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  • Brig. Gen. Heath Collins: Air Force to Pick Vendor for Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile Program by September
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    Brig. Gen. Heath Collins: Air Force to Pick Vendor for Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile Program by September

    Brig. Gen. Heath Collins, program executive officer for weapons, said the U.S. Air Force is preparing to select a contractor to develop a hypersonic cruise missile by the end of September, Breaking Defense reported Friday. “Later this summer or later fall, given all this data coming together, will be when we would be looking to […] More

  • Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft Begins 2nd Orbital Flight Test
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    Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft Begins 2nd Orbital Flight Test

    A Boeing-built reusable spacecraft carrying more than 800 pounds of crew supplies and cargo lifted off Thursday as part of the Orbital Flight Test-2 mission to the International Space Station under a partnership with NASA. The CST-100 Starliner spacecraft launched aboard a United Launch Alliance-made Atlas V rocket from a space launch complex at Cape […] More

  • Sarcos Gets AFRL Collaborative Sensing Tech Development Contract
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    Sarcos Gets AFRL Collaborative Sensing Tech Development Contract

    A Sarcos Technology and Robotics subsidiary will develop collaborative sensing algorithms under a contract with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. Sarcos Defense will build a tool that would enable the Department of Defense to use unmanned aircraft systems, unmanned aerial vehicles and other autonomous and semi-autonomous platforms to detect, classify and track time-critical objects […] More

  • HighPoint to Support FCC Under Application Development Services IDIQ
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    HighPoint to Support FCC Under Application Development Services IDIQ

    HighPoint will provide software and application development support for the Federal Communications Commission under a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The IDIQ contract also includes the delivery of project and program management services, extreme programming and documentation support to the FCC’s office of the chief information officer, HighPoint said Thursday. The company will help the FCC and […] More

  • Carahsoft to Offer Nearmap’s Aerial Imagery, Geospatial Data to Government Customers
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    Carahsoft to Offer Nearmap’s Aerial Imagery, Geospatial Data to Government Customers

    Carahsoft Technology will bring Nearmap’s geospatial data, aerial imagery and location intelligence services to public sector customers through its contract vehicles and reseller partners. The partnership with Carahsoft will enable Nearmap to streamline the delivery of geospatial content and related services and tools to federal, state and local government agencies in support of military and […] More

  • Parsons Unveils New Org to Accelerate Digital Tech Delivery to National Security, Infrastructure Markets
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    Parsons Unveils New Org to Accelerate Digital Tech Delivery to National Security, Infrastructure Markets

    Parsons has introduced a digital organization that seeks to adopt a data-driven approach to delivering digital-enabled platforms to customers in national security and critical infrastructure markets. Parsons X will serve as a digital accelerator that will bring together innovation across the areas of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, digital twins, machine learning and federating data to facilitate […] More

  • Netcentric Technology to Operate Satellite Data Acquisition Facility Under NOAA Contract
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    Netcentric Technology to Operate Satellite Data Acquisition Facility Under NOAA Contract

    Netcentric Technology has received a potential five-year, $44.1 million contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to operate and maintain a data acquisition facility for NOAA’s polar-orbiting environmental satellites. The company will provide information technology administration and security, supervision and property management support for NOAA’s Fairbanks Command and Data Acquisition Station in Alaska under […] More

  • Golden Key Group Holds Spot on $370M DIA HR Support Contract Vehicle
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    Golden Key Group Holds Spot on $370M DIA HR Support Contract Vehicle

    Professional services firm Golden Key Group has secured a position on a potential eight-year, $370 million contract to provide human resources support services for the Defense Intelligence Agency. GKG said Tuesday it will offer talent management, workforce analytics, policy and programs, records management and hiring and staffing support to DIA’s HR operations and services office […] More

  • GDMS Awarded NSA Ethernet Encryptor Development Contract; Brian Morrison Quoted
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    GDMS Awarded NSA Ethernet Encryptor Development Contract; Brian Morrison Quoted

    General Dynamics’ mission systems business will design, build and test an ethernet encryptor under a National Security Agency contract. The company said Tuesday it will deliver under the NSA contract its TACLANE E-Series Adaptable Security Platform that could help organizations protect classified cloud environments and data centers. TACLANE E-Series ASP is an Ethernet Data Encryption […] More

  • Open SSF, The Linux Foundation Seek to Improve Open Source Software Security With 10-Point Plan
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    Open SSF, The Linux Foundation Seek to Improve Open Source Software Security With 10-Point Plan

    The Linux Foundation and the Open Source Software Security Foundation have come up with a 10-point plan to address and improve the security of open source and software supply chain. The plan has three goals and these are securing open source security production, improving vulnerability discovery and remediation and shortening ecosystem patching response time, the […] More

  • Raytheon, Kord Demo High-Energy Laser’s Capability Against Mortars, Drones; Byron Bright Quoted
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    Raytheon, Kord Demo High-Energy Laser’s Capability Against Mortars, Drones; Byron Bright Quoted

    An industry team led by Raytheon Technologies’ intelligence and space business and KBR’s wholly owned subsidiary Kord conducted live-fire exercises of a 50 kilowatt-class laser mounted on a Stryker armored vehicle at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico and demonstrated the capability of the weapon system to counter multiple 60mm mortar rounds and drones. […] More

  • Leidos Receives ONC-Authorized Testing Laboratory Designation
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    Leidos Receives ONC-Authorized Testing Laboratory Designation

    Leidos has been designated ONC-Authorized Testing Laboratory by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. The National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program helps ONC administer the Healthcare IT Testing Laboratory Accreditation Program by overseeing and certifying testing laboratories within the ONC Health IT Certification Program, ONC said Wednesday. The designation came after Leidos […] More