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    Battelle-Led Industry Team Requests DOE Funding for Direct Air Capture Hub Program

    An industry team led by Battelle has requested funding from the Department of Energy to advance the commercialization of technologies designed to extract and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Battelle said Wednesday it partnered with direct air capture technology providers Climeworks and Heirloom and geologic storage company Gulf Coast Sequestration to establish and operate […] More

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    Raytheon Awarded Air Force Contract for Engineering Technical Services

    Raytheon Technologies has secured a $14.4 million contract to provide the U.S. Air Force and international military customers with contractor engineering and technical services for aircraft systems maintenance. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract was awarded on a sole source basis and covers unclassified foreign military sales to Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, South Korea, Saudi Arabia and Thailand, the […] More

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    Rob Stein, Salesforce NA Public Sector Head, Gains 2023 Wash100 Recognition for IT Sales Leadership

    Executive Mosaic is pleased to induct Rob Stein, senior vice president of Salesforce‘s North American public sector business, into the 2023 Wash100 in recognition of his leadership in driving the company’s information technology sales strategy in the government market. “Rob is a seasoned leader and expert technologist for software-as-a-service companies and applications. Following NetApp, he landed […] More

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    Lockheed Offers Licenses for Commercial Ground Control, Mission Planning Software

    Lockheed Martin has begun offering licenses to commercial satellite developers and operators looking to use its Horizon command and control and Compass mission planning software for future space missions. The company said the C2 and mission planning platforms are designed to help satellite companies enable autonomous operations, orbit management and formation flying for constellations of […] More

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    Xage Security to Help Secure Kinder Morgan’s Critical Infrastructure

    Kinder Morgan Inc., a critical infrastructure operator that delivers oil and gas to U.S. government and commercial clients, has selected Xage Security to secure its information technology and operational technology systems. Xage said Tuesday it will provide the energy infrastructure operator with zero trust access and data security products to help boost its cybersecurity resilience […] More

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    Ethisphere Names Parsons, Leidos Among World’s Most Ethical Companies; Carey Smith, Roger Krone Quoted

    Parsons and Leidos have been named to Ethisphere Institute‘s list of the world’s most ethical companies for 2023 for their efforts to advance ethically driven corporate governance and business practices. The awards mark Parsons’ 14th consecutive selection to the annual list and Leidos’ sixth consecutive year to receive recognition from the institute, the companies said […] More

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    Seagate, LANL Partner on Enabling Compute Capabilities Near Storage

    Seagate Technology‘s government solutions business has entered into a cooperative research and development agreement with the Los Alamos National Laboratory to collaborate on a high-performance computing architecture for erasure-encoded data. Under the CRADA, the team will explore creating an architecture designed to enable computing functions in hard disk storage to allow faster data retrieval at […] More

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    GSA Requests Info on Supply Chain Risk Illumination Tools Procurement

    The General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service has begun seeking feedback from industry sources on a potential 10-year governmentwide multiple-award blanket purchase agreement to procure supply chain risk visibility tools. A notice posted Friday on SAM.gov states that the Supply Chain Risk Illumination Professional Tools and Services BPA will be awarded against GSA Multiple Award […] More

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    Carahsoft to Distribute Acalvio’s Cyber Deception Technology to Public Sector

    Carahsoft Technology has agreed to offer Acalvio Technologies‘ cyber deception platform to public sector customers through its reseller partner network and government contract vehicles. Acalvio’s ShadowPlex advanced deception technology uses artificial intelligence to automate the identification and mitigation of advanced persistent threats, malware and ransomware attacks, Carahsoft said Thursday. ShadowPlex gathers intelligence about attack tactics, […] More

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    Anduril Opens New UAV R&D, Production Facility in Atlanta

    Anduril has unveiled a new facility in Atlanta, Georgia, that will house the production of its suite of autonomous air systems including the multi-domain unmanned aerial vehicle Altius. The company said Monday the 180,000-square-foot office includes research and development laboratories, a 3D printing facility, a machine shop and a manufacturing lab to support the production […] More

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    VMware Horizon Cloud Service Secures Authorization for Federal, State Agency Use

    VMware has achieved authorization to offer its Horizon cloud service to federal, state, local and tribal government agencies looking to migrate to the cloud. The company said Thursday it secured high authority to operate under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program and State Risk and Authorization Management Program for its desktop virtualization service available […] More

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    Parsons to Build Counter-Drone, Cruise Missile System for USAFE-AFAFRICA

    Parsons has secured an $18 million task order to help U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa build an air base air defense system designed to counter cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles. The company said Thursday it will consolidate ABAD technical baseline capabilities, build training methods for the new air defense system, […] More