Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
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Harish Luthra, CEO of SAP National Security Services, said SAP NS2’s partnership with Microsoft enables the deployment of software on cloud environments of government and public sector agencies without compromising the security of mission-critical workloads. Microsoft and SAP have created a secure cloud model that helps government and public sector agencies transform their mission-critical data […] More
HII‘s Newport News Shipbuilding division has laid the keel for the U.S. Navy’s 29th Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine. The keel authentication commences the construction of the future USS Oklahoma (SSN 802), the first Virginia-class ship in Block V configuration and the 14th vessel to be delivered by NNS, HII said Wednesday. Fast-attack submarines are employed […] More
Northrop Grumman‘s Antares rocket launched to space for the company’s 19th commercial resupply service mission to the International Space Station, Space.com reported Tuesday. Antares lifted off Tuesday from Pad-0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, carrying the space agency’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft to bring hardware, science experiments and crew supplies to ISS. Dubbed the […] More
Mike Madsen, former acting director of the Defense Innovation Unit, has been appointed vice president of national security solutions at strategic intelligence provider Strider Technologies. He will manage the delivery of new and existing capabilities to support the national security mission needs of Strider’s global portfolio of public sector customers, the Salt Lake City-headquartered company […] More
Mitre has developed an artificial intelligence-driven toolset to accelerate disability evaluation and determination processes for at-risk service members and veterans. The Medical Evaluation Readiness Information Toolset was created as part of a Mitre study for the Defense Health Agency to examine how existing health data sources could be used to help predict referral to the […] More
The Defense Information Systems Agency has selected Palantir Technologies‘ software to automate the coordination of mid-band spectrum sharing between the Department of Defense and commercial spectrum licensees. DISA’s Defense Spectrum Organization will use the software to integrate existing functions and capabilities into a single infrastructure to support formal and informal coordination processes in the 3450-3550 […] More
Anduril Industries and Epirus have combined their technologies to create a counter-unmanned aerial system with command and control capabilities in support of the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory’s ongoing technology assessment. Epirus’ high-power microwave counter-UAS technology Leonidas has been equipped with Anduril’s Lattice command and control system to provide warfighters with the capability to defend […] More
Hughes Network Systems, an EchoStar company, has deployed Jupiter 3, a next-generation ultra-high-density satellite manufactured by Maxar Technologies, to space aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The Ka-band spacecraft, also known as EchoStar XXIV, was released from the launch vehicle three hours and twenty-eight minutes after lift-off from Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A in […] More
PCI Productions has secured a potential five-year, $50 million contract to provide technical and administrative services to NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, and NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. The Huntsville, Alabama-headquartered small business will work with subcontractors Media Fusion and Alutiiq Career Ventures to perform business systems support for […] More
User authentication company Aware will deliver its cloud-based automated biometric identification system to the Miami Valley Regional Crime Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio, to assist criminal investigations. Aware said Thursday the forensic science facility purchased a five-year subscription to AwareABIS to streamline the intake and release process for subjects while enhancing community protection. “As Aware’s first […] More
The State Department has approved a potential $120.5 million foreign military sale of assault amphibious vehicles and related equipment to the government of Romania. The proposed FMS deal covers a total of 21 AAV units in personnel, command and recovery variants with 16 50-caliber machine guns and five 7.62 mm M240B machine guns, the Defense […] More
RiverTech, an Akima subsidiary, has been selected to help a numbered U.S. Air Force organization manage its planning and operational functions in support of U.S. Central Command requirements. The company will provide operational planning, systems engineering, training, global force management and integration services to the Ninth Air Force under a contract worth $11 million over […] More
