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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

    General Atomics Books Order for Navy Aircraft Launch & Recovery System Sustainment

    Naval Air Systems Command has awarded General Atomics a five-year, $43.8 million order to help the U.S. Navy sustain its aircraft launch and recovery technology. General Atomics will perform configuration management, logistics product updates, program planning support, technical support and engineering for the electromagnetic aircraft launch system and advanced arresting gear systems sustainment effort, the […] More

  • in Contract Awards, News

    CACI Secures $69M Deal to Extend Army Personnel Pay System Support

    CACI International‘s integrated security solutions business has received a $68.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Army for the continued assistance in fielding and sustainment of an online human resources system that manages personnel and pay procedures. The modification extends for one year the provision of training, deployment and maintenance support for the Integrated Personnel […] More

  • in News

    Pentagon Accounting Office Requests Info on Financial System Maintenance, Development

    The Defense Finance and Accounting Service is requesting industry input on information technology support services needed to help develop and maintain its federal accounting system.  A maintenance and development contract is being considered to cover documentation and analysis to design, develop, test and implement automated capabilities in the Defense Integrated Financial System, according to a […] More

  • in News

    Spectral Energies Estimates $50M in Funding for Defense Tech Facility Establishment

    Spectral Energies is seeking to raise $50 million in approximate funding to support the planning and development of a defense-focused facility for hypersonic counter-threat technologies production, The Business Journals reported Wednesday. The Beavercreek, Ohio-headquartered aerospace and defense technology provider is looking to receive $5 million through the Dayton Region Priority Development and Advocacy Committee and […] More

  • in News

    USACE to Launch Solicitation for ANSol Tank Farm Facility Construction

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to launch a full and open competition for the construction of a new ammonium nitrate solution tank farm facility at the Holston Army Ammunition Plant in Kingsport, Tennessee. In a notice posted Wednesday on SAM.gov, USACE said the design-build project is estimated to cost between $100 million and […] More

  • in Contract Awards, News

    General Atomics to Sustain Army Gray Eagle UAS Under $75M Contract

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has secured a $75 million contract to help the U.S. Army sustain its fleet of Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft systems. The company will provide logistics support for the sustainment of the Gray Eagle Block 0 system under the sole source contract, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.  The CLS contract […] More

  • in Executive Moves, News

    Patricia Kitchen to Lead Capture, Business Development Efforts at Peraton

    Patricia Kitchen, a former account and capture executive at Peraton, has been appointed as director of capture and business development at the Herndon, Virginia-headquartered company, according to a LinkedIn post published Tuesday. Kitchen took on the new position more than a year after joining Peraton. Earlier, she spent over six years at Northrop Grumman, where […] More

  • in Contract Awards, News

    Raytheon to Deliver Upgraded Patriot Hardware, MID Systems to South Korea

    Raytheon Technologies has secured a $30.1 million contract from the U.S. Army to deliver hardware upgrades to the Patriot air and missile defense system and provide the latest version of the Multifunctional Information Distribution Systems to South Korea.  Army Contracting Command received one bid for the fixed-price incentive contract via the internet and obligated contract […] More

  • in News, Space

    OneWeb Technologies’ Kevin Steen on LEO Satellite Applications for Goverment, Military

    Kevin Steen, CEO of OneWeb Technologies, said there is an increased demand from the U.S. government for low-Earth orbit constellations to provide satellite communications capabilities in support of a range of military and civilian applications. In a Kratos Defense & Security Solutions‘ Constellations podcast, Steen said LEO constellations provide low latency broadband services to support […] More

  • in Cybersecurity, News

    DISA OKs Automated Benchmark for Microsoft Windows Server 2022 STIG

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has cleared the automated benchmark for a security technical implementation guide that provides cybersecurity requirements for Microsoft’s Windows Server. A notice posted Friday on the DOD Cyber Exchange said the benchmark is effective immediately upon release and available for Department of Defense personnel with a common access card.  The Windows […] More

  • in Contract Awards, News

    Leonardo Receives $110M Contract Modification for Navy TH-73A Helicopter Production

    A Leonardo subsidiary has secured a $110.5 million contract modification to produce 26 additional TH-73A training helicopters for the U.S. Navy.  The firm-fixed-price award exercises an option for the lot IV production of the AgustaWestland Philadelphia-built advanced helicopter training system, Leonardo said Saturday.  Eighty percent of contract work will take place in Philadelphia and the […] More

  • in Cybersecurity, News

    Zscaler Joins CISA’s Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative; Stephen Kovac Quoted

    Cloud security provider Zscaler has joined the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, a public-private collaboration aimed at strengthening the nation’s cybersecurity posture. Zscaler said Monday it will offer expertise from its ThreatLabz embedded research team and intelligence from its cloud security platform to support the JCDC as it seeks to develop […] More