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in Contract Awards, NewsNorthrop Receives Initial Air Force Order for Updated Targeting Pods
Northrop Grumman has received an initial order from the U.S. Air Force to supply targeting pods that are equipped with a digital video technology and designed to help aircrews locate targets at a long range. The company said Tuesday it will provide updated LITENING sensors that process full-color videos with a more than 1K-by-1K resolution to help military users understand a combat environment.
in NewsSecond Front Systems Secures New Funding to Drive SaaS Platform Dev’t
Second Front Systems, an Arlington, Va.-based software development company, has raised $6M in seed capital as part of a funding round led by venture capital firm and Palantir investor Artis Ventures.
Forcepoint’s George Kamis: Cross-Domain Tech-Backed ‘Code Low, Deploy High’ Approach Could Benefit DoD
George Kamis, chief technology officer for government markets at Forcepoint, wrote in a Nextgov article published Tuesday that using unclassified resources and cross-domain platforms to develop code for deployment in classified environments could bring tangible benefits to the Department of Defense.
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DIU Issues Solicitation for AI-Based sUAS Tech Prototyping Effort
The Department of Defense’s innovation arm is looking for artificial intelligence technologies and concepts that can support autonomous maneuver and navigation functionalities for small unmanned aerial systems.
Financial Intelligence Tech Developer Sayari Gets New Funding; Farley Mesko Quoted
Sayari Labs, a Washington, D.C.-based developer of financial intelligence platforms, has added $2.5M to its round of Series B financing after it secured investments from In-Q-Tel, TFX Capital and MissionOG.
in News, Press ReleasesSAIC Publishes Sustainability & Social Responsibility Report; Nazzic Keene Quoted
SAIC Corp. has published its “Sustainability and Social Responsibility Report†that has noted the company’s advances within sustainable energy and greenhouse gas emissions, corporate governance, commitment to workforce diversity and employee philanthropy, SAIC announced on Tuesday.
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Leidos Wins Potential $210M Task Order for Army System & Software Support; Mike Rickels Quoted
Leidos has been awarded a potential five-year, $210 million task order by the U.S. Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACG-APG) to provide intelligence, electronic warfare and sensors (IEW&S) system and software support, the company announced Tuesday.
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NAWCAD Seeks Participants for Expeditionary UAS Tech Project
The Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division is seeking qualified U.S. companies to join a multiphase sourcing process for the development and demonstration of an unmanned aerial system that would not require support equipment to function in an austere environment.
in News, Press ReleasesArchIntel Launches ‘Competitive Intelligence Interview Series’ with Industry Focus on GovCon
On Thursday, ArchIntel launched its investigative “Competitive Intelligence GovCon Spotlight Series†to showcase the competitive intelligence (CI) sector and its impact on the federal market, industry and government contracting (GovCon). Competitive Intelligence is challenging on its own in the already complex world of GovCon. As our interviews will show, competitive intelligence is not for the faint of heart.
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Northcross Group Creates Cybersecurity Questionnaire for DoD Vendors
Management and technology consulting firm Northcross Group has developed an online questionnaire meant to help contractors determine their potential capacity to meet a particular maturity level under the Department of Defense's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program.
in Contract Awards, NewsKongsberg Subsidiary to Help Develop Contingency Mgmt Platform for FAA Drone Test Site
A Kongsberg subsidiary will participate in a CAL Analytics-led industry team that secured a $1.6M contract from the Federal Aviation Administration to build and demonstrate a contingency management platform at a Rome, N.Y, test site for unmanned aircraft systems. Kongsberg said Monday its geospatial business will support the CMP development project at Griffiss International Airport in collaboration with four other companies, Oneida County and the Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research organization.