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in Contract Awards, NewsPeraton Holds Spot on $950M Air Force ABMS Contract Vehicle; John Coleman, Kevin Schweer Quoted
Peraton holds a position on a potential $950 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity to help the U.S. Air Force develop an advanced battle management system in support of the Department of Defense's Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) program. "We are proud to have been selected as one of the service's industry partners in developing the information backbone for the future of joint warfighting," said John Coleman, president of Peraton’s defense and homeland security sector.
in NewsGeneral Atomics Helps Navy Maintain MQ-1B Predator RPA
General Atomics' aeronautical systems business has finished maintenance work on armed NMQ-1B Predator remotely piloted aircraft stationed at a U.S. Navy installation in Point Mugu, California, as part of a two-phase contract.
NASA Prepares Crew for SpaceX’s First Manned Operational Flight; Jim Bridenstine Quoted
Four astronauts have begun preparing for their upcoming flight aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft as part of SpaceX's first operational manned mission with NASA. “We’re transitioning from test flights to operational flights. Make no mistake, every flight is a test flight when it comes to space travel, but it’s also true that we need to routinely be able to go to the International Space Station," said Jim Bridenstine, NASA administrator and a past Wash100 winner.
in NewsAIAA Names Five Johns Hopkins APL Personnel as Associate Fellows
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics has inducted Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory staff members Doug Adams, Justin Likar, Mike Ryschkewitsch, Bradley Wheaton and Matthew Zuber into the professional society's 2021 class of associate fellows.
Sally Richardson: Northrop Prepares for Upcoming Reviews of Human Landing System’s Transfer Element
Sally Richardson, program director for the Human Landing System at Northrop Grumman, said the company completed on Oct. 8 a system readiness review of the HLS' transfer element and is preparing for two more assessments in December and January, NASASpaceflight reported Friday.Â
John McDonald, Jeff Panebianco: DoD Should Provide Reliable, Secure Connectivity to Ensure Mission Readiness
John McDonald of CommScope and Jeff Panebianco of ID Technologies wrote in an opinion piece published Friday on C4ISRNET that the Department of Defense should prioritize the establishment of the flight line of the future by providing warfighters with reliable and secure connectivity everywhere to ensure mission readiness.Â
in NewsBlue Origin Eyes Lunar Cargo Delivery Services in 2023; Steve Squyres Quoted
Blue Origin plans to offer cargo delivery services to the moon by 2023 as the company develops a landing system for NASA’s crewed mission to the lunar surface, GeekWire reported Friday.
in NewsColdQuanta Gets Series A Funding to Help Drive Quantum Tech R&D Efforts
Quantum atomics technology maker ColdQuanta has secured $32M during a Series A funding round to support the company’s research and development efforts on concepts such as quantum computers and positioning systems.
in Executive Moves, NewsAmentum EVP Camille Nichols Joins nLight Board
Camille Nichols, executive vice president for project services at Amentum and a retired U.S Army major general, has joined nLight's board of directors to provide the semiconductor company with expertise on military procurement. Nichols held multiple leadership roles at the Department of Defense where she oversaw budgets and programs on procurement, culminating her military tenure as deputy commanding general of the Army’s Installation Management Command, nLight said Thursday.
ICF Reports Q3 2020 Results; John Wasson Quoted
ICF has reported results for the third quarter 2020, which ended Sept. 30, the company reported on Thursday. ICF announced that the total revenue for the third quarter was $360.3 million, which is 3.6 percent below the third quarter of 2019, as a result of lower pass-through revenues.
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Army Picks 10 Small Businesses for Phase II of Prototype Dev’t Effort
Ten companies will secure over $1M each in funds from the U.S. Army as part of the second phase of the Small Business Technology Transfer program to develop prototypes that could meet warfighter needs.