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  • Guidehouse to Support SBA Loan Program as Fiscal Transfer Agent; Scott McIntyre Quoted
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    Guidehouse to Support SBA Loan Program as Fiscal Transfer Agent; Scott McIntyre Quoted

    Guidehouse has assumed responsibilities as the Fiscal Transfer Agent on behalf of the Small Business Administration’s 7(a) Loan Program and Secondary Market intended to provide financial loans to small businesses. Following the FTA Program transfer to SBA, the consulting firm will now provide loan and financial services and update technologies in support of SBA’s loan […] More

  • L3Harris Demonstrator for Army ISR Aircraft System Accomplishes Maiden Flight
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    L3Harris Demonstrator for Army ISR Aircraft System Accomplishes Maiden Flight

    The electronic warfare aircraft designed by L3Harris Technologies to serve as a technology demonstrator for a U.S. Army intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance program completed its maiden flight after six months of modification. The Airborne Reconnaissance and Electronic Warfare System aircraft will support the Army’s High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System initiative aimed at enabling the […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Concludes Builder’s Trials for Frank Petersen Jr. Destroyer
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    Huntington Ingalls Concludes Builder’s Trials for Frank Petersen Jr. Destroyer

    Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has finished the builder’s trials for an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer for the U.S. Navy. The Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) ship, named after the first African American aviator and general officer of the U.S. Marine Corps, underwent combat system testing in the Gulf of Mexico for […] More

  • Stephen Forbes: Microchip Supply Shortage Affects DARPA Satellite Program
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    Stephen Forbes: Microchip Supply Shortage Affects DARPA Satellite Program

    The shortage of microchip supply due to the COVID-19 pandemic is slowing down the progress of satellite efforts under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, a program manager told SpaceNews Thursday.  Stephen Forbes, Blackjack program manager, said DARPA is eyeing to launch 12 satellites into low Earth orbit by 2022 but the disruption in the […] More

  • Rite-Solutions Wins Navy Services Contract for Submarine Comms Networks
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    Rite-Solutions Wins Navy Services Contract for Submarine Comms Networks

    Rite-Solutions has secured a five-year, $20.4 million contract to deliver engineering and technical services in support of the U.S. Navy’s efforts to enhance and field submarine communications networks. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport tapped the Middletown, Rhode Island-headquartered firm to provide support services for the deployment of the Submarine Local Area Network, the […] More

  • Kratos Completes Inaugural Drone Flight at New Facility in Oklahoma
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    Kratos Completes Inaugural Drone Flight at New Facility in Oklahoma

    Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has completed the test flight of its new tactical drone system at the company’s recently approved Burns Flat Range facility in Oklahoma to demonstrate new mission capabilities. The Air Wolf tactical drone carrying an artificial intelligence/autonomy system and other payloads marked the inaugural flight at the company’s latest asset designed […] More

  • L3Harris Expands Production Facility to Include Unclassified Satellite Development; Ed Zoiss Quoted
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    L3Harris Expands Production Facility to Include Unclassified Satellite Development; Ed Zoiss Quoted

    L3Harris Technologies plans to boost its satellite production capacity at its Central Florida location in an effort to facilitate the development of unclassified satellites for demonstration of new signals and technologies to support national defense. The company said Tuesday the site expansion will give way for the development and testing of the Navigation Technology Satellite-3, […] More

  • Former HHS Exec Blair Duncan Named Golden Key Group’s EVP of Federal Innovation, Transformation
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    Former HHS Exec Blair Duncan Named Golden Key Group’s EVP of Federal Innovation, Transformation

    Blair Duncan, former chief human capital officer of the Department of Health and Human Services, has been appointed as Golden Key Group‘s executive vice president of federal innovation and transformation. In this capacity, Duncan will drive business transformation initiatives aimed at supporting the workforce, modernization efforts of the federal government, the professional services firm said […] More

  • BAE, GlobalFoundries Developing New Radiation-Hardened Single Board Computer for Spacecraft
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    BAE, GlobalFoundries Developing New Radiation-Hardened Single Board Computer for Spacecraft

    A radiation-hardened system on chip designed by BAE Systems and manufactured by GlobalFoundries is slated to enter fabrication and is intended to serve as the core of single board computers for space agencies and spacecraft manufacturers. The RAD510 SoC currently being integrated into SBCs will seek to provide twice the performance capacity of the standard […] More

  • Navy Taps PteroDynamics for 3 Cargo VTOL Aircraft Prototypes
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    Navy Taps PteroDynamics for 3 Cargo VTOL Aircraft Prototypes

    PteroDynamics will provide three vertical take-off and landing unmanned aerial system prototypes to support a program under the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division. The company said Monday the VTOL aircraft design will be used for the Blue Water Maritime Logistics UAS, an autonomous vehicle intended to deliver cargo to and from ships at sea. […] More

  • Day & Zimmermann Eyes Partnership With Australian Missile Corp.; Mike Yoh Quoted
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    Day & Zimmermann Eyes Partnership With Australian Missile Corp.; Mike Yoh Quoted

    Day & Zimmermann plans to team up with an NIOA subsidiary, subject to the approvals of the U.S. government, to work on upcoming manufacturing projects and help support the Australian Defence Force. The family-owned supplier of construction, engineering and defense products and services said Saturday it will collaborate with Australian Missile Corp. in supporting the goal […] More

  • 8 Small Businesses to Participate in Catalyst Accelerator’s Modeling, Simulation Cohort
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    8 Small Businesses to Participate in Catalyst Accelerator’s Modeling, Simulation Cohort

    Eight companies will take part in the modeling and simulation cohort of the Air Force Research Lab Space Vehicles Directorate’s Catalyst Accelerator that will focus on digital engineering for space applications.  The program is intended to boost technology advancement and lead the government to industry technology transfer, Catalyst Accelerator said Friday. Under the eighth accelerator, […] More