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Naomi Cooper

is a full-time writer for ArchIntel, a division of Executive Mosaic, and a contributor for ExecutiveBiz. She covers emerging technologies, technology innovation, contract awards, partnerships and market expansion stories in the government contracting industry.

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  • in Contract Awards, News

    HII to Provide USAFE-AFAFRICA With Advisory, Assistance Services via $995M Multi-Award Deal; Andy Green Quoted

    HII‘s mission technologies business unit will provide advisory and assistance services to U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa under a $995 million multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The company said Wednesday it will assist USAFE-AFAFRICA personnel in conducting information analyses, evaluations and training activities across European Command and Africa Command areas of responsibility. Andy […] More

  • in News

    Inmarsat Government Launches Ultra-Lightweight Version of L-Band Airborne ISR Service

    Inmarsat‘s government business arm has released the ultra-lightweight version of its L-band airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance user terminal that works to enable secure satellite-based beyond line-of-sight communications. LAISR ULW is supported by Inmarsat Government’s Black ICE Medium Software Defined Radio and features multiple antenna options ranging from compact omnidirectional ultra wideband patch antennas to […] More

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    Gregory Bowman: Siemens Xcelerator Digital Offering Supports DOD Organic Industrial Base Modernization

    Gregory Bowman, chief strategy officer and senior vice president at Siemens Government Technologies, highlighted an open digital business platform that the company designed to support the modernization of the Department of Defense’s organic industrial base. In a LinkedIn post published Tuesday, Bowman said the Siemens Xcelerator works to enable organizations to use a suite of […] More

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    Raytheon Launches Intelligent-Sensing Tech With Advanced Threat Identification Capabilities

    Raytheon Technologies has unveiled an electro-optical intelligent-sensing technology designed to provide enhanced threat identification capabilities to pilots. RAIVEN uses light detection and ranging sensors and hyperspectral imagery to enable real-time optical and spectral object identification and employs artificial intelligence to generate a complete picture of the battlefield, Raytheon said Monday. Torrey Cady, vice president of […] More

  • in Cybersecurity, News

    Forcepoint Joins CISA-Led Collaboration on Threat Intelligence; Sean Berg Quoted

    Forcepoint has joined a public-private partnership led by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to enhance information sharing on cybersecurity threats. The Herndon, Virginia-headquartered security company said Monday it will build on its experience in leading cybersecurity efforts for defense, civilian and intelligence agencies to support the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative‘s mission to improve the […] More

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    QuSecure, Red Hat Collaborate on Post-Quantum Cryptography Offering

    Software company QuSecure has teamed up with Red Hat to deliver a classical and post-quantum cybersecurity offering to government and commercial customers. QuSecure said Friday it has developed a crypto-agile cybersecurity technology using open-source hybrid cloud and automation platforms from Red Hat to help government and private enterprises adopt a zero trust quantum resilient architecture […] More

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    New DARPA Program Seeks to Develop Microbial Sensors for Environmental Monitoring

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has issued a broad agency announcement for a new program to develop microbial sensing devices for use in environmental monitoring activities. Tellus is aimed at creating an interactive methodology to design microbial sense-and-respond devices to detect a range of chemical and physical signals, collect and process the information and […] More

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    VMware Gets FedRAMP Certification for vRealize Suite Cloud Offering

    VMware has received High authorization from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Joint Authorization Board for its portfolio of cloud management offerings for the U.S. public sector, said Gabriel Martinez, senior product line marketing manager for cloud management. The vRealize Suite Cloud offers advanced analytics and reporting, automation and orchestration capabilities, as well as […] More

  • in M&A Activity, News

    Class Buys CoSo Cloud to Boost Virtual Learning Market Footprint

    Electronic learning software developer Class has acquired CoSo Cloud, a provider of secure private cloud managed services, for an undisclosed amount as part of efforts to expand its workforce development and virtual training offerings for government and commercial customers. San Francisco, California-headquartered CoSo Cloud will combine its workforce with Class‘ team of technologists and compliance […] More

  • in Contract Awards, News

    BAE to Develop Advanced Autonomy for Generating Warfare Planning Strategies

    BAE Systems will build an advanced autonomy system to accelerate warfare planning under phase one of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program. The company said Wednesday its FAST Labs research and development organization will create a machine learning-powered analytic engine and execute tests to demonstrate and validate the approach as part of the Strategic […] More

  • in Contract Awards, News

    Serco Books $63M Army Contract for Broadband Data Network Logistics Sustainment; Tom Watson Quoted

    Serco‘s North American business arm has secured a potential $63 million contract to deliver data network installation and logistics sustainment support to the Integrated Fires Rapid Capabilities Office of the U.S. Army. The company said Wednesday it will install and maintain a satellite broadband voice and data network, provide logistics database administration support and conduct […] More

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    Carahsoft Adds Okta for US Military Identity Environment to ESI Offerings; Steve Jacyna Quoted

    Carahsoft Technology has agreed to offer Okta‘s identity environment built exclusively for U.S. military customers through its blanket purchase agreement for the Department of Defense’s Enterprise Software Initiative. The Reston, Virginia-headquartered company said Tuesday it will serve as the distributor for Okta for US Military, a cloud-native identity-as-a-service platform designed to host controlled unclassified information […] More