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Scott Feigenbaum Appointed Vice President of Solutions at Sierra7

Scott Feigenbaum has been named vice president of solutions at Sierra7, a government consulting and IT services provider. The McLean, Virginia-based company said Monday Feigenbaum will be deeply involved with Sierra7’s technology strategy by overseeing its development and implementation. The new VP will also be responsible for acquiring new government contracts and managing current government technology projects. […] More

by Miles Jamison March 18, 2025, 11:25 am
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in Artificial Intelligence, Government Technology, News, Technology

Google’s Gemini GenAI Tools Gain FedRAMP High Certification

Gemini, Google’s family of multimodal artificial intelligence applications, has received “High” certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Google said in a blog Tuesday that the top security FedRAMP authorization for Gemini comes as the first for generative AI tools. The authorization, which covers Gemini in Workspace apps and the Gemini app, provides […] More

by Arthur McMiler March 18, 2025, 11:22 am
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Dana Mehnert Named to Ultra I&C Board

Dana Mehnert, a former senior executive at L3Harris Technologies, will join Ultra Intelligence & Communications‘ board of directors this month. In a statement Monday, Jon Rucker, president and CEO of Ultra I&C and a two-time Wash100 awardee, said, “Throughout his career, Dana has demonstrated remarkable leadership in delivering mission-critical software defined communications solutions enabling transformative and rapid growth.” “His extensive […] More

by Kacey Roberts March 18, 2025, 11:20 am
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Redhorse Corporation Seeks to Bolster Industry Position With Acquisition of The Mannakee Group

Redhorse Corporation, a provider of data science and digital transformation products and services, has acquired The Mannakee Group, a developer of software tools for government clients. Solving Tomorrow’s Challenges Redhorse Corporation President Noah Klemm said in a statement Tuesday that the move will bolster the ability of both organizations “to deliver cutting-edge technology and data […] More

by Jerry Petersen March 18, 2025, 11:15 am
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Leidos Receives Contract to Help DARPA Address Mobile Device Vulnerabilities

Leidos has received an $8.8 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for development support of the Intelligent Generation of Tools for Security, or INGOTS, program. INGOTS aims to develop automated capabilities to detect and mitigate vulnerabilities in mobile devices, Leidos said Monday. The initiative is envisioned to safeguard mobile operating systems and […] More

by Derrick Henry March 18, 2025, 11:13 am
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in Artificial Intelligence, DOD, News

GDIT Exec Sees Benefits of Adaptive RAG in DOD GenAI Use

Dave Vennergrund, the vice president of artificial intelligence and data insights at General Dynamics Information Technology, recommends that the Department of Defense and its partners enhance their retrieval augmented generation deployments of generative AI with adaptive approaches. Conventional RAG Conventional RAG deployments work to improve the relevance of GenAI outputs and reduce hallucinations by allowing […] More

by Jerry Petersen March 18, 2025, 11:09 am
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in Artificial Intelligence, News, Technology

Palantir’s Warp Speed OS to Help Streamline SNC Operations

SNC will work with Palantir Technologies to streamline its operations using the latter’s Warp Speed operating system. The strategic partnership will accelerate the delivery of advanced technologies to support customers’ missions, SNC said Friday. The company will use the Palantir Foundry Ontology to modernize program execution by implementing artificial intelligence-enabled collaboration across engineering, supply chain […] More

by Derrick Henry March 18, 2025, 11:08 am
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DOD Platform One Grants AWS Marketplace ‘Awardable’ Status

The Department of Defense’s Platform One Solutions Marketplace has designated Amazon Web Services Marketplace as “Awardable,” allowing DOD organizations to procure services from over 4,000 providers. In an AWS blog posted on Friday, Josh Weatherly, global director of public sector industry partnerships and go-to-market for AWS Marketplace, said the “awardable designation will streamline and accelerate the department’s […] More

by Kacey Roberts March 18, 2025, 11:07 am
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in Contract Awards, DOD, News

Four Companies Receive Contracts to Build UAS Prototypes for Project Artemis

The Defense Innovation Unit has awarded four companies contracts to build long-range and one-way unmanned aerial system prototypes for evaluation under the Artemis project. The effort aims to produce loitering munitions that can operate in an electromagnetic contested environment, DIU said Friday. The chosen vendors are expected to deliver the prototypes at a specified price […] More

by Derrick Henry March 17, 2025, 10:01 am
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NOAA to Host Industry Day on Planned Space Weather Observations Contract

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has scheduled a virtual industry day on March 27 for parties interested in securing an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the agency’s space weather environmental observations project. According to NOAA’s draft request for proposal on the potential contract posted on SAM.gov Friday, the contractor overall will provide a multi-mission operations service […] More

by Arthur McMiler March 17, 2025, 9:38 am
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in Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Cybersecurity, News

New Pact Expands GDIT-AWS Partnership on Emerging Technologies

General Dynamics Information Technology and Amazon Web Services have entered into a new partnership on providing cloud, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity services to government customers. In a statement issued Friday, Ben Gianni, GDIT’s senior vice president and chief technology officer, called the agreement “a new, exciting phase” in the companies’ collaboration, with national security priorities […] More

by Arthur McMiler March 17, 2025, 9:11 am
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L3Harris Wins $79M Navy IDIQ to Enhance Undersea Training

L3Harris Technologies has won a $79.5 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to enhance its Undersea Training and Test and Evaluation range. The Department of Defense said Friday that L3Harris will handle operations, maintenance, repairs, logistics, modernization, cybersecurity and system upgrades for the range’s hardware and software. The competitively awarded contract has a five-year ordering […] More

by Kacey Roberts March 17, 2025, 7:58 am