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  • Rise8 Secures STRATFI Funding for Warp Core Initiative
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    Rise8 Secures STRATFI Funding for Warp Core Initiative

    Software developer Rise8 has been selected for the first cycle of program year 2025 of SpaceWERX’s Strategic Funding Increase, or STRATFI, along with seven other small businesses. The Tampa, Florida-based company said its STRATFI award calls for providing the Space Systems Command with a third-party applications pipeline for continuous authorization to operate, or cATO, on […] More

  • Air Force Awards Next-Generation Fighter Aircraft Contract to Boeing
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    Air Force Awards Next-Generation Fighter Aircraft Contract to Boeing

    Boeing has secured the engineering and manufacturing development contract for the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation fighter aircraft. The Next-Generation Air Dominance, or NGAD, platform, also known as the F-47, is expected to feature superior range and better survivability, lethality and adaptability, Boeing said in an announcement Friday. Steve Parker, Boeing Defense, Space & Security interim […] More

  • Darktrace Cybersecurity Platform Gains FedRAMP High ATO
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    Darktrace Cybersecurity Platform Gains FedRAMP High ATO

    Darktrace Federal has received high authority to operate under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its artificial intelligence-based cybersecurity tool for government customers’ information and operational technologies, including e-mail.  Bolstering federal government cybersecurity has grown “more urgent,” with the increased use of AI in cyberattacks, said Marcus Fowler, Darktrace Federal CEO in the […] More

  • Vertosoft to Serve as Public Sector Distributor of MongoDB Data Platform
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    Vertosoft to Serve as Public Sector Distributor of MongoDB Data Platform

    MongoDB has partnered with Vertosoft for the public sector distribution of its Atlas for Government data platform designed to help government users keep abreast of private technology innovations while remaining compliant with federal regulations. Jay Colavita, Vertosoft president, cited in a statement on Tuesday the versatility advantage of MongoDB’s offering as an exciting addition to […] More

  • RGS Launches New Intelligence Community Cloud Support Tool for Kubernetes Management
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    RGS Launches New Intelligence Community Cloud Support Tool for Kubernetes Management

    Rancher Government Solutions is providing new technical support to customers working in classified cloud regions, including Intelligence Community users. The IC Cloud Support that it now offers makes managing Kubernetes in classified environments less complicated and not as labor-intensive as typical processes, RGS said Tuesday. The core of the new Rancher Government platform’s support tool […] More

  • BAE Lands New $188M Navy Contract for Amphibious Combat Vehicles
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    BAE Lands New $188M Navy Contract for Amphibious Combat Vehicles

    BAE Systems’ business unit Land & Armaments has secured a firm-fixed-price contract modification valued about $188.5 million from the U.S. Navy for the production of 30 medium caliber cannons mission variants of the Marine Corps’ amphibious combat vehicles, or ACVs. The contract’s deliverables also include equipment fielding and support to the Marines, according to a […] More

  • Google’s Gemini GenAI Tools Gain FedRAMP High Certification
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    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

  • NOAA to Host Industry Day on Planned Space Weather Observations Contract
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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

  • New Pact Expands GDIT-AWS Partnership on Emerging Technologies
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    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

  • Databricks Partners With Palantir to Secure AI Workflows
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    Databricks Partners With Palantir to Secure AI Workflows

    Databricks, a data, analytics and artificial intelligence company, is integrating its data intelligence platform with the AI ontology system of Palantir Technologies under a strategic partnership between the two companies. The product tie-up is designed to provide customers with an open and scalable data structure for the scalable use of GenAI, machine learning and data warehousing, […] More

  • Constellis Gains Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification
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    Constellis Gains Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification

    Non-financial risk management firm Constellis announced that it has received Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, or CMMC, Level 2 from Cyber AB, the Department of Defense’s nongovernmental partner in the CMMC program. Terry Ryan, Constellis CEO and a Wash100 awardee, thanked the company’s team that hurdled the rigorous certification process and ensured compliance at the highest […] More

  • NCMA Reappoints New Lockheed Exec Megan Dake as Board Member
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    NCMA Reappoints New Lockheed Exec Megan Dake as Board Member

    The National Contract Management Association has reappointed Megan Dake, Lockheed Martin’s new vice president of corporate contract and cost estimating, to its board of directors for NCMA’s 2026 program year. Two other reappointments and a pair of new directors have been slated for the program year, the association said. Dake joined Lockheed Martin in February after […] More