Hewlett Packard Enterprise has secured an other transaction authority agreement from the Defense Information Systems Agency to build a prototype capability as part of a program that seeks to modernize the x86 server architecture to “achieve a unified operating experience” while supporting secure hybrid cloud and multicloud deployments. DISA announced the OTA award in a LinkedIn post published Friday.

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Varda Space Industries has raised $90 million in a series B funding led by Caffeinated Capital and will use the capital to build its infrastructure that supports pharmaceutical manufacturing in space. The company said Friday the investment follows the launch and reentry of its W-1 hypersonic reentry capsule to demonstrate the production of pharmaceuticals and other materials in microgravity.

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Neeraj Gupta, former senior vice president and general manager for space destinations at Sierra Space, has joined Voyager Space to serve as chief strategy officer. He will be responsible for driving Voyager Space's strategy development and execution aimed at pursuing market expansion, technology innovation and sustainable growth, the Denver, Colorado-based aviation and aerospace company said Monday.

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Mynaric has completed the initial deliveries of its free space optical communications terminal for multiple space-to-space and space-to-ground applications. The initial shipments of the CONDOR Mk3 will be included in the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Transport and Tracking Layer programs, among others, the company said Wednesday.

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Akamai Technologies has received an other transaction agreement from the U.S. Army to develop zero trust software prototypes in support of the service branch's Tactical-Identity Credential and Access Management project. The company will create T-ICAM prototypes to provide a zero trust network security architecture to secure access to Army networks used by combat units in contested operational environments, the military service said Friday.

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Verizon Business has partnered with NASA to enable the space agency to deliver a live broadcast of the solar eclipse set to take place on April 8. The partnership, which saw support from Leidos, involves the provisioning of a 1 gigabyte E-line service connecting the John Glenn Space Center to the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland, Verizon said Friday.

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CIO-SP4, officially known as the Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 4, is a government-wide acquisition contract vehicle administered by the National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC). At its core, it simplifies the process by which federal agencies can access a wide array of IT solutions.   The contract vehicle offers […] More

Enlightenment Capital, a government market investment firm, announced investing in Summit Technology Group, a key federal software partner, though the terms and amount of the investment were undisclosed. Devin Talbott, founder and managing partner of Enlightenment, said in a statement Thursday that STG will serve as the foundation for Enlightenment’s government and regulatory software solutions platform.

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Executive Mosaic is proud to announce the selection of U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, the newly-appointed director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, as a recipient of the Wash100 Award for 2024 for his dedication to ensuring the delivery of actionable intelligence to those who need it and for his determination to build up DIA as a world-class intelligence agency. This year marks the first time Kruse has won the prestigious award.

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

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Carahsoft Technology has closed an agreement with Australian artificial intelligence firm Trellis Data to distribute the latter’s Secure Chat suite to government agencies. Michael Adams, sales director at Carahsoft, said Thursday the company is “pleased to add Trellis Data’s Secure Chat and Speech solutions to Carahsoft’s Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning portfolio.”

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CAE has selected Jason Goodfriend to assume the role of interim group president of its Defense & Security business unit. He will succeed Daniel Gelston, who will stay with the company through May 2024 to support the transition, CAE announced from its Montreal, Quebec headquarters on Thursday.

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Accenture Federal Services and Google Public Sector have unveiled a new center of excellence that seeks to help federal agencies improve citizen experience while managing sensitive and classified workloads using data management platforms and generative artificial intelligence technologies. The Data and AI Center of Excellence will provide agency clients with access to Google Cloud's AI-based code generation tools, Vertex AI platform, language models, specialized data and AI experts and AI-optimized infrastructure, the companies said in a joint release published Thursday.

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