According to Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch of Viasat, the commercial satellite communications industry views the inclusion of a $134 million line item for commercial satcom integration within the proposed fiscal year 2025 Pentagon budget as a positive development. "We're hopeful this means DoD is getting more serious about leveraging commercial capabilities," Viasat's senior vice president for government strategy and policy told SpaceNews in a recent interview.

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Orca Security’s agentless cloud security offering will be promoted to the public sector under a partnership agreement with Carahsoft Technology. Carahsoft said Thursday the Orca Cloud Security Platform delivers comprehensive insights into an organization's cloud risk and compliance within 24 hours and eliminates blind spots and performance issues associated with agent-based services.

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The U.S. Marine Corps demonstrated two uncrewed low-profile vessel prototypes, designed by Leidos, during Project Convergence Capstone 4, a joint and multinational military exercise hosted by the U.S. Army. Leidos said Friday the LPV prototypes were delivered to the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory in 2023 for testing and technical assessment and their participation in the exercise marks the next stage of experimentation for the autonomous-capable vessels.

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Peraton has opened a new office in San Antonio, Texas, as part of its efforts to expand its presence in the state's technology community and strengthen collaboration with federal agencies, academia and local industry partners. "Peraton is thrilled to be a member of the San Antonio tech community where we can bring our experience as a mission capability integrator and long-time mission partner to further support the U.S. Air Force and the Intelligence Community," Tom Afferton, president of the cyber mission sector at Peraton, said in a statement published Friday.

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General Atomics' aeronautical systems business will provide technical services for the U.S. Army's MQ-1C Gray Eagle aircraft under a $561.5 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The Department of Defense said Thursday that General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. will perform contract work through March 28, 2029.

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Matt Desch bagged his 10th Wash100 award in 2024. For a decade, he has propelled telecommunications, satellite, and technology industries and shaped the government contracting landscape into a future-forward domain for citizens, leaders, and the next generation.   Learn more about Matt Desch and his decade-long journey to becoming one of the foremost leaders in […] More

C3 AI has announced an enhanced partnership agreement with Paradyme to hasten the delivery of artificial intelligence offerings to the U.S. intelligence community. The enterprise AI application software company said Thursday it started working with the technology solutions provider in 2021 and that they have delivered AI-powered applications to federal agencies since.

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HawkEye 360 has selected four individuals for its Advisory Board’s Class of 2024. These appointees include two retired generals – Gen. David Thompson and Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster – as well as Terry McAuliffe and Joan Dempsey, the Herndon, Virginia-based company announced on Thursday.

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Solon, Ohio-based military and expeditionary systems provider HDT Global has won a potential 10-year, $432.6 million contract to provide rigid wall shelters for the U.S. Army.

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Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce that Paul Smith has once again been named a winner of the Wash100 Award. Smith's win this year, his fourth overall, is in recognition of his achievements as the new CEO of Rancher Government Solutions, leading the Kubernetes management software provider to a key new hire, the formation of industry partnerships and the rollout of Rancher Government Hauler.

The Popular Vote Competition of the 2024 Wash100 Award runs through April 30, 2024. Click here to vote for Paul Smith as one of your favorite GovCon industry leaders!

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RTX subsidiary Raytheon has received a potential two-year, $287 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide recertification and modernization support for 166 Tomahawk Block IV all-up-round missiles. The modification also includes missile obsolescence and health monitoring, depot support, software maintenance and related hardware procurement services, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.

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The Department of Homeland Security is planning to release a request for proposal for a small business set-aside contract worth approximately $50 million to $100 million to provide enterprise-wide acquisition support services to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA requires expert contractor acquisition, programmatic and technical support services to help improve procurement operations and expand mission support capabilities across the agency, according to a notice posted on the Acquisition Planning Forecast System.

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