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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 News

    Mitre Engenuity Provides Guidance on National Semiconductor Technology Center Development

    Mitre Engenuity’s Semiconductor Alliance has released a paper outlining steps to guide the Department of Commerce’s planned development of a national semiconductor technology center to support the domestic chip manufacturing industry. The paper provides four key points to developing an NSTC that delivers long-lasting impact: implementing effective and inclusive governance; setting a high-impact technology agenda; […] More

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    Carahsoft to Distribute Celonis Software to Government Customers Under GSA Schedule; Craig Abod Quoted

    Carahsoft Technology has agreed to offer Celonis’ execution management system to the public sector through the General Services Administration’s governmentwide procurement vehicle. The Celonis EMS uses process mining technology to give end-to-end transparency and visibility to customers’ business processes and reveal operational inefficiencies, Carahsoft said Tuesday. The software supports key government processes including finance, procurement, […] More

  • in Executive Moves, News

    Tim Cunningham Appointed Space Software Partnerships, Solutions VP at Leidos

    Tim Cunningham, former vice president and chief technology officer of C4ISR solutions operation for defense group at Leidos, has been named VP of space software partnerships and solutions at the Reston, Virginia-headquartered company.   In LinkedIn post published Monday, the retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel shared he will work with commercial and traditional space […] More

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    Iron Bow Taps Former HPE Subsidiary Exec Henry Tragle to Lead Army, DISA Teams

    Henry Tragle, a former director at Hewlett Packard Enterprise‘s Aruba subsidiary, has been appointed vice president of the Department of Defense at Iron Bow Technologies. In a LinkedIn post, Tragle shared that he will be responsible for the U.S. Army and Defense Information Systems Agency groups at the Herndon, Virginia-headquartered technology company. Tragle’s move followed […] More

  • in Contract Awards, News

    Jacobs to Provide Kennedy Space Center Support Under $3.2B NASA Contract; Steve Arnette Quoted

    Jacobs will help manage launch infrastructure and ground systems at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida under a potential 10-year, $3.2 billion contract. The company said Friday it will support key NASA programs including the Exploration Ground Systems, the Orion and Space Launch System rockets and the International Space Station as part of the Consolidated […] More

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    Red Hat Tools Added to AWS Marketplace Through Carahsoft; Chris Smith Quoted

    Carahsoft Technology has added Red Hat‘s open source, cloud-based tools to Amazon Web Services‘ online marketplace to give public sector customers access to automation, digital transformation and security capabilities. The Red Hat Enterprise Linux, OpenShift and Ansible Automation Platform as well as Red Hat’s training, professional services and certification services are now available as repackaged […] More

  • in Artificial Intelligence, Contract Awards, News

    Peraton Labs to Develop AI-Powered Adaptive Control System for DARPA

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected Peraton‘s applied research unit to create machine learning-based introspection tools to enable military assets to respond and adapt to unpredictable events. Peraton Labs said Thursday it will develop an artificial intelligence-powered adaptive control system that will provide guidance and situational awareness in real-time to an autonomous controller […] More

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    Peraton Labs Open Sources 5G Security Projects Under Linux Foundation

    Two Peraton Labs projects focused on 5G broadband network security have been added to the Linux Foundation‘s portfolio of open source projects. The ProD3 and SEDIMENT initiatives are part of the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s Open Programmable Secure 5G program that aims to develop open source software and systems designed to improve 5G security, […] More

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    Lockheed, Juniper Demo Routing Technology to Optimize Military Data Flow; Dan Rice Quoted

    Lockheed Martin has partnered with Juniper Networks to demonstrate a routing technology intended to streamline the dissemination of critical information from remote environments to U.S. military commanders. Under the partnership, Lockheed said it integrated its Dynamic Data Link Manager with Juniper’s Session Smart Routing technology to deliver a hybrid software-defined wide-area network that provides secure […] More

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    Peraton Unit, Program Appraised at CMMI Level 3 for Development; Roger Mason Quoted

    Peraton‘s Delivery Excellence Group has been appraised at Maturity Level 3 under the CMMI Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration Version 2.2 framework for development. The CMMI Institute also made a Level 3 appraisal for development to the Space Exploration Network Services and Evolution program within Peraton’s space and intelligence business unit, Peraton said Tuesday. DEG […] More

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    Northrop to Produce Handheld Laser Targeting Device for Marine Corps

    Northrop Grumman will manufacture a laser-based man-portable targeting system to enable U.S. Marine Corps personnel operating in GPS-denied environments to identify and locate extended-range targets. The company said Tuesday it received an initial production and operations contract for the Next Generation Handheld Targeting System, a single handheld device intended to help Marines conduct laser guidance […] More

  • in News, Space

    Inmarsat’s 2nd Dual-Band Satcom Spacecraft Launches Aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket; Rajeev Suri Quoted

    Inmarsat‘s latest commercial communications spacecraft launched Friday aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to provide global coverage to customers starting in 2024. The Inmarsat-6 F2 satellite is a dual-band network infrastructure that is intended to provide satcom capabilities to both U.S. government and commercial customers through the […] More