Northrop Marks 1M Flight Hours for Airborne Targeting Pod
Northrop Grumman's fourth-generation airborne targeting pod has reached the mark of 1M flight hours with military aircraft platforms since the system was fielded in 2012.
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Air Force Posts Draft BAA on Space, Cyber Tech Platforms
The U.S. Air Force Space and Missiles Command has announced a potential five-year, $80M funding opportunity for the procurement, development and integration of cyber and space technology platforms for the military service, Department of Defense and national agencies to address emergent threats.
DHS S&T Seeks First Responder Tech Platforms for Operational Experimentation
The Department of Homeland Security's science and technology directorate is inviting public and private sector organizations that can provide technology platforms for integration, test and evaluation at an upcoming first responder exercise in Alabama.
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Northrop Enters EMD Phase in Air Force Navigation System Modernization Program
Northrop Grumman will move forward with the engineering and manufacturing development of an open system architecture for the U.S. Air Force's next-generation navigation system as part of a recently awarded $59M contract.
George Wilson, CEO and President of ECS Federal, Named to 2019 Wash100 for Workforce Expansion and Growth Efforts
Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce George Wilson, CEO and president of ECS Federal, as an inductee into the 2019 Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena — for leading the company to expand its workforce, securing major contracts and growing the company exponentially. This marks Wilson’s second consecutive Wash100 award.
PV Puvvada, President of Federal Systems at Unisys, Inducted Into 2019 Wash100 for Efforts in IT Modernization and Emerging Technology
Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Venkatapathi “PV†Puvvada, president of Unisys’ federal systems arm, as an inductee into the 2019 Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena — for his leadership and his efforts advancing IT modernization, acquisition, big data and cloud computing offerings. This marks Puvvada’s fifth Wash100 award in the last six years.
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Army Seeks Info on Cloud Services to Support Enterprise Transition Effort
The U.S. Army is conducting market research on cloud computing services to support the transition of its information technology operations into a commecial cloud infrastructure.
Icarus Aerospace Exhibits Public Safety-Tailored Version of Boeing-Made UAS
Training firm Icarus Aerospace exhibited its work on a Boeing-made unmanned helicopter geared for public safety operations during the National Sheriffs’ Association Winter Technology Conference, Commercial UAV News reported Saturday. The newly unveiled version of the S-100 Camcopter is designed to support search and rescue, resupply, disaster response and surveillance operations, the report noted.
Twosense.AI Gets Army Contract for Government-Tailored Behavioral Biometrics
The U.S. Army has awarded a $2.42M contract to Twosense.AI for the development of deep neural networks that the service would use for continuous multifactor authentication. Twosense.AI said Thursday its platform of the same name bases authentications on a subject's gait, interaction patterns and other behavioral signs.
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Northrop Spacecraft Leaves Space Station for CubeSat Deployment Mission
Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft left the International Space Station on Friday after delivering 7.4K pounds of scientific equipment and crew supplies as part of the NG-10 cargo resupply mission.
Social Security Administration Seeks Management Platform for Multi-Cloud Environment
The Social Security Administration plans to expand its cloud computing solution and is seeking vendors that can provide tools to help the agency manage the resulting multi-cloud environment. The SSA noted in a request for information notice issued Friday that “the selection of a suite of tools to assist in the management of the environment will be critical to the success of SSA’s overall cloud strategy.â€
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Report: Planet to Create Federal Subsidiary After Boundless Deal Completion
Planet plans to form a new subsidiary that will support federal customers once the San Francisco-based imaging satellite operator completes its acquisition of geospatial software vendor Boundless, Trajectory Magazine reported Friday.