Hon. Ellen Lord, defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, wrote in a National Defense article published Sunday about the Trusted Capital Marketplace and how the public-private partnership helps bolster the defense supply chain and protects it from adversarial capital.

The Trusted Capital Marketplace “creates an ecosystem that fosters deal flow between companies building technologies critical to the defense sector and trusted capital providers seeking to expand their national security investment portfolio,” Lord wrote.

She also mentioned Trusted Capital’s partnerships with academia and service branches to help tech companies and small businesses pitch their tech platforms through venture days.

Lord said the Trusted Capital team will host with AFWERX and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center a dual-use innovation event in August to help companies under the Small Business Innovation Research Program’s initial phase transition to Phase II.

She also noted that the Trusted Capital team and the office of industrial policy within DoD’s acquisition and sustainment office plan to launch a Global Trusted Capital Marketplace to facilitate the participation of U.S. and allied capital partners and companies.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has launched the first license auction for the new 5G spectrum, in a move to have the band populated by wireless networks as quickly as possible.

The auction, titled Auction 105, offers opportunities to obtain priority access licenses for 10-megahertz channels in the 5G 3.55-3.65 gigahertz band, FCC said Thursday.

“5G is critical to America’s global economic and technological leadership, and the start of the 3.5 GHz auction today is a key milestone in our work advancing this national priority,” said Ajit Pai, FCC chairman.

FCC will offer seven PALs per county-based license area, making 22.6K licenses in total available across the country. The auction supports FCC’s 5G FAST Plan, an effort to offer more spectrum in the market, update old standards and create new infrastructure policy.

The commission will also adjust the C-band spectrum for 5G use through December 2023.

Join Potomac Officers Club for its 5G Summit on Oct. 27, 2020 to learn about the impact that innovative technologies and 5G integration have on the private and public sectors, the steps the federal agencies have taken to remain up to speed with the rapid advancement of technology, and the future programs, plans and priorities as the nation aligns with emerging technology.

Hon. Ellen Lord, undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense (DoD) and four-time Wash100 Award recipient, will be featured as the keynote speaker. Don’t miss out on this must see event! Register here for the 5G Summit on October 27th.

Unanet recently announced that the company has made addition to its enterprise resource planning (ERP) software offering with new features designed to help government contractors gain business insights and increase operational efficiencies, the company announced Thursday.

Craig Halliday, CEO of Unanet, recently added commentary about the company’s latest offerings. He stated: “Unanet GovCon was built from the ground up, for government contractors. There are no bolt-ons, incompatible features, or awkward forcing of disparate solutions, which is rampant among competitive products.”

Unanet has released Analytics+, Analytics Studio and Automated Invoice Attachments. Analytics+ is will provide contractors with an array of dashboard and reporting functionality to build upon the software’s real-time data visualization features.

“Designing purpose-built software requires an extra level of understanding of customer needs, along with personal service and a commitment to developing and refining solutions that actually enable customers to address their business challenges through smart engineering and elegant design,” added Halliday. 

With Unanet’s new capabilities, government contractors will gain further insight into advanced analytics, custom reporting and drill-down capabilities to enable dynamic interaction with data.

“We work closely with our customers, every step of the way. We pay close attention to what they need most, and what will help them succeed. These enhanced, real-time data management and reporting access features were customized to meet those needs,” Halliday stated. 

In addition, Unanet’s new analytics capabilities allow for better decision-making across virtually every function. Having the ability to report, analyze and visualize data all in one ERP will enhance GovCons’ understanding of business and enable contracts to  make faster, more accurate decisions. 

“Too often, solutions are cobbled together, requiring extra steps, additional credentials, and even two different systems to find one specific data point. We chose to invest in a solution that is completely synthesized automatically, giving companies one single source of truth. When our customers succeed, we succeed,” concluded Halliday. 

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