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State Department OKs $100M Patriot Missile System Engineering Support Sale to Taiwan
The State Department has approved Taiwan’s request to buy engineering support services to enhance, maintain and sustain the Patriot air defense system under a potential $100 million foreign military sales agreement. The FMS deal seeks to support Taiwan’s participation in the Patriot International Engineering Services Program and Field Surveillance Program over a five-year period, the […] More
February 8, 2022, 11:52 am
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Space Optical Comms Experiment Issues Prompt SDA, General Atomics to Consider Next Moves
The Space Development Agency and General Atomics are considering options to move forward after they failed to establish contact with the Laser Interconnect and Networking Communications System satellites that launched in June 2021, SpaceNews reported Sunday. Two LINCS satellites launched as part of SpaceX’s Transporter-2 rideshare mission on June 30 to demonstrate space-based optical communications. […] More
February 7, 2022, 12:02 pm
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Caitlin Waldie Promoted to Assured Consulting Solutions CFO
Caitlin Waldie, formerly director of finance at Assured Consulting Solutions, has been elevated to the role of chief financial officer of the company. Waldie managed ACS’ fiscal planning and financial operations and oversaw the implementation of the company’s financial strategy as head of finance, ACS said Thursday. Prior to ACS, she was director of development […] More
February 4, 2022, 11:44 am
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L3Harris to Continue Support for US Military’s Space Object Tracking System; Ed Zoiss Quoted
L3Harris Technologies will continue to upgrade a system used to track space launches, debris and other space objects to help counter anti-satellite threats under a potential $50 million contract extension with the U.S. Space Force. The company said Thursday it will integrate government equipment and manage the deployment of applications for the Advanced Tracking and […] More
February 4, 2022, 11:42 am
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ICEYE Closes $136M Series D Funding Round for SAR Satellite Constellation
ICEYE, a synthetic aperture radar satellite operator, has raised $136 million in a round of Series D financing and will use the capital to further develop its SAR satellite constellation and build up its analytics services. Seraphim Space led the funding round, which brings ICEYE’s total financing to $304 million and saw the participation of […] More
February 4, 2022, 11:41 am
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Intel’s Leland Brown, Anna Scott on 4 Ways DOD Can Adopt to Unleash 5G’s Potential on Battlefield
Leland Brown and Anna Scott of Intel said there are four strategies the Department of Defense should consider to optimize the full potential of 5G technology in supporting soldiers on the battlefield and one is developing a software ecosystem to support 5G implementation. Brown and Scott wrote in a commentary published Wednesday on Defense News […] More
February 3, 2022, 11:59 am
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Serco Awarded Navy Contract for DDG 51 Destroyer Construction, Testing Support
Serco Group’s U.S. arm has received a potential $21.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy to support a program executive office ships unit in designing, building, testing and outfitting all DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers. Work will occur at Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., and other contracting sites through Sept. 8, the Department […] More
February 3, 2022, 11:56 am
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Army Applications Lab Picks 4 Companies for Soldier Power Cohort; Col. Jay Wisham Quoted
The U.S. Army’s innovation unit has announced the selection of four companies for the Soldier Power Cohort that seeks to explore and build technologies that can generate, manage, store and distribute power to warfighters deployed in expeditionary environments. Epirus, Resonant Link, Spark Thermionics and Xerion Advanced Battery will get $100,000 to build conceptual designs meant […] More
February 2, 2022, 11:43 am
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IBM Center Report Offers Recommendations on How to Advance Multidomain C2 Capabilities
A new report from the IBM Center for The Business of Government presents a synthesis of insights from defense, industry and academic leaders on the implementation of the multidomain command and control strategy and offers six action-oriented recommendations on how to deliver MDC2 capabilities to ensure collective defense in conflicts. The recommendations in the report […] More
February 1, 2022, 11:47 am
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Native Resource Development Awarded NASA Custodial Services BPA
Native Resource Development has received a potential five-year, $35 million blanket purchase agreement from NASA to provide custodial services for the agency’s Johnson Space Center and Sonny Carter Training Facility in Houston. The Custodial, Housekeeping, Waste Removal and Insect Extermination-2 BPA is a single-award, firm-fixed-price contract that has a base term of one year and […] More
February 1, 2022, 11:47 am
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Air Force Begins Market Research for F-35 Adaptive Engine Replacement Program
The U.S. Air Force is seeking information on interested vendors with a capability to meet the requirements of the F-35 Adaptive Engine Replacement program. The service will use the responses from the market research to determine potential sources’ capability to deliver a propulsion system that can be integrated into the F-35A weapon platform and whether […] More
January 31, 2022, 11:58 am
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Candace Givens Named Virgin Orbit Engineering VP
Candace Givens, a more than 20-year defense industry leader and spaceflight engineering executive, has joined Virgin Orbit as vice president of engineering. She will work closely with Kevin Sagis, chief engineer and senior vice president of technology at Virgin Orbit, as the company continues to scale up its space launch operations to meet the increasing demand […] More
January 31, 2022, 11:55 am