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    HII Authenticates Arkansas Submarine Keel

    HII‘ Newport News Shipbuilding division has authenticated the keel of the Virginia-class submarine Arkansas, marking a milestone on the development of another fast attack vessel for the U.S. Navy.  The submarine, or SSN 800, underwent a keel authentication ceremony with sponsors Little Rock Nine, the first African-American students to attend Central High School in Little […] More

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    CISA, GSA Soliciting Info for Cyber Threat Intelligence Exchange Platform Development

    The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is seeking input from potential vendors that can help it develop a cyber threat intelligence exchange platform. According to a SAM.gov notice, the request for information was posted by the General Services Administration on behalf of CISA, which is working to create a Threat Intelligence Enterprise Services unit. CISA’s […] More

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    SBA Selects Navancio for SaaS Development, Automation Support BPA

    Navancio has received a potential five-year, $23 million blanket purchase agreement from the Small Business Administration to help SBA advance automation, broaden capabilities within its Salesforce environment and facilitate workflows in support of the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program. The company said Monday it will design and build a software-as-a-service platform to improve audit reporting […] More

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    ICF Secures CMS Contracts for Digital Modernization Support

    ICF was awarded two contracts worth $45 million to assist the Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in its digital modernization efforts aimed at bolstering public health data access. Under a potential 54-month, $25 million recompete task order, ICF will manage and develop CMS’ health data sharing website, the […] More

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    Aerojet Rocketdyne to Open New Defense Manufacturing Facility in Huntsville

    Aerojet Rocketdyne aims to expand its presence in Huntsville, Alabama, with the development of a manufacturing facility that will accommodate the production of new capabilities for its defense business unit.  The company said Monday it will transition some inert work from its current Camden, Arkansas, location to the 379,000-square-foot manufacturing facility envisioned to be operational […] More

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    Christopher Powell Named Business Development VP at IMRI

    Christopher Powell III, a federal contracting executive with more than 30 years of industry experience, has joined Information Management Resources Inc. as vice president of business development. In his new role, Powell will manage IMRI’s strategic partnerships with large and small federal systems integrators and oversee business development and capture management initiatives for the federal […] More

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    CAES President & CEO Mike Kahn Joins Executive Committee of Aerospace Industries Association

    The Aerospace Industries Association has chosen CAES President and CEO Mike Kahn to sit on its Board of Governors Executive Committee. Kahn’s two-year term will involve expanding membership programs and services, and ensuring that AIA stays true to its mission of providing guidance to the government and aerospace and defense industry, CAES announced Monday. AIA’s […] More

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    DARPA Seeks Proposals for Artificial Intelligence Reinforcements Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has started soliciting proposals for a program that seeks to develop artificial intelligence agents and modeling and simulation approaches for multiship, beyond visual range defensive and offensive air combat missions. The AI Reinforcements program intends to advance tactical autonomy capabilities that could work with sensors, electronic warfare and other […] More

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    Maxar’s Jon Love on Using Cloud, AI Tools to Process Satellite Imagery to Support Government Missions

    Jon Love, vice president of strategic growth at Maxar Technologies, said cloud computing has provided the capability to access and process large volumes of satellite imagery amid the explosion of data driven by the proliferation of sensors. When asked how Maxar helps agencies accelerate the decision-making process, he said during a FedScoop panel discussion aired […] More

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    Raytheon Awarded $114M Navy Contract Modification for Air-to-Air Missile Production

    ​Raytheon Technologies‘ missiles and defense business has secured a $113.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to manufacture and deliver more AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II missiles as part of Lot 22 production. The Defense Department said Friday Raytheon Missiles and Defense will provide missiles, all-up-round containers, missile guidance units, missile tactical sectionalization kits, support equipment, general […] More

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    General Atomics Researchers Secure DOE Funding for Tokamak Research

    The Department of Energy has provided five researchers from General Atomics with funding to perform experimental research on fusion energy at tokamak facilities in support of the administration’s goal of developing a fusion energy pilot plant. General Atomics said Friday research projects at tokamak facilities in the U.S. and worldwide are mainly focused on creating […] More

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    Blue Origin Gets Opportunity to Compete for Future Space Launch Contract

    Space Systems Command has signed a cooperative research and development agreement with Blue Origin to enable the latter’s New Glenn heavy-lift launch vehicle to compete for future National Security Space Launch program. The agreement requires Blue Origin to restart and complete certification flights for New Glenn and provide the Assured Access to Space Directorate with […] More