help Organizations Maximize Benefits of Data

    Barry Duplantis, vice president and general manager of the North American public sector at Mattermost, said Tuesday that organizations, including the military, fail to maximize the value of their data because they lack the right tool. Duplantis said in a column posted on the Mattermost blog that organizations typically use over 200 applications, resulting in data silos, stifled productivity and the inability of team members to see the complete picture. More

  • Former Raytheon Exec Dave Jungkind Joins Advanced Space as Inaugural Chief Revenue Officer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Raytheon Exec Dave Jungkind Joins Advanced Space as Inaugural Chief Revenue Officer

    Dave Jungkind, former vice president at the SEAKR Engineering arm of RTX's Raytheon business, has been named the first chief revenue officer of Advanced Space, a Westminister, Colorado-based provider of space technology offerings. In his new role, Jungkind will manage national security programs and head the sales, marketing and business development teams. More

  • Redhorse Issues Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report for 2023; John Zangardi Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Redhorse Issues Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report for 2023; John Zangardi Quoted

    Redhorse says in its 2023 greenhouse gas emissions report that it had produced, on average, the equivalent of 68.14 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year from calendar year 2020 through 2022. The Virginia-based consulting services provider explained in the report, which was produced using the Persefoni platform, that the amount roughly equates to […] More

  • Intelsat's Dave Wajsgras Sees Business Opportunities With LEO Satellite Operators - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intelsat’s Dave Wajsgras Sees Business Opportunities With LEO Satellite Operators

    Dave Wajsgras, CEO of satellite services provider Intelsat and seven-time Wash100 awardee, recently said he sees the company’s multi-orbit strategy as having a significant impact on the industry. He told Constellations in an interview published Monday though Intelsat is the operator of over 50 satellites in geostationary orbit — such as the recently launched G-37/H-4 […] More

  • F-35 Lot 11 Contract to Incentivize Enhanced Production Processes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    F-35 Lot 11 Contract to Incentivize Enhanced Production Processes

    F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program director Vice Adm. Mat Winter has said that the new contract with Lockheed Martin to produce Lot 11 of the fifth-generation multi-role fighter aircraft will incentivize the defense contractor to enhance its production performance, USNI News reported Monday. The contract, potentially worth $11.5B, calls for the manufacture of […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL Researchers Seek to Enhance Drone Swarm Navigation Using Neuroscience - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Johns Hopkins APL Researchers Seek to Enhance Drone Swarm Navigation Using Neuroscience

    Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Applied Physics Laboratory are attempting to enhance the navigational algorithms of autonomous robotic swarms using discoveries related to dynamic replanning — the cognitive mechanism that allows animals to navigate while on the move. The researchers will then study changes in the behavior of robotic swarms […] More

  • Tech Firms Endorse Software Vulnerability Info Sharing, Disclosure Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tech Firms Endorse Software Vulnerability Info Sharing, Disclosure Effort

    A coalition of multinational technology firms has volunteered to make public their company policies governing the disclosure and sharing of known software vulnerabilities. Signatories to the Cybersecurity Tech Accord announced Monday they were publishing their Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure policies, a concept endorsed by the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise, an international platform for governments, companies and other […] More

  • Spaceflight to Send 71 Satellites Into Orbit in Rideshare Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Spaceflight to Send 71 Satellites Into Orbit in Rideshare Mission

    Seattle-based aerospace company Spaceflight aims to send 71 satellites into sun-synchronous low earth orbit aboard a SpaceX-built Falcon 9 rocket as part of a rideshare mission later this year. The mission, dubbed SSO-A: SmallSat Express, will launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base and carry a payload of 15 microsatellites and 56 CubeSats developed by multiple domestic and international […] More

  • ForeScout to Help Secure Energy Infrastructure in Collaborative Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ForeScout to Help Secure Energy Infrastructure in Collaborative Effort

    ForeScout has been selected to help secure the country’s energy sector infrastructure. Ryan Brichant, ForeScout vice president and chief technology officer for critical infrastructure and operational technology security, said Wednesday that his company and seven other firms have been chosen to perform work under the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence’s Energy Sector Asset Management Project. […] More

  • Lockheed to Help U.K. Build Spaceport, Cubesat Launcher; Rick Ambrose Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Help U.K. Build Spaceport, Cubesat Launcher; Rick Ambrose Comments

    Lockheed Martin has secured two contracts worth up to $31 million combined to help the U.K. space agency build a small satellite deployment platform and a launch site, Space News reported Tuesday. The first contract instructs Lockheed Martin to support Scottish government agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise in establishing a vertical launch spaceport in Sutherland, Scotland. The […] More

  • AIA Releases 2018 A&D Industry Performance Report; Eric Fanning Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AIA Releases 2018 A&D Industry Performance Report; Eric Fanning Comments

    A report by the Aerospace Industry Association showed that U.S. defense and aerospace companies performed well last year, stimulating economic activity and providing employment opportunities. The sector generated $865 million in sales, 2.4 million jobs and a trade surplus worth $85.9 billion in 2017, AIA said in its report entitled “2018 Facts & Figures: The […] More