The Department of Energy has selected General Atomics' electromagnetic systems business to develop a 50-megawatt electric reactor concept under a cost-shared partnership.
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Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has landed a contract of an undisclosed sum to deliver Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program advisory services in support of radiation therapy equipment and clinical management services provider Elekta.
Read More »Navy Vet Timothy White Joins SecureCo Advisory Board
Timothy White, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral, has been named as member of the advisory board of SecureCo, responsible for contributing leadership and insights into the military and intelligence community's technology requirements.
Read More »Fidelis-Synaptive Team to Provide DLA With Robot-Assisted Surgery Tech
Fidelis Sustainability Distribution has partnered with Synaptive Medical to build and deliver a robot-assisted surgery tool as part of a five-year, $45M contract from the Defense Logistics Agency.
Read More »Hitachi Vantara Federal’s Michael Coene on Three Data Management Measures Agencies Should Consider
Michael Coene, chief cloud architect at Hitachi Vantara Federal, wrote in a commentary published Tuesday on Federal News Network that there are three steps agencies should consider to accelerate digital transformation and data management efforts and one is enabling current operations and planning for future changes. “Strategic architectural design should optimize data management practices for the known, and to the extent possible, the unknown,” he said.
Read More »Abaco Gets Space Force Delivery Order for Satcom Ground Control Interfaces
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Abaco Systems a delivery order with an initial value of $900K to procure ground control interfaces that will support the service branch's Protected Tactical Satellite communication system.
Read More »Army’s Northrop-Built Integrated Battle Command System Gets Green Light for Production
The Integrated Battle Command System that Northrop Grumman developed for the U.S. Army to help link warfighters and sensors across the battlefield has been cleared by the Department of Defense for low-rate initial production, Defense News reported Wednesday.
Read More »Navy Vet Brian Weinstein to Lead Stantec’s Defense Ports, Maritime Business
Brian Weinstein, a 27-year U.S. Navy veteran and former vice commander of Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific, has been named leader of the defense ports and maritime practice at Stantec. He will also hold a senior principal role at Stantec and the company said Wednesday his appointment is part of the engineering, architecture and consulting firm's federal team expansion initiative.
Read More »Intelligent Waves Holds Spot on $950M USAF ABMS Contract for JADC2 Support; Marqus Hutchinson Quoted
Intelligent Waves has won a spot on a potential $950 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract from the U.S. Air Force to support Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2). “Leveraging our exceptional capabilities to deliver secure information sharing, for joint all-domain operations (JADO), is a strategic asset that more Defense and Intelligence Communities can now deploy with our subject matter expertise,” said Marqus Hutchinson, Intelligent Waves’ chief technical officer (CTO).
Read More »L3Harris Demos Multiband Antenna Prototype for Space Force Satcom Network; Ed Zoiss Quoted
L3Harris Technologies demonstrated the capacity of a phased array antenna prototype to support the U.S. Space Force’s Satellite Communications Network during a recent exercise at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado.
Read More »Accenture Federal Arm Wins $50M USPTO Contract for Financial Mgmt System Modernization; Rasha Nahas Quoted
Accenture's federal services business has been awarded a five-year, $50 million blanket purchase agreement by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to operate, maintain and modernize the agency’s financial management systems (FMS) for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO). “We are proud to support USPTO," said Rasha Nahas, managing director and the U.S. Department of Commerce lead for Accenture Federal Services.
Read More »Northrop Gets $325M USAF Contract to Support Joint STARS
Northrop Grumman has secured a $325 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to continue its support of the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS). “The overall modification and sustainment work will ensure continuous safety and system readiness for the E-8C fleet against evolving threat environments,” said Janice Zilch, vice president of manned airborne surveillance programs at Northrop Grumman.
Read More »Former GitLab Director Paul Almeida Joins Anchore as Public Sector Sales VP
Paul Almeida, former director of public sector sales at GitLab, has joined Anchore to serve as vice president, responsible for driving the company's sales in the public sector, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Tuesday. He will contribute experience in product sales and account management gained from his nearly 30-year career that also includes work with Oracle and VMWare.
Read More »Code42’s Insider Threat Security Platform Now Certified Under FedRAMP
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has approved Code42's cloud-based platform for use in the federal government to help agencies and other customers protect data and assets from insider threats. Code42's FedRAMP "Moderate Impact" authorization, supported by the Department of Energy, adds the platform to the FedRAMP Marketplace and validates its compliance with security assessment, authorization and continuous monitoring standards for cloud products and services, the company said Tuesday.
Read More »Kratos to Complete Dev’t of Turbojet Engine for UAVs, Cruise Missiles
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has received a $12.7M task order under the Advanced Turbine Technologies for Affordable Mission contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to wrap up the development of a turbojet engine designed for cruise missiles and attritable unmanned aerial vehicles.
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